SUAB chairer worried
about possible cutbacks
The Incidental Fee Committee will be "going after
stipends" in the Student University Affairs Board budget, said
board chairer Dan Allen at a Wednesday ad hoc SUAB
meeting.
Unless all members appear at the budget hearing and
justify why they are paid, the committee may cut entire
stipends, Allen said Concerned members should indicate the
amount of hours they work on various committees, he said
"I think your stipends are worthwhile," he said
Testimony from affected board members will be more
effective than that solely from vice chairer Lori Kleinsmith and
himself, Allen added.
The IFC has considered cutting stipends "just like we've
considered cutting everything else," says Betry Fry, IFC vice
chairer. Fry says she cannot speak for the committee because
of an IFC rule adopted this year prohibiting such an act
without prior majority consent of the IFC
Partial stipend cuts may be one way to pare the budget,
but members should indicate which budget areas may be
expendable, Allen said Advertising is an area under scrutiny
for a reduction, he added
In other business. Allen said SUAB will delay lobbying
activities for two weeks. The board will begin lobbying work in
early February when the Legislature starts its budget con
siderations, he said
The board needs a new Legislative Council
representative, Allen added SUAB member Dave Bauer, one
of two SUAB members on the council beside two
representatives from both ASUO and Student University
Relations Council, is unable to continue those duties, he said
Board members should read the State Board of Higher
Education's Strategic Plan, Allen added
In other announcements, Allen said John Moore, director
of the Office of Student Advocacy, would like to have a
workshop with the board Board members should consider
possible workshop dates and discussion topics, he said
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Assembly supports Atiyeh’s budget
By Frank Shaw
04 ttw Em*raki
The University Assembly
passed a resolution Tuesday
supporting Gov Vic Atiyeh's
budget for the coming bienium
and urging the Legislature to
support the governor's budget
The resolution said the
budget's funding level for
higher education takes a good
first step in reversing the
decline of state support for
higher education
The motion was finally
approved after a motion to table
the motion and one to postpone
it permanently
University Pres Paul Olum
made several announcements,
noting that the University’s new
bicycle laws took effect on Jan
6 Copies of the new bike laws
are available at the office of the
vice-president for administra
tion and finance
Olum also mentioned the
departure of Curt Simic. vice
president for University
relations, and the search for a
replacement He asked the
faculty for opinions, advice and
suggestions on the replace
ment
Copies of the Strategic Plan
for Higher Education are
available at points around
campus, including the main
library and the information
booth in Oregon hall There
were not enough copies to
distribute to all the faculty and
staff. Olum said
The University will hold a
hearing Jan 20 at 7:30 p m in
Room 110 Fenton, and anyone
who wishes to testify should
sign up at 6:30 p m before the
hearing
Olum also announced that a
proposal requiring a year of
math for a University bachelor
of science degree, originally
scheduled to become effective
Professor to discuss media views
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Charles Whitney. University of Illinois journalism professor, will
discuss how the American people view the news media during a
public talk today in Room 211 Allen
His talk. Public Attitudes and Public Knowledge about the
Mass Media in the United States,” will be presented at 12:15 p m
Whitney s research reveals that older, isolated Americans who
are less educated and less knowledgeable about the media have
strong negative attitudes about the press, says Everette Dennis,
dean of the journalism school
Highly educated people who are somewhat knowledgeable are
quite supportive while the most highly educated are highly sophis
ticated critics of the media, Whitney's research has shown
His work has given us clearer insights about the role that
knowledge about the purpose and inner working of the press plays
in public support for the media and freedom of expression,” Dennis
said
Whitney is a member of the Institute of Communication
Research at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
in fall. 1983. had been post
poned for budgetary reasons
University Provost Richard
Hill said adding the math
requirement would cost
approximately Si30.000. but
Ted Palmer, head of the math
department, said the cost would
be considerably less
"I feel it's not prohibitively
expensive,' Palmer said
The assembly will discuss the
proposal at its next meeting
The body also approved the
course changes recommended
by the Faculty Senate and over
turned the senate s recom
mendation that faculty names
be removed from the course
descriptions
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In Memory of
Comrade John Kaiser
A memorial will be held Tuesday, Jan. 18,
8 p.m., at the Erb Memorial Union.
On January 3rd, 1983, while visiting his
family over the holidays. Comrade John
Kaiser, member of the Revolutionary
Communist Youth Brigade and one of the
Yellow Ribbon Defendants, died suddenly
and unexpectedly of encephalitis, an in
flammation of the brain. He was 26 years
old. The circumstances around his death
are being investigated by his family and
friends.
"Your yellow ribbon — your red, white
and blue —your whole stinking system
—we spit on you! We stand with the people
of Iran!" These words from the lips of
Comrade John Kaiser resounded in bold
defiance to the packed Erb Memorial
Union Auditorium at the University of
Oregon as he and Nancy Whitley torched a
yellow ribbon during Victor Tomseth’s
speech at the height of the Iranian hostage
homecoming hoopla. This was one of the
proudest moments in the life of Comrade
John Kaiser.
Much of his deep sympathies and bonds
with the Iranian people developed through
the understanding and training he gained
with the Revolutionary Worker. As with
many, however, it also stemmed from
struggling shoulder to shoulder with Ira
nian comrades and being deeply moved by
the revolutionary spirt of the Iranian
masses which these comrades brought
wherever they went. It was all this that
fueled his determination to see to it that
Victor Tomseth’s visit would not pass
uneventfully and to arm others with this
view. The rest is now a bright page in
history.
John Kaiser, known to his friends as JK,
came to the University of Oregon in 1975
fresh out of a high school in a small
Nevada town far removed from the centers
of the revolutionary upsurges of the '60s.
Nonetheless, he had been profoundly af
fected by the struggles of the Vietnamese
people against U S. imperialism, the urban
rebellions in the U.S. and the Great Pro
letarian Cultural Revolution in China. He
chose this school because of its reputation
for being a center of student revolt in the
‘60s. Upon arriving in Eugene, Oregon, he
immediately began investigating the entire
spectrum of student political organizations
and soon thereafter joined the Revolu
tionary Communist Youth Brigade because
“they were the only thoroughly revolu
tionary group.” Through the course of
political work in the Brigade guided by the
line of the Revolutionary Communist Par
ty, he strived to learn and imbue his life,
his actions and his thoughts with the
outlook of the international proletariat.
Several comrades recall how after a
demonstration in the San Francisco Bay
area targetting U.S. and Soviet im
perialism, John emerged from a local
bookstore with a complete set of Lenin’s
Collected Works. In his senior year when
he was posed with the question as to which
path he would take, he donated money to
the party’s Million Dollar Fund Drive.
He was well known as a revolutionary
and for his outrageous revolutionary
politics. He would not go anywhere in
Eugene without being recognized and
sought out. The bourgeoisie threw a lot at
him, hoping he would break — a large
number of arrests, beatings, surveillance
and slander in the press. This was especial
ly true after the burning of the yellow rib
bon when they persistently threw all they
thought they could get away with at him. A
notable, glaring and despicable example of
this was the break-in where the political
police entered his home secretly to conduct
a search and stage a photo involving guns
crossed over the Revolutionary Worker
newspaper in an attempt to paint him, the
Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade
and the Revolutionary Communist Party
with the brush of terrorism. All these
things in conjunction with the
developments in the world, posed sharp
questions which JK grappled with earnest
ly and deeply. Even in his most difficult
moments, he was determined to put the in
terests of the masses of people of the world
first and foremost and to carry out all
around revolutionary work.
Comrade John Kaiser's life was of
significance to the international proletariat,
to the party and to all who seek the ad
vancement of mankind and the elimination
of all oppression. It is truly a testament to
the rare historic moments we are entering
and to the historic strength of the interna
tional proletariat that such a young life can
be part of striking an important blow in
behalf of the people of the world. Such is
the measure of the depth of our sorrow
over his death and such is the measure of
the strength we have gained from his life.
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