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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1981)
$10 fee initiated P.E. dept, charges users By ALICE O’CONNOR OfSw EmaraM Whether you spend one buck or ten, a new user fee at the University's physical education facilities is bound to surprise some students this summer A mandatory $10 fee has been levied for anyone using the facilities summer term Norval Ritchey, assistant dean of the physical education department, says the new user fee is only one of several alter natives for dealing with budget cuts Other alternatives depend on decisions by the Legislature and are expected in the next few weeks The Legislature currently is considering a recommendation to completely eliminate the $200,000 budget for "gym suit services" that provide the necessary staff to keep the phy sical education facilities open "Until we know what our fiscal picture is, we are at their (the Legislature's) mercy," Ritchey says Esslinger Hall, Leighton Pool, the covered tennis courts and outside racquetball courts will remain open for both classroom and recreational use for the remainder of the summer, but hours have been limited The $10 user fee applies to Kinko’s Copies 4A Sett T Service • Reductions • Two-sided copies • Binding 344-7894 764 E. 13th individuals from the community who wish to use university facilities as well Diane Baxter, head of phy sical education service pro grams, says "community people have been using University facilities for a long time, but there was never a systematic way of checking before Now they will have to share the cost ” The $10 fee doesn’t include an extra dollar fee charged for people who use the pool facili ties on the weekend Ritchey and Baxter both agree that the fee has not dis couraged students from en rolling in any of their programs In fact, this summer's enrollment figures are only 50 less than last summer So far Ritchey says he has received no complaints about the new fees "Students have been very understanding." he says Besides closing some facili ties and charging user fees. ‘‘Operation Enterprise" has been initiated to promote in come-producing activities, in cluding expanding laundry ser vices beyond the athletic department to possible con tracts with the EMU and dormi tories Outside user contracts are another possible source of revenue Ritchey says groups LSAT • MCAT • GRE GRE PSYCH • GRE BIO • MAT GMAT • DAT • OCAT • PCAT VAT-SAT. ACT- CPA -TOEFL MSKP • NAT L MED BDS ECFMG • FLEX • VQE NDB • NPB I • NLE EDUCATIONAL CENTER Test Preparation Specialists Since 1938 for informal.on P'ease Call 485-5699 I "German AUTO SERVICE VW'S MERCEDES BMW’S DATSUN TOYOTA reliable service tor your foreign car 2025 Franklin Blvd Eugene Ore 97403 Bus Ph 342-2912 OPEN TO STUDENTS FACULTY CLUB FOR LUNCH The Big Yellow House at 13th and University Enjoy lunch outdoors on our deck MODERATELY PRICED SALADS, SANDWICHES, HOMEMADE SOUP 11:30-2:00 IVeekduys never have paid user fees before, but now University groups like sororities and fra ternities, along with non University groups will be charged The pool rental fee for a University group will cost $25 per hour Non-University groups will pay $50 an hour or $200 per day Depending on budget cuts, Ritchey says the worst pos sibility is that the entire gym suit services budget will be axed physical education will be dropped as a requirement and all one-credit service courses, such as badminton, bowling and tennis will be dropped "We stand to lose up to 15 or 20 staff members besides losing our number five ranking of phy sical ecucation departments in the US” Ritchey says the physical education department won't be able to attract graduate students into the program because they are used heavily in teaching the one-credit ser vice courses If you want to skip the $10 fee there is an optional $1 per day user fee For more information call 686-4103, 686-4106 or 686-4121 Bach Fest continues There's still a little time left to catch some of the 1981 Oregon Bach Festival Tickets still are available for the following per formances • Today's last cantata per formance at 5 15 The choir and orchestra are conducted by guest conductors studying under music director Helmuth Rilling through the master classes and Rilling provides in formal commentary Tickets are S2 50 • Tonight s 8 30 recital of In go Goritzki, oboe, and Joachim Erhard harpsichord All tickets for the performance are $5 • The Bach's Supper, a special benefit picnic this even ing at 6 00 This event offers a unique opportunity to get ac quainted with the musicians of the Bach Festival while enjoying food and wine prepared by some of fhe finest restaurants in Eugene Tickets cost $12 00 and include dinner and wine for the ticket holder and a festival musician Fire awareness lowers danger By HEIDI SWILLINGER Of Vw Emaratd Last summer, forest fires cost Oregonians $10 7 million in damages and suppression costs, according to Jim Fisher, public affairs director for the Oregon State Department of Forestry The Forestry Department, in con|unction with various for estry and land management groups in Washington and Oregon, is sponsoring Fire Awareness Time which began June 27 and will extend through the fall until outdoor fire danger is reduced Fisher says the Awareness Time has two purposes — to draw attention to man-made fires and to reduce damages to natural resources in the region Two-thirds of the 1,880 fires in Oregon last year were man made, Fisher says The rest were caused by lightning "This is the time of year to be extra careful " he warns Fisher says fires can be caused by anything from a care less smoker to a back-firing truck "If you live, work or vacation in the forest arid you're careless just for a second, you can start a fire " Fires in the Willamette Na tional Forest area — a 100-mile-long strip of forest that includes Lane County, Linn County and part of Douglas County — cost taxpayers $1 6 million in 1980 According to Woody Williams, an assistant fire staff member, of 66 area fires last year 42 were caused by careless cigar ette smokers or abandoned campfires "In recent years there s been an alarming number of aban doned campfires, Williams says Many campers simply cover a campfire with dirt and assume the fire is out, he says However, embers can smoulder under dirt tor up to three days and then erupt into flames Williams suggests that campers make a mixture of dirt and water and stir it among the embers As a precautionary measure, he says to search the surrounding earth to make sure it's cold to the touch Next to abandoned camp fires, careless cigarette smokers are responsible for most forest fires caused by people People go into the forest, sit down to have a cigarette and then throw it away when they re done.' 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