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
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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.
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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.