Candidate opposes cuts
By CHRIS COURTNIER
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Lane County Commissioner
Jerry Rust, after having officially
announced his candidacy for
governor in the 1982 election,
explained his platform to a
group of Democrats Monday
"I'm running for governor
because the state is heading for
depression unless some strong
things are done," Rust told a
meeting of the Democratic Fo
rum
Since 1978, Rust has upheld
the liberal end of the Lane
County Board of Commis
sioners He was re-elected for a
second term last year
After working for the Peace
Corps in 1967 and 1968 in India,
Rust returned to Oregon to help
start Hoedads Tree Planting
Corporation
The thrust of Rust's platform
concerns both Oregon's ailing
economy and the effect state
budget cuts will have on human
services and education
"Obviously, I’m going to need
more schooling in the art of
budgeting at the state level,"
Rust said "But I’m a fast
learner
"We've got a governor who
says don't fix it until it's broke,
but apparently can't see when
it's broken "
Calling the University "the
biggest employer in Lane
County,” Rust said he is op
posed to cuts in education or
human services because they
would hurt Eugene's economy
Oregonians have been "vic
timized" by federal fiscal policy,
he added
According to Rust, thousands
of Oregon-bred dollars are be
ing spent in other states
"It's being taken away by the
multi-national corporations,"
said Rust "An example of this is
the way Georgia-Pacific is using
capital earned in Oregon to
build a skyscraper in Georgia."
"They have a social respon
sibility to invest the money (in
Oregon)."
Oregon also loses capital by
selling raw logs, Rust said
Oregon should process the logs
in local lumber mills before they
are sent overseas
"The Japenese don't send us
pig iron, they send us
products,” he said. "The more
stages our lumber goes
through, the more jobs you
create — and the more jobs you
have the more wealth you
create "
Rust also supports energy
conservation, and regards the
WPPSS project as one of the
biggest failures in Oregon and
Washington's history
"We will be paying for it for
the rest of our lives," Rust said.
"We need controlled termina
tion of these power plants ”
New seminar helps
to prepare students
A one-time only, "intensive seminar,” National Security Con
ference, will allow students to get more out of a February confer
ence, says University political science Professor William Baugh.
Numbered PS 407G — but not appearing in the published
schedule of classes — the one-credit course is open to all students,
he says.
“It will be an open-ended class that doesn't assume previous
experience in the area,” Baugh says. The class's purpose is to
allow students to “get more out of the conference by doing
readings ahead of time" he adds.
"It could be a beginning class for some, a continuing research
class for others,” says Dave Lesser, a junior in political science who
has helped plan the course.
Course requirements will include attending the one or two
pre-conference discussions, reading a "set of major writings" by
conference speakers, and writing a three-page typewritten evalua
tion of the conference by March 8
Attendance at the conference, which “cuts across a pretty
wide gamut of national security topics," will be encouraged but not
mandatory, Baugh says
Students who take the class will be better prepared to ask
conference speakers pertinent questions, Lesser says
More information on the course is available from Baugh at
686-4869.
Grant applications
must be in by today
Today is the last day Universi'.y faculty members can apply for
one of the 13 Summer Faculty Research Awards worth $2,500
available this year, according to Richard Hersh, associate provost
for research and Graduate School dean
For the first time this year, up to five of the awards will be made
to tenured faculty members No grants will be awarded for the
1982-83 academic year, however.
The purpose of the summer awards is “to stimulate research by
providing faculty sustained time for scholarly and creative
endeavors,” Hersh said, explaining the goal is to increase overall
faculty research and scholarship.
Proposals will be judged on the basis of their scholarship and
the extent to which they advance knowledge in a particular field, he
explained All things being equal, the Research Committee will give
preference to proposals with the best potential for future funding
from eternal sources
Following evaluation of the proposals, recipients of the grants
will be announced in late February.
Money for the awards, which will be disbursed beginning July
1, comes from a state appropriation. It is "the only block of money
earmarked for research that the University receives from the state,
and it's the only intramural (research) assistance we offer,” stated
Fred Wilhelm, research administrator
For information, contact Wilhelm or Hersh at the Graduate
School, Chapman Hall, Room 125, or phone 686-5128
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