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General Election 78 ASUO Ballot Measure Endorsements People’s Utility Districts (PUD’s) #4 YES People’s Utility Districts are local units of government set up to provide public utility services including electricity and water. Measure #4 makes it easier to form PUD’s, which in turn can buy power from Bonneville Power Administration more cheaply. This will bring lower utility rates to affected customers. Denturism #5 YES This measure would authorize the practice of denture technology and establish a program to certify and license denture technicians and denturists. Under present Oregon law, only licensed dentists may take impressions of the human mouth, make, fit or repair dentures. Passing this measure would give the patient a choice and could reduce the cost of dentures. Also, a denturist must meet set standards by the State Division of Health, and a patient’s safety is assured by the requirement that a dentist certify the health of a patient’s mouth. Property Taxes #6 NO The ASUO discourages the California-style Propostition #6 which would reduce Oregon property taxes to 1.5% of their value. This type of across-the-board tax cut would cause a raise in other taxes (state income tax, etc.). Local control would be lost and many valuable programs (such as renter’s rebate) would be discontinued. Abortion #7 NO The ASUO opposes this measure which, if passed, would cut off all state expenditures for abortions. Needy women would be denied their constitutional right to choose abortion as an alternative to pregnancy. There would be no funding for abortions going to victims of rape or incest. There would be no exceptions, even for a deformed fetus, or to preserve the life of the mother. This measure will not change the legality of abortions. It simply denies poor people the right to have them. Public Utility Rates #9 YES Ballot Measure #9 would prohibit utilities to charge consumers for construction costs unless such property is pro viding service to customers. Rate payers should not have to pay for the economic risk of a new plant; stockholders should bear that burden. This measure will slow the rate of rising utility costs. Land Use Planning #10 NO The ASUO is a strong proponent of land-use planning and zoning. This measure, if passed, would nullify die current Land Conservation and Development guidelines. Therefore it would hamper and disrupt all progress made thus far in land-use planning. Sponsored by ASUO Sou Affair sports _ Oregon football: Despite what you hear, it makes money By TOM SOMERS Of the Emerald Despite a 2-9 record last sea son, the Oregon football program made money. Ed Swartz, as sociate athletic director estimates the program netted nearly a half million dollars. This revenue, gen erated from a losing football sea son will still enough for the Univer sity athletic department to hold its own while offering a full program of intercollegiate athletics. To gether with a successful basket ball program, the football program provided the necessary finances to balance out the costs of the re maining intercollegiate sports of fered at the University. The football program has great revenue-producing potential. In fact, Swartz figures the program is realizing only one-tenth of its po tential. Losing is the limiting factor. Winning is the cure-all and an economic multiplier. For example, it is evident to anyone who has followed the Ducks this year that they are an improved football team. Still, because they failed to win a game early in the season, they lost possible regional televi sion bids, which would have net ted the athletic department $125,000 for each appearance The "economics of winning" is simple. Winning increases the demand for tickets, and therefore the value of a ticket increases. This does not necessarily mean that the price of a ticket will go up. Successful college football prog rams have developed a special mechanism to deal with a high demand for a limited supply of foot ball tickets. In these situations, what goes up is the price a fan must pay for the right to purchase football tickets. This comes in the form of a "donation" to the school's athletic department. The donation may come in the form of cash, gifts (building materials, hotel rooms, meals, courtesy cars), stocks or a designated scholarship, all to be used to sup port and promote the university’s athletic program. At Oregon the membership levels and the benefits from donat ing to the Duck Athletic Fund range from the Backer, which re EL COMEDOR MEXICAN RESTAURANT HEARTY APPETITE Try our number 1 Dinner • Your choice of any 2 items plus - rice, beans, salad. Add your favorite beer, wine or soft drink for a meal to satisfy even the biggest appetite! On Oakway Road just behind the Oakway Mall Open Mon.-Sat. 11 a m. to 9 p.m. Sundays Noon to 8 p.m. MEXICAN HiTT AT ITS BEST quires a $2E>-»y gin, to tne buper Duck, which entails a contribution of $10,000 or above. As a Quacker Backer, the fan is entitled to a membership card and plaque and the Webfoot Line Quarterly Newsletter. Super Ducks get the card, plaque and newsletter, plus ticket purchase priority to football and basketball games, VIP park ing for football and basketball, pre-game buffets and brunches for football and basketball, press books, special athletic de partment-sponsored events, tic ket priority and team charter travel privileges. According to Swartz, the Uni versity of Michigan's donation level averages $250 per seat. Consider that Michigan's stadium in Ann Arbor has a capacity of 100.000 plus, and is filled for every home game. At Oklahoma, the right to buy a ticket is yours for an average of $500 per seat. That figure is closer to $1.000 per seat around the 50-yard line. Oregon's donation level averages out to about $10 per seat. Swartz esti mates a winning program would raise that figure to $100. Of oourse, students are still allowed to attend the games; no extra charge. Student seats are figured into the above averaqes. PAC-10 affiliation Oregon invests about $20,000 for membership in the Pac-10. In 1977, that conference affiliation brought the athletic department nearly a half million dollars, mostly from the Rose Bowl and television coverage Conference member ship is obviously vital to the University's program. Oregon is fortunate to belong to what is con sidered to be one of the best con ferences in the nation. (Continued on Page 9) u »» Holly Days are here! Holly Days are here! And for the occasion, we have filled out store with the prettiest dresses in town - for disco, dinner, parties, and anything you want to do in the prettiest dress in town. As our valued customer, we will give you a $10.00 reduction on any regular priced dress in the store just by presenting this ad. It’s our “Holly Days” present to you from ^Oily’S 1 880 east 12th 242-2220 Sale ends November 20 Tennis tourney begins Friday Tennis buffs suffering from in somnia will get their day (night?) on the court thanks to a doubles championship tournament spon sored by the University's men's tennis team. The tournament gets underway Friday at 9 p.m. and will continue into the wee hours of Saturday. Remaining matches will be played the following night. Events will include age categories of: over35, open under 18 and doubles or mixed doubles in three skill groups. They are "A" for tournament experienced players, *B” for intermediates and “C" lor beginners. Entry fees are $8 for Open and "A" events and $6 for all others. Proceeds for the tournament will go to the Oregon tennis team to help cover operating expenses All fees will represent a tax deductible contribution to the team. Entry forms and tournament de tails may be picked up at the Uni versity athletic department and must be returned by Wednesday. BASSETT kx incidental fee commutes
