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UNIVERSITY
Amazon tenants make housing demands
By Martina Joffe
for the Oregon Defy f m&rakt
University student tenants and activists
pressured three Oregon legislators at a meet
ing Sunday for support to stop the demoli
tion of Amazon Family Mousing
Sens Bill Dwyer and Peter Sorenson and
Rep. Cynthia Wooten heard a prepared state
ment read hy Nancy Forrest of the Amazon
Community Tenants Council. The students
demanded the following
• An immediate moratorium on Amazon’s
scheduled demolition.
• A moratorium on evacuation of current
residents.
• The firing of project architect Christo
pher Alexander.
• The creation of a clear and legal publh
policy for low-income family housing and a
legal definition of low-cost
• Greater student involvement and control
of housing policy and governance
Wooten said that the University erred by
not having an attorney look at the art hitect's
contract before signing it Wooten also said
the contract was not drafted by an attorney.
The contract involved millions of dollars
of bond money.
Dwyer said he was angry and weary from
dealing with the University administration,
and that his original intent was not to tear
down existing housing, hut to create addi
tional low-cost housing
"I don't want Timberline I-odge hern.” he
said "I didn't choose the architect. They
did. And they didn't pick the cheapest one
either.”
Dwyer said he lielieved that the same type
of big-business pressure groups responsible
for moving the University's environmental
law clinic off campus were exerting subtle
pressures on the University to not build the
housing.
Wooten disagreed that political pressure is
being exerted by big business in this partic
ular case, and added that groups within the
University should not blame each other, but
should work together for resolution.
Sorenson said certain opponents of higher
education were anxious to see infighting
within the University community. The leg
islators seemed to agree that this wouldn't he
good for the University's ability to raise
funds in Salem.
Wooten said that she believed the Univer
sity should cut its losses with the architect,
even if it cost a few hundred thousand dol
lars She also advised students that it would
he fair to ask the University for a one-year
reprieve from tearing down Amazon.
Sorenson was concerned that Amazon
shouldn't be demolished without a sound
plan for reconstruction. Sorenson actually
lived in Amazon himself as a child while his
father worked on his master’s degree at the
University.
"If the University keeps getting more
expensive to go to. it will price low and
moderate income people out of education."
Sorenson said.
The legislators all agreed to help the stu
dents as much as they could in their aims.
Wooten said that she wanted both the stu
dents and administration to make conces
sions.
Puddles
the duck
FROM THE PAST:
The University began using a
duck as its mascot in 1908.
By the 1930s the duck had
been named Puddles and
changed many times as a
freehand character In
1947. Puddles retired and a
oral contract with Watt
Disney was formed to use
Donald Duck as the school
mascot These drawings
were taken from the 1946
Oregano yearbook
.--'I
ARCHIVE DRAWINGS
English department proposes suspension of minor
By Eric Buckhalter
f ot the Oregon IXi/fy t m&aki
The English department is
proposing to suspend its minor
program because departmental
resources are needed for the
increasing number of English
majors.
The proposal to suspend the
minor will be sent to the Cur
riculum Committee of the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences.
Richard Stein, the head of the
English department, believes the
proposal is likely to pass.
“The suspension of the minor
is a sad necessity. I don't think
this is a good solution, but a
necessary, unfortunate solu
tion," Stein said.
The proposal is a choice on
where to set some limits and do
the least damage, he said.
“The proposed suspension is
based on numbers We have
more students than wo have tin?
resources to support.” Stein
said. "We now teach more stu
dents than an\ other school or
college on the campus, and our
budget does no! grow in
response to that. Student enroll
merit has grown geometrically
for a long time and faculty num
bers have remained constant."
The English department has
already advertised the suspen
sion of the minor. Students who
want an English minor must
complete the necessary course
work and graduate by the end of
the 1994 summer term. Signs are
posted in the English depart
ment's office, and English pro
fessors informed students
enrolled in their classes.
Stein said the department had
to advertise the suspension as
early as possible to give students
a full year's notice and holp stu
dents make academic choices.
The English department des
ignated a deadline for its minor
because a substantial number of
students who formally apply for
a minor do so in the term that
they are going to graduate.
"We chose not to hurt those
students who had not formally
applied for the minor but had
been dutifully been working
toward it.” Stein said.
because of the devastation
brought to some University pro
The proposed suspension is based on
numbers. We have more students than
we have the resources to support
- Richard Stein
English Department Head
grants by 1990's Ballot Measure
5, many students have gone to
other schools, colleges and
departments at the University.
Faculty numbers do not increase
as student numbers rise because
of budget limitations.
The sociology department has
also proposed to suspend its
minor program to l>etter accom
modate sociology majors. The
faculty, like that of the English
department's, is not large
enough to support the growing
number of students.
Bob O'Brien, the head of the
sociology department, said a
suspension of the minor pro
gram is the best way to keep
class sizes down and concen
trate on majors.
"it is difficult to provide a
quality education for our majors.
In this lough choice, it is more
important to serve our majors'
needs." O'Brien said. "We
understand what the English
department is doing. The growth
of our enrollment is up 70 per
cent from 1985, and our faculty
is not targe enough to support
it."
Stein said ho is sympathetic; to
English majors who are having
trouble enrolling in the classes
they need to graduate.
"We must choose to support
our majors. It’s a had situation
where a choice has to be made at
all.” Stein said. "If resources
improve or if student demand
drops then we would like to
reinstate the minor. We are sus
pending it so that any time we
can sue our way to do it. we can
turn it right back on."