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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1981)
But Incidental fees will decline Tuition, foos are destined to rise By ANN PORTAL OftwEnwraM The State Board of Higher Education scrambled to repair holes in the higher education budget Friday — and student tuition and fees provided much of the glue Undergraduate resident tuition will increase 19 percent next year — from $231 per term to $275 per term — which is nearly 1 percent more than the Legis lature recommended Graduate resident and nonresident tuition also will increase 19 percent, and undergraduate nonresident tuition will increase 16 4 percent In addition, the general deposit and the late registration fee will double, students will be charged $5 instead of $3 for transcripts, the admission fee will increase $5 in October and students will be charged a new gym activities fee of $3 per term However, the $29 50 health service fee and $12 50 per term building fee will remain at the same level — although the health fee was maintained by the closure I of the health center's infirmary at the end of spring term Incidental fees actually will decrease from $50 to $44 per term The 19-percent tuition increase caught some by surprise — the Legisla ture's Ways and Means Committee had recommended only an 18 2-percent increase Oregon Student Lobby member John Moore called the additional 0 8-percent increase "a little extra icing on the cake,” and he urged the board to adopt a tuition level that agrees with the Ways and Means Committee recommendation It will be difficult for the board to justify the additional increase to the Legisla ture, Moore said But Bill Lemman, the board's vice chancellor for administration, said the recommendation was entirely consistent with the Legislature's actions The Ways and Means Committee bud get report suggested only an '"approximate" 18 2-percent increase, he said Some board members questioned in cidental fees at the University — the only higher education institution where in cidental fees decreased, compared to the 1980-1981 school year Last year, the board had a "big hassle” convincing student government repre sentatives to increase the University's incidental fees to $50 to subsidize the athletic department, said board vice pre sident Robert Ingalls He questioned whether the Universi ty's Incidental Fee Committee — com posed entirely of students — was ignor ing the board’s earlier decision No, said Ray Hawk, vice president for administration and finance, the IFC simply was recognizing that "some students don't have athletic loyalties ” The decreased fees will be offset by charging half-price for athletic event tickets, instead of continuing to give students free tickets The refundable general deposit will increase from $25 to $50 only at the University, because the other schools do not deduct library, parking and physical education fines from the deposit. Hawk explained Students must be asked to restore the deposit whenever it dips below a $10 balance, which in the past has created too much extra work for the University's business office, he said The unused balance still will be refunded during the following summer term, Hawk said Other fee changes include a $50 in crease in the Law Study Resource Fee, an additional $3 gym activities fee for graduate students, a $2 per credit hour increase in the fee for classified staff members taking courses and a doubling of fees for nonacademic use of the li brary's on-line reference services Chancellor Roy Lieuailen said that he is aware that universities have numerous ways of instituting special fees to hit students for more money and he told the board that students shouldn’t be charged extra for items already included in tuition At the urging of OSBHE Pres. Ed Harms, the board adopted a statement indicating "the board’s reluctance to use this (levying special fees) as a specific action." This year’s trend toward special fees must eventually be adjusted somewhere along the line, Lieuailen said, and must not be considered a good long-run policy. emerald Vol 83. No 15 Euger.e, Oregon 97403 Tuesday, August 11,1981 Bedecked beds battle for charity Saturday morning bed races raise $3,500 for MDA By MIKE LEE CM th* EntraH Lewis must be God, because getting up before 10 o clock on a Saturday morning is an act of faith Nevertheless, 14 five-person teams and a sup portive crowd braved the hour and the heat Saturday for Eugene s 4th-annuai Bed Races for the Muscular Dystrophy Association That's right — bed races A double-elimination tourney which pitted teams of four pushers and one rider against each other for fun and charity Includ ing entrance fees, the event raised $3,500, said MDA's Pam Wilson The riders wore crash helmets, and for good reason Many of the competing "beds'' — defined loosely — built of wood barely held together down the quarter-mile drag strip, also known as 10th Avenue On the other hand, the sleek metal Centre Court bed sported an airfoil The racing beds began the morning as floats, such as KUGN s "Radio Flyer" and El-Jay's minia ture rock crusher, which itself took uiree days to assemble Then they were stripped to the skeletons for the competition The audience was noticeably smaller than last year s 4,000 turnout, but the mid-80s temperature may have tempered attendance The only thing breezy was the humor "Ladies and gentlemen, start your beds," boomed co-announcer Bill Barrett after Dave Sweeney announced the $50 donation required to kiss the Union Oyster Bar s mermaid Accompanying the 7-Eleven wagontrain bed were two hairy-chested guys dressed up as gay-90s hussies "They’ve gone to the drag races this morn ing," Barrett cracked Nobody bothered to kiss them "We ll do anything for Muscular Dystrophy," explained one “We re just a little crazy, that’s all." "May I ask your names?” a reporter queried "Noooo " Photo by Bill Wack Faster than a speeding bed? The pair, calling themselves Peaches and Cream — later identified, for better or worse, as Gary Haliski and Ron Willis — said the only race they would enter that day would be to the local bar Certainly they won no beauty awards That distinction went to the Lane Transit District/Amal gamated Transit Union “Trippers” bed, which re sembled a small bus complete with smoke-bomb yellow exhaust. After the pre-race judging, the bedecked beds paraded around the Mall, soliciting contributions from the crowd for a “People s Choice” award While the Bon bed won with $58 04 collected, the poor Rennie’s Landing crew could only amass $3 45 for their tap on wheels Then, to add insult to injury, they swerved out of their lane in the first heat Their disqualification may have been a blessing in disguise — it meant that they could remain in the shade for the rest of the morning After 24 heats — the morning's prime double-entendre — the 7-Eleven bed won the com petition and a berth in the regional Seattle bed races, to be held at halftime during the Aug. 28 Seahawks game Peaches and Cream promised to dress up for that one, too. Maybe the heat got to them.
