Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992
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University Bookston Manager Jim Williams removes books from the shelves to
demonstrate faculty concerns about censorship they tear would lake place It
Measure 9 passes.
Bookstore holds mock
banning of gay literature
□ Hemovai oi dooks
shows possible effects of
Measure 9
By Demian McLean
Emerald Reporter
!t looked llku a bookstore shopping
spree.
University Bookstore Manager Jim
Williams charted u determined course
through thu aisles Tuesday, pushing a
wheelbarrow piled high with books.
Among the works were the names da
Vinci, Whitman and Shakespeare.
When Williams reached a sign an
nouncing “Cay and Lesbian Studies,**
he stopped. With a sweep of his arm.
ho cleared the first shelf of books, then
thie next, finally emptying the entire
suction into his wheelbarrow.
But unlike a shopping spree. Wil
liams didn't take these books home to
read. Insured, ho carted the books into
a locked rtxrm at the back of the Inrok
store.
Williams said the demonstration
was u joint effort hy faculty and the
University Bookstore to show what
they think will huppen if Oregon vot
ers pass Ballot Measure 0.
Though Williams ruplacod the
books that sumo day, he said fur be
lieve* Measure 9 poses a genuine
threat of censorship if passed Nov. :t.
Measure 9, if passed, would require
thu stale to consider homosexuality
"abnormal" and "perverse."
Because the University Bookstore is
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Students protest tighter
residency requirements
jOut-of-staters may be
denied residency if OSBHE
passes proposal
By Sarah Clark
Emerald Report**
About fit) (ample, nearly half of them
law school students, attended a pubic
hearing Tuesday to protest the stale
Board of Higher Education's proposal
foi tighter tuition residency reipiire
merits.
The requirements would deny res
idem v for out-of-state students who are
In Oregon "primarily for education,il
purposes." according to a draft ol the
proposal
Students taking more than seven
credit hours per term "shall lie pro
sumod to he in Oregon for primarily
educational purposes." according to
the proposal
the proposal, which the OSOHE will
consider Friday, would become elfec
tivo July 1, It'll The rules would at
feet any student who came to Oregon
after July 1. l‘l,>2. because students
must live in Oregon for at least one
your before applying for residency
Several first-year students at the
hearing said administrators had told
them they could gel residency nest
year if they moved here before Sept I
This information, coupled with current
residency rules posted in the Oregon
Bulletin, were a major consideration III
choosing this school, they said
"Here people arc told one thing, and
when they get here the question Is
S 12.000 different," said Murk Thomas,
president of the Student Bar Associa
tion.
The OSBHE should change the offer
live date to 1‘1‘W or add a grandfather
clause lo exempt this year's students,
said John Mulvey, a first-year law stu
dent.
"At least next year's class would
have notice of that change," Mulvey
said.
Other law students questioned the le
gality of the proposal, citing a Supreme
Court case that declared unconstitu
tional presumption of non-residency
The proposal is unclear whether any
students taking more than seven c redit
hours would be able lo get residency,
said Marlene Drescher. director of the
Office of Student Advocacy.
"It's so vague," Drescher said "It's
just inviting (administrators) to he arbi
trary and capricious "
Board of Higher Education adminis
trators have said the proposal came in
response lo WUl's Ballot Measure 5.
anil that its goal is lo keep the slate
from subsidizing out-of-state students’
tuition.
ASUO decries
new proposal
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Associate Editor
The stale lloanl ol Higher lulu
cation is playing with u double
edged sword in proposing new
residency requirements. ASUO
Lxe< utive members said at a l ues
day press i^inference
The proposed requirements
would deny residency lor out ol
state students who take seven
credit hours or more per quarter
These students ' .hell be pre
sumed to he in the state primarilv
for education. I nurposes,' a. cord
ing to a draft ol the proposal
However, the tale hoard's at
tempt to raise money lor hign r
education by im rousing the mini
tier ol students who must pay out
of sliite tuition may tall flat, s dd
ASUO President flnltiiy Lee
"‘the problem is it's , gamble.
Lihi said "It's an alt un,it u Mm.
more revenue to compensate or a
doer ease in fund'ng irom Salem
Tho probli m is thorn's a possibil
ity in the long run that out ol state
students won't come to Oregon
The OStWlli an t guarantee that
oul-uf stair; .students will i nntlnui
to attend Oregon colleges d they
muy never fie granted resi tem v.
said Student Senati I’resident
Jnim Thomas
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Hut many students at the hearing
irotesled this money-saving istctii
"1 came here to lie a resideni ol this
stale." saiil lid Klopfenstein. an Asian
studies post-baccalaureate student. "1
should not tie excluded (from res
idency) just because of some fiscal
blunder made by members of tills state
who were citizens before mo."
Mulvey salt) higher education should
not he viewed as a means to oflset the
state's budget difficulties "We will
lose the students we are trying most to
menu rage to attend," he said
More than half the students at the
tearing said they would not attend the
University next year if they can't get
•esidency. Not only could losing out
if-slate students harm tile school (man
ually, some said, it could dampen the
University's attempts to create a di
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WEATHER
Today will be mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s Tonight
will be partly cloudy with a few
showers Lows will be in the
40s
Thursday will bring morning
fog and low clouds with
increasing douds late Slight
chance of rain north Highs in
the 60s
CLINTON AT THE PIT
Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton
will speak in McArthur Ct..j1 Thursday a!! p m
Gov Barbara Roberts and Democratic Senate
candidate Us Aucnin will acaimpany Clinton on
his visit.
The Crazy 8s are scheduled to entertain the
crowd at about 12 15 p m before the candidates
arrive on campus.
Clinton is making brief stops in several states
as part of his "Winning the West" tour
SPORTS
Ticket} are Mill available far
Friday night s NBA exhibition game
featuring the Portland Trailblazers
and the Cleveland Cavaliers at
McArthur Court
Hunt Holsapple. director of ticket
sales, said there are approximately
160 general admission seats
remaining
The game will mark the first
return to McArthur Giurt of Terrell
Brandon