Frohnmayer discusses leadership
By Sarah Skidmore
Oregon Daily Emerald
The ends justify the means.
This political credo of Niccolo
Machiavelli, a notorious political
theorist of the 1500s, is “dis
turbingly modem” in the midst of
the presidential impeachment
proceedings, University President
Dave Frohnmayer said to the Eu
gene Rotary Club Tuesday.
While Frohnmayer said he has
"no present judgment” on the al
legations against President Clin
ton, he compared modem leader
ship ethics to Machiavelli’s
political ideals.
“In Machiavelli’s world, worthy
values clash,” Frohnmayer said.
“If one believes in political leader
ship as a means to civic greatness,
then doing what others may con
sider as evil is not evil at all.”
Machiavelli’s theories outlined
the need for leaders to use cunning,
deceit and expedience for the good
of the people. Clinton allegedly de
ceived the people by lying about
his affair with former White House
intern Monica Lewinsky.
Frohnmayer said society is "in
the midst of scandal brought about
by the discovery of that very deceit
Machiavelli seemed to be praising. ’’
Clinton’s videotaped grand jury
testimony was released to the pub
lic the day before Frohnmayer’s
speech.
In light of the controversy,
Frohnmayer asked, “Can you be a
leader without being unethical
and immoral in your tactics?”
Some students said they felt
that morality is an important com
ponent of leadership.
“He’s got to have morals to lead
our country,” junior Leslie Gillette
said.
However, in Machiavelli’s
world because "worthy values
clash,” the role of a good leader
was not always the same as the
role of a good person.
“A president has a responsibili
ty to the people and being under
oath is one of them,” said Heather
Coughlin, a second-year mathe
matics graduate student. “It affects
his credibility.”
“I don’t think it is impeachable,
but maybe he should resign," said
Jasmine Udey, a senior psycholo
gy major.
EMU security
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someone loses them, we only have
to re-key a few doors. ”
The downside to the system, he
admitted, is that people who need
access to different areas of the
building now have to carry nu
merous keys. But when people
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them his ring of 38 keys.
“I would love to have just one
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you never want to sacrifice securi
ty for convenience. ”
Miller agrees, which is why he
would like to see the EMU board
debate this fall about how many
students really need after-hours ac
cess to the building now that parts
of the EMU are open until 2 a.m.
Although the EMU belongs to
students and students should
have access to it, Miller said, he
wonders whether students truly
need to put their safety at risk and
work in the building late at night
when minimal staff is available to
answer emergency calls.
Laura Wallace, EMU board sum
mer chair, agrees that the board
should formulate an access policy.
“It’s a security issue. I’ve been in
the building late at night and felt
unsafe,” she said. “Personally, I
would rather feel safe than be able
to get into the building after hours. ’’
Wallace said the board will defi
nitely address the question of after
hours access this year, and once it
has decided on a policy, the EMU
may install an electronic key sys
tem using money a past board has
set aside for this purpose.
With the electronic system, stu
dents and staff would use cards in
stead of keys to open the building.
The EMU could control access by
removing students from its data
base, rendering their cards useless.
Although the system would be
expensive to install and maintain,
it would also make the EMU easier
to secure, Wallace said.
After all, she added, “how often
can we really re-key the building?”
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