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1 97j ill Analysis 2 Good' This isn't forever; in five years HI probably move on and work with Indian students closer to Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet 1 F1 Clinton's environments! policy byword: comprcmico I 3 1 1 By Rita Beamish The Associated Prs WASHINGTON Tempered by economic and political realities, the environmentalists who joined the Clinton administration with boasts of making Washington "green" find themselves instead resolving disputes by splitting the difference with industry. li'. I I 1 it The result is a shift toward stricter environmental protection wedded with economic compromises that have confounded the adminis--tration's conservation friends and netted some unsuspecting business allies. The approach is ru A Century cf OSU i evident almost Clinton A special publication inside today's Gazettte-Times traces the history of Oregon State University football since its first season in 1893. Also inserted in today's G-T is a special fall fashion section, i everywhere.

Weather 3 THE WEATHER BEAVER SAYS: Patchy morn ing clouds Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet, left, coordinator of the works with Deborah Clark on information about the Indian Education Office at Oregon State University, American Indian Science and Engineering Society. otherwise mostly sunny in the Willamette Valley. High around around 80. Clear tonight, lows 45-50. At coast, mostly sunny.

Highs around 70. North wind 15-25 mph. Details on back page. OSU lias Fecrarara A look ahead fcy of coloY keepisig 'f acini TODAY: Benefit concert, noon to 3 p.m., Monteith Riverpark, Albany. Rock and blues fund-raiser for St.

Mary's soup kitchen. Admission: two or more cans of food. By Chester Allen Gazette Tunes reporter A Iodic back or the oast six years. Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet Why try to seek minority teachers? 3 has helped American Indian students earn degrees at Oregon State University. In the Northwest forests, the administration proposed to greatly reduce logging to protect the threatened spotted owl but stopped short of prohibiting all logging in sensitive old growth forests.

It further tempered the blow to industry by offering an economic aid package. Florida sugar growers will be forced to restore the environmentally sensitive Everglades but at a lower-cost and on a smaller scale than environmentalists wanted. Mostly recently, the White House initiative to protect more wetlands from commercial development also Included -some flexibility ana appeal avenues for landowners and an exemption for farmers fearful of losing their croplands. The approach reflects Clinton's zeal to break deadlock by giving everyone something. "We can take a hard line on some of these complicated issues.

(But) that is a guarantee that nothing will happen," said Will Stelle. associate director in the White House Office on Environmental Policy. While acknowledging Clinton has done far more for them than Republican predecessors, environmentalists complain the movement falls far short of what they expected. "Conservationists are disappointed," says David Simon, natural resource manager for the National Parks and Conservation Association. Still some administration officials privately voice surpri.se that criticism hasn't been harsher.

They believe the selection of AI Core, a champion of the environment in the Senate, as vice president unrealistically raised expectations. Conservationists' expectations only increased after the administration mined environmental groups for key policy appointments. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt was (resident of the League of Conservation oters, and assistant secretary George Frampton headed the Wilderness Society. The World Wildlife Fund sent its T.J. Glauthier to the White House Office of Management and Budget, and many other policymakers honed their expertise at similar groups.

But in formulating of environmental policy, the administration also weighs heavily the effect on industries still groping with a sluggish economy. The White House's economic preoccu- nation often is evident in its environmental announcements, which tend to include arguments on how the policy will help the economy. "It's an effort at consensus-based policy," said Doug Wheeler, the state resources secretary for California who has dealt with the Clinton team on the coastal state's wetlands, timber, water and endangered species issues. He credited Clinton for bringing long-polarized sides to the table, reflecting ''the reality of dealing with these issues In today's climate." "The political momentum is often at the extremes, but the solutions lie in the middle. They are finding that as we have By Chester Allen GaMtto- Tune reporter ft FIVE YEARS AGO: The Nature Conservancy in Portland considers buying the 158-acre Jackson-Frazier wetlands in northeast Corvallis.

The owners of the property. Alan Dapp and Karen Anderson, have been unable to develop the property since it was declared a wetlands. 10 YEARS AGO: About 150 local telephone operators and technicians return to their jobs in the Cor-vallis-Albany area after a three-week nationwide strike against 25 YEARS AGO: Oregon State University entomologist Julius Rudin-' ski and his family arrive safely in Vienna after being caught in Czechoslovakia during the occupation by Soviet troops last week. From G-T filet Helping her people is a lifelong dream come true, but five years from now she probably will be at another school, perhaps in the Southwest or Montana. "Being Navaho and very traditional, I get lonely," Manuelito-Kerkvliet said.

"There's no other Indian woman my age on campus that I can relate to or share experiences with." Minority faculty are indeed difficult to And on the OSU campus. Of OSU's 2,284 faculty members, only 150 are black, American Indian, Asian or Hispanic. Although the state Board of Higher Education has been trying to increase the number of minority faculty at state colleges and universities since 1987, most of OSU's faculty are white males. Why? OSU officials say recruiting and keeping minority faculty is a difficult problem that can't be solved overnight or next year. Despite an aggressive recruiting campaign, OSU has gained only 25 faculty members since 1987.

Too few minority students are entering the doctoral degree "pipeline" that supplies the nationwide demand for minority faculty, especially in science and technical fields, said John Dunn, OSU provost for academic affairs. So the "pipeline" that feeds new minority graduates to university faculty positions is running at a trickle instead of a flood. A college wishing to hire a chemistry professor must compete with schools across the nation for the small number of qualified minority professors. Private industry also lures away some faculty, as do other, richer schools. "Minority Ph.D.

graduates often have their choice of positions at several different universities all offering top salaries," said Sandra Helmick, college of home economics associate dean. OSU faculty salaries rank in the bottom fourth of universities across the nation. Salaries at the OSU College of Business are (5.000 to $10,000 a year less then other comparable programs around See 'MlnorttlM'back peg Why is it important to have minority faculty at Oregon State University? OSU administrators, faculty and students say learning to appreciate people's differences and similarities is an important part of any student's education. "Diversity on campus prepares young people for the variety of people and careers they'll encounter throughout their lives, said John Dunn, OSU associate provost for academic affairs. 'To accomplish that goal, it's highly desirable that all of us, regardless of the color of our skin, see people of color in responsible positions on campus.

Because Oregon's population is mostly white, many OSU students have never had minority classmates or instructors in high school. But the United States is a place of many cultures and races, and learning about others is necessary for any future career, said Janell Warren, OSU Black Cultural Center coordinator. "What if someone got a degree without any contact with people of color and went and got a Job in Atlanta, Warren said. "They wouldn know what to do." Talking with a professor or administrator who understands a student's background and culture sometimes makes the difference between a student staying or leaving school, said Jeremy Scott, Native American Long-house coordinator. "I know of people who have left school because faculty of color weren't there," Scott said.

"If the university can't help them, they leave and go somewhere that will' Minority faculty are also role models for many students. "It's great to have someone there to show you that yes, minorities can make it in a mostly white society," said student Laurie Matsui. Index 7 sections, 130 pages Accent C1-5 Ann C2 Business B7-9 Classified C6-11 Community A2-5 Crossword C2 Environment A8 F.Y.I... Home C5 Lottery A10 Movies C5 Nation world A5-7 Obituaries. A5 On the record A3 Opinion A3 People C3 found here in California, he said.

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There were many women speaking Saturday. None spoke in 1963. But prejudice and its complex' byproducts remain, said orator after orator the Rev. Jesse Jackson, NAACP leader Ben Chavis, AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland, New York Mayor David Dinkins, Washington Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly, Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph Lowery, Dorothy Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women. Ample evidence was cited: three million homeless, seven million unemployed, 8,000 killed this year in drug-related violence, jobs disappearing, street crime growing.

I WASHINGTON On Saturday, a sweltering day In late 20th-century America, they came over the sun-scorched hillsides in bands and battalions, marching under many flags, to many drums, to the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. They were civil rights leaders and ministers, mine workers, environmentalists, gay rights activists people from 500 different groups, gathering in Washington, trying to unite under the single appeal for "Jobs, Justice and Peace." They were hoping to recapture the mysterious alchemy, the spiritual power of a day exactly 30 years ago. That day quarter-million people stood at the Lincoln Memorial and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

stirred the world with the words, "I Have A Dream." Some, who were there then, remembered a single-mindedness that made anything seem possible. And King's widow, Coretta Scott King, told the masses Saturday, "Dr. King's spirit is with us! Yes it 753-8151 1 is!" And with her. the faithful chanted. "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we're free at last!" But others said they missed that feeling.

Benjamin Bettaway, a slender black man in simple T-shirt that stated, "I'm a relic of the 60's," stood in the middle of the National Mall and waited for the feeling he had then to come back. "I was right here. I don't know. It's not th fathering Maybe it me," he said, echoing a sentiment voiced by others. Such unity does not come on demand, said Bettaway.

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