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DAVE Continued from Page 1 redouble efforts of the past to not only increase diversity hut to also to create a more welcoming atmosphere. Believing diversity to he "iden tity- within n sense of communi ty," he said it will t>e a goal needing constant tending, espe cially in predominantly white Oregon. Frohnmayer, a Harvard gradu ate. has a long history in public, service and at the University. From l‘»7t to 1980, Frohn mayer was a law professor at the University and until 1979. acted as special assistant to the presi dent. Oregon's ottomev general from 1981 to 1992. Frohnmayer yvas named dean of the law school in 1991, Hi* lunutn as dean helped mnk the school a* the mxwd host in tin* Northwest according to l !.S Ntmx and World Hrixirt last March, Besides the University, Frohn mayor is a member of the board of directors of the Lane County Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Ixmrd of trustees of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and a hoard member of the National Marrow Donor Program Together with his wife, Lynn, Frohnmayer founded the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund. Inc He also has served as honorary chairman of the Children's Mir acle Network Telethon for Sacred Heart Hospital and Doornbecher Children's Hospital from 1‘iHH to 1992 PERKS Continued from Page 1 of stuff wo got offered," says Hotiso Minority Loader Peter Court ney. D-Salem. one of the few legislative leaders who turns down most of the gifts and meals offered him. "It's just amazing " Lobbyists who still spend a good deal entertaining legislators say the technique helps them better represent their clients; others say the gift-giving is harmless and something lawmakers deserve. “The electorate doesn't give most (legislators) the credit that's due them." savs Ja< k Kane, a lobbyist for police unions and other groups. He reported spending about $18,000 on entertaining in 1991-93 “They toil for $1,000 a month, and to have some of us spending some money on them is pis! one of the ways that allows them to at least get away and enjoy being themselves a perk, if you will, for the job.” Others say this spending is far from harmless “No legislator or lobbyist will ever admit votes are being bought, but they are being bought.” says David Buchanan, director of Oregon Common Cause, a special-interest watchdog group "Lobbyists who practice this way want to put their thumb on the scale. They wouldn't be spending all this money if it wasn't work ing," he said. Oakley says she is very busy, and accepting perks helps her get things done. “Going out to dinner (with u lobbyist) can lw< a good use of your time," she said. Adds Rep. Lonnie Roberts, D-Portlnnd, who took $3,681 in lobby ists gifts during 1991-93: “A lot of it is about establishing personal friendships. But mostly it means you can sit and talk without the phone ringing or whatever. It's been going on since time immemor ial." Still, lax ethics rules and lobbyists' reporting practices mean that special interests have not had to disclose which legislators received three-fourths of the money about $391,000 spent for entertain ment, meals and travel during 1991-93. State law requires lobbyists to itemize expenditures on legislators only when the cost of a single event exceeds $62. Free meals are among the gifts that most often allow lobbyists to avoid itemizing The granddaddy of all legislative trips is the Pacific Conference held each December in Maui. The conference is intended to bring together legislative leaders from five Western states. About 15 corporations pay the costs a total of $14,301 for eight Oregon legislators who took 13 trips since 1991. That's an average of $1,100 per trip Legislative leaders decide who gets to go. Not surprisingly, they often select themselves. House Speaker Campbell, for example, has gone six out of the last eight years and all three years he's been speaker. Cash For Textbooks Mon.-Sat Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Block From Campus 345-1651 The Copt) Shop Open Mon-Fri &-7 Sat 10-4 tktmxn: PmenanSFmry Rif* an 13m 485-6253 Please Recycle This Paper GARY GfU.»S. CnwnU Th0 University's Interim president. Deve Frohnmayer, spends the first day In his new office with his wife Lynn end two youngest children Amy and Jonathan. University Street closed to all traffic for repairs Thu campus portion of University Street will bo closed to all traffic, including pedestrians, for a parking improvement project from July H at 7 a.in. to )uly 20 at 7 p m,, according to the University. The central part of the campus can be reached by East 13th Avenue and on Universi ty Street north of the East 15th Street intersec tion. Campus streets will sporadically Im closed this summer so the University Physical Plant and 2G Construction of Kugene can re-stripe the pirking pint es and improve accessibility tor the handicapped. The University also hopes the project will reduc e speeding on the street and increase parking by 82 spaces. The contract to 2G Construction is for SA8.000 TEACHERS Continued trom Page 1 the profession, the union loader said Geiger said ho was not con doning sexual harassment, but contended thoro are dozens of false accusations for every instance in which a child was sexually abused or harassed by a teacher. An ai:cusation true or false destroys or seriously damages a teacher's career, he said. Hailey and othor teachers here attending the NKA's annual con vention say it has forced them to change the way they do their jobs, ''You're careful about touch ing a student in any way. even an instructional way." said Hai ley. a graphics arts teacher in Hillings. Mont Karly In his carver, he might have taken students' hands to help them properly use a pen. "Now what vou do is take the pen. you don't touch her. you don't have any personal contact with her." Bailey Mid the threat of a sex uni harassment act usation dri ves u wedge between lent her and student "You have to couch everything you say," ho said. Gilbert King, a special educa tion aide al a I’oydras, l a . high school, said he tries to avoid being alone with a child In the event that he can't, he'll take precautions ”1 open the doors wider I sit more in the middle of the room. You tend to put more distance between you," he said. He also is careful about his conversations with students, "I don't let them talk about any matters of the heart with me," he said Teachers say it is the student who suffers. "It makes a very sterile envi ronment," said Lorraine Arburr, a third-grade teat her in Ter ryville. Conn "It doesn't give a teacher an opportunity to show you care." The American Association of University Woman last year reported a "sexual harassment epidemic” in America's public schools, with H5 percent of girls mill 7ti percent ofhovs in grades night through 11 experiencing some form of sexual harassment The majority of the harass men! was student against stu dent. the study suid, hut 25 peri ent of the girls and 10 per cent of the boys accused a teacher or school employee of harassing them. 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