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Saucy Monky arrives in Eugene I 5 Oregon Daily Emerald An independent newspaper at the University of Oregon www.dailyetnerald.com Since 1900 \ Volume 107, Issue 61 \ Thursday, November 17, 2005 Discussion continues about sale of complex The ASUO and the University Family Housing Board will hold meetings about Westmoreland BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF NEWS EDITOR As discussion continues about the Univer sity’s plans to sell Westmoreland Apartments, two upcoming meetings provide opportunities for students and other community members to learn about the possible sale and to voice their opinions. The ASUO will be hosting a meeting today at 6 p.m. in 112 Esslinger to update students about the University’s intent to sell Westmoreland and to form a plan of action to fight the sale. The Uni versity Family Housing Board will meet Friday at 11 a.m. in the Bean West Conference Room to dis cuss the sale and make a recommendation to University Housing. State law requires that the housing board dis cuss any possible changes to the University’s long-range family housing plan before any action can be taken. Opponents of the sale say the University vio lated this law by seeking permission from the State Board of Higher Education to put the 404 unit, 37-building apartment complex up for sale without first consulting the Family Housing Board. University officials say they are complying with the law by holding a meeting before the property is sold. The state board granted the University permis sion during its Nov. 4 meeting to proceed with the sale on the condition that University officials update the board on their efforts to aid the 592 tenants in their search for housing. The property has been valued at $15 million to $18 million. It’s possible that the apartments could contin ue to operate under new owners, as the Metro politan Affordable Housing Corp. and the St. Vin cent de Paul Society of Lane County have both shown interest in acquiring the property. St. Vincent de Paul representatives toured the property Nov. 8, University Vice President for Fi nance and Administration Frances Dyke said, and representatives from the Metropolitan Affordable Housing Corp. will tour it today. Two task groups have formed to address the possible financial needs of students if they must move and to address ways to find different child care options for students whose children attend Westmoreland Child Care Center, and Dyke said the groups will be meeting soon to form a plan for the coming months. ASUO Vice President Kyla Coy said tonight’s meeting is a way of bringing together several groups who are all opposed to the sale but have not been working as a cohesive unit. “I feel like people are individually having their own meetings about it, but people haven’t really come together,” Coy said. Several lawmakers have written letters op posing the way the University has proposed the sale, and some interviewed say their feel ings haven’t changed. “I’d say my views are pretty much the same,” Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, said in a tele phone interview. Prozanski said he wants to see the University produce a comprehensive plan for what housing. options will look like well into the future. Affordable housing is crucial to a student’s ability to obtain a degree, and “I don’t think WESTMORELAND, page 3 Journalism school adds diversity plan The new guidelines call for the formation of a committee as well as the addition of a position, the 'diversity source' for students BY KELLY BROWN NEWS REPORTER The School of Journalism and Communica tion has finalized a diversity plan to encourage “social, political, cultural, economic and intel lectual diversity,” according to the policy adopted Oct. 21. Drawing from the University’s Five Year Di versity Plan, the document examines what steps for diversity are already in place as well as what can be improved or added. Tim Gleason, dean of the journalism school, said that although he felt the school “had done OK” on diversity, he knew there was room for improvement. The committee attempted to make a plan that would be useful and capitalize on areas where the school’s diversity efforts were already successful, Gleason said. “That would also force us to kind of stretch and think of new ways to do things,” he said. Gleason appointed a four-member commit tee last year to replace the school’s previous plan from 1993. He said the school decided to draft a new plan because diversity is under stood and construed in different ways today. Additionally, the Accrediting Council for Ed ucation in Journalism and Mass Communica tions (ACEJMC), the school’s accrediting body, mandates an effective diversity plan. The journalism school is now moving through the re-accreditation process. The diversity plan contains mostly guide lines, such as “The school will gather and ana lyze relevant data to determine benchmarks for our diversity efforts,” but generally it does not have action mechanisms. The plan does suggest the formation of a di versity committee and the addition of a per son to be designated the “diversity source” for students. Contact information will be printed on all class syllabi. This person will be the DIVERSITY, page 16 COMPARING COMPENSATION University administrator and faculty salaries are below the nationwide mean for public universities BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF NEWS EDITOR University President Dave Frohnmayer’s salary in creased by nearly SO per cent during the last 10 years, as did the salaries of three other top Uni versity administrators. That may seem like a hefty pay raise, but according to information released this week by The Chroni cle of Higher Education, Frohn mayer’s total compensation pack age is slightly lower than the average of $360,000 for presidents of public universities. This is no surprise to many in the administration. Some administrators say their salaries are similar to the salaries of University professors and other faculty members in that all are much less than those at the insti tutions the University considers its comparators. An examination of salaries and compensation packages shows Frohnmayer’s salary to be more in sync with the University’s com parator institutions than faculty salaries are. Frohnmayer’s salary this aca demic year is $278,729, a 77 per cent increase from the 1994-95 ac ademic year. The UO Foundation, a private organization dedicated to fund raising for the University, SALARIES, page 4 Dave Frohnmayer University President Current salary: $278,729 John Moseley Senior VP and Provost 2003-04 salary: $210,884 Allan Price VP for Advancement Current salary: $199,120 Lorraine Davis VP for Academic Affairs 2003-04 salary: $167,120 Frances Dyke VP for Finance and Administration Current salary: $162,500 Dan Williams Former VP for Administration 2003-04 salary: $162,800 AVERAGE FACULTY SALARY (2004-05) U. Oregon U. Colorado U. North Carolina U. Iowa UC Santa Barbara U. Indiana U. Virginia U. Michigan U. Washington $20,000 $60,000 $100,000 SOURCE: American Association of University Professors UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS’ SALARIES (2004-05) SOURCE: The Chronicle of Htghct Education Graphics by Chris Todd Task force hosts remembrance day Keynote speaker Lisa Mottet focussed on harassment and discussed ways to prevent violence toward transgendered people PHILIP OSSIE BLADINE DESIGNER Every person who entered the EMU Ballroom on Monday night was asked to grab a balloon that represented his or her gender: blue for males and pink for females. Before the audience knew the event had started, Curtis Friedline scoured the crowd and reprimanded people he said chose the wrong balloon. “We are trying to set a standard here,” Fried line shouted to one participant in the skit, before separating her from the rest of the crowd. “The key thing of the performance piece was to humanize transgender people,” said former University student Toby Hill-Meyer, who coordi nated the piece. “A lot of people see transgen ders as plot twists. When a person next to you is verbally assaulted, it brings it home.” The performance art piece was one segment of the TVansgender Day of Remembrance, an event put on by the Lane Gender Task Force that commemorated the 27 reported murders of transgender people internationally in the last year. The night also featured a guest speaker and an open forum. Mara Keisling, executive director of the Na tional Center for TYansgender Equality, was scheduled as the event’s keynote speaker, but she couldn’t make the trip. Instead, Lisa Mottet, the Transgender Civil Rights Project Legislative Lawyer for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, addressed the crowd. Her speech started on a somber note when she talked about violence toward transgen der people, especially those of color. She then lightened the mood. TRANSGENDER, page 16