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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1982)
Financial exigency may be necessary, Olum says By ANN PORTAL Of Vw Emarakf The budget recommendations presented by Gov Vic Atiyeh Monday ask tor a $28 million cut in higher education's 1982-83 budget, an amount that University Pres Paul Olum said would require the University to declare financial exigency Atiyeh's $28 million cut includes — virtually intact — the first two of four 5-percent cut packages approved by the State Board of Higher Education at its December meeting I m disappointed I guess surprised," Olum said Monday "I really didn't think he'd propose a 10-percent cut " Contained in the two 5-percent packages are a four-day forced leave without pay for all higher education academic and classified staff during the 1981-82 school year, a 16 5-day forced leave without pay for all staff during the 1982-83 school year, the elimination of all gen eral fund support for summer session, and a tuition surcharge to cover tuition revenue shortfalls The forced leave for faculty members really means a salary decrease, Olum said, adding "I don't see how it's possible to cut faculty salaries without the declaration of exigency ” That declaration probably would be made by individual institutions, he said Olum said he also feared the tuition sur charge would make higher education "impossi ble" for many students The tuition increase might not even raise additional money, con sidering the number who will drop out each time tuition in raised, he said Bill Lemman, the state board's vice chan cellor for administration, said the surcharge discussed in Atiyehs plan probably will be the $49-per-term surcharge imposed for winter and spring term this year Although there's a chance the surcharge could be increased, it probably won't be, he said However, tuition will increase another 19-percent next fall as a result of decisions made last summer The only item in the two packages that will not be cut, according to Atiyeh s plan, is $416,900 for the Psychiatric Day Treatment Center at the Oregon Health Sciences Universi ty Atiyeh's plan requires no further program reductions, but is still "damaging to the quality" of higher education, Olum said He said the salary cut "could, in fact, drive away some of our best faculty " Olum also said he feels it is unfair to put the burden of the state budget shortfall only on the salaries of higher education personnel "Our faculty and staff are already under paid, compared with the general workforce," he said Reps blast education cuts By CHRIS COURTNIER Of the Emerald Disastrous" and devastat ing" were words used by Rep Grattan Kerans, D-Eugene to describe the effect Gov Vic Atiyeh's proposed budget cuts may have on the University Kerans, along with Reps Mary Burrows. R-Eugene, and Margie Hendrickson, D Eugene, heard testimony Mon day from local residents dis pleased with proposed cuts in Lane County program funding While some offered solutions to Lane County's budget prob lems, all agreed an alternative to slashing education and human service programs must be met "It's going to be disastrous (to cut the University's budget)," Kerans said "We re selling out our future " "It's imperative as legislators from this area that we fully un derstand the impact of lost revenues," he said Kerans' answer to Lane County budget problems is re structuring the property tax relief program Among those at Monday's meeting were Chancellor Roy Lieuallen and University Pres Paul Olum Atiyeh is proposing an es timated 20-percent cut of the University budget To meet just half of this cut. the University would be forced to close at least tour professional schools. Olum said “Closing the four schools would deny access to some 3 800 students many of them in the middle of their academic programs,'' he said ‘ The State of Oregon would lose $7 million in contract and grant funds, and we would be forced to dismiss over 200 em ployees This is all for just one 5-percent level,'' Olum said “Everyone recognizes that this would surely destroy the University We would regard any such action as unthinkable " 2 - -ILT r—3T jl; IX v 1280 Hilyard 000000000000" Jt,4 ooaoooTflH^bt 343-6234 ooooooooooo PililMG JUJJfPJUiljr tl n n ft fl O ft ft ft ft n rt rt rt r» n r* r» m m m m ^ ;1 JltsrjuJLjjrr Try Our Special Chinese Lunch Pork Foo Young w/ Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein 2 75 Pork Fried Rice *' Pork Chow Mein 2 75 Shrimp Egg Roll w/ Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein 3 00 Sweet & Sour Spareribs w/ Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein 3 00 Almond Chicken w/ Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein 3 00 Bar-B-Q Pork w/ Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein 3 25 Sweet A Sour Chicken w/ Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein 3 25 Fried Shrimp w/ Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein' 3 50 Sweet A Sour Shrimp w/ Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein 3 75 Bar-B-Q Pork and Shrimp Egg Roll w Pork Fried Rice or Pork Chow Mein 4 00 Above served w/ Chinese Tea or Coffee and Chinese Fortune Cookie Cultural Forum presents Daniel Berrigan Topic: "The Folly of Peacemaking" Friday, January 8 EMU Ballroom 8 p.m. FREE Ethnic Studies WINTER *82 m f «?» ES 102 INTRO TO ETHNIC COMMUNITIES 9:30/11 T/TH 246 GERLINGER B. 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