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. 4 '*Kkf X & LETTERS Details, details... I hr text ill thr Wease/'.s 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 I GUESS NOW I Vf Gor TV WATCH Ev£