UNIVERSITY Holland’s departure marks end of stormy era Fundinq problems, controversies brought frustration’ to deanship By Christopher Blair Emerald Editor A browse through law school Dean Maurice Holland's file at the University News Bureau tolls the story of a trou bled five-year tenure, the story of .1 dean who simply didn't fit in There are letters clipped from publi cations all over the state, calling for his resignation There are news items about many Holland-law school issues the American Bar Association's threats to remove the school's accreditation be cause of funding problems, the outcry that followed when a law Instructor was made to apologize to lus class for do scribing his activities with a guv rights group Holland, who will step down from his post as soon as a search committee linds .1 replat fluent, said his lime as dean, punctuated with funding hassles and disputes over his conservative politics, was anything hut rewartiing I think the word that 1:01ms to mind is frustration, '' he said "The people who do m .idemu administration should not have to spend virtually all of their time and all of their energy worrying a holt I how to make ends meet and somehow assemble the minimum level of resourt es that are needed to provide quality programs H\ all at counts, the decision for Hol land to resign from the deanshtp was .■ mutual one University I’tesident Myles Brand said Holland went through a stan dard fifth year review proi ess, which involved input from a faculty commit tee, the administration and law school students The combination of the review results and Holland's willingness to step down resulted in the decision After five years, the faculty clearly had come lo the point where they want ed a change," Holland said Administrators have nothing hut good tilings to s.n, about Holland and the job hi? did They point lo his efforts In re store funding lo till! school. and the far l tfi.it fie was "an effective advex ate " Hut Holland said Ins administrative style and conserve!ive politics led to mi rnerous clashes with faculty and stu dents alike He said a perfec t example was Ills testimony In favor of l S Su preme Court nominee Robert Hork in 1 *)H7 Itork asked Holland, in addition to seven other active and former law deans, to testify on his behalf at ins Sen ate confirmation hearings m Washing ton. DC During the hearing. Holland saiii Hork, a judge wtio had drawn fire for his conservative philosophy, was "one of the most accomplished and dis tinguished legal scholars ol his genera lion After five years, the faculty clearly had come to the point where they wanted a change' — Maurice Holland Holland’s testimony curne at the very end of tiie hearings' sei ond-lo-last (fay In tiie type of scene played daily on ( Hork was eventually rejected by the Senate, and it's doubtful th.it Holland's testimony had any > ffe< t on the vote one way or another However, students and faculty believed that Holland's presenc e was a reflection on the University and the law school There1 y% as xery hi aid agreement here that Hork should not be continued, and I sort ol stuck out like a sore thumb," Holland said. I wasn't repre senting the school or the faculty 1 was speaking only lor my sell fiul I'm sure that sumo people here felt that I couldn't disguise the fact that I was dean of the law school.” Holland also said Ills style of leader ship which he likened to the com mander of a navy vessel put him at odds with professors and administra tors "That is not the way things are tradi tionally done at the University of Ore gon, hut I think that's .1 mistake, " he said, adding that his colleagues are more ai 1 ustomed to .1 method of consensus and compromise "1 think they should create and en courage strong deans, because I think that’s the best way to have strong schools Holland also cited a lack of support from the University administration, par ticularlv during a controversy surround ing an Instrut tor's classroom presenta turn last year Several students in a first-year legal writing course led by instructor dreg Johnson complained atxiut his detailed description of his activities m a gay rights group Johnson then was ordered to apologize to the class by Holland. As sistant i)ean Chapin Clark and Mary Lawrence, who was the 1 lass' professor The order to apologize resulted in de mands (roll! students and fat ultv yvho said the order infringed on Johnson's free speech rigJits and acatielriii tree dom lor tiie three to resign The ad ministration ordered a lengthy investi gation into the incident, which led to an apology from ( lark and a peacemaking session among all parties involved Although brand said the investigation was appropriate given the seriousness of the incident, Holland claims it was an instance in which the administration should have more strongly supported him Holland said that had administration talked privately with Clark, his evplana Turn to DEAN Page 7 THE HOLLAND ERA July I, 1999: Maurias Holland, formerly the acting dean of Indiana University's School of Law. becomes Ongon't 11th law school dun Sept. 29, IM7: With seven oth«r active and furmar law school dwm Holland tastifiea to the U S Senate in favor of Suprama Court nominaa Robert Bork. Fefc. S. 1900; In tha first of a series of latter*, the American Bax Association threeten* to remove tha law school from it# Ual of accredited institution*, citing low faculty salaries, poor funding and a high studont-to-faculty ratio Because of tho Oregon l.ogtwl a turn's failure to rosfvond with adequate funding, law «chool enrollment cuta and tuition increases result. April 14. 1990: Holland speaks before tho group Oregonian* In Action, saying he disagree* with the power and scope of federal land-use law* A story about Holland’* speech In Th» Orngonttn say* Holland compared land use law* to socialism In response. Deschutes County CormrU *si oner Tom Throop. a land-use planner, sends a letter to nine state legislator*. calling Holland’s statements "the best argument 1 have ever soon for getting (he slate out of tho law school business ' Oct. 11. 1990: Instructor ('.rug Johnson explain* hi* ecUviua* with a gay right* group to a law w hool das* Some student* rompl uss tne John von .Nov *0, ttMMJ Assistant >oan Chapin (dark publicly apologizes for making Johnson apologise May 6. 19U1: ABA announce* It accepts die law school upgrades, and withdraw* threats to remove accreditation July 31, 1991; Provost Norman Wassail* Announces ha is apckoiniing a committee to 6nd a replacement for Holland, who will step down as dean but continue teaching Tuition lor .ill University students is going through the roof .is a result of Me.isure f> cuts This and other stones the imt-t aid covered this summer i an he found on Page t hoc al lawyers and legal professors diller on whether recent events are eroding the Bill of Rights, particularly the l-ourth Amendment, which was designed to prolix t people from Uli reasonable search and seizure by police See storv. 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Tower to grace roof of PLC, signal to follow By Daralyn Trappe Emerald Associate Editor It's boon more than a your since students at tho University approved a ballot measure that provided the money to st.irt campus radio station KKMA With its first broadcast set for early September, it looks as though tin- station is finally be (oming a reality Hut the start up date has al ready been pushed back several times, and one complication re mains KKMA Director James Janu ary said the station needs a big ger room in the LIMU because tho one currently being used as office space is too small to set up the necessary broadcasting equipment "We're trying to get another space, but until the KMU Board (of Directors) reconvenes in the fall, we re not going to able to do much about it." January said Other wheels are in motion, how e\ er A broadcast tower and anten na will 1h’ set up Sept 1 on the roof of HLC "Once the tower's in place it's a matter of getting the line run lo the tower from the liMlJ." January "It s going to f>e .1 bit of .1 trick, but we'll probably lust go through the heating tunnels " K.KMA 's organizers hod orig inallv planned lo rent tower space on Blanton Heights, but the Federal Communication Commission ruled in February that the tower, owned by televi sion station KVAL. is too heavy KKMA received its FCC license last November. "If we would have put it on Blanton Heights it would have iieen S~50 a month rent, and we figured since we could get within a couple of feet of as high as it would be out there for free on I’LC. we should go with that," January said "It will be a little flit lower and tfiat's going to diminish some of the outside contour for pickup hut it's also going to save several thousand dollars uvery year " KKMA was initially allocated S25.Ht)l of incidental foe mon ey during the spring elections of 1990. In April of this year, the Inc idental Fee Committee allocated $35,000 to KKMA for the 1991-92 schcK)l year. Although a studio has not boon sect up vet. January said he expects the station, which will be heard on BH 1 l-M. to be on the airwaves as soon as the tower is in place. KKMA — Kampus Radio Mu sic Alternative — will feature a wide variety of music as well as news and sports updates, come dy and concert information KKMA s board of Directors is expected to be in place by the end of fall term. January said Two students have already been appointed — Mark Brink Turn to RADIO. Page 4