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Citizens call new parkin a a ‘bliaht’ By CHRIS NORMAN Of the Emerald The proposed Sacred Heart general Hospital six-story parking structure violates Eugene zoning codes and adds to the “neighborhood’s blight," charges a letter drafted by the West Uni versity Neighbors (WUN). The letter, sent to the Emerald Monday, will be part of WUN’s presentation opposing the parking structure at the Eugene City Council’s 11:30 a.m. luncheon Wednesday at King’s Table in the Oakway Mall. Gordon Rennie, director of Sa cred Heart’s public relations, de clined to comment on the letter without having first read it. As sociate Administrator Dick Wil liams, a planner for the structure, was also unavailable for com ment. The letter alleges the hospital’s parking structure, planned for the southwest corner of 13th Avenue and Hilyard Street, must be an “entirely closed building” under the current city code. An “entirely closed building” means the struc ture must be sealed, much like a regular office building which is sealed in glass. The city code exempts "parking areas” from the "entirely closed building" rule, but the letter claims the hospital’s structure is a park ing garage, not a parking area. The letter also charges the proposed six-story structure is out-of-scale with the private resi dences south of the building. The city code says structures have height limitations if they abut resi dences, which means if the resi dences and the parking structure share the same boundary, the parking structure’s height is li mited. But Brad Perkins, spokesper son for WUN, says there is a 15-foot alley between the resi dences and the parking structure, which the hospital claims avoids the question of abutment. Perkins claims the code is vague about the meaning of “abut” and hopes the city council will clarify the code’s language. Besides “neighborhood blight,” the letter claims the proposed parking structure will: • Increase traffic congestion because the structure has one planned exit onto 13th Avenue. “No one has been able to imag ine the chaos that may ensue as a SACREP HEART PRPPOSEP PARJCIMC, Um < HIL-TAAP 30od portion of the total 481 hospi al employee users of the garage all try to leave at once when the Hospital shift changes — through jne exit,” the letter states. • Increase auto air pollution be cause of the greater traffic flow. • Present a safety hazard to nighttime users because of great er crime potential. WUN recommends the parking structure be built on the northeast corner of 13th Avenue and Hilyard Street, the current site of hospital parking. Financial aid helps beat the cost of learnina ay nlUrlAHU StVEN of the Emerald There are just some things you can count on. The sun sets in the West. It rains in April, and the tui tion rises each year. In fact, according to the College Scholarship Service, tuition may increase as much as 6 percent next year. So it may pay to take a look into the financial aid opportunities a vailable to all undergraduates. The deadline for “prime" considera tion is May 1. However, students can still submit applications until the financial aid fund runs out of jnoney. The Office of Student Financial Aid reports that approximately 40 percent of the students attend ing the University are collectively receiving more than $10 million in financial assistance. In applying for grants, loans or awards offered through financial aid, students may want to estab lish "independent” status. To qualify for independent status, the student must not have lived with his parents for more than two consecutive weeks in 1977,1978 or 1979. Also, the stu dent can’t be listed as an exemp tion on his or her parent’s tax re turns for 1977 through '79. Finally, the student must also have not re ceived $600 or more from his or Issues Day focuses on campus problems A full slate of topics will be dis cussed all day Wednesday as part of an ASUO-sponsored “issues Day.” Six forums are scheduled on various topics ranging from regis tration procedures to child care. Most forums will have representa tives from both pro and con sides who will give short presenta tions then open the discussion up for audience question and an swer. Beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the EMU Forum, various representa tives will discuss childcare issues. Robert Liberty of the Oregon Stu dent Lobby (OSL), representa tives from the childcare centers from Oregon State University and Portland State University and a campus childcare center rep resentative, will present problems associated with childcare and funding for the care. From noon to 1 p.m., also in the Forum, members from the Graduate Teaching Fellows union and a University spokesperson will debate the problems of their current contract negotiations. Spokespersons for Strategies for South African Freedom have not been arranged yet. The dis Oregon Daily Emerald cussion will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Forum. Gary Kim, of the Council on Minority Education, Ramon Herr era, director of MEChA, a campus Chicano student union and Robert Scarborough, Black Student Union director, will talk about “Homogeneity on Campus" and minority student recruitment. At 2:30 p.m. in the EMU, room to be posted, "Options for registra tion" will be the topic of conversa tion between Gerard Mosely, as sistant provost for student affairs and Mark Cogan, last year’s ASUO vice-president for state and University affairs. Margaret Simeral won't be there, but a discussion of “Publish or Perish" will take place at 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., EMU room to be posted. Participants will probably include OSL's Liberty and Sanford Tepferd, University biology pro fessor. "Issues Day” coordinators Keli Osborn, ASUO vice-president, and John Barlow, ASUO adminis trative aid hope the sessions will be educational for students and allow them to give some input. Barlow says he hopes there will be enough students to “get a good dialogue going.” her parents. Students should also be able to supply a copy of thei r 1977 federal income tax return or a statement that no return was or will be filed. Students have the opportunity to apply for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG). Dur ing the 1978-1979 year, BEOG awards will range from $200 to $1,600. To be eligible, the student must be admitted and enrolled for at least six credit hours a term. BEOG, as well as other grants offered by the University, do not have to be repaid. 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