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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1979)
et al ASUO opens meetings to public; policy allows input participation ASUO Pres Scott Bassett and the Vice Presidents for Admin istration and Finance, State and University Affairs, and Student Programs and Community Af fairs have begun a new policy of open meetings These meetngs are held each Wednesday from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m in room A of the Erb Memorial union There is an open chair at all meetings, which allows anyone to add input into decision and policy making The public is welcome to participate or com ment on any agenda topic. Agenda items may be submit ted to Sue Frisbie in the ASUO office. Suite 4 of the EMU Items will be accepted until 5 p m on the day before the scheduled meeting CHINA BLUE RESTAURANT WATER CHESTNUT WITH PEA PODS $4.50 A dish rich in color, flavor and taste .... t* RENTA SUMMER DAY ON THE MILLRACE The Canoe Shack located across Franklin Blvd. on the Miilrace is open everv dav til dusk. Miilrace Canoe Rental $1.75/hour. 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Eugene group to resettle boat people While the U S Navy tries to aid the Indochinese refugees in the Pacific Ocean, a Eugene group wants to help resettle nearly 6,000 of the boat people in Oregon before next August Dave Morse, a representative of the Oregonians to Save the Boat People, says his group is working to help 100 refugee families settle in Oregon in the coming year But before that number can be helped, more citizen and civic organizations must become involved 'Our primary purpose is to increase the number of churches and other civic or ganizations who can help spon sor the families as they come to Oregon," Morse says Under the current U S government re settlement plans, refugees must be sponored by either private citizens or organizations before they will be admitted to the United States To better aid the refugees the group is divided into three ac tion committees to help the boat people with housing, jobs and medical aid once they arrive in Oregon So far only about 75 people have joined the organ ization. but Morse expects more as the group becomes better known. The group plans to bring 6.000 refugees into Oregon in a year. Morse says There are al ready 6.500 refugees living in Oregon now. with most of those living in ths Portland area "We want to distribute them more evenly across tbe state." Morse says In order to do that, the group will ask each sponsor to make a six-month ''moral’* committ ment to the project, he says "That is not a written contract, but it m a moral committment to help the boat people while they are here " Without church and civic or ganization help, that commit ment could be very expensive, he says To help four persons for the entire six months would cost nearly $2,000 for a private individual sponsor "It is a bit of a financial com mittment and a large time com mittment to sponsor someone." Morse says The Eugene group is a com panion group to a Portland or ganization that was formed ear lier this year to aid the boat people. Persons interested in becom ing a part of the group can con tact Morse at 485-4239 for more information Student loan finance charge dropped Students scheduled to start repayment of Guaranteed Student Loans after Aug 1 won't have to pay the one and a half percent finance charge usually tacked on to the first regular payment notice. Oregon Student Lobby Executive Coordina tor Jim Bernau announced Friday that the Oregon State Scholarship Commission has eliminated the finance charge, which used to be added on for administrative costs. He said the OSSC has received additional funds from the federal government, which allows them to eliminate the extra charqe “That doesn't amount to much money saved." Bernau said, ' but it's enough to pay the utilities or buy a lot of beer.” After a student has finished attending school, explained Bernau. he or she doesn't have to start repayment until nine months later At the time of the first payment, students used to have to pay a finance charge computed to one and a half percent of the total amount loaned ’Sometimes, if you had a big loan," Bernau explained, "it could be extremely hard to come up with that much money "I'm extremely pleased with the progress the lobby has had with the scholarship commission Next, we re going to try and get a deferment clause for the pre-paid finance charge " Bernau explained that the pre-paid finance charge is the amount of money usually charged before a student can recieve his or her loan "A lot of students can't come up with the money for this charge." Bernau said "We want the commission to allow students to defer the charge until they receive the loan after registra* tion " The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Tuesday and Thursday throughout Summer Term, except during exam weeks and vacations, by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co at the University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald operates independently of the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press Emerald subscriptions are *7 per term and $20 per year News and Editorial Display Advertising and Business Classified Advertising Production 686-5511 686-3712 686-4343 686-4381 Editor Managing A News Editor Graphics Editor Features A ASUO Politics A Community State Systems. 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