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pjfi H T U 1N -1 J N O R ! KALAVAR 3 3 2 2 S. 3 0 0 EAST SALT LAKE C IT Y / UT 8 4 1 1 5 Volume 79 Issue 23 February 26, 1987 iCR . R S I T Y - L ASNAU Executive Council decides on third re-vote for facility package Chris Fiscus, Marcia Jones Staff Reporters Students will be able to vote on a multi-purpose recreational facility for a third time, after a decision for a re-vote by the ASNAU Executive Council. One year ago, students voted in favor of the recreational facility. But, the facility proposal was defeated in the Feb. 3 re-vote -- called after the original package changed - by a nine-vote margin The students voted no in protest of the cancelation of the hockey program and consequently no ice on campus, said President Eugene Hughes at Friday’s Arizona Board of Regents meeting in Tucson. He added students were also hesitant of the $25 surcharge that would be imposed in light of Gov. Evan Mecham’s proposed tuition increase of $120 for in-state students next year. “ It s my personal opinion that if we had taken the vote in December it would have passed,’’ said Hughes. Regent Jack Pfister said the Board of Regents supports another vote. “ Considering the additional 160 increase in tuition by the Governor and the cancelation of the hockey program, I can see there were some unsettled feelings on campus,” he said. After the proposal was defeated, a petition was circulated and delivered to ASNAU. The petition contained more than 2,500 signatures and represented more than 10 percent of the student body, said ASNAU President Bill Richards. The petition claimed the margin for voter error was increased in the Feb. 3 election because of the election ballots used and several reported violations. Key issues were the placement of yes and no answer slots directly below each other in the same column, student identification cards not properly marked after voting or checked to be valid and a message saying “ vote no” inside the election booth. Richards said the system of placing the yes and no answer slots under each other is used state-wide, and no major problems have been reported. He also said there was only one confirmed case where an identification card was not marked. The message inside the polling booth was written by a voter. It was erased as soon as it was discovered by a worker at the booth. “ I think with all of the precautions we took, we handled it the best we could,” said AWS President Nicole Spencer. “ It’s hard to come up and say you want a revote over and over again.” In principle, Richards is against a re-vote, stating the election was run fairly. “ I believe in the system,” he said, although as president he was unable to vote on the issue. A majority of the council, however, voted in favor of a re-vote and felt that a new vote would be justified. “ I question if all those who signed the petition knew about the alleged violations,” said AURH President Jim George. “ But what 1 do not question is that more than 2,000 people want a new vote.” Another belief is many students were misinformed about the proposed facility, especially the issue of tuition being raised to pay for it. “ The bonds were sold and the cost has been incurred. As soon as we move the money for other projects it’s bye-bye recreation facility,” said Hughes. “ I don’t know whether the students realize this is putting them in an uncompetitive position down the road. From what we see in upcoming capital projects and bonding it may be a long time until these needs are satisfied.” Arizona State University and the University of Arizona recently approved similar recreational packages at a cost of $15-20 million. When the facilities are opened, the surcharge at the universities will be $50 per year. It is believed many students thought they were voting on a raise in tuition (a yes vote raises tuition by $50 per year and a no vote will not raise the tuition). “ NAU and its students had better be fully decided,” Regent Donald Pitt said. They are going to be upset when they see the other facilities (at ASU and UA). When they don’t have a facility I don’t want them to come crying back to the Board,” he said. When the other state universities raise their fees, NAU’s tuition will most likely be raised to match the tuition rate at ASU and UA, whether NAU has a recreational facility, Richards said. Therefore, if the recreational proposal fails, tuition rates may still increase. “ People were informed (of the possible tuition increase even if the proposal fails) after they voted,” George said. “ The students voted no, but they may have for the wrong reasons.” ASNAU legislative assistant Alex Bozeman agreed. “ You are not dealing with thosands of dollars, you are dealing with millions,’’Bozeman said. “ A great number of people were not informed.” The re-vote will most likely take place within a month, said Watson Gan, ASNAU vice president for student affairs. Richards said another alternative would be to combine the re-vote with the student body election in early April. Tuberculosis on campus confirmed; testing of 240 students underway Kathy Newberry Staff Reporter An engineering student at NAU was treated at the Flagstaff Medical Center for tuberculosis last week. Consequently, nearly 240 students are undergoing tuberculosis skin tests. The students are being tested because they came into close contact with the infected student or they were in the same classroom as the student, said Dr. Leonard Wright, director of Fronske Health Center. He added that the actual risk to other students is minimal. Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung infection that affects the brain, kidneys and lymph nodes, Wright said. The testing procedure consists of injecting purified tuberculin material (PPD) under the skin. If a lump appears within 48 hours, the test is positive. This means at one point in the person’s life he or she has come in contact with TB. But, it doesn’t necessarily mean the person has TB, Wright said. If the test is positive, the next step is a chest X-ray. Then the person is put on medicine, said Pat White, clinic coordinator for Flagstaff. If the test is negative, the person will be tested again in three months, she said. Students being tested are not charged for the test or the medicine, Wright said. TB has a serious effect on the body. “ The symptoms are cough, fever, night sweats, loss of weight, and fatigue. It is a chronic illness that eats away at the body slowly,” Wright said. Although a highly contagious disease, TB is cureable. A person with perfect health habits could catch it from someone else. It can be transmitted by being in the same room as an infected person, Wright said. “ If a person breathes in an effec- Marcia Jones News Editor Gov. Evan Mecham, the Arizona Board of Regents and the three state university presidents debated the Governor s proposed budget for the universities for next year at Friday’s board meeting in Tucson. “ All that 1 have heard since the release o f my budget recommendations has been wailing and moaning about my recommended “ cuts” to the university budget,” Mecham said. “ 1 have not proposed budget reductions. I have proposed a steady state budget for the universities.” Regent Jack Pfister disagreed. “ When you annualize the budget it really does represent a reducation.” he said. Pfister also noted state agency funding is increasing at a greater rate than the universities,’ while at the same time the universities’ enrollments are increasing. Mecham urged the Regents and university presidents to concentrate on instruction. “ 1 am not in favor of providing additional funds that are then allocated away from the instruction programs,” he said. Mecham said since, under his plan the universities would have more money to spend in 1988 than 1987, the universities only spend half their money in instructional programs. The university presidents and the board should then control where appropriated monies are spent. “ If professors are going to be fired, if scholarships are going to be cut, if the effect on the universities is going to be catastrophic, it is because the university presidents have chosen this course,” he said. “ They have the authority and perogative to decide w here their appropriated monies are spent,” Mecham said. “ If they are going to cut instructional programs it is because they have chosen to do so.” University of Arizona President Henry Koffler said he was not pleased with these comments. “ Your statements as to our inefficiency and ineffectiveness are not warranted and not justified. In fact I ’m slightly hurt by it,” he said. “ If you think I ’m critical of what you’re doing, let me tell you, you’re a brighter light than anyone else,” Mecham said. “ There is a horrendous problem in all branches of the state government.” The three university presidents selected separate areas for criticism on the Governor’s proposed budget. Koffler expressed his dissatisfaction for the lack of consideration for university research. UA is currently pushing for expanded optics research. “ We have to compete with Eighth largest snowfall Storm forces cam pus closure Chris Fiscus Staff Reporter Afternoon classes and most campus facilities were closed Tuesday afteT a winter storm dumped 20 inches of snow on Flagstaff. The decision to close classes w as given after consideration by President Eugene Hughes’ office and the campus police department, Mike Phalen, University News editor, said. The dining halls, unions, activity centers, Natatorium and Lumberjack Gym were among the only facilities open Tuesday evening, and several of those closed early. The decision was made to dismiss faculty, staff and students at 2:30 p.m. to allow' them to safely commute home and to empty the parking lots so they could be cleared of snow, a release from President Hughes' office said. As of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, 20 inches of snow had been reported at Flagstaff’s Pulliam Airport, Byron Peterson of the National Weather Service said. The last time classes and campus activities were closed because of in* climate weather was in December of 1967 during a seven-day storm that sent faculty and students home to an early Christmas vacation, Rick Turner of KCLS radio, said. “ 1 am not crazy about going to class and 1 love snow, but things will just get delayed (if the classes are canceled),” she said. “ We will probably have to cram things in.” There was a chance classes would be closed Wednesday, which would have been the first time the school closed for an entire day because of snow in nearly 20 years. Between six and 10 inches of snow were expected Tuesday night which most likely would have closed classes. Only five inches of new snow was reported Wednesday morning, however, and classes were open on Wednesday. “ 1 was hoping the classes would be closed and I was disappointed they were not,” freshman Sarah Rhodes, nursing major, said. “ It looked like they would be and everyone thought they would be.” Although the storm was not enough to completely close classes, it was the eighth biggest storm in Flagstaff history with 28 inches of snowfall as of Wednesday morning, Patrick McDonald of the National Weather Service said. The storm is the second largest in Flagstaff history for the month of February and the seventh largest in history for daily snowfall, he said. the best talent for new thoughts,” he said. Arizona State University president Russell Nelson said that both the Governor and Legislature’s budget proposals failed to take into consideration salary increases for university workers. “ Without the ability to recruit at market levels and reward for quality work, I ’m concerned we’ll fall behind in maintaining fine staffs,” he said. NAU President Eugene Hughes pointed out that, although figures show only half of current funds to be going for instruction, the figures fail to take into consideration areas directly related to instruction. Bu d g e t , con’t. on Pg. 11 VP accepts offer Photo By Brian Winter DEDICA TtO\-Jene Burry , dental hygiene major, skied to classes only to find out al! but one of hers were canceled. A total snowfall of 22 inches Tuesday forced cancellation o f classes and t\AU to close at 2:30 p.m . tive droplet of TB, they have come in contact with the disease,” he said. “ What we are doing is a good public health routine. It is nothing for students to worry about, ” Wright laid. Not too many years ago it may have been a problem. The only thing doctors could suggest for this disease was fresh air. Now there are two or three medicines that can be used to cure the infection, he said. TB has not been prominent in Flagstaff. Within the last couple of years, there has been one other TB case reported in Flagstaff. Warner to be speaker at rally in two weeks Chris Fiscus Proposed budget debated at meeting Staff Reporter Carolyn Wrarner will be the guest speaker at a campus rally to voice disapproval against Gov. Evan Mecham’s tuition increases and budget cuts at the state universities. “ The rally is to let the state know the students of NAU are no longer going to sit down and take whatever is dished out to them,” Kriegh said. “ We are concerned, we do have an opinion and we are going to voice it.” The rally, sponsored by the Legislative Task Force - a sister organization of ASNAU, is set for 5 p.m., March II, in the new student union auditorium. Warner, former state superintendent for public instruction and the runner-up behind Gov. Evan Mecham in the gubernatorial race, is one of several dignitaries which have been contacted and encouraged to attend. Possible speakers include the Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Gov. Bruce Babbitt, Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard, Sen. Dennis Deconcini and Glenn Davis, a former Congressman and NAU alumnus, said Jack Kriegh, an assistant for public relations with the task force. A member of Gov. Mecham’s staff is also scheduled to attend the rally, and there is a chance Mecham may attend, he said. “ Because of Mecham’s actions, people are really upset,” Kriegh said. “ If it were not for the discordance among the student body, there would be no reason for the rally.” The repealing of the state-paid holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. was a key to the movement against Mecham, he said. “ Because of that one event, people began to sit up and take notice of all the other things he was doing,” Kriegh said. The task force cannot stop Mecham and the idea is to influence and persuade the Legislature to the group’s side on Mecham’s proposals, he said. He said the rally was planned after a luncheon w-ith students and representatives from the State Legislature on Feb. 7. More than 50 students, twice the number of students expected, were in attendance. “ That was what gave us the clue there are a lot of excited people out there,” Krngh said. “ The amount of people (at the luncheon) was just the tip of the iceberg.” The rally will be held in the student union auditorium designed to hold 400 people, he said, although many more are expected. “ There is going to be far, far more of a turnout than 400 people,” Kriegh said. Student government members from Arizona Stale University, University of Arizona and from high schools in Phoenix, plus several special interest groups and members of the media have been invited, he said. Kriegh said NAU students and campus organizations, in particular fraternities and sororities, must become involved with the rally. Joseph Cox to become SOSC head Marcia Jones News Editor Joseph Cox, vice president for academic affairs, will be leaving NAU this summer to accept a position as president of Southern Oregon State College. Cox was selected from 249 applicants, with the formal announcement coming Friday morning at a board meeting in Ashland, Ore., located IS miles north of the California-Oregon border. “ We (Cox and his wife Regma) have been very happy in Flagstaff,” Cox said. “ In order to make a move like this it had to be a very special institution in a marvelous place.” Cox flew to Oregon Feb. 18 to meei with the chancellor of the Oregon Board of Higher Education. He was then invited Feb. 19 to return to Oregon for the formal announcement of his selection made at the board meeiing Feb. 20 morning. “ I had not anticipated this would happen so soon,” President Eugene Hughes said. “ It shocked me this morning to hear of the rapidity of the selection. It is my indication they (SOSC) were impressed with Joe and his wife Regina and had full confidence in both,” he said Friday. Hughes said he has no idea who will take Cox’s place or when. He said he plans to advertise the upcoming opening around the country and call a few personal contacts. He also didn’t eliminate the possibility of a person moving up from within the university to fill Cox’s position. “ It is with mixed emotions that I see him leave. He has done an outstanding job.” Hughes said. “ When 1 hired Joe one of my goals was to build NAU into one of the finest, if not the finest, middle-size universities in the nation. With his work in academic service, 1 think we’re well on our way as evidenced by the write-ups in Money Magazine and Searching for Excellence.1' Cox learned of the opening at SOSC in late December. In January, the list of nearly 250 applicants was reduced to 12 semi-finalists. The list was then narrowed to just three finalists, prior to his selection. “ It’s the perfect size institution and in a lovely spot,” he said. SOSC has 3,900 students and is located in Ashland, the site of the annual Shakespearean Festival. Ashland has nine live theaters for a town of only 12,000 people. “ For a culture junkie tike me it’s going to be great,” Cox said. “ SOSC i s a strong liberal arts college and I'd like to build on that,” Cox s a i d . “ If I had a goal o t model it would be to creatc a W illiam and Mary College in the West. I ’d like to make a libei ai arts college as good as any private institution.” k
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Oral history transcripts | pjfi H T U 1N -1 J N O R ! KALAVAR 3 3 2 2 S. 3 0 0 EAST SALT LAKE C IT Y / UT 8 4 1 1 5 Volume 79 Issue 23 February 26, 1987 iCR . R S I T Y - L ASNAU Executive Council decides on third re-vote for facility package Chris Fiscus, Marcia Jones Staff Reporters Students will be able to vote on a multi-purpose recreational facility for a third time, after a decision for a re-vote by the ASNAU Executive Council. One year ago, students voted in favor of the recreational facility. But, the facility proposal was defeated in the Feb. 3 re-vote -- called after the original package changed - by a nine-vote margin The students voted no in protest of the cancelation of the hockey program and consequently no ice on campus, said President Eugene Hughes at Friday’s Arizona Board of Regents meeting in Tucson. He added students were also hesitant of the $25 surcharge that would be imposed in light of Gov. Evan Mecham’s proposed tuition increase of $120 for in-state students next year. “ It s my personal opinion that if we had taken the vote in December it would have passed,’’ said Hughes. Regent Jack Pfister said the Board of Regents supports another vote. “ Considering the additional 160 increase in tuition by the Governor and the cancelation of the hockey program, I can see there were some unsettled feelings on campus,” he said. After the proposal was defeated, a petition was circulated and delivered to ASNAU. The petition contained more than 2,500 signatures and represented more than 10 percent of the student body, said ASNAU President Bill Richards. The petition claimed the margin for voter error was increased in the Feb. 3 election because of the election ballots used and several reported violations. Key issues were the placement of yes and no answer slots directly below each other in the same column, student identification cards not properly marked after voting or checked to be valid and a message saying “ vote no” inside the election booth. Richards said the system of placing the yes and no answer slots under each other is used state-wide, and no major problems have been reported. He also said there was only one confirmed case where an identification card was not marked. The message inside the polling booth was written by a voter. It was erased as soon as it was discovered by a worker at the booth. “ I think with all of the precautions we took, we handled it the best we could,” said AWS President Nicole Spencer. “ It’s hard to come up and say you want a revote over and over again.” In principle, Richards is against a re-vote, stating the election was run fairly. “ I believe in the system,” he said, although as president he was unable to vote on the issue. A majority of the council, however, voted in favor of a re-vote and felt that a new vote would be justified. “ I question if all those who signed the petition knew about the alleged violations,” said AURH President Jim George. “ But what 1 do not question is that more than 2,000 people want a new vote.” Another belief is many students were misinformed about the proposed facility, especially the issue of tuition being raised to pay for it. “ The bonds were sold and the cost has been incurred. As soon as we move the money for other projects it’s bye-bye recreation facility,” said Hughes. “ I don’t know whether the students realize this is putting them in an uncompetitive position down the road. From what we see in upcoming capital projects and bonding it may be a long time until these needs are satisfied.” Arizona State University and the University of Arizona recently approved similar recreational packages at a cost of $15-20 million. When the facilities are opened, the surcharge at the universities will be $50 per year. It is believed many students thought they were voting on a raise in tuition (a yes vote raises tuition by $50 per year and a no vote will not raise the tuition). “ NAU and its students had better be fully decided,” Regent Donald Pitt said. They are going to be upset when they see the other facilities (at ASU and UA). When they don’t have a facility I don’t want them to come crying back to the Board,” he said. When the other state universities raise their fees, NAU’s tuition will most likely be raised to match the tuition rate at ASU and UA, whether NAU has a recreational facility, Richards said. Therefore, if the recreational proposal fails, tuition rates may still increase. “ People were informed (of the possible tuition increase even if the proposal fails) after they voted,” George said. “ The students voted no, but they may have for the wrong reasons.” ASNAU legislative assistant Alex Bozeman agreed. “ You are not dealing with thosands of dollars, you are dealing with millions,’’Bozeman said. “ A great number of people were not informed.” The re-vote will most likely take place within a month, said Watson Gan, ASNAU vice president for student affairs. Richards said another alternative would be to combine the re-vote with the student body election in early April. Tuberculosis on campus confirmed; testing of 240 students underway Kathy Newberry Staff Reporter An engineering student at NAU was treated at the Flagstaff Medical Center for tuberculosis last week. Consequently, nearly 240 students are undergoing tuberculosis skin tests. The students are being tested because they came into close contact with the infected student or they were in the same classroom as the student, said Dr. Leonard Wright, director of Fronske Health Center. He added that the actual risk to other students is minimal. Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung infection that affects the brain, kidneys and lymph nodes, Wright said. The testing procedure consists of injecting purified tuberculin material (PPD) under the skin. If a lump appears within 48 hours, the test is positive. This means at one point in the person’s life he or she has come in contact with TB. But, it doesn’t necessarily mean the person has TB, Wright said. If the test is positive, the next step is a chest X-ray. Then the person is put on medicine, said Pat White, clinic coordinator for Flagstaff. If the test is negative, the person will be tested again in three months, she said. Students being tested are not charged for the test or the medicine, Wright said. TB has a serious effect on the body. “ The symptoms are cough, fever, night sweats, loss of weight, and fatigue. It is a chronic illness that eats away at the body slowly,” Wright said. Although a highly contagious disease, TB is cureable. A person with perfect health habits could catch it from someone else. It can be transmitted by being in the same room as an infected person, Wright said. “ If a person breathes in an effec- Marcia Jones News Editor Gov. Evan Mecham, the Arizona Board of Regents and the three state university presidents debated the Governor s proposed budget for the universities for next year at Friday’s board meeting in Tucson. “ All that 1 have heard since the release o f my budget recommendations has been wailing and moaning about my recommended “ cuts” to the university budget,” Mecham said. “ 1 have not proposed budget reductions. I have proposed a steady state budget for the universities.” Regent Jack Pfister disagreed. “ When you annualize the budget it really does represent a reducation.” he said. Pfister also noted state agency funding is increasing at a greater rate than the universities,’ while at the same time the universities’ enrollments are increasing. Mecham urged the Regents and university presidents to concentrate on instruction. “ 1 am not in favor of providing additional funds that are then allocated away from the instruction programs,” he said. Mecham said since, under his plan the universities would have more money to spend in 1988 than 1987, the universities only spend half their money in instructional programs. The university presidents and the board should then control where appropriated monies are spent. “ If professors are going to be fired, if scholarships are going to be cut, if the effect on the universities is going to be catastrophic, it is because the university presidents have chosen this course,” he said. “ They have the authority and perogative to decide w here their appropriated monies are spent,” Mecham said. “ If they are going to cut instructional programs it is because they have chosen to do so.” University of Arizona President Henry Koffler said he was not pleased with these comments. “ Your statements as to our inefficiency and ineffectiveness are not warranted and not justified. In fact I ’m slightly hurt by it,” he said. “ If you think I ’m critical of what you’re doing, let me tell you, you’re a brighter light than anyone else,” Mecham said. “ There is a horrendous problem in all branches of the state government.” The three university presidents selected separate areas for criticism on the Governor’s proposed budget. Koffler expressed his dissatisfaction for the lack of consideration for university research. UA is currently pushing for expanded optics research. “ We have to compete with Eighth largest snowfall Storm forces cam pus closure Chris Fiscus Staff Reporter Afternoon classes and most campus facilities were closed Tuesday afteT a winter storm dumped 20 inches of snow on Flagstaff. The decision to close classes w as given after consideration by President Eugene Hughes’ office and the campus police department, Mike Phalen, University News editor, said. The dining halls, unions, activity centers, Natatorium and Lumberjack Gym were among the only facilities open Tuesday evening, and several of those closed early. The decision was made to dismiss faculty, staff and students at 2:30 p.m. to allow' them to safely commute home and to empty the parking lots so they could be cleared of snow, a release from President Hughes' office said. As of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, 20 inches of snow had been reported at Flagstaff’s Pulliam Airport, Byron Peterson of the National Weather Service said. The last time classes and campus activities were closed because of in* climate weather was in December of 1967 during a seven-day storm that sent faculty and students home to an early Christmas vacation, Rick Turner of KCLS radio, said. “ 1 am not crazy about going to class and 1 love snow, but things will just get delayed (if the classes are canceled),” she said. “ We will probably have to cram things in.” There was a chance classes would be closed Wednesday, which would have been the first time the school closed for an entire day because of snow in nearly 20 years. Between six and 10 inches of snow were expected Tuesday night which most likely would have closed classes. Only five inches of new snow was reported Wednesday morning, however, and classes were open on Wednesday. “ 1 was hoping the classes would be closed and I was disappointed they were not,” freshman Sarah Rhodes, nursing major, said. “ It looked like they would be and everyone thought they would be.” Although the storm was not enough to completely close classes, it was the eighth biggest storm in Flagstaff history with 28 inches of snowfall as of Wednesday morning, Patrick McDonald of the National Weather Service said. The storm is the second largest in Flagstaff history for the month of February and the seventh largest in history for daily snowfall, he said. the best talent for new thoughts,” he said. Arizona State University president Russell Nelson said that both the Governor and Legislature’s budget proposals failed to take into consideration salary increases for university workers. “ Without the ability to recruit at market levels and reward for quality work, I ’m concerned we’ll fall behind in maintaining fine staffs,” he said. NAU President Eugene Hughes pointed out that, although figures show only half of current funds to be going for instruction, the figures fail to take into consideration areas directly related to instruction. Bu d g e t , con’t. on Pg. 11 VP accepts offer Photo By Brian Winter DEDICA TtO\-Jene Burry , dental hygiene major, skied to classes only to find out al! but one of hers were canceled. A total snowfall of 22 inches Tuesday forced cancellation o f classes and t\AU to close at 2:30 p.m . tive droplet of TB, they have come in contact with the disease,” he said. “ What we are doing is a good public health routine. It is nothing for students to worry about, ” Wright laid. Not too many years ago it may have been a problem. The only thing doctors could suggest for this disease was fresh air. Now there are two or three medicines that can be used to cure the infection, he said. TB has not been prominent in Flagstaff. Within the last couple of years, there has been one other TB case reported in Flagstaff. Warner to be speaker at rally in two weeks Chris Fiscus Proposed budget debated at meeting Staff Reporter Carolyn Wrarner will be the guest speaker at a campus rally to voice disapproval against Gov. Evan Mecham’s tuition increases and budget cuts at the state universities. “ The rally is to let the state know the students of NAU are no longer going to sit down and take whatever is dished out to them,” Kriegh said. “ We are concerned, we do have an opinion and we are going to voice it.” The rally, sponsored by the Legislative Task Force - a sister organization of ASNAU, is set for 5 p.m., March II, in the new student union auditorium. Warner, former state superintendent for public instruction and the runner-up behind Gov. Evan Mecham in the gubernatorial race, is one of several dignitaries which have been contacted and encouraged to attend. Possible speakers include the Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Gov. Bruce Babbitt, Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard, Sen. Dennis Deconcini and Glenn Davis, a former Congressman and NAU alumnus, said Jack Kriegh, an assistant for public relations with the task force. A member of Gov. Mecham’s staff is also scheduled to attend the rally, and there is a chance Mecham may attend, he said. “ Because of Mecham’s actions, people are really upset,” Kriegh said. “ If it were not for the discordance among the student body, there would be no reason for the rally.” The repealing of the state-paid holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. was a key to the movement against Mecham, he said. “ Because of that one event, people began to sit up and take notice of all the other things he was doing,” Kriegh said. The task force cannot stop Mecham and the idea is to influence and persuade the Legislature to the group’s side on Mecham’s proposals, he said. He said the rally was planned after a luncheon w-ith students and representatives from the State Legislature on Feb. 7. More than 50 students, twice the number of students expected, were in attendance. “ That was what gave us the clue there are a lot of excited people out there,” Krngh said. “ The amount of people (at the luncheon) was just the tip of the iceberg.” The rally will be held in the student union auditorium designed to hold 400 people, he said, although many more are expected. “ There is going to be far, far more of a turnout than 400 people,” Kriegh said. Student government members from Arizona Stale University, University of Arizona and from high schools in Phoenix, plus several special interest groups and members of the media have been invited, he said. Kriegh said NAU students and campus organizations, in particular fraternities and sororities, must become involved with the rally. Joseph Cox to become SOSC head Marcia Jones News Editor Joseph Cox, vice president for academic affairs, will be leaving NAU this summer to accept a position as president of Southern Oregon State College. Cox was selected from 249 applicants, with the formal announcement coming Friday morning at a board meeting in Ashland, Ore., located IS miles north of the California-Oregon border. “ We (Cox and his wife Regma) have been very happy in Flagstaff,” Cox said. “ In order to make a move like this it had to be a very special institution in a marvelous place.” Cox flew to Oregon Feb. 18 to meei with the chancellor of the Oregon Board of Higher Education. He was then invited Feb. 19 to return to Oregon for the formal announcement of his selection made at the board meeiing Feb. 20 morning. “ I had not anticipated this would happen so soon,” President Eugene Hughes said. “ It shocked me this morning to hear of the rapidity of the selection. It is my indication they (SOSC) were impressed with Joe and his wife Regina and had full confidence in both,” he said Friday. Hughes said he has no idea who will take Cox’s place or when. He said he plans to advertise the upcoming opening around the country and call a few personal contacts. He also didn’t eliminate the possibility of a person moving up from within the university to fill Cox’s position. “ It is with mixed emotions that I see him leave. He has done an outstanding job.” Hughes said. “ When 1 hired Joe one of my goals was to build NAU into one of the finest, if not the finest, middle-size universities in the nation. With his work in academic service, 1 think we’re well on our way as evidenced by the write-ups in Money Magazine and Searching for Excellence.1' Cox learned of the opening at SOSC in late December. In January, the list of nearly 250 applicants was reduced to 12 semi-finalists. The list was then narrowed to just three finalists, prior to his selection. “ It’s the perfect size institution and in a lovely spot,” he said. SOSC has 3,900 students and is located in Ashland, the site of the annual Shakespearean Festival. Ashland has nine live theaters for a town of only 12,000 people. “ For a culture junkie tike me it’s going to be great,” Cox said. “ SOSC i s a strong liberal arts college and I'd like to build on that,” Cox s a i d . “ If I had a goal o t model it would be to creatc a W illiam and Mary College in the West. I ’d like to make a libei ai arts college as good as any private institution.” k |
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