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Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 165
GTFF authorizes strike vote, negotiations continue
I he b 11- rederation may
strike if the University holds
to another fee raise in 2006
By Moriah Balingit
News Reporter
The Graduate Teaching Fellows
Federation Executive Council unani
mously authorized a strike vote
Tuesday night, which will take place
at the end of June.
Tuesday's decision was the First
strike authorization by the GTFF
since 1977 and is the beginning of a
GTFF strike that would be the first in
the University's history.
The vote to strike will be held at
the end of June, and if a minimum
of 60 percent of the membership
votes in favor of the strike, GTFF
members could strike as soon as Au
gust.
A GTFF strike could have poten
tially dire repercussions for summer
school students, because as many as
half of summer classes are taught by
Graduate Teaching Fellows.
The GTFF's contract expired
March 31, and the GTFF and the
University have been in negotiations
for the past seven months.
"Your bargaining team has practi
cally given its blood to get this far,"
GTFF negotiator Jey Strangfeld told
the Executive Council during Tues
day's meeting.
While there are four issues with
the contract that remain unresolved,
the main issue of contention in
volves student-fee subsidies for
GTFs, according to a GTFF press
release. All GTFs are required to pay
student fees.
The GTFF and the University have
agreed to lower fees for GTFs from
$275 per term to $230 per term, but
the University wants to include a
contractual stipulation that would
mandate the fees return to $275 in
2006, when negotiations for a new
contract open.
This issue is the final sticking
point for the GTFF, and according to
GTFF Negotiator Chris Goff and
GTFF President Eric Lindgren, the
union would likely sign the contract
if the stipulation were removed. As
of now, both have said the GTFF will
likely strike.
The GTFF originally fought for
wage increases, but the University
would not grant them because of a
wage freeze imposed by the gover
nor.
"Because of the salary freeze, the
next step to take is to ensure that
GTFs get some sort of financial re
lief," Goff said.
Turn to STRIKE, page 12
UP TO PAR?
Justin Ouellette Courtesy
Journalism student Joe Leineweber had a friend write “I am in no way affiliated with the UO School of Journalism &
Communication” on his back in black permanent marker before Leineweber streaked through Laurelwood Municpal Golf Course.
Leineweber performed the stunt as part of an assignment for an advertising workshop offered by the journalism school.
ambition
A senior advertising student completes an assignment for Dan Wieden
despite Dean Tim Gleason's urgings to find a creative alternative to the task
By Chelsea Duncan
Senior News Reporter
"I am in no way affiliated with the
UO School of Journalism & Commu
nication."
That's what senior Joe l.eineweber
had a friend write on his hack l ues
day afternoon before Leineweber ran
naked through the Laurelwood Mu
nicipal Golf Course as part of a jour
nalism workshop assignment. Ac
cording to the I'Ugene Police
Department, if three or more people
file complaints with police, an indi
vidual can he charged with the misde
meanor Offense of disorderly con
duct.
Journalism Dean d im Gleason said
the assignments — which were
fashioned by University alumnus and
advertising guru Dan Wieden, who
teaches the workshop — weren't
meant to be literal but rather were op
portunities for students to creatively
overcome their fears.
"We have made very clear what the
parameters are regarding the assign
ments and what people are not to
do," Gleason said. "The workshop is
not about breaking the law."
When some students raised con
cerns about the controversial assign
ments — which require students to
videotape their activity, such as play
ing twister with a trucker or objecting
at a wedding — journalism school
faculty and administrators explained
that the workshop is intended to get
students to think beyond the task.
Gleason said lie and faculty mem
bers told students that the school does
not condone illegal or unethical be
havior, and that students are in no way
obligated to perform such activities.
"(Gleason) urged me many, many
times just to find an alternative, a cre
ative alternative," Leineweber said. "1
thanked him for the advice and told
him I would consider that."
Leineweber previously said he
would never streak because lie is
modest, but he decided to go through
with the task for the exact premise of
the course — to begin overcoming
fears, thus readying him for the real
world.
Turn to STREAKER, page 5
Museum to open
despite setbacks
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art will open
in October after nearly four years of renovation
By Ayisha Yahya
News Editor
Students whiz past it everyday on die way to class. But many have
never been inside it, and many will graduate without ever browsing
its hallways.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art has been closed to the public
for renovations since Fall 2000. Therefore, a freshman who started
school that year and is on track to graduate in four years will do so
this spring, having spent his or her enure tenure on campus with the
museum's doors firmly shut.
Now, the restored museum is set to open in October 2004, several
months behind schedule — it was expected to open by winter term
2004. Administrators say several factors contributed to the delays in
getting renovations underway.
Museum Associate Director Larry Fong said there is a logical se
quence to building on campus diat involves various offices and
stages. A delay on one area affects all odier areas, he said.
"There were three or four major components of this project that
had to be sequenced quite closely," Fong said.
Turn to MUSEUM, page 6
NEWS BRIEF
Darkwing users told they
must change passwords
The Computing Center is asking all Darkwing e-mail users to
change their passwords after an electronic attack targeting Uni
versity networks left users' in-boxes lull of Spam.
The deadline for the password swap is June 1.
Computing Services has circulated an e-mail to Darkwing users
advising them that if they use the same password on more than
one host, whether at the University or elsewhere, they should stop
using the same password on multiple accounts and immediately
change the password on any account that shared the same pass
word.
"Due to a recent attack targeting a number of UO systems, you
should change your Darkwing password immediately," said the
e-mail.
Card Office Manager Joel Woodruff is aiding the computing
center by providing assistance to users who need help changing
their passwords.
"From the Oregon home page there's a link to web mail, and
from that page there's a link to change passwords, or people can
go directly to http://password.uoregon.edu." he said. "All you
need is your log-in, your old password, then you fill in a new
one."
— Steven Neuman
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