Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, August 03, 1993, Page 4, Image 4

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MONSON
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of the i iniversitv
In fin t. the rule permitting the University to re
assign personnel savs the r»-assignment must be
"m mi onlanie to the staff needs of the institn
lion ' It is this language that likely swayed the gin
in its verdii t. and it is tins language that perhaps
ought to l*e estru ated from the rule
Munson's attorney. Harold Gillis. argued his
client's re assignment did not meet any staff need
of the University, hut rather was a punitive ittea
sure taken because of the basket hat I team's poor
record and de< lining attendance and rev enue
(hliis i (aimed Monson i ould serve the I Iniver
sitv (letter as basketball coach than golf i oach and
was not even qualified to lie golf i oa< h
It is hard to disagree ttint the University could
not have lietter met its need for a golfi oach hv hir
ing someone who had significant golfing expon
ent e. or at least talent Neither of which,
apparently, Monson had
Perhaps that was the reason he was then offered
the position of NCA A i omplinm e i oordinator for
rules and regulations, vvhii h he also refused
former athlete director Bill Byrne testified he
believed Monson was qualified to be golf coot b
Iks austt the job did not require Munson to ai tual
Iv uistrui 1 players on their technique, but rather to
make sure the team was organized, had uniforms
and got to events on time
llyrne also said Monson had more knowledge
about NCAA rules and regulations than any other
member of the athletic department staff, and thus
was very qualified to lie N< AA rules offii er
Yet. even w ith Byrne's testimony the Universi
ty evidently i ould not i onvitu e itirors of the need
to re-nssign Monson
In testimony that the |urv was not allowed to
hear, Melinda Crier, the attorney who wrote the
rule allowing re assignment and who assured the
University it could re assign Monson. told lodge
Cordon ( ottrell that the wording was not meant to
lie restrn live
Rather, it was meant to convey the message that
re assignment under the rule was being made for
non-disc iplmary reasons Nonetheless Cottrell
argued, the wording was there and how it had
been interpreted bv tin- Oregon State Board of
Higher Kdut atom or what had been meant In its
author did not c hange the fac t of the wording.
The University might be well advised to have the
rule rewritten to eliminate the ambiguous nature of
the rule If rv assignment under the rule is to lie con
sidered nun-punitive, then it should simply sa\ so
The University alsoi (aimed it was not liable for
am outside m< ome earned by Monson while he
was coach However. Monson did not actually claim
the University had guaranteed him the income, hut
rather it was im orne he lost as a result of the Uni
versity's a< lion
It the University did not have the right to re assign
Monson. then it could Im— and was found — liable
for the resulting damage A loose analogy would lie
a jierson injured m a car accident could sue the oth
er drivi-r not only for medical costs, hut for wages
lost because of the injury or for the emotional
anguish caused by the accident.
The University demonstrated enough involve
ment m Monson s outside earnings to lend some
credent •• to tin* t laim that it implicitly guaranteed
outside im nine Future contrat ts may clarify this
matter hv explic itly stating that, although the Uni
versity "ill aid t oac lies in seeking outside income,
it will not guarantee it and "ill assume no liabili
ty for it
A " iser i nurse of ai tion vv mild he to eliminate
all University involvement with outside income
and leav e the matter entirely in the hands of the
coaches When Nike reduced Munson's consulting
income by $35,000. Hvrne lobbied Nike Chairman
Phil Knight to make up the different e Had Mun
son Im-c-ii tht* one to lobby Knight, there would have
Im-e;i no question as to the l ‘niversih 's non involve
meat.
Although reiving on state rules and laws to sup
port its contrat ts may give the impression of uni
form treatment for all employee's and saves paper,
the l ’niversity needs to revise its contrae t proce
dures to bring them up to speed with today's liti
gious society
NETWORK
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Pro Jet l C.utenlierg is mi attempt
ai piai mg great books online
Current lions besides Mil
ton's i lassii mi lude The Si at
lett letter, The Federalist Papers
and The king James Itihle
But the network doesn't end
with research Have a class dur
ing an instructor's offu «■ hours
and you absolutely need to gel
m touch with her ' Send her ail
electrunu mail message Don't
know her e-mail address' It's in
the online phone (took
johnson said many instructors
an* now requiring their students
to have e-mail act omits Some
instructors will even review
pa]**rs sent via e-mail, and John
son said he believes soon many
instructors w ill liegm ai i epting
papers and projects via e-mail,
as well as using it for giving
take-home exams
The e-mail system can also la*
used to send your thoughts to
campus administrators. \ irtual
ly all of whom have e-mail
accounts University President
Myles Brand is on there, along
with University Vice President
Dan Williams and ASl'O Brest
den! Eric Bowen
Currently neither football
coat h Hu h Brooks or basketball
couth Jerry Green have
accounts. so sending them your
suggestions for the next game
via e-mail is not possible vet —
hot there's ahva\ s hope
A thin! feature of the network
is one that is only beginning to
gain popularity There are cur
rently about 1.000 discussion
groups, or electronit bulletin
hoards on the network. Many
deal with s|>et ific areas of study,
particularly m the sciences
However, a growing number
are dealing with other issues
that concern the University
c ommunity A new group has
been t reated that deals with
multiculturalism, and although
it has not been used, it should
prove to be a lively forum as
school begins and the issue
again gains momentum.
Johnson said he believes the
bulletin boards will let most use
ful for student organizations that
vsant to get information posted
and provide forums tor the dis
cussion of various issues
The bulletin boards provide
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Johnson said.
One of tin* issues |ohnson is
trying to address is improved
act ess to the network, especial
ly for students Currently, on
campus access is provided in
most computer labs via direct
c omits lion Johnson said hv late
fall he expects to have tin* KMU
computer lab wired for Macin
tosh I’owerbook at t ess and
hopes It) have it wired tor IBM
laptops in tin* future
Johnson also said he hopes to
have dormitories wired for
diret t ata ess in a couple of
years I.ventualh . connections
to the network may be si altered
across campus, giving those
with portable computers instant
at t ess
At < ess can also be gained
from home computers via
modem.
l or more information, the
documents room (Room 205) in
the ((imputing center, across
from the bookstore, is full of
guides, books and manuals for
using tilt* University network,
(.optier and the Internet.