Faculty is wise to not pass war resolution
In “UO Assembly, groups discuss war resolution” (ODE, Feb. 2), the Emerald notes that the National Association of Scholars says in the Chronicle of Higher Education that university senates “should stick to education and curriculum, and remain separate from foreign politics.” The Oregon chapter of the National Association of Scholars has taken no official position on the Iraq resolutions passed by the senate of Oregon State University and rejected by the University Senate.
However, as head of the Oregon chapter of NAS, I believe the University Senate has acted wisely in heeding University President Dave Frohnmayer’s call for official neutrality. Frohnmayer is to be commended for his leadership on this issue.
Michael Kellman
professor
chemistry
