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She's an alumna, now she works for Playboy See Page 16 Oregon daily _ _ emerald Friday, November 5, 1982 Eugene, Oregon Volume 84, Number 46 OECC considers plan for ‘differential’ tuition By Debbie Howlett Of tha Emerald When the Oregon Educa tional Coordinating Commis sion recommended different tuition levels for undergraduate students last week, John Lallas, the University's executive dean, asked for more time to talk the proposal over with other University officials Now that Lallas has spoken with University Pres Paul Olum and others, "to be sure of the impact.'' he says the University would be "sympathetic'’ to the alternative funding format if the plan the OECC laid out was fol lowed to the letter "Unquestionably we all want to reduce tuition," Lallas says "And we all have to work to that objective " The different levels of tuition, termed a tuition "differential," works in almost the same manner graduate and undergraduate tuition differences do now Under the OECC s proposal, tuition for freshmen and so phomores would be reduced "about" $100-150 below the 1982-83 levels But the OECC's rec comendation is not a deci sion. "It is a recommendation to the (State Board of Higher Education) to reassess their priorities." says T K Olson, OECC executive director But Chancellor Bud Davis seems to have a different assessment When asked if the board would consider adopting the proposal. Davis said he wasn't sure if the idea would work “The board might consider a lot of things, but I don't know if they'd adopt it," he says “Basically, I favor a single tuition That's the customary practice," Davis says “You don't differentiate between disciplines or courses " The OECC plan for the tuition differential was first in a priority ranking of State System of Higher Education tuition op tions Other options the OECC presented were tuition freezes and as a last resort, tuition increases All of the proposals are contingent upon the Legislature making up the monetary difference with a larger general fund appropria tion And Lallas says that the final clause, regarding general fund recovery, is the key to the proposal The support of such a tuition differential depends upon the Legislature making up nearly $10 million through additional general fund appropriations, Lallas says. "If somehow an additional burden or penalty were to fall on upper-division or graduate students, it would be devastating," he says “The concept of increasing tuition (rather than decreasing lower division tuition) might take hold — state support might slide ” If the Legislature would match the funds on a one-to-one" basis, "of course we would support it," Lallas says Photos by Dave Kao Dia De Los Muertos observed Members of the latin band Zandunga entertained an audience of about 60 with traditional music and songs from Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba and other Latin American countries. The event, which was sponsored by the student union MEChA, was a celebration of Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a traditional Mexican celebration. The celebration took place in the EMU Forum Room Thursday night. Band members included Armando Morales on guitar and flute, Joe Maque hue on the charango, Nicoias Spycher, from Switzerland, on guitar, Mary O'Con nor on guiro, Rey Davis plays bongos, while Cristina Papana plays drums Yarn spinners and versifiers anthologized By Sandy Johnstone Of the Emerald Eugeneans can read some "homegrown" stories and poems soon when an anthology of 68 local writers hits the bookracks. “The Anthology of Eugene Writers No. 1," pub lished by Northwest Review Books, features a screen play by science fiction writer John Varley, a short story by an eight-year-old girl and the first story Ken Kesey ever published There has never been an anthology exclu sively devoted to writers in the Eugene area,” says Publisher John Witte. "It is long overdue primarily because there are so many good authors.” The public will have a chance to meet the auth ors at an open reception on Sunday in the lobby of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. The idea originated with James Aday of the Eugene Parks and Recreation Department, Room Tax Com mittee. Northwest Review had the low bid for the job. Work on the anthology started about a year ago for editors Jim Brown and Maxine Scales. The first step was to send out a news release inviting writers to submit their work. About 400 Eugeneans took a chance to see if their work would be published in this homegrown publication Brown estimates he spent about 400 hours reading the fiction and Scates spent about 250 hours reading the poetry. “The most difficult thing was making the final selection of what to include,” says Brown. He says he looked for "literary excellence” when selecting manu scripts. And he thinks he found it. Brown says he is not only pleased by the number of ‘It bridges that chasm that unfortunately sometimes exists, ’ between the University and the city of Eugene. submissions but also by their quality. "I had a lot of remorse I couldn’t include five times the number of people.’’ “A lot of prominent writers prize inclusion in the anthology,” says Brown. “It seems to be extremely important for people to have something published near their homes. There seems to be a feeling it is quite different to be published in their home than in New York." Brown and Witte agree perhaps the best side effect of the anthology is the closer tie established between the University and the city of Eugene. "It bridges that chasm that unfortunately some times exists," says Witte
