IFC votes funds to ODE, theater, OSPIRG
By JIM WORLEIN
Of the Emerald
Tuesday night’s Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) de
liberations broke away from what has almost become an
IFC tradition.
The IFC reviewed three programs at the meeting.
One was allocated more money than it had asked for. One
received exactly the amount it had requested. And
another experienced only a slight cut in its request. Add to
these facts that two of the decisions came with surpris
ingly swift action and you practically have a phenonme
non.
The IFC is in one of the last stages of allocating
incidental fees to student groups and ASUO programs.
Until Tuesday many of the deliberations had plodded
along at a painful pace.
Since the ASUO has pledged itself to a zero per cent
increase in incidental fees, there have been few student
programs or services getting their entire requests, much
less getting more.
The $54,560 subscription price asked for by the
Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Company was met with
the committee voting for a $60,000 subscription fee.
However, the IFC tacked on several stipulations. The
"gentlemen's agreement" between the Emerald and the
ASUO concerning a $20,000 loan the paper received
from the ASUO in February was to be considered null and
void. Instead the ASUO will consider $5,000 as an equity
contribution with the remaining $15,000 to be paid off in
free advertising for the ASUO over a period of four years.
IFC representation on the three-member ASUO con
tingent to the Emerald Board of Directors was another
stipulation.
The IFC decision was similar to the ASUO
executive s recommendation, but IFC member Bill Dick
was the major contributor to the re-vamped version. He
said the figure reflects an approximately 10 per cent in
crease in costs the Emerald is expected to incur next
year. While Dick had some objections to the past financial
performance of the Emerald he said it was imperative for
the University to have a student newspaper and “we have
an investment in the paper to protect.”
IFC member Kevin Farrel raised most of the objec
tions to Dick’s motion. He claimed recent fiscal action of
the Emerald had been poor and was filled with “mis
information” and “rip-offs.”
The ASUO pays for a student subscription rate for
the 1975-76 fiscal year. The Emerald requested the same
amount it received this year which has students paying
approximately two and a half cents a copy.
The vote on the Emerald had only Wendy Young
voting no and Farrel abstaining.
OSPIRG received $1,200 less than its request of
$45,000. The committee voted 5-1 to allot the group
$43,800, the same figure the executive had recom
mended. (Agreement between the IFC and the executive
is also rare.) IFC member Dave Donley presented the
motion. He said his recommendation was based on the
same reasoning the executive used in its recommenda
tion which stated the group had performed "excellent
work for the Oregon citizen.” The committee swiftly voted
in favor of Donley’s motion with Young casting the only no
vote.
Young said she had some unanswered questions
concerning OSPIRG’s program emphasis and its coop
eration with other similar groups.
The IFC unanimously passed Farrell’s motion to al
locate $8,500 to the University Theater. Again the com
mittee arrived at the same figure the executive had re
commended. The $1,500 increase over last year’s fund
ing also carried stipulations. Student tickets will be $1.25
for main stage productions and $1 for Pocket and Arena
events, according to IFC decision.
It was also stipulated any leftover funds will revert to
the IFC or go to next year's funding of the University
Theater.
This subsidy is used to offset the cost of offering
tickets to students at reduced price.
‘Who’s funding it?’ -
question for CCDC
The incidental Fee Commit
tee (MFC) will be deliberating on
the EMU budget tonight and
Thursday. Included in the EMU
budget request is the Univer
sity Child Care and Develop
ment Center (CCDC). The CCDC
is expected to come up at
tonight’s meeting. The follow
ing is an analysis of the pos
sibilities of ASUO funding for
CCDC.
By JIM WORLEIN
Of the Emerald
When Richard Nixon entered
the White House in 1968 he
placed high priority on ending the
war in Vietnam and bringing law
and order to our streets. He
placed a low priority on the social
programs initiated by the late
Pres. Johnson’s “War on Pov
erty.” We all know what hap
pened, it’s history. The war drag
ged on. Crime in the streets
moved indoors to the White
House itself. And a heavy fiscal
axe fell on social welfare prog
rams.
Just because the federal funds
have been sharply reduced does
not mean these programs do not
exist anymore. The University
Child Care and Development
Center (CCDC) is one such social
program.
The CCDC is an off-campus,
full-day, child care and develop
ment center. Student-parents are
charged on a sliding fee scale
based on need. Students qualify
ing for services usually have both
parents going to school full-time,
or with one of the parents working
full-time. Fifty per cent of the
clients are single parents. A prior
ity lists admits the parents with the
least amount of time available,
first.
This year the center ran on a
total budget of $94,OCX) while run
ning a $15,000 deficit. Next year
the CCDC plans to have an ex
penditure budget of $104,902.
According to CCDC officials the
center can serve a maximum of 61
full-time equivalent clients.
According to CCDC adminis
trators, private funding support
for the CCDC has increased from
three per cent to 56 per cent in the
last four years. In 1975-76 the
center will rely on private sources
for nearly 90 per cent of its finan
cial resources. One of those pri
vate sources is the ASUO. This
analysis
year the center received $1C,800
of incidental fees. For next year,
the CCDC is requesting a subsidy
of $61,728.
In mid-April the ASUO ex
ecutive recommended to the Inci
dental Fee Committee (IFC) that
the CCDC receive no money from
the ASUO. The ASUO administra
tion (Robert Liberty’s) that made
that decision has ended its term. A
new one, headed by a former
member of Liberty's administra
tion, took office Monday. The new
ASUO president, Jim Bernau,
says while he philosophically
supports Liberty's decision there
are some differences in their ap
proach to the problem.
The major difference is Bernau
would support the IFC if it voted for
emergency funding of the CCDC.
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Bemau doesn’t want to see the
center slip out of existence and
feels temporary partial funding of
the center could keep it steady
until state or federal funds are av
ailable. He is optimistic these
monies will be forthcoming from
the government and believes the
ASUO’s main thrust of support for
the CCDC should be aimed at get
ting these dollars.
As Bemau was a member of the
previous administration, an ex
amination of Liberty’s recommen
dation is necessary.
It must first be realized the pre
vious administration had pledged
itself to a zero per cent increase in
incidental fees. It used a criteria
written last fall to help guide its
budget decision.
Liberty claims his recommenda
tion does not signify a lack of sup
port for the concept of child care or
a belief in poor past performance
by the center. It is a matter of finite
ASUO resources. Liberty believes
the government and the Univer
sity should assume the financial
responsibility. He feels these
agencies are wrongfully placing
the burden upon students.
The CCDC was called a
“costly grant program for a few
low income students,” By the pre
vious executive. It claims the ES
CAPE tutors and work-study stu
dents employed there could find
positions in other centers in the
Eugene area.
While sympathetic to CCDC
needs, both Liberty and Bernau
question whether such a program
is a proper use of student’s inci
dental fees. The broad definition
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