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
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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
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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
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