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AOSL to hear rent, child care proposals Editor's Note: The following arti cle is the last in a four-part series on AOSL-ASUO legislative issues to be lobbied before the Oregon Legislature next year. The AOSL will meet at 10 a.m. Friday in Salem to discuss the proposals. Proposals to change child care eligibility standards and establish rental hike schedules will be aired at the Associated Oregon Student Lobby (AOSL) meeting Friday. The changes in child care eligi k bility, which will be presented by ASUO Vice-Pres. Kirby Garrett, call for a general broadening of requirements to allow more stu dent parents to become eligible. At the present time, Garrett says, the state considers many students "voluntarily poor," and hence un able to qualify. “We want the state to under stand that poor students are just poor," Garrett says. “Many stu dents take classes for one quar ter, then have to drop out and work. After working one quarter they'll return, only to drop out the next quarter.” “We want students to be able to qualify, to break this cycle." Garrett feels that perhaps 800 student-parents couia qualify for child care assistance if the stan dards were liberalized. Presently, approximately 80 families are in volved in the program. He points out that an increase in participants would necessitate a boast in fi nancial support from the state. Garrett also will propose to the AOSL that they consider backing legislation which calls for rental increase schedules and ceilings, both in university housing and in privately-owned housing which is rented primarily to students. He believes that many stu dents, living on limited budgets, must be made aware of the amount of rental increases and when they will be coming. In this way the increases can be planned for, with the added knowledge that boosts won’t exceed certain limits. Garrett describes the housing proposals as “good consumer is sues. They will help raise people’s awareness that they are consum ers, that it is their education and that they should order it according to some pre-determined schedule.” Other changes in housing regu lations will be presented by AOSL representatives from Oregon Col leae of Education (OCE). The OCE proposals, still in the forma tive stage, call for a general strengthening in the tenant landlord law, an end to the $50 non-refundable deposit dorm ap plicants now pay and a 24-hour notice of entry requirement for workmen and management entry into dormitory rooms. AOSL leaders from Oregon State University (OSL) will ask for substantial increases in state educational benefits for veterans. The OSU representatives want to reactivate two bills which first ap peared during the last legislative session and which sought to raise state benefits for veterans from $35 a month to $50 and $150 a month. Another OSU proposal recom mends that student publications be exempt from state bidding pro cedures which now require that the state printing office receive a percentage of contracts given to private businesses. A third objective asks that indi viduals who engage in voluntary services be considered for tax de ductions similar to those awarded to wealthier people who are able to make tax deductable dona tions. Legislator sounds out public view In 1971, the State Legislature established a grant to support ethnic and minority groups at the University. After that, says Herb Cawthome. director of the Center for Self-Development, the pro grams were left to go as they Cawthome told a Demo Forum audience Wednesday that ser vices which should have been of fered weren't. He believes that legislators should be more responsible for the programs they fund and that they should be the people's link to education. Legislators should tafc to administrators, parents, and “God forbid," students to see what programs are needed. Cawthome wants politicians to look at the budget and decide where public priorities he. He believes that politicians can do this by investigating educa tional alternatives and various philosophies of education and by sounding them out on the public. Then, he says, legislators can be the people's voice in educational decisions. They haven’t done this in the past, he says, because they have not had the access to information. He plans to be in Salem next ses sion to provide some of this data. Marvin Hollingsworth would like to be in Salem too. The state treasurer candidate told his fellow democrats that if elected he will not encourage industrial growth. “We shouldn't make this state another Los Angeles," he said. Hollingsworth prefers to loan money to existing Oregon businesses. As for investments, he will follow the Prudent Man Act, which says that bonds must pro duce the highest yield at the low est risk. He sees the treasurer s job as an administrative bookkeeping role and feels, as an attorney, a former legislator, district judge and a business man, he is well qualified to fill the job. --150 people voted in two days New SUAB, class officers elected By BRENDA TABOR Of the Emerald The elections for senior and sophomore class officers and Student University Affairs Board (SUAB) positions ended Wednesday, deciding the four races. Almost 150 students voted in the two-day election. "Sandman" Benz captured the race for sophomore class presi dent with 49 votes, over Brian 'Purnell who received 28 votes. Benny Barnes won the senior class presidential race, receiving 71 votes over opponent Jane Har ris' 48 votes. The race for SUAB position no. 3 for Business Administration was won by Kim Defenderfer over David Stewart, 50 to 34. Position no. 18, which includes languages, arts and letters, religion and philosophy will be filled by Jeff Warren who netted 11 votes over Tom Milligan's 9. Cost of the mail-out election to taled $4,981 as compared to the traditional election system cost of $4,682. Although the mail-out fig ure is slightly higher, the per capita figure for mail-out election is actually less because 75 per cent more voters participated in that election. The constitutional amendment on the primary ballot passed 1,029 to 460. SUAB vacancies occurring more than eight weeks prior to a regular election will now be filled by a special election. Pre viously, vacancies occurring more tnan four weeks prior to an elec tion were filled by an ASUO presi dential appointment. "I wish the amendment hadn’t passed," said Kirby Garrett, ASUO vice-president. The faculty pushed for the change, he says, but the extra elections will put ad ditional strain on the elections budget. Although he had anticipated a 3,000 to 5,000 turnout in the prim ary, Garrett says he is still “very pleased" with the 2,457 ballots re ceived . The figure represents a 16 per cent increase over last year's turnout. Only 2,089 of the ballots received were valid, however, due to the ommission of the number one fee card stub. That puts actual voter participation at 13 per cent, a 75 per cent increase over last year's turnout. "Still, the turnout is very good, considering this is the first mail out election ever conducted by a student association," Garrett says. “It allowed us to communi cate with many students, even those who didn’t vote. The general election will enable us to see how students react, again,” the vice president added. Part of the problem with the mail-out election occurred when the ballots were held up by the EUGENE AUCTION SERVICE Has been commissioned to sell at AUCTION Over 200 pieces—new and semi-antique in all sizes of hand made Oriental and PERSIAN RUGS Included are:. Imperial Crown Kermans Royal Crown Saruks Imperial Crown Kashans Royal Palace Ouoms (in wool and part silk) Imperial Princess Bokharas also Hunting Carpets, Vase and Garden Of Flowers Carpets; Prayer Rugs etc. Among many otmr ruga, me collection includes Collector s items consisting ot some very antique and rare pieces ot Persian Rugs Auctioneer Eldon Shelley - 343-7336 FRIDAY MAY 7th, 7:30 p.m. PIONEER BLDG. LANE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS EUGENE, ORE. Prevve from 6:30 p.m. until Sab Time manufacturer. Consequently, there wasn’t time to print voting instructions on the computer bal lot cards. Garrett says he “still be lieves the process was fairly clear, because over 2,000 students re turned valid ballots.’’ But those instructions will be in cluded on the general election bal lot. Garrett anticipates a 2,500 to 3,500 turnout, an increase over the last turnout, because of a “highly-visible presidential race,” a ballot referendum and the fact that instructions will be included on the ballot. The referendum states that the “Associated Students of the Uni versity of Oregon should be rec ognized as the collective bargain ing representative of students and should continue efforts to negotiate a student contract with the State Board of Higher Educa tion or its designees." The idea of the referendum is to reaffirm the principle of a student association in contrast to a stu dent government, and to give stu dents a choice between the two, Garrett says. The concept of the student gov ernment means students deal with internalized, introspective matters that are not in the best interests of students at large, he explains. But the student associa tion “looks outward to represent collective interests." That means dealing with external areas that frequently influence the cost and quality of education,” he added. “The student government wor ries about incidental fees, but the student association deals with building, instruction and health fees, in addition to incidental fees," the vice-president says. TONIGHT VICTOR PAPANEK Retooling Society— Creativity in Oregon’s Future "Where to Look: Advice for Architects and Designers” Victor Papanek is an industrial designer and architect who is currently teaching at Carleton University in Ottawa and returns to work at the World Health Organization this summer. Among his many publications is Design for the Real World, on the ecological and social responsibility of designers. 8:00 p.m. 177 Lawrence FREE Sponsored by Henry Failing Fund, Cultural Forum, Architecture Last in a series on Livability for Oregon’s Future a slide show and talk ✓
