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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