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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1975)
Vd. 76, No. 151 ===== Eugene, Oregon 97403 Monday, April 28, 1975 28 per cent tuition increase proposed By DENNIS PFAFF Of the Emerald A 28 per cent tuition increase for resident undergraduate Univer sity students plus increases for out-of-state and graduate stu dents have been proposed by the chancellor’s office of the State System of Higher Education. That recommendation, along with three other alternatives for in creasing tuition income, will be the prime topics of discussion by the State Board of Higher Education’s committee on Finance, Administ ration and Physical Plant, meeting in Portland today. If the committee were to re commend the proposal to the full Board, and the board accepted the proposal, tuition for resident undergraduates at Oregon’s three universities would increase tuition 21.68 per cent, from its present $143 a term to $174 a term for the year 1975-76. The year after another 6.32 per cent increase would be added on, bringing the figure to $185. For non-residents the increase would be 13.85 per cent the first year, an increase of $78 from $563 to $641. A year later, another $43 would be added on, reflecting a 6.71 per cent in crease. For graduate students, the two year increase would be 26.03 per cent, from the present $235 a term to $299 in 1976-77. Students at the state’s colleges would have a much easier time of it. For example, the first years’ in crease would be only 1.4 per cent, from $143 to $145. The next year would see a 6.21 increase from $145 to $154. _ — None of the figures include var ious other fees, such as building fees, health center fees and inci dental fees which are assessed on an institutional basis. For ex ample, at this University, with the proposed tuition and fee rise, a resident undergraduate student would pay $222 a term for the first year and $233 in 1976-77. He or she now pays $191 to attend school for one term. The increase is needed, accord ing to Vice-Chancellor Freeman Holmer , because of Governor Straub’s proposed higher educa tion budget which shows a need for nearly $5 million more in tuition income over the last biennium. According to trie governor, another $6.7 million will be needed to balance the books in 1976-77. He 6lso said the total tuition and fees now paid by college students is higher than that paid by univer sity students. Holmer said inciden tal fees and fees for the student unions and athletic departments take more of the students’ money at the colleges. "That seems somewhat ine quitable”, he said. “We’re trying to end up with approximately the same level at both,” Holmer con tinues. The reason the chancellor’s of fice is recommending the increase be distributed in the way it has proposed, is because, according to Hoimer, it costs more for in struction at the University level than at the college level. However, he said, the increase would not be "out of line” consid ering the increase in price of other goods and services. Besides, he said, “The univer sities have had no trouble getting their enrollment figures up to their ceilings. In fact, they’ve had to control their enrollments because of the ceilings.” Valerie McIntyre, the chairper son of the finance committee, said, “I'm really uncomfortable with the whole thing. I’m also the only member who’s voted consis tently against any tuition rise.” McIntyre, a student at the Uni versity, and one of two students on the Board, was also upset about die fact that the increase for out of state students is almost eight per cent less than that prop osed for residents. Emphasizing the “have” she said, "In-state students have to have the benefit of any tuition raise; the people who are hit the hardest have to be out-of-state people.” She also said the Board must begin examining some priorities and make decisions based on those priorities. First, she said, must come in state students who have them selves or through their familes paid taxes to support the institu tions. Second are lower-division students who may not have the income or employment oppor tunities of older students. “We have to sit down and start making some wide policy deci sions, not just approve tuition in creases every term,” she said. It is expected that contingents of students from both the ASUO and the Revolutionary Student Brigade will be attending the meet ing to speak to the committee about the proposal. _ DeLore s top concern | EMU, student lobby By MIKE DUVAL Of the Emerald Cutting the EMU budget arid concentrating student lobby ef forts are two mayor concerns of ASUO presidential candidate Ed DeLore. A former co chairer of the Coos County Young Democrats and a four year Navy veteran, the 26-year-old DeLore is the di rector of the Association of Government Dependent Stu dents. "The EMU is being funded to such a huge extent it's becom ing a detriment to the stu dents,” he said in an interview Wednesday. “If we cut them back it will force them to oper ate more efficiently." He considers cutting EMU funding back as much as 50 per cent and channeling re maining funds directly into the programs. He said that under the present system every cent is tied down and the programs are inflexible. it s aDour time we got off our duffs and stopped being quasi-apoiitical," said DeLore, a junior in finance. “We need a well organized campaign to get funds.” He suggested that stu dent collective bargaining could come through the forma tion of a student union. He ad mitted it would take several years to establish an effective union, but the base should be an open and responsive ex ecutive. Disagreeing with the new policy of appointing a vice president, DeLore has named Robert Darby, director of ALERT, as his running mate. A firm believer in an educa tion that will offer employment, DeLore said he would like to institute a student evaluation handbook of faculty mem bers. He also favors a commit tee of students and faculty from given departments to decide on promotion and tenure, De Lore said students should have more input in departmen tal affairs. if elected, he emphasized the importance of organizing the executive around the prog ram directors and the Office of Local State and Federal Affairs , the focus of a student lobby. “I would like to arrange more cooperation and communica tion between the executive and IFC," he added. “We should not work at crose-purposes and have two separate sets of criteria for funding." DeLore said he would buy student seats fromthe athletic department if necessary. He believes it may be time for Oregon to oonsider getting out of the Pac-8. DeLore says be cause the Ducks cannot com pete with the southern Califor nia schools in football, Univer sity teams should go indepen dent. He listed three priorities for his selection of staff: 1) tie would choose the people whose past performance he is familiar with, 2) salaried posi tions would depend on those who need money, and 3) they would have to demonstrate the ability to do a job and go to school also. “The only way students can respond is if the ASUO is more responsible to the students," said the presidential hopeful. ®d DeLore Collective bargaining— Bernau’s critical issue By MONTE ENBYSK Of the Emerald Talking with ASUO presidential candiate Jim Bemau leaves one with the impression that the man has wanted this job for sometime. Bernau, a junior in political sci ence from Roseburg, has a sharply organized campaign. When he speaks of his determina tion to overhaul ASUO govern ment for the students he attacks the issue directly. “My main thrust is to provide a new, refreshing approach to stu dent government," he says. “And that means exercising greater student decision-making through Jim Bemau participation in the academic sec tor of the University.” Bemau says he would like to increase the activity of the As sociated Oregon Student Lobby (AOSL) and the ASUO govern ment in state legislative affairs. "We must lobby heavily to fight tuition hikes and to get student participation in the collective bar gaining process, protecting our independent interests,” he said. “We need to adjust the legisla tive priorities,” he said in talking about the former obstacle, “Not only do we need to be getting a better education dollar-for-dollar, we cannot get out-priced.” He calls the collective bargain ing issue “critical.” The student body president should know exactly what is going on. That’s where I feel have the edge over the other candidates.’’ Among a long list of past posi tions involving him in ASUO pro jects and activities, Bemau was an organizer of the Eugene Springfield Tenant’s Union, where he said he gained experience in lobbying. He was also this year’s administrative assistant for Uni versity affairs. Bemau is presently attempting to push through the University Senate a mechanism which, ac cording to him, will improve the school's teaching performance. (Continued on Page 6)