Fiscal Committee Advocates
Cuts in Four Programs
By GIL JOHNSON
Of the Emerald
After whacking and whittling
and occasionally bringing out
the meat cleaver and giving a
program a fatal, bloody chop,
the ASUO Fiscal Committee de
liberated, Thursday, on where
it can get $83,343.
That sum represents the
amount which must be cut from
student incidental fee budget re
quests in order to make the
budget balance to an estimated
fee income for the school year
1968-69 of $1,058,778.
The Fiscal Committee has,
since the week started, put in
a total of over 40 hours in at
tempting to cut approximately
$750,000 out of the budget re
quests without seriously damag
ing any of the programs.
But, by the time the commit
tee had adjourned, Rally Board,
Greater Oregon, the proposed
draft counseling center, and a
new student literary magazine
to replace both Next and Ore
gana were knocked off the list.
Other Proposals
Also proposed for total elim
ination are model United Na
tions, the Art Festival, the Per
sonel, Public Relations, Rec
reation and Cultural divisions
of the EMU, WRA and Reper
tory dances.
Chairman Phil Barnhart said,
“We face the question of mak
ing all the programs anemic, or
cutting a few of them entirely.”
But even these proposed
eliminations would only amount
to about one-third of the money
needed to be cut to balance the
budget. Some members of the
Fiscal Committee feel the only
way to take out the rest is to
“decimate the entire EMU
Educational and Activities
budget. Sad as it may be,” as
member Ed Kemp said.
There are four divisions
which the student incidental
fees subsidize, the EMU, Ed-Ac,
the Athletic department, the
towel and gymn suit service
and the health service.
Three Stable Areas
The feeling of the majority
of the committee members was
that none of the last three areas
may be reduced any more than
they are now and operate ef
fectively. The EMU Ed-Ac was
considered the only expendable
item for a number of reasons.
• The health service, which
takes up nearly half of the stu
dent incidental fee budget, can
not operate, the committee felt,
with any more cuts. The health
service is an integral unit, and
certain programs can’t be elim
inated without hurting the
whole service.
• Towel and gym suit service
must operate because of a state
law. The $87,077 which the com
mittee is allotting is an eleven
per cent cut from last year.
• The athletic department
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said it needs an increase in its
budget to improve the quality
of its two big sports, football
and basketball, without eliminat
ing all the minor sports. In
1958, the University went to
the Rose Bowl, and the money
received from this was able to
pay for the losses in many of
the other sports.
But the Rose Bowl money has
run out, and the athletic de
partment is counting on improv
ing its teams in the next few
years to possibly get a bowl
team, or at least acquire a large
television contract.
The voting members each
seem to have different solutions
to the problem of how to save
the EMU programs and still
balance the budget.
Emerald Holds
Endorsements
The Emerald will hold a can
didate endorsement meeting
from 4 to 8:30 p.m. today in
332 Commonwealth. The follow
ing is a list of interview times:
Mike Baxter 4 p.m.; Robert Caufield
4:10 p.m.; Jon Erickson 4:20 p.m.; Don
Fitz 4:30 p.m.; Gayle Frame 4:40 p.m.;
Dave Jennings 4:50 p.m.
Ed Kemp 5 p.m.; William Kerlee
5:10 p.m.; Keven McDonald 5:20 p.m.;
Bob Sheehy 5:30 p.m.; Dave Steele
5:40 p.m.; Jeff Taggart 5:50 p.m.
John Baker 6 p.m.; Gil Johnson
6:10 p.m.; Richard Guske 6:20 p.m.;
Paul Neuman 6:30 p.m.; Bob Lothian
6:40 p.m.; John Perry 6:50 p.m.
Bob Barclay 7 p.m.; Sam Frogner
7:10 p.m.; Joseph Engum 7:20 p.m.;
Rick Lance 7:30 p.m.; Diane Griesen
7:40 p.m.; Mary Leonard 7:50 p.m.
Janie Brown 8 p.m.; Janis Johnson
8:10 p.m.; Ben Kalb 8:20 p.m.; Rod
Sawyer 8:30 p.m.
Chairman Barnhart thinks it
is yet possible to make cuts in
the athletic department and
health service in addition to
the EMU Ed-Ac budget and not
do too much damage to any of
them.
ASUO Senator Randy Gragg
would have the committee cut
all the salaries of student per
sonnel in the EMU programs.
ASUO Senator Bruce Ger
hardt has figured that a two
dollar per term increase in stu
dent fees would just meet the
expense. “I think there is no
way to cut the other divisions
except the EMU Ed-Ac, but
the programs in this budget
are at least as valuable as the
athletic department.
“Campus activities are going
to be quite a bit shallow and
dull next year if the proposed
cuts are made.”
Two other committee mem
bers, Ed Kemp and Jeri Coney,
favor taking all the money out
of the EMU programs.
The Fiscal Committee will re
convene today at 2 p.m., and
again Saturday if necessary.
Room numbers will be posted.
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Election Results Completed
The results of the Woman’s
upper class dorm representative
in Wednesday’s primary elec
tion was: Paula Nesbitt, 54
votes, and Whitewell, 2 votes.
The Emerald erroneously said
Miss Whitewell received 112
votes.
The following write-ins are
eligible for the general election:
Greg Sullivan, sophomore vice
president; Janis Johnson, soror
ity rep.; Rod Sawyer, fraternity
rep.; Bart Poston, married stu
dent rep.; Paul Newman, Men’s
off-campus rep.; Nick Randall,
junior president; Tom Roots,
junior president; Jeff Martine,
junior vice-president; Rod Mar
tin, junior vice-president; Ran
dall Clark, junior vice-president;
and Curt Bilyea, junior rep.
General elections for all posi
tions will be held next Wednes
day.
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