Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5. 1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 74
A spiral staircase connects the five levels of the Knight Library 's new addition
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New Knignt norary aaamon open
j Visitors can get assistance in find
ing materials from pamphlets, maps
and library staff members
By Sarah Clark
Roponer
Thu $13 million new addition to the Knight Li
brarv o|>ened for business Mimdav, and library '•tail
members wort* bombarded with questions about
w here to find things.
The most common problem is finding the en
trance. said Andrew Bonumici, assistant University
librarian. People trying to get in through the old
north entrance found only Special Collections.
Kxi ept for the Instructional Media Center. lh** rest
of the library in at i essible through .1 temporary **i»>t
entrance nuar (.«-rliriv;«-r Annex .mil tin- 1 emeterv
The IMC entrant e is next to the turnaround on the
west side
Ome inside visitors ran use posted maps, an in
formation pamphlet or stall members to find materi
als
"We've been answering a million different <|ues
lions.” said music librarian Leslie Bennett Kverv
thing looks new to them
A spiral staircase l onilei ts the new addition s five
levels The entrance, which will he used until the
old part of the library is renovated, is on the second
level.
Turn to LIBRARY, Page 5
Affirmative action
audit shows eight
areas to improve
jThe University must resolve prob
lems to comply with federal regulations
By Colleen Pohlig
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After i ompletmg i mullin' tin site rev u-vv ul the l in
versitv s affirmative .11 Inin programs i ft Lilt* I h-t emliei
h-deral t utnpliant t- auditors luund eight areas lilt* I 'm
vetsilv will iift tl in improve to la- in full i <>m|>li.iix «>
with federal .iHirin.itivf .u Inin regulations
Some tit Ihf problem .him', iih little ihf lengthy prn
i ess ul i inti pi .it nl nr grievunt t- rfsuluiioii prut esses .nn!
Ihf dispmptitluiii.il distribution" nl women in thf
lower ranks nl Ihf l ‘niversity s lt .it lung .mil rfSf.trt It
Im nlt\ .it t tndiiu; In .i pruss release
Olliurs tin liulr sluirlt innings m inlnrtniilitin -galliei
iiig and supers im us awareness nl iiffirmtiliVf .it linn till
ligations tow.iril uniplnyffs vs fiti have tlis.ilultlifs
"ll s nul li.irtl In get min Ihf pnsition uf nnl intnpK
inn iv hf n you re mil Its hint .illy doing .ilisnlulf I v fVf r\
thing thill's nspiirtsl. said Kverett Walls, dins Inr uf thf
Otlii f nl Affirmative At turn and lapi.il ( Ippnrtumlv
Ihf sfvfii month mvifw was part nl an ongoing ft
lori hv Ihf Oflit f nl federal Contrail (.omplionte I’m
grams and l ntltsl Malt s Itopartmeut nt Ijdmr in ensure
all ffiifr.il t tinlrut Itirs t (imply with federal regulations
that PiMiim ispiily Inr job npplit ants and employee-.
Walls -.aid m a pruss rflftisf
I hf University- is cspts lis! In tinier min a formal,
t ont dialed agreement with Ihf OR ( I1, whit h will du
st rilit- fat h ili-fit it-ni v anti st-i lorth spts tin remedies
fur t urret ting utit h. along w ith a limi-lalilt- for t umply
ing
It s import.ml In keep in mind that this t-. a t tint ilia
linn prot ess. ' Wfils -aid We will tillk In tin- auditor
alum I tin- i nut illation pita fss and were going In make
ihf i orris lions
Wi lls -.aid Iht- University hail snittf disagreements
with da- auditors seven-page n-pnrt. Iiul Ihnsi- would
la- dismissed la-ltirt- entering into llu- agreement
Ut- know what happens at la in .:u other univcrsi
Ins. and wt- kunw we're uni mt (insistent with what
happens at nlher universities. Wells said We re going
to resolve llu- issues
University idfirmative at Inin program offit ials sum
mari/ed the eight areas itlentifled hv the OH ( .!’ as the
following
Turn to AUDIT Page 3
Tax reform a priority of student lobbying organization
j Goals of Oregon Student
Lobby Legislative Platform
depend on state tax reform
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Associate Editor_
In November, when most Oregon stu
dents were more concerned with turkev
and pumpkin pie than forming their
lout resolutions, Oregon Student Lobby
members adopted their goals for the
coming year in the form of a legislative
platform
The 1‘t‘it ONI. Legislative Platform in
cludes four focuses lax reform, the Ore
gon State System of Higher Kdui ation
budget, the State Scholarship Commis
sion and student power
OS1. Executive Director Robert Nosse
sai<i tax reform is the student lobbying
organization's most important goal, but
will be the toughest one to a< i oinplish.
Sin i rss in the other three platform pro
posals depends on a new lax structure
"The idea is to provide the hoard with
a sense of vision and to broadly set goals
for our members," Nosse said 'Some of
the goals are pretty ambitious, like Irving
to get tax reform
OSt. initially formed six goals lor the
legislative session, including keeping all
eight institutions open and ai liievmg on
enrollment of Ht),(M)l) bv the year litMH).
However, the Oregon Futures Committee
of itn> (fregon I .egislaturc ill si (.null'd and
OS!. ineinlicrs dm lilt'd to develop thti six
goals into a broadtir plan. Nosse said.
OS1. iH'lii'vi's a now lax system should
i (insist ol a i ombination of luxes dial lax
at all li'vitlx of wi'ulth. ni l ording to the
two OSI. legislative Platform OSI. does
not rtu ommetid a sales lax as a preferred
method of providing revenue replace
ment. However, it would not oppose
Turn to OSL, Paqe 3
WEATHER
Cloud) ami thills tuda> and
tonight with rain showers
High- 16-40
Just the Facts
The United States was sec
ond in the world in food con
sumption in 1992
Americans took in an aver
age of 3.671 calories a dav.
after Greece, with 3 H25 calo
ries
YELL CHOCOLATE’
SHELBY N.C (AP) - Crews clean mg up after a Inn k wrw k sought the
advu e of state experts but evert the\ weren t sure how to handle this spill.
Of chocolate
The trut k slid off a road Sunday and struck a fence spilling about half of
its < argo - H5 drums of chocolate syrup and 50 hags of cocoa
Chocolate was ankle deep in roadside ditches
The Department of Agriculture instructed lot al officials to put sand on
the spill and keep it out of the Broad River
We can sit down with a spoon and eat all we '-ant,’ said ferry Silver,
chief of the Polkville Volunteer Fire Department
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ST PAl't Mum |APi - More than .1 decade after he hung
tip his ierse\ and >leats pro football Hall of Famer Alan Page
put on a new uniform Mondav the robesof a Minnesota
Supremo Court justice
(‘am' 47 became the first black 10 serve on the highest
court in the state with onlv a J 2 pen enl hlai k population
He won a seat with 62 percent of the vote in November.
The former star for the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago
Hears stressed the importance of hard work and setting goals
One of the things I ve learned over time is you can never
have too tnanv winners Page said before taking the oath of
office.