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Oregon Daily Case raises important employment questions j When school removed Monson, it believed rules were being followed By Marlin Fisher Oregon Daey Emerakl When the University re-assigned Don Monson from head men's basketball com h to golf i oach, it did so with the assurance that state law supported suc h a move When it made the decision, the University bad the assurance of an attorney who drafted the Oregon Admin istrative Rule that was being relied upon that the re assignment was permitted by the rule It all seemed rather straightforward, written there in black and white However. 12 l ane Counts - Hirers saw enough shades of gras to dei ide the rule did - not gise the University the authority to reassign Mon son and promptly awarder) him about $2fH).(HM) for his trou bles Although the case will likely he appealed and even tually overturned, it raises important questions alxiut the University’s method of contracting and its reliant e on the myriad of rules and law s that are incorporated hs ret erent e into the University s standard employment t on trm t. svhu h is also culled a Notit e of Appointment riu' i ontrni t itsolf is one jingo, although the ajt|ilii able rules and laws fill binders with reams of jiages I'm Inn i ally . the control t is hundreds of pages tlm k. if one con siders not only the stale rules and law s, hut loderul law s. 1 httversity rules and < odes and. in Munson’s i ase. Par if u: 10 Confervni o and N( \.\ rules (ertainly . somew hero in all of these rules, there must tic something that allows the University to re-assign per sonnel Common sense <1 it tales that institutions or busi nesses Ih* aide to arrange their stalls as they see fll It seems, however, that the |iirv could not com line itself that Monson’s re assignment met any s|>e< ifii need Turn to M0M80N. Page -t Out with the old Ptxtto tff Tr*or*M B*gttny« John Anthony, a University Physical Plant groundskeeper, worked Sat urday to remove a diseased tree from m front of Chapman Hall The University will be replacing the old tree with a young, healthy sapling Quick call to DuckScoop taps you into school info j University’s computer network still in its infancy By Martin Fisher OfpQen Oi»>V t It's midnight. Wednesday of Finals Week and yon suddenly remember your history final is tomorrow, not Friday But when? Where7 You get out of lied and fraiitu ally begin ripping your notebook to shreds, finally roc ailing the paper airplane that had once boon your c lass syllabus Choc k the fall time sc heduie? You < an't because, like most people, you threw it out after classes began, You're sunk — unless you have a computer and a modem, in which case you’re in business A quick call to the University comput er network gives y ou the information you need, and you i an return to blissful slum ber. or begin cramming DuckSi oop, the University s t ampus wide information service, came online about a year and a half ago, and JQ John son. direc tor of network serve e for l (Di versity computing, hopes students will liegin making greater use of the system Aside from exam si hedules. the system contains time schedules, usually vsell m advam e of the printed schedules. a i opy of the Cetwml Hullrtm and other campus information, such as football si hedules. University press releases, upcoming events calendar and a complete Universi ty phone book Although DuckScoop is still in its infancy, (ohnson sees great potential for the network's future For example, the current tune sc hedule is simply a copy of the printed version. In the future, students may he able to sean h for all classes taught by a specific faculty member, Johnson said. Such a search could he very difficult if a student had to read through the schedule to find the same information, but would take only seconds via DuckScoop. Future versions may oven incorporate pictures ami eventually video, lulmson said, though the lei hnologv to do that is not vet available Duck.Scoop runs on what is called a Gopher client, which is a program designed by the University of Minnesota to more easily present information found oil the Internet t he Internet is a loosely organized collection of computer net works throughout the world The Gopher software effectively "tunnels” through the Internet to find information. Johnson said he nulii ipales Gopher to l»e the software used for DuckScoop for a couple of y ears, depending upon changes ill technology The University nelyvork offers students, staff and fat ulty act ess to more informo lion than they could ever possibly use. whit h actually could pose a danger for .1 student on a tight si hedtiin who gets lost ill a se<i of data I he University's Gopher connection does a decent job of presenting informa lion m an easily at i cssthle format Quit k referent e items 11it hide online searches of the CIA World hit I Book, various dt< tio naries, Roget’s Thesaurus and the Period IC I able of the Dements among others There is also at i ess to 1 aril 1 alalogs (or the Knight Library. Kerr Library at Oregon State, the t Iniversity of ( alitorma library. the Library of Congress and. with a little hunting, hundreds of libraries worldwide It is possible to seart h under a specifit discipline and get the names of. amt aci ess to. spec laity libraries For example, a quick search under gov ernment/law results in access to the Columbia University law library. White Mouse press releases, the full text of the North Amerii an Free Trade Agreement and recent M S Supreme Court del isions Obviously, the problem is not finding information, the problem is self* ting the right information, which is a nice posi tion for any student to lie in Forget to read the next i hapler ill I’m adtst- Lost? Don't worry, it's there, too. NETWORK. Page4 I WEATHER I Summer has finally de< ided to I really show up! ■ Temps should he around 95 1 todas lor a high and in the 5(h J for overnight lows The warm weather should * continue for the remainder of kthe week Enjoy! SPUD GUNS A HOT POTATO PORTLAND (API - Hurling spuds has to* ome a fad Problem is. lids just dun I throw them They launch them from homemade mortars Spud gum. are fashioned from (apped plastii pipe and powered with a flammable aerosol propellant, such as hairsprav The potato leaves the i annon with enougn force to break a car window, and flies for blocks I'm not going to vn something stupid like. You could pul your eye out with this said Portland firefighter Rob Ware, "but with the force you see that potato coming out of there, you could injure somebody and even kill them ' Spud guns are outlawed in some California towns. Bav area police in Martinez. Calif, consider it a felony to carry one SPORTS MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A dub owner in the Southern League proposed Monday that the homeless Nashville Xpress play in Puerto Rico in 1994 in an attempt to tap into the island s love of baseball Hersh asked the Southern League s board of directors to let his investment group manage the Xpress, currently a Minnesota Twins farm dub. in Puerto Ruo starling in 1994 The leagues dim tors did not vote Monday but are ex pet ted to det ide on the proposal Aug 1.1 If appmvd. it would he the first minor league team affilia! ed will) Maior league baseball to plav in Latin Amenta Winter baseball has prospered for years in Puerto Rico.