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SINCE I VJUU UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE, OREGON
Tuesday
February 27,2001
Volume 102, Issue 103
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today
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R. Ashley Smith for the Emerald
Eugene police officers inspect the scene of an attempted bank robbery and hostage situation. The suspect, Jason Glen Campbell, was shot by
a police officer after a brief standoff at South Umpqua Bank on Monday night. He was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center.
Suspect shot after bank standoff
■An attempted robbery and
hostage-ta king ends with a 27
’ year-old taken down by police
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Police shot a Eugene man Monday
night after he allegedly robbed the
South Umpqua Bank at 4011 Donald
St., took an employee hostage and
shot at police.
The suspect, identified as 27-year
old Jason Glen Campbell, was taken
to Sacred Heart Medical Center and
was listed in serious condition as of
press time.
“Based on interviews, apparently
the suspect went into the bank indi
cating he had every intention to die
at the hands of police,” EPD spokes
woman Pam Alejandre said. “Some
call it death-by-police.”
Campbell ordered bank employees
to call police and bring in the SWAT
team, Alejandre said.
A bank employee reported the rob
bery in progress at 4:35 p.m. Police
Turn to Hostage, page 3
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Disabling the barriers to education
■The Disability Services program
offers assistance, but adequately
accommodating disabilities can
truly be a learning experience
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Ken Minchella was having trouble
with his classes at the University. While
juggling a full load of credits toward a
degree in Italian, Minchella also had to
take medication to prevent the severe
mood fluctuations caused by bipolar
disorder.Both the disorder and the med
ication’s side effects impeded his ability
to do well in his courses. He said he had
trouble attending classes and taking
tests because his medication disrupted
his sleep patterns, causing fatigue, and
his depression would often make him
unable to leave his house.
Minchella also said a professor failed
to accommodate his disability, adding
to his difficulties. After several meet
ings with the professor, Regina Psaki,
and romance languages department
head Evelyn Gould, Minchella eventu
ally took his grievance to the Office of
Affirmative Action, which decided Psa
ki had done everything she could to ac
commodate Minchella’s disability. Psa
ki declined to be interviewed for this
story, citing confidentiality issues, but
Gould said the issue could likely have
been avoided if there had just been bet
ter communication on both sides. .
Minchella’s story illustrates how dif
ficult it can sometimes be for the Uni
versity to ensure that every student
with a disability is satisfied with his or
her educational opportunities. Despite
a full range of methods that have been
developed by Disability Services to
help students fully participate,
Minchella says his disability was not
accommodated.
Gould said she has full faith in Psaki
as a professor, and she added the issue
was not a failure of acceptance, but of
Minchella simply not meeting class re
quirements, despite Psaki’s accommo
dations.
Turn to Disabilities, page 5
Professor pay
failing the test
■ Ensuring competitive salaries for faculty is
difficult, especially under the latest budget proposal
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
For years, the salaries of
University faculty have not
compared with other
schools throughout the
country, and despite contin
uing efforts made by the ad
ministration and the Univer
sity Senate Budget
Committee, both administra
tors and faculty say profes
sors are still underpaid.
One major concern is that
the University of Oregon is
losing its competitive edge
because professors are leav
ing for a variety of reasons,
such as better pay and re
search opportunities at oth
er universities.
And the with the latest
state budget proposal re
leased, the University could
lose millions of dollars,
making the situation even
more pressing.The Senate
Budget Committee released
the White Paper plan last
January, with the goal of
raising faculty compensa
tion to 95 percent of parity
to the schools in the Oregon
University System’s peer
group. But Nathan Tublitz, a
biology professor and vice
president of the University
Senate, said it’s too early to
tell whether improvements
have been made.
He said a 3 percent in
crease is needed each year
to reach the plan’s goal in
three to seven years. Al
though the necessary in
crease has been met for
2000-01, Tublitz said the
challenge of raising salaries
is a long-term project.
“It’s only going to work if
the increases occur annual
ly,” he said. “It’s not clear if
professors are leaving just
for salaries, but clearly it’s a
major factor.”
Lorraine Davis, vice
provost for academic affairs,
is optimistic about the
White Paper plan, although
she said salary is not the
only reason professors leave.
She said there used to be an
average of 12 faculty resig
nations per year, but in the
last few years, resignations
have increased to about 18
each year.
“For the most part, I think
we have a very loyal faculty,
but sometimes other oppor
tunities are so exciting that
they feel they need to
leave,” she said.
Some other factors that
figure into a professor’s deci
sion to leave have nothing to
do with money, such as bet
ter research opportunities,
Davis said.
Working without tenure
Others aren’t as optimistic
about the future of profes
sors’ salaries. Shaul Cohen,
an assistant geography pro
fessor, is a member of the
senate’s Ad Hoc Committee,
which was created last fall
to support non-tenured fac
ulty and to study instructor
compensation issues. Non
tenured faculty are not in
cluded in the White Paper
plan.
“This community deals
with a group* that’s even
more vulnerable to the
budgeting challenge that the
University faces,” Cohen
said.
He said non-tenured fac
ulty are underpaid at
schools throughout the na
tion because they don’t have
the same rights and opportu
nities that tenured faculty
have.
“The reality of their job
exceeds their obligations on
Turn to Salaries, page 6
The ASUO primary election continues
today and runs until Thursday.
Voting is being conducted entirely via Duck Web, although
combined traffic from voters and
students registering for class crashed
the system momentarily a handful of
times Monday.
People who find they cannot log onto
Duck Web to vote should wait about
an hour and try again.
The primary will reduce each race to
two candidates, unless one candidate
wins outright with more than 50
percent of the vote.
The general election is March 5-8.