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An independent newspaper http://www.dailyemerald.com Richards succeeds in winless weekend Page 7 Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Volume 105, Issue 151 Kulongoski chosen to lead Board of Higher Ed Ted Kulongoski Oregon Governor Anew leader will later be elected to replace Goldschmidt, who resigned this past week By Chelsea Duncan Senior News Reporter Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski an nounced Friday that he will temporarily take over as State Board of Higher Educa tion president in the wake of former Ore gon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt's resignation from the board Thursday. Goldschmidt's resignation as the board's president and his subsequent ad mission to a sexual relationship with a 14 year-old girl nearly 30 years ago left the board without its top leader, prompting the governor to take action. "Because this is one of my most impor tant initiatives, I will take over the leader ship of the Board of Higher Education," Kulongoski said in a statement. Goldschmidt, the former mayor of Port land and a University graduate, was ap pointed to the board in January with the hope that he would spearhead Kulongos ki's plan to overhaul Oregon's higher education system. Kulongoski will lead the board as a non voting, ex officio member during the search for a new president over coming weeks. "As 1 said when I reformed the Board of Higher Education last year, the board must reconnect postsecondary education to its statewide mission: access, excellence, tar geted investments and reinvestment by the state," he said in the statement. "That is my mission and I intend to lead the Board in that direction." Kulongoski spokeswoman Mary Ellen Glynn said the governor is looking for potential candidates from both inside and outside the board, but most importantly the candidate should be somebody who can handle the time commitment and will "see it through." "We'll look at a whole bunch of promi nent people," she said. In the meantime, the board continued with its regular meeting at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande last week, which included a discussion about the impacts of Measure 30's failure on the Oregon Uni versity System. Turn to BOARD, page 4 Diamond in the rough Community members brought their odds and ends to the Natural History Museum’s Identification Day By Moriah Balingit News Reporter Sure, it would be exciting to be on Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Antiques Roadshow" and find out that the Amish-constructed ar moire you bought at a flea market is actually worth $5,000. But at the University's Museum of Natural History's Identification Day on Saturday, one person was found to be the owner of shoulder blade bone from a mastodon or mammoth. Museum Director Mel Aiken said several hundred students and commu nity members attended the three-hour event, which has been an annual event for about the past 15 years, and the pa trons brought in a wide variety of ob jects for identification. No appraisals were given, however. This year the event even topped its OPB counterpart with a platoon of spe cialists, including a paleontologist, a ge ologist, an osteologist (someone who studies bones), archaeologists, local historians and antiques specialists, who were all on hand to help collectors identify their bones, rocks and other odds and ends. Eugene resident Sandra Austin brought in a small kimono-dad fig urine with a rotating face that she bought at a San Francisco junk store some years ago. She also brought a small hand-painted dish she inherited from her mother. Lori Dotson, the antiques specialist who examined the pieces, identified the figurine as a netsuke, a device used to tie the belt of a kimono. She identi fied the dish as a pre-World War II piece from Japan. While Austin was excited to learn of the objects' history, she said it wasn't their monetary value she was interested in finding out. "Oh, I just liked (the figurine). I thought it was really quaint," she said. "I Mark Brennan Freelance Photographer Rhody expert Galen Baxter (far left) converses with statue owner Lynn Reddich, while Coburg Antiques owner Bert Dotson examines Mrs. Reddich’s statues Saturday in front of the University’s Museum of Natural History. just pick up things because I like them, not for any in vestment purposes. * Dotson said she identifies pieces by looking at their style and workmanship. "We can give approximate age and the country they're from and how to take care of it," she said. Eugene resident Randy Mohoff, who described himself as a collector of "everything," brought in a number of items, including a crude stone hammer and a pair of small bronze statues. "I bought a bunch of stuff at an estate sale," he said of the objects. "I just buy odd things." He consulted Aiken about the objects, but Aiken could only provide vague information because of his lack of knowledge about the era from which the ob jects came. However, he directed Mohoff to other sources that could help him find out more, such as lo cal appraisers and campus specialists. "I basically have been confessing that I don't know ... I'm just looking at the style," Aiken said. He added that one of the statues has Egyptian attributes, while the other one wears 15th- or 16th-century European style clothing.. After having the objects examined, Mohofif said he planned to get them appraised. Cinimint Harper, who lives with Mohoff, said she was entirely unaware of the statues' potential value. "My daughter was playing with them," she said. "I didn't think they'd be worth anything at all." Antiques and artifacts weren't the only things brought in for identification. Some attendees brought in bones they found in their yard or elsewhere. Zooar chaeologist Pat O'Grady was at the event to help at tendees identify where their bones came from. He spoke of the importance of bones in learning about an ancient culture. "A lot of what we deal with as archaeologists is the material cultures of past peoples," he said. "One of the primary leavings at archaeology sites are animal bones." However, the bones people brought in didn't give Turn to MUSEUM, page 4 University’s vice provost creates plan for diversity Gregory Vincent seeks to create a "critical mass" of students and faculty of color on campus By Chelsea Duncan Senior News Reporter Gregory Vincent, the University's Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diver sity, said he's ready to begin the process of addressing the "chilly climate" on the Uni versity campus. Vincent was hired at the beginning of winter term, and during his transition from Louisiana State University he has met with students, staff, faculty and administrators to get a sense of the issues Turn to PROVOST, page 3 Q WEATHER INSIDE NEXT ISSUE LOW 43 HIGH 65 Briefs.4 Campus buzz.4 Classifieds.10 Commentary.2 Crossword.11 Sports.7 Emerald talks with Torrey and mayoral candidates
