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Furloughs reconsidered Board wants deeper cuts in higher ed’s budget By Ann Portal Of *>• Em»raU A faculty furlough and $3.6 million in program reductions were identified by the State Board of Higher Education Friday as two ways to deal with higher education's share of the Legislature's latest budget cuts. Higher education must slice another $10.2 million from its budget this biennium, ac cording to action taken by the Ways and Means education sub-committee Chancellor Roy Lieuallen told the board during its monthly meeting, held at the University. Debate team to compete in national meet National tournament berths for the University are few and far between but the University Fo rensics team has qualified for the National Forensics tour nament at the University of Minnesota, April 13 — 15 The debate team took five firsts in 10 events at the North west Regional Speech Tour nament at Portland Community College Fourteen colleges from the Northwest region participat ed The University will try to send the entire team to the national competition, but if the money isn’t there, then at least the five first-place finishers will go. said David Frank, director of the for ensics program According to Frank, the University team captured more awards than any other school University team members placed as follows Extemporaneous First — Tom Peters, Fourth — Mike Surimine Prose First — Rick Poulin. Fourth — Lowell Axtman Rhetorical Criticism First — Chris Miller Informative First — Lowell Axtman Duo-Interpretation First — Rick Poulin, Lowell Axtman Dramatic Second — Rick Poulin Impromptu Third — Greg Miller kinko's copies Aself ■ service • computerized Xerox • reduction • 2 sided copies • binding • lamination 344-7894 764 E. 13th that the higher education cut appears to be final The sub committee is not expected to make further changes in its budget report, he said. The report already has been revised several times. Although the faculty furlough had earlier been rejected by the sub-committee, legislators later resurrected the option as a "short-term response" to a por tion of the deficit. Lieuallen reluctantly pro posed the furlough to avoid "hastily-conceived decisions" about additional program cuts or the termination of faculty members and classified staff on short notice. Lieuallen proposed that the faculty furlough account for $5 5 million of the budget cut. while acknowledging that any reduction in faculty salaries "inevitably will tend to cause the system's most able people to be attracted to employment else where "The conclusion I’ve drawn here is we re caught between two undesirable choices," he said But Lieuallen pointed out 80 percent of higher educa tion's budget goes for person nel costs That means either terminating people or reducing their salaries, he said. The salary reductions could be achieved by a short-term furlough, by postponing scheduled salary increases, or by foregoing the scheduled 1982-83 salary increases al together. The board agreed that Lieuallen and his staff should proceed on assumptions of a faculty furlough and $3.6 million in program cuts. The number of program reductions identified actually will be 25 percent more than $3 6 million to allow the board some flexibility in choos ing cuts. The legislative "budget notes” call for faculty in volvement in discussions of a possible furlough, and Lieuallen said faculty groups will be in cluded in the decision. The budget notes also in dicate the sub-committee believes it would be “unrealis tic" to abandon the tuition sur charge in 1982-83. although the state system staff still must identify the “general” impact of such a move, Lieuallen said. A special board meeting will be put off until March 11 in Portland to allow as much time as possible to put further pro gram reductions into place. Letter writing drive sets 800 letter goal Eight hundred letters tt may take ail week, but two student government groups hope to convince University students to send that many letters to their congressional representatives regarding Pres Ronald Reagan's proposed financial aid cuts Reagan has suggested that 1982-83 financial aid levels provide $141.5 million less than Congress approved in December, and more than $590 million less than was availa ble in 1981-82 ASUO and SUAB members selected 800 as the goal of a letter-writing campaign that will feature a resource table in the EMU this week “That's a lot of letters, but I think it's a realistic goal." says Dave Berns, ASUO legislative coordinator Berns and his colleagues will try to encourage students to write to Oregon’s senators, Mark Hatfield, R-Oregon, and Bob Pack wood R-Oregon, in addition to their home district congressional representatives. At the table, students will be given everything they need to get letters in the mail, including postage, pens, paper, a sample letter, addresses and a financial aid fact sheet. The ASUO also is planning a Financial Aid Forum March 11 that will present opposing viewpoints on Reagan’s finan cial aid cuts and the impact of the cuts on University students. The Emerald will publish a daily tally of letters written UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS IBSEN’S PIERfiTIT February 26,27 March 3, 4, 5, 6 Robinson Theatre 8 p.m. For tickets and information call U of O 686-4191 'read Yhi ODE Campus Interfaith Ministry INTERFAITH LECTURES Last Lecture Series I Bean McFadden Director of the Office of Affirmative Action and Assistant to the President University of Oregon "Final Thoughts and Parting Shots” One in a series of lectures, sponsored by Campus Interfaith Ministry, called "last lectures. ” The speaker will share basic thoughts and feelings, as though this were the speaker’s last opportunity to do so publicly. Monday, March 1, 7:30 pm, EMU Forum OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWN VEST reg. $50 NOW $19.99 1 Group Womens Waterproof Parkas reg. to $80 NOW $29.95 (TAN COATS ONLY) 1 Group Jr. Ski Suits (bibs/matching jacket) reg. $70 NOW $29.95 1 Group Ski Jackets Mens & Womens (some down - Hollofill - some with Gortex & Thinsulate) Brands include - Columbia Sports - Powder Horn - Jansport reg. to $150 NOW $49.95 All first quality, good selection Sale including instock items -emu cultural forum presents An evening of Contemporary Acoustic Music with TRAPEZOID ► I Trapezoid's music covers a wide range of stvles, including traditional American and British music, classical (“chamber/folK"), swing, blues, and original musk in the spirit of David Gasman. Tuesday, March 2 5 p.m. EMU Ballroom Tit he Is at the door ‘3.00 UO Students ‘3.50 General Public
