Oregon daily emerald., May 04, 1977, Page 9, Image 9

Tuition I Subcommittee mulls freeze’s faults
By MARY BETH BOWEN
Of the Emerald
SALEM—The $3 million in the
governor's budget to freeze resident
undergraduate tuition at its current level
may not be enough, the Joint Ways and
Means Education Subcommittee was
told Tuesday.
Bernard Saalfeld, a budget analyst
for the governor's office, said with a six
per cent faculty increase, the freeze
could cost $4.4 million. However, he
said, a final figure has yet to be worked
out by the-governor’s. budget office.
The concept of the freeze was pan
ned by Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Red
mond, who said he thought the money
would be better spent on student finan
cial aid.
"Some students can well afford to
pay the tuition costs,” he said. “Should
we have it all cut off (impose a freeze),
because the students feel it is justified?
To placate the students like that is a
gross injustice to the whole system
With financial aid, anybody who wants
to can go to school in spite of all this talk
about tuition.
RSB sends protest letter to Fadeley
By LORI PETERSON
Of (he Emerald
A letter with 1.500 student signa
tures protesting tuition hikes and cut
backs in University programs is on its
way to Sen. Ed Fadeley, D-Eugene,
head of the subcommittee on educa
tion.
Members of the Committee Against
The Tuition Hike and Cutbacks origi
nally planned to meet with Fadeley
Saturday, but according to John Lamer,
committee member, the senator's office
failed to call the committee back and
arrange an appointment.
In the letter, the commutee demands
a hearing regarding tuition hikes and
program cuts with key legislators and
Fadeley on this campus.
Committee members stated Portland
State University (PSU) students were
granted a hearing when more than 50
students confronted the University pres
ident last week.
Lanier says the only way the tuition
hike is going to be stopped is through
our own struggle He also believes the
possibility of the undergraduate resi
dent tuition freeze is "simply a way to
divide people. Lanier added that the
freeze possibly came about because o*
the committee s and other students ef
forts.
However, Alberta Bunner, committee
member, says, the Oregon Student
Lobby (OSL) is getting credit for us.
The committee met with University
Pres. William Boyd in April. According
to Lamer, Boyd said "by itself, he wasn't
for tuition hikes.
They demanded that Boyd cal! key
legislators to organize a hearing, com
parable to the hearing granted to PSU
students.
Bunner said,' He didn't think we rep
resented the students. She added he
thought that they could work with the
OSL.
The letter to Fadeley stated that Boyd
has "already anticipated the tuition hike
by cutting one program after another.”
According to committee members, he
told them the cutbacks have nothing to
do with the tuition hike and that it was
an effort to improve the quality of edu
cation at the University.
If committee members are not
granted a hearing, they “plan to de
monstrate in Salem.
Tuesday’s hearing marked the be
ginning of the subcommittee's work on
the higher education budget.
Representing the State System of
Higher Education was Chancellor Roy
Lieuallen, who said that protecting state
institutions from budget cutbacks —
which often result in the elimination of
faculty positions — is one of. his
priorities.
Several of the institutions have ex
perienced enrollment declines and are
due for budget cutbacks, since their
funding hinges on the number of stu
dents they serve.
Lieuallen favored a plan recom
mended by the governor's office that
would protect the institution by allowing
their budgets to decrease by no more
than one per cent.
“This pian would let ♦hem (the institu
tions) down easy,’’ said Lieualien.
He added that of all the state system
schools, the University been the hard
est hit by enrollment declines.
Lieuallen also argued against lower
ing nonresident tuition at Eastern
Oregon State College, saying that low
rates there have boosted enrollments.
But Jonnson responded that Oregon
tax dollars shouldn't be spent to sub
sidize nonresidents.
The subcommittee will resume the
budget considerations today.
Committee hears testimony on ‘right to die
By TOM JACKSON
Of the Emerald
SALEM—Of all the issues
which arouse emotion in the
Legislature, probably none is
more emotional than the debate
over Senate Bill 438, which would
allow a person faced with a ter
minal illness to write a "living
will," — a request to deny artificial
life supporting systems.
Testimony was heard on the
bill in the House Aging Commit
tee Tuesday. The bill has already
been approved by the Senate
and the Aging Committee is the
final stumbling block facing the
bill before coming to the full
House assembly for final ap
proval.
Sen. Mary Richards, D-Port
land. who earned the bill on the
Senate floor, was among the per
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doctors are, after all, not gods,
not demi-gods; and when we
come down to individual freedom,
there are a number of freedoms
which I hope we have guaran
teed, one of which is the freedom
to die with dignity,” Richards said.
Richards said she doesn't ap
prove of the present system
where a doctor decides the ter
mination of life sustaining meas
ures without a legal framework in
which to operate, leaving himself
open to a malpractice suit.''
Richards said she also believed
the present system "doesn't facili
tate the open discussion of the
problems of the realities in a ter
minal case for the patient and the
family.
“It's a sad thing when we
should be afraid to put into law a
legal framework under which
everyone s nghts are guaranteed,'
Richards said.
One doctor who testified at the
hearing said, “If doctors do every
thing that's reasonable in a termi
nal illness case, we are protected
under the law."
Calling the Karen Quinlan case
the cheapest bit of propaganda
for euthanasia," he said, “When
you get in the realm of food,
water and air, I think we as a so
ciety and the doctors are obliged to
give those three things. If we de
prive them of this then we sire en
gaging in an action which would
deliberately bring about their
death."
But a Eugene resident, Betty
Niven, told the committee, “I must
say that as I sit in this hearing I
am completely battled as to why
the people who are here should
feel threatened by a bill that
would do nothing unless they
themselves initiate some course
of action.
"I am also puzzled as to why
they don't want me to exercise
that option for myself,'' she said.
A Fransiscan Catholic sister,
Mary Hanson, also testified, tel
ing the committee that “while in
one respect the bill has the ap
pearance of a humane moral
concern, we lack the harmony
and perhaps the wisdom to con
trol the things that we make.
Once enacted into law, I think this
bill goes out of your hands, and
into the administrative rule
making interpretations and sub
sequent court interpretations.
“I don’t think we can afford
legislation that will be subject to
change and interpretation which
later on might make people judge
the issues based on economic
concerns. They might be forced
into those decisions if the door is
already opened.”
The committee took no action
on the bill Tuesday and further
hearings will be held, though
none are scheduled yet.
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