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February 8,2001
Volume 102, Issue 90
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Cox endorses OSU for Bend branch campus
Frohnmayer
defends the
strength of the
UO’s proposal
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
The head of the state
university system has giv
en Oregon State Universi
ty a strong edge in its race
with the University of Ore
gon to open a Bend branch
campus.
But the University of
Oregon administration is
not throwing in the towel
just yet.
Oregon University
Chancellor Joe Cox an
nounced Wednesday
morning that OSU would
best suit the needs of Cen
tral Oregon, and he recom
mended the State Board of
Higher Education give the
Corvallis school a green
light to open a branch
campus in Bend.
While he was unavail
able for direct comment,
Cox did release a state
ment on his decision.
“As we analyzed the re
gion’s need for academic
programs, for workforce
development and for edu
cation services, the OSU
proposal seemed to be a
better fit,” he wrote.
He also acknowledged
the University of Oregon’s
efforts to obtain the branch
campus and admitted he
was torn between the two
universities.
“This was an extremely
difficult recommendation
to make,” he said. “Both
proposals embrace dy
namic ideas and extraordi
nary vision for extending
higher education through
out Central Oregon.”
Cox’s decision marks
one of the last steps in the
process to bring a four-year
university to Central Ore
gon. The state board will
make the final decision
Feb. 16 during its regular
meeting.
The branch campus will
be located on the Central
Oregon Community Col
lege campus and will pro
vide a full bachelor’s de
gree from the university
that is chosen.
University President
Dave Frohnmayer said he
was disappointed by Cox’s
recommendation and said
the analysis overlooked
and “did not sufficiently
value” several key ele
ments that made the Uni
versity’s plan for Bend
much stronger.
“We absolutely stand by
our proposal,” he said.
Frohnmayer said the
University’s commitment
to a high level of collabora
tion with COCC faculty
and staff was overlooked,
as was the University’s fi
nancial resources to en
sure a quick opening of the
Bend branch campus.
“We provided for the
immediate availability for
over $2 million in private
funding for an immediate
start,” he said.
In regard to the final de
cision by the state board,
Frohnmayer said he could
n’t comment on how it
would decide, because
they’re still analyzing the
proposals. He did say that
the board is “very inde
pendent minded,” and
while Cox’s support of
OSU does have substantial
weight in the process, it
was still only a recommen
dation.Tim White, OSU
provost and executive vice
president, said he was en
couraged by the news, but
wouldn’t be cracking open
the champagne just yet.
“We’re not going to cele
brate until the board’s final
decision,” he said.
He said Cox’s recom
mendation did give OSU’s
proposal momentum to be
selected by the state board,
and he added there was a
renewed sense of opti
mism in Corvallis for
OSU’s chances to open a
Bend campus.
White said he was
proud of the work that
went into OSU’s proposal
and humble at the
prospect of bringing a four
year university to Central
Oregon.
Turn to Bend, page 5A
We pro
vided for
the immedi
ate avail
ability for
over $2 mil
lion in pri
vate fund
ing for an
immediate
start.
Dave
Frohnmayer
university
president
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Codes keep law school honorable
The law
school’s
academic
honor code
could serve
as a model
for the
entire
University
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
The key to fighting the University’s growing
levels of academic dishonesty may rest in the
law school.
University law students are required to up
hold the school’s honor code, a pledge each stu
dent makes to be honest and ethical in all areas
of their academic work.
Students who fail to uphold the code risk ex
pulsion from the law school.
Honor codes are primarily used by private
East Coast institutions and smaller schools, but
most large public schools do not use them. Each
school’s code tends to be somewhat different
and is adapted to fit the school’s needs.
While some think this system should be ex
panded to include the entire University, not
everyone is confident that this is a practical
idea.Richard Ludwick, the law school’s assistant
dean for student affairs, said the entire University
could benefit from using an honor code similar to
the law school’s. He said the code entails turning
in a signed pledge with each exam and written as
signment stating the work is the student’s own. In
Turn to Honor code, page 5A
OSPIRG takes aim
at Alaskan drilling
■The environmental group
hopes to convince oil company
BP not to drill in Alaska's Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
Members of OSPIRG stood at the cor
ner of 13th Avenue and University
Street Wednesday afternoon, waving
two large signs. One showed a drawn
face of a vicious wolf and the other a
caricature of Sir John Browne, CEO of
British Petroleum, the largest oil com
pany that wants to drill for oil in the
Coastal Plain of Alaska’s Arctic Nation
al Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
They asked passersby whom they
thought was the greater predator.
A few people stopped at the ANWR
table to speak to a video camera with
comments such as, “Don’t do it, John.”
OSPIRG will send these “video post
cards” to Browne, in an attempt to stop
him from pursuing the exploration of
oil in the Coastal Plain of the reserve.
Some students also signed EcoPledge,
a pledge not to work for, invest in or
buy from BP until it decides not to drill
in ANWR.
OSPIRG will also host an event at 7
p.m. Sunday in 133 Gilbert featuring
guest speakers talking about the nega
tive impact drilling will have on the en
vironment and the native Gwich’in In
dian Nation, who depend on ANWR
caribou herds for hunting.
After President George W. Bush re
cently formed a committee to investi
gate oil exploration in response to a na
tional energy crisis and placed ANWR
at the top of the list for potential re
sources, some environmental activists
experienced waves of deja vu.
This isn’t the first time oil companies
Tu rn.to ANWR, page 4A
(( Polls
show that
even though
there are en
ergy prob
lems, a lot
of people
don't want
to open
ANWR. Its
just not
worth it to
destroy such
a beautiful
wild place.
Dan
Ritzman
climate
campaigner,
greenpeace
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