Campus to remember former president Olum
■A funeral service at Beall
Hall Wednesday will honor
Olum and his (JO career
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Another of the University’s shin
ing lights of research and education
went out recently when President
Emeritus Paul Olum, 82, died Jan.
19 of Lewy body disease in Natick,
Mass.
His death comes at a time when
the University is also honoring the
memory of Professor Aaron
Novick, 81, who died in December.
Novick was credited with making
several breakthroughs in biological
research during his time at the Uni
versity.
While remembered for his work
as a professor of mathematics,
Olum’s chief accomplishments
during his presidency from 1981 to
1989 were his unflinching defense
of the University’s educational mis
sion in the face of a severe state
wide recession and countless edu
cation budget cuts.
“There are lots of people who
thought like he did, but few had the
courage to say it,” said Olum’s son
Ken Olum, 39, a physicist who
works with Tufts University.
Funeral services will be held at 1
p.m. Wednesday at Beall Concert
Hall, and a campus memorial serv
ice will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday
in the Paul Olum Atrium in
Willamette Hall.
As president, Olum was able to
guide the University through a
massive expansion project that
brought 20 new research institutes
and academic programs. He also
oversaw the construction of the
$45.6 million science complex and
the $27 million expansion and re
modeling of the Knight Library.
He was able to accomplish this
despite a crippling recession in
Oregon during the early 1980s,
which brought serious budget cuts
to the Oregon University System.
Olum’s devotion to both students
and faculty kept the University
running strong during the reces
sion, but also put him out of favor
with the State Board of Higher Edu
cation. The board eventually decid
ed it would not renew Olum’s con
tract in 1987, effectively forcing
him to retire in 1989. The move
was met with protests from both
faculty and students who were
highly supportive of their presi
dent.
Ken Olum said he respected his
father for being able to hold on to
his beliefs even when they went
against those of the State Board of
Education. He said that Olum was
a wonderful father who viewed his
family just as important as his work
at the University.
“He had a love of intellectual
pursuits and justice, both at home
and at work,” he said.
Both Ken Olum and his sister,
Joyce Galaski, 51, a rabbi in
Amherst, Mass., recounted the time
Olum joined an anti-apartheid
protest on the steps of Johnson
Hall. Galaski said her father viewed
his job as a means to bring about
positive change at the University,
and also to give students and facul
ty more say in higher education.
“He saw part of his job as a way
to support faculty,” she said. “He
wanted to empower faculty, and I
think he wanted to empower stu
dents.”
Vice President for Administra
tion Dan Williams, whom Olum
hired in 1973, said Olum was a tru
ly unique person.
“He really was an extraordinary
man,” he said. “He had a human
ness about him I had never encoun
tered before and never have since.”
Williams said Olum lent inspira
tion and confidence to faculty
members who knew that he was
truly working on their behalf.
“It became very clear to me that
he was a faculty member who just
happened to be president,” he said.
Students initiate postcard campaign to reject Ashcroft
■ campus groups ask others
to encourage legislators to
oppose the controversial
attorney general-designate
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
As a decision on the confirmation
of Attorney General-designate John
Ashcroft lurks around the comer, two
campus groups are trying to block the
confirmation in their own way.
The College Democrats and Stu
dents for Choice have begun a cam
paign aimed at influencing the two
people in Oregon who can make a
difference: Sens. Ron Wyden, D
Ore., and Gordon Smith, R-Ore.
Since Thursday, the groups have
been asking students to sign post
cards requesting that the senators op
pose Ashcroft’s confirmation. The
cards say that Ashcroft is “out of
touch” with Oregonians’ views and
that his own views are too extreme.
The groups are also encouraging
students to write the senators them
selves.
Ashcroft’s nomination has en
countered a wave of controversy, as
many Democrats contend that
Ashcroft — who has taken stances
against gay rights, civil rights, gun
control, environmental protection
and abortion—will not enforce fed
eral laws as they are written.
Some believe he will even try to
change them.
“I would have a hard time believ
ing that anyone, myself included,
could go into that position and dis
connect from pre-existing views,”
said Arlie Adkins, a member of the
College Democrats.
Sara Poynter, Students for Choice
director, said her group is worried
about Ashcroft’s taking the post of
attorney general because of his far
right stance on abortion issues.
“He’s an anti-choice activist who
doesn’t trust women to make their
own choices about child-bearing,”
she said.
Poynter added that not only is
Ashcroft against exceptions for
abortions in the case of rape or in
cest, he also wants to ban common
forms of contraception.
“We really feel that John Ashcroft
is way too conservative for this
country,” said Jed McGuire, co
chairman of the College Democrats.
“And we really don’t believe that he
will enforce the laws.”
Some members of the College Re
publicans said they understand De
mocratic complaints that Ashcroft
will not enforce federal laws as they
are written.
“That’s a valid concern,” junior
sociology major Chris Fosnight
said. “But that’s not going to hap
pen.”
The College Democrats are not so
sure.
“If we did have faith in him,”
McGuire said, “we wouldn’t be
mounting this campaign against
him.”
With confirmation likely — sev
eral Democrats and Republicans in
Congress have already pledged to
endorse Ashcroft as attorney gener
al — the campaign might not have
the ultimate effect of keeping
Ashcroft out of office.
However, McGuire said, “it’s nev
er over.”
But the campaign is also touching
upon another political level.
Adkins said he hopes the post
cards and letters will make some
public officials, including Ashcroft
and Smith, aware that they are be
ing monitored.
Smith is up for re-election in two
years, Adkins said, which means
his vote on Ashcroft will impact the
outcome of his own election.
Senior English major Scott
Austin, a member of the College Re
publicans, said Smith needs to pay
attention to his Republican base.
“Let Wyden not vote for
Ashcroft,” he said. “Smith can’t af
ford to.”
Adkins and Poynter said that most
of all, they want to make students
aware of what is coming their way.
“The real tragedy wouldn’t be so
Wrap-up of Ashcroft
confirmation hearings
Confirmation hearings for Attorney
General-designate John Ashcroft be
gan Jan. 16 before the Senate Judi
ciary Committee.
Critics are fearful that Ashcroft will
try to change federal laws contrary
to his beliefs, such as abortion rights
and gun control.
Ashcroft pledged during his hear
ings to uphold federal laws despite
his beliefs.
A decision could come as early as
this week.
much that Ashcroft were con
firmed,” Adkins said. “More than
anything, we want to inform stu
dents about what’s going on. ”
Their efforts will continue until
a final decision has been made,
which could happen as early as
this week.
Jackson grateful for solid support
By Andrew Buchanan
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse
Jackson thanked his family and
supporters for standing by him as
he spoke publicly Sunday for the
first time since acknowledging he
fathered a daughter during an ex
tramarital affair.
But Jackson, speaking briefly to
worshippers who packed Salem
Baptist Church, saved his most
personal comments for his wife,
Jackie.
“After 38 years and five children
later, Jackie, you’re still here,”
Jackson said.
The civil rights leader said he
was grateful to supporters who
made it clear that they want him to
return to the helm of the Rain
bow/PUSH Coalition as soon as
possible, and indicated he is ready
to resume his work.
“Yesterday, the winds shifted, so
it’s a new stage in our challenge,”
Jackson said, referring to President
Bush’s inauguration.
Jackson, who had been in seclu
sion since acknowledging the af
fair four days ago, told The Associ
ated Press Saturday that he would
return to the civil rights stage next
week.
Salem Baptist pastor, the Rev.
James Meeks, who also is execu
tive vice president of
Rainbow/PUSH, told Jackson that
the coalition needed his leader
ship.
“Reverend, we want you to
know something today: Not only
do we love you, not only do we
care for you ... we can’t afford to
lose you,” Meeks said.
“We need you, we want you, we
love you, Rev. Jesse Jackson.”
Jackson has said he will be at a
luncheon in Chicago in his honor
on Monday, and plans to attend an
annual economic conference that
the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
hosts in New York.
Jackson has said he will not dis
cuss his daughter, now 20 months
old, or her mother, Karin Stanford,
former head of Rainbow/PUSH’s
Washington office. Stanford and
her daughter now live in Los An
geles.
Leaders of Rainbow/PUSH have
acknowledged that the civil rights
organization paid $35,000 in “sev
erance pay” to Stanford. John
Scanlon, a spokesman for Jackson,
said that included $15,000 in mov
ing expenses and $20,000 as pay
ment for work Stanford was con
tracted to perform for the
organization. He said Stanford has
received no money from Rain
bow/PUSH since August 1999,
when the work was completed.
Jackson personally pays Stan
ford $3,000 a month in child sup
port, he said.
Meeks has questioned the tim
ing of news that Jackson had fa
thered a child, suggesting that it
was an attempt to stop a march in
Florida Saturday to protest alleged
voting irregularities during the
presidential election.
Calendar
Monday Jan. 22
— Exhibition: Multimedia by
Gabrielle Lemer, Rebecca Smith, Hei
di Yoder and jennifer Theusch, and
painting by Nicole Sherey. 10 a.m.-4
p.m. LaVerne Krause Gallery,
Lawrence Hall. Through Jan. 26. Free.
Reception 7-9 p.m. Jan. 22.
—Winter Campus Recruiting Inter
views: Students and recent graduates
who register with the 1)0 Career Cen
ter may sign up for job interviews
through InterviewTrak, an on-line re
cruiting system, for career, intern and
summer positions with employers
around the nation. UO Campus. Free.
—Campus Planning Committee
Meeting: Agenda includes revision of
the MRI Alterations and Additions
Project. 3-4:30 p.m. Room 143 Straub
Hall. Free.
—Cultural Forum Speaker: Hank
Nuwar discusses “When Rites Become
Wrong,” an examination of the po
tential problems in hazing practices.
7 p.m. Ballroom, EMU. Free.
— Presentation: A report on the US
Army School of the Americas protest.
7 p.m. Room 100 Willamette Hall.
Free.
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