Delegates travel to Idaho
By PAMELA GOVERNALE
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Students and faculty
delegates from the EMU will be
traveling to Boise State Univer
sity in Idaho during the weekend
of Oct 29-31 to attend a
regional conference of the As
sociation of College Unions-ln
ternational
The meeting, one of 15
regional conferences hosted
annually by the ACU-I, will em
phasize new methods of oper
ating student unions
"We don't know yet who will
be going from the EMU, but
there will be several of us,” says
Adell McMillan, EMU director
and president of the ACU-I
McMillan says the students
probably will be ones associat
ed with the Cultural Forum
"because the conference is
geared to a lot of the activities
that the forum provides "
Other delegates will be cho
sen from the professional staff
and faculty that administer the
EMU
Titles for some of the 30
workshops tentatively
scheduled for the Halloween
weekend conference are
Dealing with Commuter Prob
lems, Exhibiting the Fine Arts,
Childcare on a Shoestring, Out
door Recreation and the Han
dicapped. and How to Organize
and Conduct a Student Book
Exchange
A wide variety of workshops
will cover basic student-union
operating skills, including con
cert promotion, fundraising and
publicity Still other seminars
focusing on communication
and leadership skills will ap
proach union management
from a more personal viewpoint,
McMillan says
The major costs of attending
the conference will be covered
by the delegates because, as
McMillan puts it, "Travel funds
are at a premium They were
among the first budget cuts we
made to cope with recent
University-wide belt tighten
ing."
To belong to the ACU-I, the
EMU pays an annual $330 fee
based on the size of the Univer
sity In return, the EMU is enti
tled to reduced conference
fees, a variety of publications
and training programs, and ac
cess to a large data bank con
taining information on the ac
tivities of other member student
unions
"The association is the major
means of sharing information
between college unions,"
McMillan says
"It's an extensive resource
tool we can use to improve our
own programs."
Oregon belongs to a region
that includes Washington,
Idaho, Montana, and the Can
adian provinces of British
Columbia, Alberta, and Sas
katchewan On the regional
level, the ACU-I sponsors an
nual conferences, indoor game
tournaments and college book
competitions
Athletic tickets
sit on the bench
The athletic department
may be in more trouble than
its football team if the new
student-ticket prices don't
raise needed cash
And right now, they aren't
Only 800 student season
tickets have been sold — far
short of the 6,000 football
and 4,000 basketball sales
required to balance the
ASUO’s athletic department
contribution, says Mike Eas
terly, the acting athletic
department business man
ager
Season tickets cost $12.50
for football and $38 50 for
basketball. Combination
tickets cost $51, which in
cludes the $7.50 spring
sports "package ”
Instead of the packages,
students seem to be choos
ing individual games — 4,650
attended Saturday’s Wa
shington game Individual
tickets cost $2 50
The ASUO is committed to
giving the athletic depart
ment $222,505 this year.
While last year’s
$17-per-term "athletic fee"
guaranteed the department
full payment, the new $12
fee-plus-ticket-prices system
depends on student atten
dance to raise the full
amount.
Any surplus or deficit will
apply to next year. If deficits
continue, ASUO Pres. Rich
Wilkins says incidental fee
increases could cover the
debt
Jim Edmunson, the
ASUO's vice president in
charge of the fee, says he is
“guardedly optimistic” that
the plan will succeed, reach
ing for track and field reven
ues as his “ace in the hole."
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Center already had been made
in the absence of students this
summer
Such a decision would go
against his believe in student
and faculty comment, Olum
said, stressing no final decision
will be made until he discusses
the clinic with students and
faculty at an Oct 14 meeting
Financial aid
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mistake — and normally they
don't wait "
Vignoul says he doesn't
believe the nearly 3-percent de
cline in enrollment so tar this
year can be pinned on less fin
ancial aid, because most of the
federal cuts won't be felt until
next year
"I'm not sure that it's legi
timate to say that we will have a
decline in enrollment because
of a lack of financial aid — not
now ”
Although allocations for
several types of aid decreased
this year, financial aid tried to
make up the difference, award
ing full aid in as many cases as
possible, he says
"I really don't believe our
students are going to feel the
impact of our (federal) adminis
tration's financial aid reduction
in 1981-82," he says
"The real impact is going to
come in '82-83 "
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