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Frohnmayer holds open forum
■The president talks about
overcrowding, the financial aid
drug rule, tuition and diversity
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
At Wednesday’s coffee hour in
the Multicultural Center, Univer
sity President Dave Frohnmayer
offered a challenge to more than
20 students concerned with cam
pus issues.
“What’s the best way for admin
istration to convey issues, facts and
concerns to students of color?” he
asked students.
Frohnmayer was joined by As
sociate Vice President of Student
Affairs Anne Leavitt and Execu
tive Assistant President David Ru
bin in addressing student con
cerns in a relaxed atmosphere.
This was the second chat hosted
by ASUO this year.
“We want people to know who
(Frohnmayer) is. There are students
who haven’t met him in the past
but are interested in his opinions,”
said ASUO President Nilda Brook
lyn, who served as the discussion
facilitator. “We want to give them a
chance to get to know him better.”
The question-and-answer ses
sion included representatives from
ASUO, the Multicultural Center,
the Black Student Union and other
student organizations.
Frohnmayer was challenged by
the students to closer examine the
University’s expanding enrollment,
as well as the repercussions of this
year’s projected budget cuts.
“We want to give students the
best education we can in light of
the budget cuts,” he said, adding
that the University is considering
extending the times of day classes
will be offered and building more
classrooms.
Students from the Oregon Stu
dents of Color Coalition mentioned
the recent controversy about the
Higher Education Act drug provi
sion, requesting Frohnmayer sign
his support for repeal of the act.
While Frohnmayer did not sign on,
he did agree to review the statement.
Students asked Frohnmayer
about the possibility of a tuition in
crease in the 2002-2003 school term
and how that may hinder low-in
come students and students of color
from attending the University.
“It tuition goes up, (financial aid)
will go up,” Frohnmayer said.
Leavitt said the University is
continually making outreach
efforts. “We set goals to specifically
attract a higher number of students
and target them to become familiar
with our campus,” she said.
Black Student Union co-director
Haben Woldu then asked what the
University is doing to retain students
of color and maintain a low dropout
rate. Frohnmayer said the number of
ethnic faculty on campus has in
creased in the past five years and the
University has conducted exit inter
views in an effort to retain current
employees for the benefit of students
of all nationalities.
“If we have a more robust faculty
of color,” he said, “we’ll attract *
more students of color."
Regarding students already on
campus, there were concerns about
whether the dorms were a target for
public safety patrolling since the
fine for minors possessing alcohol
increased.
Frohnmayer said there is no spe
cific targeting. The only concern,
he said, is public safety.
Frohnmayer also addressed the
controversy around University pol
icy on American Sign Language,
saying only that the policy is not
yet concrete.
E-mail reporter Robin Weber
at robinweber@dailyemerald;Com.
ASUO
continued from page 1
Q: What specific campus-orient
ed initiatives will you champion?
A: We plan to act as a gateway
for students to have their voices
heard, and not only on campus but
at a municipal, state and national
level. As for specific initiatives, I
want better sports ticketing. I can’t
promise anything, but I promise I
will fight for it. I definitely don’t
think we need to be standing in
line and missing our classes. My
idea to solve this problem is based
on a first-come, first-served basis
tied in with some type of lottery. I
would also like to do a broadcast
of the game in Mac Court for those
students who did not get tickets.
For the ASUO staff, I plan to split
the Greek advocate to a male and a
female and the multicultural advo
cate into a male and a female.
Q: How would you define diver
sity? And how do you plan on
bringing together the diverse voic
es on campus?
A: We have all lived very di
verse lives on this campus. I think
that we need to build more social
awareness for culture. Basically, I
would like to see more promotion
of culture for everyone and for
everyone to take part. I definitely
think people need to go out and be
their own person. As far as pro
moting- diversity, we should let
people be who they want to be.
Q: If two groups were at odds
with each other, how would you
resolve that conflict?
A: I think that politics equal
compromise. That is the only rea
son we even have a government. I
think that logic and understanding
is the only way to ever reach a
good agreement. I would just sit
down and try to mediate as much
as possible. If one side is illogical,
I would probably side with the log
ical case. I would weigh the cir
cumstances.
Q: If there was one thing you
could change about the University
instantly, what would it be?
A: I think that the best education
is achieved in the discussion sec
tion. However, graduate teaching
fellows lack the ability to teach. I
would like to see the professors
doing more discussions because I
feel they are the place where ques
tions get answered.
Q: How would you do things
differently than the current ASUO
Executive?
A: I think that I need to take
what they have already done and
keep progressing. Progressive na
ture is the way to be — moving for
ward always — and I just need to
keep trying to make this a better
community for our students.
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