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Mid-East analyst optimistic on pact By DAGMAR OBEREIGNER Of the Emerald “Egypt’s tired of fighting what they see as other Arab countries’ wars,” said Todd Warnick, a Mid dle East analyst, in his lecture “Camp David — Reality of Peace” Inflation keys nationwide rise in college costs By KEU OSBORN Of the Emerald Most returning University stu dents probably weren’t surprised, though they may have been dis turbed, to find their tuition and fees bill bigger this fall than last. This year’s resident under graduate bill (including fees for in struction, buildings, the student health center and student inciden tal fees) totaled $263, compared to last year’s total of $246.50. However, tuition costs are in creasing throughout the nation, and a recently-compiled study shows the median total tab for tu tion, fees, room and board charges at major U.S. public uni versities rose at a higher rate for 1978-79 over the preceding year than they did for University of Oregon students. The study, prepared by the Na tional Association of State Univer sities and Land-Grant Colleges, indicates that the median total tab rose 7.8 percent nationwide last year. The University of Oregon tab increased about 6.18 percent. However, the University room and board costs used by the associa tion are those for a double room in student dormitories. Whether dormitory costs are representative of food and hous ing costs is debatable. The Uni versity financial aid office uses a figure almost $300 higher when determining the “standard student budget” for room and board. However, the median total charges — tuition, required fees, room and board — are higher at the University than they are nationwide. The charges total $2,282 at Oregon and $2,221 na tionally. The national increase is 1 per cent above the 6.8 percent change in the average Consumer Price Index from July 1, 1977, to July 1,1978, according to calcula tions by the National Institute of Education in Washington, D.C. For tuition and fees, state resi dents pay a median of 2.6 percent more than last year, which con trasts favorably with the 9.5 per cent median increase in room and board. Association member institu tions cited inflation as the primary reason for the increases in stu dent charges. Evidence also shows institutions look increas ingly to tuition and fees for re venue, as the real income from other sources decreases. Freeman Holmer, vice chancel lor for the State System of Higher Education, says it is important to compare University charges for the last four years rather than focusing on the increase from last year to this. This is especially true in the case of resident undergraduate students, he says, who benefited from a "tuition freeze’’ during the 1977-78 year. Since the 1975-76 school year, when tuition and fees were $215.50 for resident under graduates, the bill has increased $47.50, Holmer adds. Oregon Daily Emerald in the EMU Tuesday evening. He was optimistic about the up coming peace treaty, and discus sed its terms. He suggested that Jews in Egypt may be able to help Egypt with its vast problems — agriculturally and technically, especially in the electronics and computer fields. Warnick made statements about the “hard line” rejectionist Arab states. Syria: The country cannot go to war with Israel without Egyptian aid; it is not strong enough militar ily to fight a one-front war alone. Egypt’s military help would force Israel to fight a two-front war. Syria's pan-Arabian dream of a greater Syria which would include parts of Lebanon, Jordan and Is rael is being shattered, he said. Saudi Arabia: “The Saudi Arabia we know is the great mod erate country.’ ” On the face of it, he said, they should support the Camp David accords. They dislike the Russians and continue to support and invest capital in the West. The Saudis see great danger in splitting the pan-Arab states, however, and a schism in the Arab states would affect them, he added. Warnick recalled the U.S. Senate’s vote of approval for the sale of F15s to the Saudis. The senators thought Saudi Arabia would be the moderate country that we want, he said. “Hopefully they won’t continue to disappoint us.” . Jordan: Hussein is not in a position like Sadat, who can “risk the wrath of the Arab world,” said Warnick. Two-thirds of the people in Jordan are Palestinian Arabs, and Hussein is not. He has tre mendous animosities against him, while Sadat can ride in an open car in Cairo and not be shot at. “Hussein cannot dare to move by himself without either Syria or Saudi Arabia supporting him," he said, adding that the two countries have not supported the Camp David talks. On the subject of the Pale stinian Liberation Organization, Warnick suggested the public separate the PLO from the Pales tinian Arabs. Israelis are working on the as sumption, he said, that there are Plaestinian Arabs in the West Bank area who are not hostile to Israel. The PLO, however, does not recognize Israel’s existence, and its whole covenant calls for Israel’s elimination. Warnick concluded his talk with the hope that next year the Ameri can Zionist Foundation, to which he belongs, can go to Cairo as well as Israel “and really experi ence what peace means, not only for Israel and Egypt, but for the United States.” Warnick also suggested that the treaty will have a great psychological impact on the Is raelis. Discussions are being held on the possibility of Arabic being taught in Israel’s schools, so the Israelis can communicate better m Photo by Keith Allan Todd Wamick with Arabs in and outside Israel, he said. Warnick has worked with the Is raeli lobby in Washington, and has recently wrote an article for the Near East Report. His visit was sponsored by the Jewish Student Union. 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