State cuts might ‘dismantle’ higher ed
By ANN PORTAL
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Even if the state system of higher education
closes three colleges, the Oregon Institute of
Technology and the schools of law, pharmacy, den
tistry and veterinary medicine, it would still be $14
million short of meeting the 20 percent cut requested
by Gov. Vic Atiyeh last week.
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen presented this option
at a Monday press conference to illustrate just how
difficult it will be for higher education to deal with an
additional 20 percent cut in its 1982-83 budget.
To cope with an estimated $244 million deficit,
Atiyeh has directed all state agencies to identify a 20
percent budget reduction by Dec. 11. He asked that
each cut be divided into four packages of 5 percent
each, in case the entire 20 percent need not be cut.
For higher education, that means four cuts
totalling $47 million must be identified in the budget
supporting the eight colleges and universities.
Another $11.2 million needs to be cut from
statewide public services, such as the University
Hospital and agricultural research. Total cuts in the
two areas would equal $58.2 million.
Lieuallen discussed other “options” for dealing
with a $47 million cut, including increasing 1982-83
tuition 80 percent.
The state system also could forego salary in
creases scheduled for next year, and deny admission
to all new students at seven institutions (excluding the
Health Sciences University), Lieuallen said.
Restricting admission could save higher educa
tion about $40 million, but would turn away about
20,400 students — nearly one-third the state system’s
enrollment, he said.
“My comments are not intended for shock ef
fect, but to make the point that the problem is large -
and goes beyond the Department of Higher Educa
tion,” Lieuallen said.
To avoid a “dismantling” of higher education,
Lieuallen proposed three alternatives for state
legislators to consider, including a personal and cor
porate income tax surcharge, a “sharp” reduction in
the 30 percent property tax relief program, or a
“broadly-based” reduction in pay for all public
employees - county, state and local.
A combination of the three probably would be
the best solution, he said.
Meanwhile, Lieuallen outlined the four $12
million cuts in education and general services that
will be presented to the State Board of Higher Educa
tion’s finance committee today.
The first package includes about $4 million in
cuts already planned and in place prior to Atiyeh’s
announcement and another $8 million either to be cut
from institution budgets or raised by tuition in
creases, Lieuallen said.
He did not say what each institution’s share of
the $8 million cut would be.
To meet the second 5 percent package, Lieuallen
proposed that state system employees forego schedul
ed pay increases for 1982-83.
The third package requires the elimination of
approximately 350 academic and 75 classified posi
tions, which would deny enrollment to about 5,000
students and require the closure of several profes
sional schools, he said.
A similar number of academic and classified
positions and another 5,000 students would be in
cluded in the fourth cut.
He said moving to this lower level of service in a
single year “virtually would destroy” the state
system.
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Vol. 83, No. 61
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Tuesday, December 1, 1981
Young judge offers do-your-own sentencing
By LORELEI CALLAHAN
Of Ilk t mrrajri
Fresh out of law school, Michael
Hogan admitted he was idealistic. A
person could make a difference, he
thought. He still says the law is a pro
fession that makes sense, and one that
makes an impression on people’s lives.
As a judge, there is no doubt he in
fluences many.
1 wo years out of Georgetown
University Law Center, Hogan was
unanimously appointed part-time
United States Magistrate and part-time
bankruptcy judge. At 26, he was the
youngest to be appointed in the history
of the system.
The 1968 University graduate in
history did not personally solicit his ap
plication for the judicial position -- the
court did. He says he doesn’t know
why he was chosen other than the U.S.
District Court Judge in Portland liked
his work.
His appointment may have come
easier than most, but his job definitely
doesn’t.
“It’s not threatening to be involved
in people’s lives during crisis times,’’
Hogan insists. “I see those times as op
portunities for very creative things to
happen.”
“Creative” is right. He lets defen
dants impose their own sentences in
some of the more minor cases.
“I’ve asked them, ‘Here’s what I am
trying to address in you - here is what
I’m trying to accomplish. What
sentence will it take?’ It is interesting
how many people will impose a
sentence that will accomplish what I
would like to accomplish.”
Even if the sentence the defendant
imposes is harsher than the one he
would choose, as in many cases,
Hogan will still impose it.
Photo by Bob Baker
Michael Hogan was the youngest U.S. Magistrate to be appointed in the history of the system
“I’ve told a person what I had in
mind. They know themselves better
than I do. If they think it will take that
(sentence) to change their conduct,
then they probably know more about it
than I do.”
The self-imposed sentencing techni
que has never been implemented in
Hogan’s criminal court, he says, only
because most people who have com
mitted a major crime expect a healthy
sentence.
In the courtroom, the 35-year-old
U.S. Magistrate is soft-spoken, yet
firm. He sets the unthreatening tone of
his courtroom. And in sentencing, a
defendant can always count on receiv
ing a reason to back up Hogan’s deci
sion. That way, he says, all the
guesswork is taken away.
“1 believe that not only in sentenc
ing, but anytime I make a decision in
court, the parties have a right to know
why I decide, particularly in criminal
cases. The sentence without my
thought doesn’t communicate much
about what 1 am trying to do.”
Originally from Myrtle Point,
Hogan says he finds his greatest fulfill
ment when he sees other’s lives well
spent.
“Because I want to have an impact
on society, I am involved in an area
which can build vision. The really
fulfilling times for me are when some
one has a chance, through a sentence,
to develop a better self-image.”
Hogan says he has no problem
distinguishing between what God and
the law would want.
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