Oregon daily emerald., April 21, 1975, Page 6, Image 6

Budget reviews: Thursday
The Repertory Dancers, Social Workers' In
terest Group (SWIG) and the ASUO Off-Campus
Housing office appeared before the Incidental Fee
Committee (IFC) Thursday night to explain and de
fend their budget requests for next year.
The Repertory Dancers asked for $6,750, an
increase of $2,600 over last year’s funding. The
ASUO executive recommended that the group re
ceive only $2,650.
The main cut was in the area of travel expenses
with the executive not recommending any. It said it
didn’t see how the dancers's travel around the state
constituted “an intergral part of the on-going campus
operations of the program.”
SWIG was next on the agenda and surprised the
IFC by submitting a revised budget proposal. The
group had asked for $2,962, but then reduced that
request by more than $2,000 soliciting only $940.
This figure is below the executive's recommendation
of $1,207.
“SWIG apprececiates the committee’s desire to
hold expenses down and joins with you in wanting to
see the students fees remain at $23 a year or
perhaps reduced...” explained the group.
Nonetheless, the group faced some question
ing. IFC member Kevin Farrell proposed a $25 limit
on office supplies instead of $40.
The group’s biggest event is the sponsoring of a
Social Work Day with a major name speaker coming
to campus. The IFC asked if a lesser name speaker
would be more feasible. "The effectiveness and at
tractiveness of our program depends on the effec
tiveness and attractiveness of our speaker,” replied
one group member
The final group of the evening was ASUO Off
Campus Housing. The housing office asked for
$6,213 this year as opposed to last year’s $4,487.,
The executive, however, suggested $4,594.24.
This groups offers rent referral service to stu
dents and informs them of their rights under the
landlord-tenant act.
"We feel we’ve been expanding and improving,”
said one member of the office, and have made it a
valuable service.
The group said the five most important budget
items were housing pamphlets, printing and public
ity, postage, telephone and salaries.
Farrell questioned the salary items and the
group said they would be able to hire only one work
study employe , providing the ASUO executive fur
nishes a secretary again.
A representative of campus co-ops testified in
behalf of the housing office as why the co-ops should
be included in the budget. The co-ops, said the
member, are suffering from a shortage of occupants
this year and attribute it to a lack of publicity. The
co-ops want the money to conduct a more efficient
publicity program this year.
Similarity, a representative from the Eugene
Springfield Tenants' Union also testified.
It was explained that the tenants' union is more
effective for students because it has a broader politi
cal base and many different types of people. There
fore, the group has more power and strength in deal
ing with landlords than the off-campus housing of
fice.
. . . Friday
Chairer Jane Aiken was the only Incidental Fees
Committee member present to hear the testimony of
the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Company
Friday night. Later that evening, two more members
showed for the Oregon Student Public Interest Re
search Group (OSPIRG) hearing, the only other
scheduled for Friday.
The ASUO executive recommended no cut for
the Emerald, keeping its request for subscription
fees at the present level of $54,560. The OSPIRG
budget was recommended to be cut from $45,000 to
43,800.
The executive, while approving the Emerald's
budget request also gave the Emerald board an
option to pay off a $20,000Emerald loan given earlier
this year by the ASUO. Josh Marquis, chairer of the
Emerald board, was favorable to the proposition that
$12,500 of the loan be given to the Emerald as an
equityOTntributonTJ-^^-,j-—Advertising
paid off over the nexi wo y®aia an aavenising
contract between the ASUO and the Emerald.
In the hearing, Marquis stressed the Emerald s
“significant strides toward stability” over the last few
months, pointing out that the Emerald newspaper
has not lost money. He attributed the Emerald's
present shaky financial state to some previous poor
decisions, and listed significant changes that the
Emerald has gone through to compensate.
OSPIRG supporters filled the room as the three
IFC members heard the testimony. In recommending
the $1,200 cut, the executive recognized the value of
OSPIRG Jaut recommended that the group “increase
the awareness and participation of University stu
dents in OSPIRG.” Neil Robblee, director of OS
PIRG, called the group a “zero growth project,"
stressing that the need for increased funding was
due mainly to the rising cost of living.
In answer to questions by the IFC members,
OSPIRG representatives mapped out the group s
plans for increasing student awareness, and stated
that any cuts made in their budget would probably
result in a decreased number of staff, fewer interns in
the program or fewer newsletters put out by OS
PIRG.
The IFC will make its own budget recommenda
tions at a later date.
ASUO survey
indexes student
opinion on issues
BY JACKMAN WILSON
Of the Emerald
The results of an ASUO student
survey on a broad range of topics
from gay rights to parking rights
are compiled and ready to be put
to use.
The survey was conducted
Winter term by Masters of Busi
ness Administration (MBA), an
independent consulting firm, at a
cost of $1,500.
The results of the survey are
being used as an index of student
opinion on issues before the state
Legislature, the University ad
ministration and the student gov
ernment.
The demographic makeup of
the 335 students who responded
to the mailed questionaires cor
responds closely with the demog
raphy of the University as a whole,
according to John Eliassen,
ASUO Administrative Assistant
for Special Projects, who worked
in liaison with MBA on the survey.
"The results which will have the
greatest impact are the results of
the question on the lettuce issue,”
Eliassen said. According to the
survey, 64.4 per cent of the re
spondents felt both Teamster and
United Farmworker lettuce should
be sold on campus when availa
ble, and 20.1 per cent felt United
Farmworker lettuce was the only
lettuce that should be allowed.
Only 1.7 per cent felt Teamster
lettuce should be the only lettuce
on campus.
Eliassen said the most surpris
ing data showed that students
from lower income families were
willing to tolerate a greater in
crease in tuition than students
from more affluent backgrounds.
“In most cases student with lower
incomes are already working or
have worked. This information
shows they are more committed to
their education,” Eliassen said.
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Interested applicants should obtain application
forms from Suite 5 of the EMU. Application
deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, April 25.
Other results of the survey
showed that:
—53.9 per cent of the respon
dents favored collective bargain
ing at the University, while only
17.4 per cent were opposed.
—59.7 per cent of the sample
felt the library was an adequate
resource for their purposes, 33.9
per cent felt it was not.
—12.8 per cent of the students
evaluated the quality of education
for the money pad at the Univer
sity to be improved over the last
two yeas. Another 47.7 per cent
said there had been no change,
and 39.5 per cent saw a decline in
quality.
—68.5 per cent favored the cur
rent grading system, while 19.6
per cent did not.
—64.1 per cent of the respon
dents claimed they spend no
money at all on marijuana. Only
13.3 per cent said they spend over
$50 a year.
—60.9 per cent said they sup
ported a gay rights bill for equal
job and housing opportunities,
19.5 per cent were opposed to
such a measure
—67.3 per cent of the sample
was in favor of lowering the drink
ing age, 28.9 per cent were
against it.
—Nearly everyone had an opin
ion on nuclear development. Six
per cent favored extensive de
velopment, and 40.1 per cent
wanted cautious development.
24.7 per cent were against all nuc
lear development, and 24.1 per
cent favored a moratorium on nuc
lear projects.
—77.3 per cent of the sample
felt population growth in Oregon
was inevitable, 19.4 per cent be
lieved it was not.
—66.7 per cent of the out-of
staters polled said they could no
longer attend this University if tui
tion were to go up 15 per cent.
48.5 per cent of the in-state stu
dents made similar statements
—Only 14.5 per cent of the stu
dents surveyed said they favored
elimination of on-street parking
surrounding the University; 72.8
per cent said they did not.
—22.5 per cent of the respon
dents felt incidental fees should
subsidize 100 per cent of the stu
dent admission price to athletic
events, while 38.6 per cent were
opposed to any subsidy what
soever. 38.9 per cent felt the pre
sent system of a 50 per cent sub
sidy was fair.
—32.2 favored an increase in
writing composition requirements;
47.9 disagreed.
—72.3 per cent of the sample
opposed an extension of field
burning past 1975, 17.1 per cent
favored an extension.
—A surprisingly high number of
students, 46.3 per cent, said they
voted in student government elec
tions. Curiously, .9 per cent said
they had no opinion on whether
they voted or not.
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