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daily~~emerald Vo! 83, No 14 Eugene, Oregon 97403 Thursday, August 6, 1981 13-year-old girl raped in dorm A 13-year-old girl attending a cheerleading camp at the University was raped in her Bean Hall dorm room Tuesday afternoon, according to Eugene police reports Police say a man over powered and raped the girl after entering her room at about 3 30 p m through an unlocked door No other injur ies were reported The girl described her at tacker as a young, white male wearing blue gym shorts with white trim No other clothing articles were identified The suspect is said to be 5 feet 8 inches tall, medium build, with short, light-brown hair The victim, a resident of Bellevue Washington was staying in the Henderson Bean student housing com plex while she participated in a special cheerleading camp sponsored by the International Cheerleading Foundation High school cheerleaders from all over the area have been on campus since Sunday to learn new routines before returning to school Neither campus security nor the Eugene police department plans to increase security on the campus for the remainder of the week-long cheerleading camp, department represen tatives say According to the detective in charge of the investigation, the victim has left the camp and returned to her home in Washington District 4-J halts spraying program By HEIDI SWILLINGER Of ttw EitwiM Attempts by citizens and par ents to block the 4-J school district s summer herbicide spray program has resulted in a moratorium on all spraying of school grounds until a Sept 2 school board review, says Superintendent Terry Lindquist Lindquist says the halt was called "because of harassment and vandalism and the danger our maintenance personnel are being placed in " Last Saturday and Monday protesters attempted to block spray trucks with cars and in some instances with their bodies after failing to get a court order against the spraying “I'm in a real dilemma here," Lindquist says "On the one hand there may be some prob lems (with herbicides) On the other hand, we have reputable scientists saying there s no problem " The school district uses her bicides 2-4 D and Cytrol during summer months to kill weeds and uses Casseron, a "pre emergence herbicide, early in the spring Lee says Eugene school yards have been sprayed primarily with 2-4 D for about 20 years "It's the oldest and most thoroughly researched her bicide," he says about the controversial herbicide that has been popular since World War II. With the exception of West moreland, Fox Hollow, Bailey Hill and Twin Oaks schools and the front lawn of South Eugene High, all the other schools in the district already have been sprayed, Lee says He says he doesn 't expect the moratorium to have any sig nificant financial effect on the spray program, which costs the district $6,000 annually At a Monday-night meeting of concerned citizens, Barbara Kelley, founder of Save Our Eco-Systems, called the mora torium a "victory," but warned audience members that no policy decision has been made by the school board "It's important not to rest on this temporary moratorium,” Kelley said Kelley, who has been active in herbicide protests, said, "We hope to convince the school board once and for all to make a policy decision to take care of the lawns in a sane way " Mowing and edging would take care of most school ground weed problems, she said Kelley said she will spend the next month organizing for the Sept 2 meeting by getting tes timonials from local citizens, doctors and scientists She suggests concerned ci tizens attend "It's their taxes that pay for the schools and the school grounds," Kelley said Public pressure halted use of herbicides on University grounds three years ago, ac cording to University landscape foreman Earl Anderson He says thick grass and regular mowing are all that's necessary for weed control on campus Budget higher than hoped Game's not over, Wilkins says By ANN PORTAL Of *» Emerald ASUO Pres Rick Wilkins says he hopes students haven’t given up the fight just because the Legislature has completed the higher education budget Wilkins says he expects legislators to be back in Salem within six months to face further budget problems. And if reve nue estimates decrease, students could ‘get shafted again," he says "The game is not over.” However, Wilkins says the $19 8 million restored to the higher education budget is a step in the right direction He also says University Pres Paul Olum failed to acknowledge how significant the restoration is "I think he's right when he says we have not been restored to health — but what we got is better than what we anticipat ed " Olum's cautious reaction was caused by newspaper accounts that painted a more optimistic picture of the University for next year than actually will be the case, Wilkins says In addition to annoying University administrators, the newspaper articles apparently got the eye of some legislators. The "funds restored" headlines triggered a Ways and Means Committee action to pull $3 mil lion out of the higher education budget to add to the community colleges budget, he says Sen Jack Ripper, D-North Bend and Sen Mike Thorne, D-Pendleton led the way within the Ways and Means Commit tee, Wilkins says, but the $3 million was taken out of the prudent person reserve instead The issue that now is scaring student representatives is the amount of academic costs that may be forced on incidental fees, he says "I think that we have to make it clear that we re not going to give up our control of incidental fees to fund some academic Photo by Bill Wack Rich Wilkins program that might be cut out.” Oregon Student Lobby repre sentatives will appear at Friday's State Board of Higher Education meeting to plead for lower tuition, Wilkins says. Although the Legislature based its higher education bud get on an 18-percent annual increase, the state board has the power to set an even higher tuition. "We don't know they won’t do that,” he says The OSL proposed a bill in the Legislature to reduce tuition 1 percent for every percent re stored to the general fund. But time ran out and the proposal never got past the Ways and Means Committee, Wilkins says "We don't want to pay so much tuition that we can’t afford to go to school.” Wilkins says he is worried about separate fees being levied by various departments and schools all over campus, with the effect of students pay ing tuition as an "entry fee" to the University. "It’s going to nickle and dime students to death," he says. “I do not think (special fees) are the way to go.” The number one priority of students should be not denying access because of cost — out of-staters already are saying they cannot afford to come back, Wilkins says. Students who do return will feel more pressure to complete their degree as soon as possi ble, he says. "They're going to get in and get out — no more paying five years to get through " Higher ed budget awaits OK i ne university should have a budget Friday — finally. The July meeting of the state Board of Higher Education, postponed twice because the board had not received its final 1981-83 budget from the Legislature, will be tomorrow at Portland State University. After Chancellor Roy LieuaUen and Vice*Chenceifor Biff Lemman present their proposed higher education budget, the board and institu tion representatives wifi dis cuss the budget before me board votes. ine Duaget is Da sea on last week's legislative action and previous state board funding decisions, Lieuallen says. included in me budget dis cussion wiii be the level of tuition and fees for ail state institutions for the 1981-83 biennium The Legislature in cluded an 18-percent annual increase in its hinder educe tion budget, and Lleuaften says he doesn’t anticipate iiTi fc~i jtl» tii a t As it tm|kiMl O«avUNiwf Of MpWOfsr ’What wt'ri DTODoiino la , vv*i»t ww »w fif Mfaaswese^ •* tative action, ne says. In addition, planning for housing improvements at Amazon and a system-wide policy for intercollegiate ath letics will be discussed The board also will consider approval of University con struction documents and a possible revision of an ex pen*#^ limitation for the rehabilitation of the Universi ty's Canoe House The meal 8:30 a.m. in „
