EDITORIAL
Frohnmayer will find
deanship a challenge
The University scored a major coup in getting Ore
gon Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer to become the
new dean of the law school.
Frohnmayer brings a wealth of experience to the
job at a time when the law school needs such a leader.
He has served 10 years in the attorney general's office,
was a state representative for six years before that, and
ran for governor in 1990.
Seven times he has argued cases on Oregon's be
half in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Six times, he
and the state came out victors.
People may disagree with his political views, but it
is hard to dispute his legal expertise.
University President Myles Brand is the real win
ner here. In Frohnmayer. he gets a law school dean
with an impressive legal history, a long list of accom
plishments and national recognition, That Frohnmayer
decided to stay in his home state instead of accepting
some of the rumored offers he has had from other law
schools is also noteworthy.
Frohnmayer will replace outgoing Doan Maurice
Holland, who will stay on _
as a teacher and research
er. In addition to his ad
ministrative post. Frohn
maycr also received a full
professorship with tenure.
The law school is go
ing through troubled
times. Threats of losing
accreditation from the
American Bar Association
are prist. but it will be a
long haul and a hefty job
to put the University's law
school back on par with
the nation's leading public
institutions.
Frohnmayer said he
was "looking for a new
challenge." In restoring
the law school's good
name, he has found one.
Among his goals are
Threats of losing
accreditation
from the
American Bar
Association are
past, but It will
be a long haul
and a hefty Job to
put the
University’s law
school back on
par with the
nation’s leading
public
Institutions.
the expansion of the law school's library, recruiting
some top legal minds for the faculty and bettering rela
tions with alumni and the private sector.
In the wake of Measure 5, this last goal will be ex
ceedingly important. Only last year, some members of
the Oregon Legislature were discussing the possibility
of shutting down the law school. With cutbacks from
Measure 5 a sad fact of life, it will be the private sector
and the alumni who can bolster the law school's cof
fers through grants and scholarship funds. Frohnmay
cr's name recognition can only help that cause.
Taking the deanship of the law school seems to be
a sideways step for the public office-minded Frohn
tnayer. After all, he has been in state government in
some way for the last 16 years. Although Frohnmayer
doesn't seem the sort to ditch a job in mid-salvage, it
seems likely that sometime in the future he could again
succumb to the pull of public sendee.
With Oregon Sens. Mark Hatfield and llob Pack
wood reaching the age when retirement is likely, it
would not be surprising to hear Frohnmayer's name
mentioned as u possible replacement.
But while Frohnmayer is here, it will be interesting
to see if bis name, reputation and experience can pull
the law school out of its funding hassles. The law
school needed a dean who could go toe-to-toe with the
Legislature on Financial issues, and in Frohnmayer it
has found one. Let's hope the former attorney general
turns out to be worthy of all the fuss.
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LETTERS
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World cartoon strip [ODL, Oct
y) incorrectly implies that pro
gr.ims in Educ ution are no long
er available It Is true that the
College of education is being
restructured It is not true that
all programs in the College of
education have boon discontin
ued In fact, many teaching en
dorsement and degree pro
grams are thriving and continue
to provide quality program op
tions for undergraduate and
graduate students in the Col
lege of education at the Univer
sity.
George Sugai,
Phi). Assoc iate Professor
Spec ial Educ alien Area
Mary Gleason. Pit 1)
Assix iate Professor
Special Education Area
Life sucks
We don't like how the cross -
word puzzle has recently been
plat oil in the runter of the p.i^f
It makes it difficult to fold tho
paper while still retaining ac
i ess to the puzzle. Please place
it .it the top or the bottom of the
page as has previously been
done
This is of great concern to
crossword puzzle doers across
the campus
Shannon Powell
Student
Angry again
1 pon reading Michelle Ruu's
letter [ODE, Oct 17), 1 once
again bet ante angry not to men
tion very tired of hearing yet
another pathetic attempt to
slam the greek system.
What business is it of hers If
a sorority or fraternity has a
smashed beer can or two near
their bike lanes7 What do a few
measly little beer cans have to
do with greek community ser
vice?
Maybe if Michelle spent less
time looking at bike lanes and
more into the reality of greek
community service, such ns
charily and volunteer work, she
would he in for a rude awaken
ing! Sorry, Michelle.
Jennifer Brnadbent
Student
Bom that way?
Are heterosexuals "born that
v\uy?" The media directs con
siderable attention toward dec
ades of preliminary research
which implies that possibility.
It's a notion that heterosexu
als desiring to legitimize their
sexual habits want you to Ih>
lieve, hut in fact, that sugges
tion conflicts with biological
truths
Liy dejinition, heterosexuals
mit\ apply their sexuality to
procreation only Obviously, a
continually reproducing gone
pool would quickly oxpTodo
the scams of this planet. Cer
tainly over the eons required to
rationalize the theory of evolu
tion. heterosexuality, along
with the entire human race,
would be totally erased vic
tims of over population There
fore, the theory of evolution
leaves only one way to propa
gate heterosexuality active re
cruitment
Militant, out-of-the-closet
heterosexuals don't want you
to recognize this fact It would
make it harder for them to “re
produce" their next generation
by blatantly penetrating our so
ciety with their humanphobic:
agenda.
involution vs genetically pre
disposed heterosexuality: at
least one of these theories is
false
This leaves a dilemma for
those who claim that practicing
heterosexuals are powerless to
i hunge since they are “born
that way." If they abandon
their faith in evolution, that de
mands creation — and a Cre
ator A Creator who has the
wisdom (which no one else
has) to define the limits of sex
ual behavior.
On the other hand, if they ad
mit there is no genetic prodis
position toward heterosexual
ity, that leaves the perpetuation
of heterosexual activity com
pletely to free choice.
Marina Wolf
Eugene
Sex, lies and...
A recent article in the news
letter Citizen, titled "The Sex
Revolution's Phony Founda
tion," questioned the accuracy
and methodology of the often
quoted Kinsey studies. It re
viewed findings by researcher
Judith Keisman, author of iKin
sey. Sox titui Fraud.
Kinsey claimed that perhaps
10 percent of the male popula
tion was homosexual. Research
cited in this article puls the fig
ure at about 1 percent to 2 per
cent Can this bo true?
Study after study indicates
that it is way off-base to claim
that 10 percent of the popula
tion is homosexual. A recent
study reported in the May/June
issue of Family Planning Per
spectives claims only about 5
percent of the population is ei
ther homosexual or bisexual.
So what difference does this
fact make? For one, it shatters
the idea that there are 25 mil
lion homosexuals and bisexuals
in America; especially when
we consider that out of 250
million people, many are chil
dren (Is there such a thing as a
homosexual Infant?}. Also, it
casts doubt on the intelligence,
research or questioning abilities
of the mainstream press, which
often perpetuates faulty infor
mation.
If anyone chooses to write in
and accuso me of bigotry for
citing research, then go right
ahead. But unless a respondent
is willing to cite something to
show problems with question
ing oft-repeated, rarely substan
tiated claims, then all a re
sponse will sorvu to do is fur
ther substantiate my case,
Lori Parkman
Springfield
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