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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1995)
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King said The Offii e of Public: Safety has made provisions for a possi ble reduction in staff Core secu rity service's, suc h as building lock-up and parking will be maintained by people in man agement positions Two offii ers from the Eugene J’olic e Depart ment w ill also be patrolling the campus ns before "We will c onttnue to attempt to get a settlement, said M irk f ry burg, spokesman for the department of Administrative Services in Salem Talks between the OPKU arid the state negotiators have been "very cor dial," he said. Lewis said the union was still holding firm on its request for a 6 5 percent pay increase, "For us to say no to that sets us up for further trouble," Lewis said. There are ldpi OPKU repre sented employees at the Univer sity Sinc e* the dec ision to strike is up to the individual, it is not possible lo say how many OPEU represented employees will he striking. Statewide, there are 17.273 OPKI J members and representa tives eligible to strike. F'rvburg said. There* will In* a rally Monday from noon to 1 p.m. in tin* KMt' courtyard organized by Univer sity fai uIty supporting the strik mini, lamis said I,imtu king. dirts tor of human services for I hr* University, said during the three-day warning strike, students inn expect longer lines in dining halls and Oregon Hall. Mail will he deliv ered once a day and trash col lection will not as frequent Hamilton dining hall. Hammy's and Pizano's will be closed dur ing the strike, but ( arson and the University Inn dining halls will remain open with normal hours Tom Hager, direi tor of < om munications for the University, said the menu will be changed and reduced to pre prepared foods, while paper plates and plastic utensils will he used Resident dirts tors and manage ment services employees will Ik* filling spaces m the dining hall vacated by striking workers Students who currently work at Hammy's, Pizano's and "If on<* group does poorly, t Kam i's are they'll wail on another," l ewis said A lot of labor issues will have an irnpa< I on higher ed " II is not expected by either side that the picketing will become violent. We don't expect to have those problems, but we will have people on call," Ming said "The 1987 strike was peaceful and we expect the same [from this strike), "We certainly respect our employees right to strike,' King said We hope the strike is peaceful and respei tful on both sides " E-MAIL Continued from Page 1 Meacham, a graduate student at the school In a democracy, one should expect to be exposed to things one does not agree with Being challenged is both a privilege and part ol the pru e o! freedom " Meat ham said But Smith said the del ision to eliminate the everyone group is not an infringement of free s|s»s ii ' There an- at least four other lorums on c iimpus to jai k in to Other groups ( all be read world-wide." he said. Mh hole Holou. a student at the si bool, said by asking students to use another forum like Gladstone to communii ate was like a book store d»s iding to quit carrying a book I»h ause the book c an lie found at another bookstore She said the messages were no different than having to deal with junk mail distributed through the postal sys tem Muk West rick, director of computer service for the Si hool of |our naiism and Communication. said that no other sy stem on campus had the everyone feature "l m not saying you c an t get on a soap box." he said in regards to political dis< ourse on the everyone group "Tin just saying, not rny e man mix, westrtck saicl. Donald Paling, associate dean of architecture. said he wants to review the de» ision lo eliminate the school-wide everyone group lie wants more dialogue and both administrators and students lo be included in the decision-making process. Pet mg said that (vised "on the evidence of the response." not enough talking took place 1 adore the dt*< ision was made Smith said the action was "peremptory ' lie said that it might have been done a little loo quickly, hut he had conlacled all the depart ment heads before the decision was made l.inda Ktlinger, the director of arts and administration programs, said she was in favor of the original d« ision But she added, “1 think that the everyone group is an important tool. There is not enough communu ation and my goal is to promote that She said n new group should be created with rules which should lie regulated by catego ry. not content. Smith said he heliuves that rules "should probably Ih> codified ”
