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Friday, May 7, 2004
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 150
Oregon Board of Higher Ed president resigns
Amid allegations of a past
sex scandal, former Oregon
governor Neil Goldschmidt
resigns, citing health issues
By Parker Howell
News Reporter
Oregon Board of Higher Education
President Neil Goldschmidt resigned
from the board Thursday, citing
health problems. However, a Portland
newspaper alleges that the former
Oregon governors resignation is actu
ally due to a sex scandal.
Goldschmidt, a University gradu
ate, also said in a statement that he
Neil
Goldschmidt
Oregon Board
of Higher
Education
President
will resign from
the Oregon
Electric Utility
Company and
will be taking a
leave of absence
from his con
sulting firm,
Goldschmidt
Imeson Carter.
An innovative
businessman
who many had
hoped would
help alleviate the
state's ailing
higher educa
tion system,
Goldschmidt was appointed to the
board in January as part of Oregon
Gov. Ted Kulongoski's efforts to over
haul the higher education system.
Since his appointment, the system
has undergone several changes, in
cluding the resignation of Chancel
lor Richard Jarvis.
Goldschmidt said he suffers from
several heart-related problems, in
cluding atrial fibrillation, an irregu
lar heartbeat and blockage of arter
ies to the heart. He said his
resignations are part of lifestyle
changes recommended by his per
sonal physician and family.
However, Willamette Week reported
on its Web site that Goldschmidt's de
cision "is connected to this newspa
per's two-month probe into reports
that between 1975 and 1978, while
Goldschmidt was mayor of Portland,
he had sexual relations with a girl who
was 14 years old at die time the rela
tions began."
The paper also said it sent a letter to
Goldschmidt on Wednesday "sum
marizing the story the paper had pre
pared and asked for comment."
Oregon University System
spokeswoman Di Saunders said she
expects the board's vice chairman to
make a statement sometime this
morning. She said further comment
was not available because many
higher education officials were trav
eling to a board meeting at Eastern
Oregon University.
University President Dave
Frohnmayer, who is also attending
the board meeting, said in a state
ment that he agreed with Gold
schmidt's decision to step down.
"We are deeply concerned about
Governor Goldschmidt's health con
dition," he said. "From a personal and
family standpoint, he has undoubted
ly made a prudent decision."
Frohnmayer said Goldschmidt's
Turn to RESIGNS, page 3
OPENING HOUSE
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Lauren Wimer Senior Photographer
The Prince Lucien Campbell Memorial Courtyard is located within the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. An open house will be held at the museum Saturday between 1 and 4 p.m.
A sneak peak
The Museum of Art will host an open house to give the public an idea of how the renovation is going
Esteemed
journalist
lectures
on ethics
Los Angeles Times Editor
John S. Carroll delivers the
annual Ruhl Lecture as part
of ‘Ethics Week' on Thursday
By Ayisha Yahya
News Editor
The media industry has been infested
by the rise of pseudo-journalists who go
against journalism's long tradition to
serve the public with accurate informa
tion, Los Angeles Times Editor John S.
Carroll told a packed room in the Ger
linger Lounge on Thursday.
Carroll delivered the annual Ruhl Lec
ture, titled "Ihe Wolf in Reporter's Clothing:
The Rise of Pseudo-Journalism in America."
The lecture was sponsored by the School of
Journalism and Communication.
"All over the country there are offices
that look like newsrooms and there are
people in those offices that look for all the
world just like journalists, but they are not
practicing journalism," he said. 'They re
gard the audience with a cold cynicism.
They are practicing something I call a pseu
do-journalism, and they view their audi
ence as something to be manipulated."
In a scathing critique of Fox News and
some talk show hosts, such as Bill O'Reilly,
Carroll said they were a "different breed of
journalists" who misled their audience
while claiming to inform them. Me said
they did not fit into the long legacy of
journalists who got their facts right and re
spected and cared for their audiences.
Turn to ETHICS, page 12
By Moriah Balingit
News Reporter
The newly renamed Jordan
Schnitzer Museum of Art will
host an open house Saturday
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to give com
munity members a sneak preview
of the nearly completed structure.
The museum closed in September
2000 for a major renovation project
and was originally slated to reopen
in fall of 2003, but the opening was
delayed because the campaign to
raise funds for the restoration took
longer than expected.
Art Museum Executive Assistant
Miriam Jordan said the museum
decided to hold an open house to
remind the community "that we're
here, that we haven't left (and) that
we're almost ready."
"We wanted the community to
see how it's progressing," she said.
The building is "amazingly beauti
ful" despite being void of any artwork,
said Rebecca Tonkin, the museum's
educator for community and Univer
sity programs. Much of the museum
also remains untiled, and the scent
Turn to MUSEUM, page 4
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