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Committee holding session to decide fee bill’s fate The House Education Committee will hold a work ses sion to decide the fate of a bill dealing with incidental fees on today at 8 a.m. in Hearing Room D at the State Capitol. The original bill, sponsored by Rep. Dick Springer, established voluntary fees. If the amendments are adopted, the bill sets up a statewide system similar to the fees process at the Univer sity, says David Gomberg, committee administrator. Under the new amendments, the State Board of Higher Education would establish incidental fees, and the institutions' student governments and University presidents would administer them. If the president and the student government disagree and cannot resolve their differences by June 30 of any given year, then the previous year’s budget will be adopted. Gomberg says the major difference for the University will be that the Incidental Fee Committee and the Universi ty president would have to agree on the fees. Currently, the IFC recommends the fees to the president, and the presi dent sends recommendations from the board. “The key is that it is different at every University,” says Gomberg. The bill would set up a statewide policy, he says. The Oregon Student Lobby supports the proposed amendments. A OSL-sponsored bill was tabled at a com mittee work session last week, but OSL Director Bob Watrus expressed support for the amendments. Speaker raps media on nukes By Michele Matassa 01 th* Emerald The American press is too light-handed when it comes to covering nuclear weapons issues, said Norman Solomon, a freelance investigative reporter specializing in nuclear issues. “U.S. news media have been very soft on the nuclear weapons establishment, especially in ecological con cerns,” Solomon said in an in terview Wednesday. He accused ‘‘most mass media” of acting as friends of the Pentagon, “white washing” the nuclear news. Solomon, who also discuss ed “Catching Up with the Arms Race” Wednesday night as part of Earth Week, said a possible reason for the media soft touch is “vested financial on interests in nuclear indus tries. Solomon co-authored the book "Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America’s Ex perience with Atomic Radiation.” The book, published last year, reflects six years of research by Solomon and co author Harvey Wasserman — years spent talking with government officials, “atomic veterans” and widows of victims. Solomon learned while deal ing with the government that “they’re gregarious but not forthright, verbose but not honest.” But he admits “they’re just doing their job.” Solomon visited atomic test sites in Utah and Nevada, where he ‘‘found a very militarized facility mas querading as a very benign ac tivity for protecting the peace.” “The Nevada test site con ducts dry runs for global holocaust,” Solomon said. He also conducted late night radio shows that allowed listeners to call in looking for an escape from the dangers of nuclear attack and radiation. But "there aren’t a lot of places to run,” Solomon said, pointing to a map with sym bols representing nuclear sites. The map was more black than white. "Every region is targeted with nuclear warheads by some country,” Solomon said. In 1978, he met Ron Quigley, a Marine who helped clean up Nagasaki after the atomic ex plosion there. Meeting Quigley, who later died of bone cancer, sparked the jour nalist's interest. How does Solomon deal with all that he has learned since that day in 1978? “It was in the long run both depressing and inspiring. Depressing to realize that our own government is willing to exterminate citizens in the ser vice of the nuclear arms race. WELCOME TO FAMILY HOUSING The University of Oregon maintains two apartment communities to provide a friendly, supportive environment for over 650 students and their families. Both the Amazon and Westmoreland developments not only offer you an inexpensive housing alternative, hut also give you the chance to be neighbors with people of similar interests and to have easy access to numerous free or inexpensive services, facilities and programs. Both communities have playgrounds for children, central recreation rooms, and childcare facilities. Each has an active resident government which offers services such as craft and exercise classes, single-parent support groups, kid's movies and parties, and parenting classes. Each has convenient coin operated laundries and a recycling program. Eligibility: University of Oregon Family Housing is open to married couples with or without children. Husband and Wife must live together. Family housing also is open to single parents who have full custody of their children. One bedroom apartments may be occupied by one or two adults and a child less than a year old. Two bedroom apartments may have as many as two adults and three children. One of the children must be less than a year old. One member of the family must be a fulltime UO student three of the four terms each year. An undergraduate must register for at least 12 credit hours per term. Graduate students must register for at least 9 credit hours per term. Those students with a .5 FTE teaching fellowship must register for 6 credit hours per term. Assignment priority is based on financial means, class standing, and date application is received. A lease agreement is for an academic term. There are no month-to month arrangements. How To Apply: Application packages arc available in the UO Family Housing Office. No deposit is required to apply. A $50 deposit and the first month's rent will be requested at the time an assignment is offered Class standing priorities close July 31 for fall term and six weeks prior to the beginning of winter, spring, and summer terms WESTMORELAND Office: 2065 West 16th Way The Westmoreland apartment complex contains 40M units m duplexes and fourplexes The complex is about four miles from the campus and two miles from downtown Eugene, both accessible by public bus. It is also close to grocery and variety mores. At Westmoreland • Grounds are landscaped • Birds ami fish are allowed • Waterbcds are allowed in downstairs units • Furniture provided: beds, mattresses, dinette st. electric range, refrigerator, hide a bed sola, built-in-bookcase, drawers/she Ives in bedrooms • Appliances are included in rental rate • Pre-school is available • Water and garbage service provided • You pay eleetricity/phonc/TV cable • Rent is SI 11/month (one bedroom) AMAZON Office: 2312 Patterson St Ama/on Housing offers 242 two-bedroom unfurnished apartments. Ama/on is located about a half-nule from campus Parking is provided Grocery stores are near by. 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