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.