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Minutes of the UO Assembly Meeting 2 May 1984

REGULAR MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

The meeting was called to order by President Paul Olum in Room 150 Geology at 3:37 p.m., May 2, 1984. There being no corrections, the minutes of the April 4, 1984 meeting were approved as distributed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mr. George Sheperd, Chair, Academic Requirements Committee, was recognized to read the following motion: "That the faculty of the University of Oregon recommends that the Oregon State Board of Higher Education confer upon the persons whose names are included in the Official Degree List, as compiled and certified by the University Registrar after the close of Spring term 1984, and Summer term, 1984, the degree for which they have completed all requirements." without any dissenting votes the motion was passed by the Assembly.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

President Olum announced that the discussion on the definition of voting faculty was on the floor and he requested that Mr. Sanford Tepfer, Biology, summarize his motion on voting as it now stood. Mr. Tepfer made a brief summary of the previous discussion (April 4 Assembly Meeting) and he read the amendment on the floor:

This amendment had been amended also, Mr. Tepfer pointed out, and so he read the amendment to the amendment: In a voice vote the amendment to the amendment was defeated. The main amendment was now on the floor. After a short discussion this amendment was accepted by the Assembly by a vote of 21 yes and 19 no. The total motion was now on the floor. President Olum stated that the motion would require a two thirds vote to pass. By a vote of 37 yes and 13 no the motion to re-define the voting faculty was accepted by the Assembly. (This re-definition is attached to these minutes as Appendix I.) Mr. Tepfer was recognized to present a motion to establish a quorum for the University Assembly. After a short discussion the motion was called for and President Olum ruled that the Student University Affairs Board members of the Assembly could not vote. This was challenged by Mr. Robin Dawes, Psychology, and was put to a vote of the Assembly. The Assembly supported President Olum's rule. The quorum motion failed to get the two thirds majority needed to pass. It was defeated by a vote of 28 in favor and 24 opposed.
 
 

President Olum recognized Mr. Russell Tomlin, Linguistics, to read the following motion:

No report from the University Senate was made nor was a vote from the University Senate announced. During the discussion on this motion various members of the Assembly made the following points: SEARCH courses are poorly taught, the courses are not valid as they do not search for truth, it is assumed the courses have the approval of the University, SEARCH courses compete with legitimate University offerings, and SEARCH courses do not S force students to ask questions on legitimate basis or to develop inquiry skills as the regular University curriculum does. In opposing the motion the following points were made: The University requires a disclaimer on all SEARCH publications that it is not a part of the regularly recognized University curriculum, the motion would give authority over SEARCH outside of the ASUO who is the sponsor of SEARCH, it is not the position of the University to protect the gullible, the motion would provide prior restraint on irrational ; thought, students should have the freedom to explore and examine a great many subjects, even the bizarre. President Olum pointed out that SEARCH was created by the University Assembly and thus was a creature of the Assembly and that the motion would not suppress any courses as all it requires is consultation. This does not mean that after the consultation the course could not be offered by SEARCH. Ms. Lori Lieberman, SUAB, called for the motion. The motion required a two thirds vote which it got when the voice vote was heard. The motion on SEARCH was defeated by a vote of 20 in favor and 26 opposed.

Mr. Robert Friedman, Parliamentarian, moved to adjourn. Prior to adjournment, however, President Olum stated that a notice of motion was to be given by Ms. Carolyn Forell, Chair, Student Conduct Committee. Ms. Forell read the following notice of motion: "At the June meeting of the Assembly, I will make a motion on behalf of the Student Conduct Committee to amend the Code of Student Conduct by providing a show cause procedure, to be used to facilitate the enforcement of sanctions meted by proper authority under the code." A public hearing on the proposed procedure is scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday, May 17, 1984, in room 101 of the Erb Memorial Union. A complete copy of the proposed amendment, Section 571-21-071 is attached to these minutes as Appendix II.

ADJOURNMENT The motion to adjourn passed by a substantial margin at 4:52 p.m. Keith Richard Secretary, University Assembly

APPENDIX I: DEFINITION OF VOTING FACULTY

Effective June 6, 1984 voting members of the University Assembly shall include the following:

Definitions of Excluded categories where not obvious:

  • "Adjunct" is a person who holds a position outside the University (e.g., physicians, architects, social workers, etc.) who are employed to teach on an occasional, part-time basis.
  • "Visiting" is a title accorded to faculty members who come to the University to fill a temporary vacancy for a period of one year or less; or in certain exceptional cases to a faculty member who is at the University for a one year trial service while consideration is given to making that person a permanent offer.
  •  "Courtesy" appointments include persons given titles of regular academic rank who have appropriate academic credentials, who are on leave from or retired from a comparable institution, and who work as visitors in a University department without compensation; to faculty members of a department who contribute actively to another department of the University which wishes to include such individuals in its departmental listing; to persons with appropriate academic qualifications who contribute without stipend to field work programs away from campus. In all cases, the title awarded is to he consistent with the academic attainments of the individual for whom the courtesy title is sought. (Through historical errors, the word "adjunct" is used in some cases to describe what is defined above as a "courtesy" appointment. Effort is in progress to correct the titles for the individuals involved.)"

    • APPENDIX I Show Cause Proceedings

    571-21-071 To enforce timely completion of sanctions imposed under this Code, a routine review of cases involving delinquency in compliance is provided by the show cause proceedings described below.
  • (1) Prior to the end of each term, the coordinator of Student Conduct shall:
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