Emerald
Vol. 83, No 60
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Monday, November 30, 1981
Fees may rise
in winter term
By CHARLENE BELL
OMha Emanrid
If the University is to comply
with Gov Vic Atiyeh's ordered
20-percent budget reduction in
all state agencies, students may
have to brace themselves for
two possible tuition hikes this
year, according to University
Provost Dick Hill
At last Wednesday night’s
meeting of the University Sen
ate. Hill outlined Chancellor Roy
Lieuallan’s proposals about
how the entire state system of
higher education can meet
Atiyeh's mandate within the
year and a half that remains in
the biennium
The State Board of Higher
Education must decide which
alternatives it will adopt before
Dec 11
Due to an over-all decrease in
student enrollment, higher
education is suffering a $6.2
million shortfall Lieuallen has
announced plans to overcome
the deficit by requesting a $20
tuition increase, per student,
effective Winter term The hike
is proposed by Lieuallen as a
means of reducing the first
5-percent increment of the total
20-percent reduction required
in the state system
Lieuallen's suggestions for
reducing the remaining
15-percent of the budget also
would be implemented in seg
ments of 5-percent In the
second step, 350 to 400 faculty
members 75 classified em
ployees plus supplies and re
sources would be reduced in
the third step To eliminate the
remaining deficit, the Chancel
lor suggested salary cuts for
remaining faculty members
Following a television
appearance in which University
Pres Paul Olum outlined the
University's efforts to comply
with Atiyeh’s mandate, Olum
stated, "With the kind of cut the
Governor wants, there is no way
the University of Oregon can
comply with cutting 350 to 400
faculty without terminating pro
grams and without devastating
the whole University "
Explaining that it's too early
to provide Atiyeh with informa
tion on which schools would be
eliminated in such a cut, Olum
said, "At this point the Chan
cellor can't go to the Governor
on December 11 with specifics
about institutions in the Univer
sity "
"If program cuts were
required they wouldn't be im
plemented until next fall It
would be awful for students if
we cut programs in the middle
of the year," Olum said
In other Senate business,
members voted unanimously to
adopt a new set of general
University, group-satisfying,
courses and clusters
The new set of requirements
was proposed by the University
curriculum committee in an ef
fort to ensure that students will
establish a focus in their pro
gram
In the previous set of requir
ements it was not uncommon
for a student to take just one
course in any given discipline,
said Jack Ewan, committee
chairer
The new program requires
students to take 12 courses dis
tributed among arts and letters,
social science, and science,
with no fewer than three
courses in each area
The requirements will be ef
fective for students entering the
University in the fall of 1982
They came - and left - m droves from Oregon ski areas this
weekend in near-record numbers These cars were crossing
Santiam Pass Sunday, 20 miles west of Hoodoo Ski Bowl.
Photo by Bob Baker
Old effort for a bottle bill is being recycled
Oregon senators lead national campaign
By JULIE KURILO
Of ttw EmtriM
Controversy is bubbling over the latest
effort by U S Sen Mark Hatfield, R - Ore
to implement a national bottle bill.
Hatfield says the bill would lead to
energy savings and conservation aware
ness in America
Opponents of the bill, however, say
the issues should be worked out on the
state level They also say a bottle bill
would burden grocers and result in less
skilled jobs while increasing unskilled
positions
The beverage container re-use and
recycling proposal is modeled closely
after Oregon’s bottle bill in effect since
1982 The bottle deposit legislation
under study would require a mandatory
five-cent minimum deposit on beverage
containers sold throughout the United
States
Unlike Oregon’s law, provision is in
cluded which allows retail grocers to
receive two cents per container to cover
handling costs The bill also bans pull
tab cans
This is Hatfield's fourth attempt to
pass a national bottle bill through Con
gress During the 70 s Hatfield stressed
the environmental impact of a national
bottle bill
In an interview last Monday, he em
phasized energy savings as well as the
"conservation ethic."
"It is estimated that next year Amer
icans will consume 5 2 million tons of
glass, 1.5 million tons of steel, and
530,000 tons of aluminum," Hatfield
said, adding that 88 percent of the
aluminum consumed would be imported.
"If we have this bottle bill, we would
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