Emerald
Vol. 82, No. 111
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Monday, March 2, 1981
OSBHE adopts
tuition surcharae
Students at Oregon’s
colleges and universities will
have to pay a tuition surcharge
for at least the next two years.
But what the surcharge will
cost students or how it will be
implemented is a question that
will remain unanswered for
several months.
The State Board of Higher
Education, meeting at Portland
State University F.riday, voted
9-1 to adopt a “non-recurring’’
surcharge for its 1981-83 “tui
tion policy.’’ The surcharge is
an alternative to Gov. Atiyeh’s
proposed 15-percent tuition in
crease for resident under
graduates and 84 percent for
out-of-state graduates in each
of the next two years.
The governor proposed the
increases to cover an anticipat
ed $3.1 million funding reduc
tion for Oregon higher educa
tion in the next biennium.
The board rejected Atiyeh’s
plan, along with proposals of
state board staff that would levy
varying amounts on students
undergraduate and graduate,
resident and non-resident.
Instead, the board will ask
surcharges “longitudinally and
latitudinally,’’ spreading incr
eases over both years and all
categories of students.
The surcharge plan is pur
posely vague because the
Legislature has not determined
its 1981-83 revenue forecasts.
And it may be summer before
the Legislature has those for
muated.
“It would be premature to
adopt a tuition policy until
revenue is known,” Chancellor
Roy Lieuallen said.
“Is there an immediate need
to make a decision on unknown
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Jazz musician
plays seriously
By RICHARD WAGONER
Of the Emerald
Jeff Homan is serious about playing around.
And he’s good at it.
At 22, Homan is carving out a music career that he hopes
will take him to the top of the charts — or at least bring in
enough money to pay the bills.
The University senior is quietly taking on the local
contemporary jazz community, and by all indicatations he’s
been successful.
Homan, who will graduate this month with a bachelor’s
degree in music and performance, played saxaphone on
Eugene recording artist Dan Siegel’s newest album and has
cut a soon-to-be-released album with the Lon Guitarsky
group. He also has made several demo tapes with various
bands and has played with a handful of local jazz groups.
“I’m just one of the few who’s there (recording) right
now,” Homan says with a smile. “I’m lucky to have this kind of
opportunity.”
Homan will show off his talents tonight in what will be his
last performance with the University Jazz Lab Band 1.
The concert will be held at 8 p.m. in Beall Hall on campus.
The 20-piece band will play contemporary jazz numbers.
Homan, who has been playing saxaphone for 11 years,
plays on two songs on Siegel’s album ‘‘Hot Shot” — an album
that has made Siegel a nationally known jazz artist. The album
is number 34 this week on Billboard’s jazz chart and has
received extensive airplay, Homan says.
The University student says he looks forward to Siegel's
return from a nationwide tour so he can make a pitch for
another recording session.
But until then he’s not exactly sure where his career take
him.
“I have a two-month possible gig in Seattle,” he says "I
really hope that comes through because I really don’t know
what I'm going to be doing.”
Homan says making a living is more important right now
than making it big in the business.
“I’ll do just about any kind of playing I can do. Any kind
that makes money makes me feel good.”
And of course Homan is encouraged by Siegel’s success
as a jazz musician and is looking forward to an equally
successful career.
“I’m hoping to make it too — eventually."
Photos by Steve Dykes
University student and magician Kip Pascal is one of several behind a magical renaissance in
Eugene. Here he pulls paper from his mouth.
Do you believe in
Magic ?
By DAWN GARCIA
Of the Emerald
From thin air, a mini magic
community has materialized at
the University.
Magic’s growing popularity
locally is no illusion — it’s for
real. Students and professors
alike seem to be getting in the
act, with magic clubs, classes,
shows and a specialty shop all
finding a diverse University
following.
When Kip Pascal, a
20-year-old University student,
opened “What's Next,”
Eugene’s only magic shop, he
was meeting a growing need
More than three years later,
Pascal has accumulated dis
play cases full of novelty
wonders like exploding
cigarettes and Glow Goop.
But now Pascal is weeding
out the novelties in favor of
entertainment and magic
tricks like juggling and
ventriloquism.
"People come in asking how
many kinds of fake dog crap
and poo-poo cushions we
have," Pascal says with dis
gust. "Or how about a camera
that shoots rats? That gets old
really fast."
Novelty tricks bring in some
customers, but “the
entertainment side of magic is
the best in my opinion.”
Pascal’s not alone in that
belief. There’s a growing
interest in entertainment
magic on an international
scale as well as in Eugene,
says Ray Hyman, University
psychology professor and
president of an international
magic organization.
“It’s been about five years
since the interest in magic has
begun to increase world
wide,” Hyman says. "It’s hard
to tell whether it’s a spin-off of
the occult, fantasy or what.”
Hyman is president of the
International Brotherhood of
Magicians and a member of
the Psychic Entertainers As
sociation, but he says he
doesn’t mix his interest in
mind-reading with his magic.
Hyman does, however,
share his interest in both areas
with his psychology classes,
dispelling myths about mind
reading and performing a few
magic tricks during lectures to
keep his students awake.
“Actually, that’s all I do in
my classes,” Hyman says,
laughing.
When he’s not teaching,
Hyman spends time with his
magic friends and the magic
organizations in the area. IBM,
of which he is president, is
only one of three magic clubs
that have appeared in Eugene
within the last five years. The
other two are the Society of
American Magicians and the
Eugene Mysticians, the most
informal group of the three,
Hyman says.
"It’s (Eugene Mysticians)
one of the best The only
requirement is an interest in
magic."
The Society of American
Mysticians, better known as
SAM, serves as a middle
ground between the formal
IBM group and the very infor
mal Eugene Mysticians.
Although magic performan
ces are associated with bright
lights and flashy stage acts,
most magicians, like Pascal,
start out doing small shows for
friends and family.
Kip Pascal
Jim Lange, an amateur
magician and University
student, is no exception.
"I was a real popular baby
sitter during junior high
school,” Lange says. “Magic
tames kids like nothing else,
and it gave me a good chance
to practice besides."
Getting involved with magic
early seems to be common
judging from the numbbr of
mini-magicians who spend
their afternoons browsing in
Pascal’s shop.
One 11-year-old mystician —
Svengali the Great — adver
tises his shows on flyers post
ed in Pascal’s shop. The pos
ter boasts that Svengali has
been “working for five years.”
Svengali the Great often can
be seen in the spring charming
shoppers at the Saturday
Market.
Another pint-sized per
former who frequents Pas
cal's shop after school is
12-year-old Chris Ha2en, who
calls himself ‘ The Amazin'
Hazen.”
For young conjurers or an
yone interested in magic, Pa
scal says practice makes all
the difference when it comes
to being successful.
One of the slogan buttons
Pascal sells in his shop says
"Practice means never having
to say you’re sorry .”