UNIVERSITY
proressors
study indicates decline in salmon runs
By Eron Witiel
for the Oregon Ofrty frrwrakS
In addition to over-fishing and habitat
destruction, salmon runs could !*• dwin
dling as part of long-term ecological
cycles, research by geography Professor
David Greenland suggests
Periods of lower temperatures in the
Pat ific Northwest appear to bo asst* iated
with larger catches of salmon and higher
temperatures with poor t ati lies, Green
land said
Greenland emphasized that his
research shows that long-term cycles
could !»• one fat tor in the < risis and did
not suggest that humans are not involved
in the depletion.
"We need to take into account long
term perspectives as well as short-term
ones to make go»<i management dot :i
stons," he wml
Temperatures in the Northwest are
probably not directly linked to the
salmon runs, but rather an indicator of
larger weather patterns Patterns that tend
to cause cooling in the Northwest may
also trigger o< nan current* that encourage
upwtilling. a < urrent that brings cool,
nutrient ru h waters from deep in the sea
to the surfai e The upwelling mas help
salmon the population by providing plen
tiful food
Salmon fishing, long an economn sta
ple for the Oregon Coast, is fa< tug tough
times with runs hitting alarming lows
and pressure mounting for striiter regu
lation
Greenland's rescan h suggests that the
temperature, and therefore salmon abun
dance. may Ih> fluctuating in JO year
i vi le-- When the number of salmon is levy
Greenland said extra care is needed
If we do some bad things to the terres
trial environment when we are in a
trough. »i' could lie in trouble." he said
Many canneries and fisheries were
established in the earls I‘Hilts when fish
numbers svere increasing each year.
Greenland explained Management de< i
sions based on short term studies during
bountiful years may have been naive
Greenland pointed tO the ( olot ido Rh
er Compact of 1*122 as a prune example of
management tier isious based on short
term evaluations
In that agreement, the waters of the
Colorado River were divided among se\
eral stales with the allocation based on
the river's flow rates for the previous 20
years If the flow rates had been calculat
ed for the previous century instead,
resoan hers would have realized that the
average flow was 25 per< ent less than in
the 20 year study When flow rates
dropped, legal battles erupted over the
remaining water
Greenland's study covered nearly t»0
years and is based on temperature read
ings at H | Andrews I viiemnenln! f orest
The forest is considered representative of
i signifu ant portion of the Northwest
Greenland also evaminetl researr It
from tin’ University of Washington s
Sr hoot of f isheries that indicated a i or
relation between air temperatures and
salmon harvests m Alaska
Survey aids legislators in policy making
By Eric Buckhalter
Oregon Otely f/wi»W
!m tuition too high? How many loans art* you
taking out to attend school? What is the quality
of votir instruction? How would you fee! about
classes taught through technology? Do you think
campus organizations should do more to pre
vent prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS?
These ore just some of the questions the Ore
gon Student Lobby is asking students in its 1!)‘H
Studont Opinion Survey.
“Several things are coming together this year
which make this survey very timely." OSL
Executive Director Robert Nosse said. "The Ore
gon State System of Higher Education is under
going a massive restructuring process, which
will have implications for the curriculum, the
classroom and tuition.
"The governor is calling for a 13 8 percent cut
to higher education's budget in response to the
last phase of measure 5. Because of changes in
the student loan process and higher education
costs, more and more students are going into
debt to finance their education."
The survey contains 126 questions asking stu
dents to indicate their financial situations as
well as their preferences or opinions on instruc
tion, tuition increases, student loans and the
quality of the serve es on campus
information gathered from the survey will be
used to help legislators design public policy as
well ns illustrate the effects of certain public
policy considerations.
Nosse said QSL staff use the survey results
primarily to explain public policy effects on stu
dents and to illustrate to both stole and campus
legislators what students consider good and had
policies The OSI. board uses the results to fig
ure out what angle to take on specific issues,
whether to advocate for or against certain poli
cies.
"We also want to find out if markets exist for
things like classes taught through let hnology."
he said, "and to find out if students will pay
higher fees for classes with fewer numbers."
Nosse said the questions run the gamut, and
the OSI. is especially interested in the multicul
tural curriculum's outlook and racial harass
ment on campus.
The results of the survey are packaged into
Informational packets and sent to student gov
ernments, with student responses illustrated
with graphs and a list of what areas need to lw>
addressed Nosse said the information gathered
from the survey is used often in testimony to
influence both school and state educations! pol
icy.
The questionaires will be mailed to TOGO stu
dents in OSSHE institutions in mid-April.
Nosse hopes to release the results sometime in
May.
UNIVERSITY UPDATE
• A free li i hire HIlt>il Hie
Body Denied Memory .tntl I’,is
skill in Descartes" will be Units
(1 nv in Room 1 H) VV111<imu11<t at
•4 10 pm Timothy Reiss, of Now
York Dnivorsitv, is the first lt>i
hirer in a series about "Bodies iii
History" sponsored by the Ore
gon Humanities Center
• The University l ent her
Effw tiveness Program will have
a two-hour workshop Thursday,
intended to help professors and
C.TFs write bettor exams The
workshop will include instruc
(font on iv rlttng mn) exams
and objective exams fane
l.uhishor w ill lead the free work
shop at 7:00 p in in the I MP
Walnut Room
• A Hermann languages and
literature professor will talk
about her work in-progress
regarding "Kicarda tlur h's His
torn al foetu s and the Thirty
Years' War Friday in Room t V!
Pl.t Susan Anderson's free let
turn will begin at noon
• On Saturday instructor
Dennis I.uek will lead .i Muse
um of Natural History field t lass
through an area of rainforest
near Florem e During the four
mill's of nosv Inking, thr group
will learn about forest history.
im ologs. human history of tin1
art'll and climate. Thu hike olid
i lass will i list lietween $20 and
l or more information, call
i-t(i-:r()24
• Forest hydrologist Al |ohn
son will lend a Saturday after
noon stream side (like and ills
cuss how Clinton s new forest
plan will affix t sm h ecosys
terns Kip,man Failings" will
meet at noon in Room .17 I Mil
and cost $■! The event is spoil
sored hy the I hilversilv Outdoor
Program
• the Mount Angel Abbey
librarian. Rev. Hugh Feiss. will
show a slide lecture and discuss
1 Rooks of Hours Rest Sellers of
the laite Middle Ages " File free
presentation will lie at the Uni
versity Museum of Art at 'l p in
Sunday
•A group uf local Muslims
will hold a candle-light vigil
Monday at 7 ;i() pan. in the KMU
t ourtyard to remember Muslims
killed in the llehron Massacre
last mouth, (amtai t All Kevhan
furd for more information
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