f
$89,000 for E\
is a wise decision
The iitwaiBity wils soor receive about $94,000
on * oeposte anc ape'ic? accounts ASUO
_doty Devlin am: Ralph Sunoertand. die
Managemerr anc Budge? Director oecoed
_ Tiarr that the money should tie divided
tie BMU am the irooentai Fee Committee
to go to flv SMM, andAwaHMiMNl 90 to tie
Good choices. Mh *tth the EMJ presently the
tarpesi eater by tar o’ maoerna: fees, ana yeta vita student
service, p taking the interest money into the EMU may
Keep other IFC money avauabte tor other student
services and programs. The money m to be used to
counteract the effects of EMU deficits of the last two
years And placing the remaining money in the IFC
fund frees die IFCs hands a bit to meet next years
fFC budget, perhaps without program cuts and with
out raising the student's incidental fees, which are
currently $31 per term The interest money is a God
in
help keep student fees down The tHrtdmg has been show
ing more Of a healthy business this year, and tie food
yMTMaiaowlumingaitoit So writing off tone a* the pa*
deficit w* mean that less student money s* be oeeoed to
the ouHdma in tie future
if is also interesting to role diatf die Stale System of
Higoer Edueaton is resuming the interest made on student
money for the first time, rs a great idea. In the past
end of die year, but the interest made on the deposit
merest the students could be making in tier own banks if
the deposit were rot changed — has not been used for
studem benefit Returning die interest money to the Mo
dems tas a par 0? returning a percentaoe of the interest
sjamed Tor ai: institutions is the hgW twig to da
The return althe interest money is a real break tor the
fFC and die aftocatior. of tie money ha® shown dial the
ASUO can work with die admmtstrafeon to develop the best
business decisions tor such'money. We have no doubt that
the use of the money to offset the EMU deficit is a wise
ASUO needs to know
Tdday%e«i«Bk*€aaiesa»ASUOad¥erti8ementfMt
* basicaKy a siwdeat survey. The ASUO is trying to get
student input in a **a«ety a* areas, and toe effort of 'return
ing the survey to the ASUO « wel "Orth toe time and
trouoie.
Without student tope*, from as wide a vanety o* sto>
oents as posaoie, the ASUC a «**«". a vacuum , toey have
to gueas at what toe students reaty want The ad on page
S-A df to«y s paper w*gwe you toe opportunity to tel< toe
ASUO whas you do wanft. mSarmatean toar wil let toem
.make vftedtgent oec*s*or and perhaps gwe toe~ ideas to
develop over toe «Mt of toe yeas
The ASUO survey metopes boto Specie and very
general questions. wise* wH give you' ar ojpomittoy to
vent your frustrabons or « «*de varney of wub&cis The
ASUO needs your.deefe.. arc ever: y ua fMntfrinr; r» oroer
to operate effeefevety as toe student government of this
university.
.editorial'
McCall: a crafty stra
The race tor tie Repubbean Oregon pnm
ary eteefton for governor, ***** now appears
Ikety to be one of tie most exc*jng potoJca'
race® faang toe voters in May, so seerr* to
range on one oueteon: is tw totoMable ^om
McCal, who served as governor two consecu
We four-year term* beginning in 1966, going to
jub for oflee again?
In moa of toe news stones featuring tie
otoer candidates for tie fiepttotecan contest in
the primary, tie question has been played
bourn by t» candidates. Most d item say
McCa« wool matter to toe* campaign, and they
tend to down-play McCal s chances tor tie <tf*
f|Qg
The two strongest contenders tor toe Re
publican cade of toe governor's race — State
Senator Vtc ASyeh of Portland and State Rep
resentative Roger Martin of Lake Oswego —
say #» public is tired of old-style potties; they
want somaftsig new. RecenBy, Marin said
Oregonians are tired of the ‘Tom (McCa* j and
Bob (Straub) show.”
But judging by the pervasiveness c* toe
question of McCaTs candtoaey, McCall is at
toast one of toe biggest question marks of this
campaign. Thai question is keeping him at toe
front of toe voters rands
«, indeed McCal « planning to run tor
governor, and we think he is. he is playing Ns
cards exactly right and showing toe kind of pcft
icat ski! and cunNng which gels anybody be
hind toe governor's desk.
McCal* presently works as a television
commentator to Portland, a job that ncf only
Keeps Ms income roltog to, but keeps Ns face to
from of the public However, toe moment he
offtdaiy files for poibcai office, he must by law
resign Ns commentating because cf a conflict
Of interest tf he files, the only way he’S get Ns
face on television after that is to either pay for
advertising or be toe subject of news stones
McCal, again with Ns impeccable sense of
ttowig, recently published nwfo a co-autoor an
autobiography caned ‘Tom McCal: Maverick.”
The book was published to 1977, and McCal
appeared to Eugene to December to autograph
copies of toe book. McCal may not have in
tended to use the book as a campaign ploy, but
nenetheiesa Ng timmc ts perfect
McCalls statements so far about the
gwv/t race mdicaie no than a ‘'seri
ous ooneiberaiiorr for tie race Oiienetse, he
has remaned sient He has said noting. But
by remaining stent, he has ranged Id make
Me candidacy tie moat ta&ad about tang
among tie voters.
McCaisftfhaslimeonhssiOs.TheOeao
fne for fling for office isAprii 15. Sohecansti
taniakze tie voters for awNie, &«f wth a crafty
sense of ftming, he may pop into the campagn
at a crucial ttoie By bursting iraotie campaign,
he may come out strong on the issues at a feme
when tie only issue seems to be whetier or not
McCafl wi* run. That womc be a piece of pc*t>
cai finesse to behold.
in spite Of tie efforts of other candidates to
hoto trie pubic rhwffiori iwfiiesriae, tie pubfcc
seems more canoemed witfi McCafi. So tar,
IMi has said that the public ts tired a1 Sbaub
(which may be taie) and of McCaf (which is
something no one can be sure <rf yet). But
McCall is making sure that no one does get bred
Of Nm.Martto is promismg to shake things up
in the governor s office, inducing the promise of
a 20 percent cut in bureaucracy, a move that is
not only unlikely but unwise, to Oregon, where
the population ts rising and with it tie need for
sendees, 20 percent of a bureaucracy is a tot of
bureaucracy to do witiout Martin may damage
Ns credibility by promising such a cut.
Alryeh, on fhe same hand, criticizes the
admtoistrabon of the governor s office for the
past three aetofenafrafrons, but concentrates his
attacks more on Straub than on McCall He also
tends to keep more with issues such as the
economy, energy, and crime. But even in
Afeyeh’s campaign the question, which must be
botiersome to Ahyeh, is whether or not McCall
wil run. At the outset of Ns campaign, he sad
he would bring Straub under “close scrufiny
But tie clever McCall is playing Ns cards
beautifully, and i he does run he wii give both
Afiyeh and Martin, as weM as the other candi
dates, something to contend with.
Even if you don’t like McCaf s poifecs, you
have to admire Ns polifecai strategy
Letters
EMU facts
The IFC and the Emerald are on
the right track in trying to msfce the
maderaa tee paying public mere
aware at where $1.4 million of in
cidental fees are spent. People s
opinions do matter and reducing
apathy by increasing awareness
is a step in the right direction.
But the Emerald editorial of last
Friday is a little misleading so f'd
like to clarify where incidental tees
are spent in the EMU.
There is no incidental fee sup
port for the EMU Food Service
Print Shop, Recreation Center or
Oregon Wilderness Supplies V
these enterprises incur deficits,
then the deficit is added to the
EMU s revolving debt with toe
State System of Higher Educa
tion If the enterprise turns a “pro
fit" then this is deducted torn toe
revolving debt.
The revoMng debt has risen to
just under $200,000 largely due to
tosses incurred by the Food Ser
vice in prior years. But with
changes in hours and menus, toe
Food Service this year wil very
probably break even, which is no
minor accomplishment.
Tuesday's Emerald reported that
$89,000 in interest earned on stu
dent deposits wil be distributed tc
toe EMU, to reduce cash flow
problems and reduce the revolv
ing debt.
The Main Desk receives some
incidental fee suport because it
acts as an information center The
EMU's budget of $784,037 covers
more than administration and
house keeping costs: toe budgets
for toe Child Care and Develop
ment Center, Cultural Forum,
CU> Sports, Outdoor Program,
EMU Child Care. Recreation and
Intramural Programs, Craft
Center, and Program Office are
•nckided in this amount.
Dusty Rhodes
EMU Board
Budget Committee Chair
You can help
Let s stop rwdear wastes from
being stored n Oregon* Portland
General Electric s Trojan nuclear
reactor has appfcadto toe Nuclear
Regulatory Commission tor per
mission to store two and one-haft
times as much spent fuel in the
same size spent fuel pool.
There is only one set of hear
ings on toe matter in front of the
NRC, and they started January 4
The more citizens who make !i
mited appearances or submit writ
ten testimony expressing their
concerns, toe more litely the NRC
wil listen to our concerns.
For information on how you can
help, please cal 345-5796.
Amy Rich
2388 WHtametta, Eugene
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