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Lobby: Now or never
There are two views of student lobbying efforts in Salem
this session: One view, expressed by the Oregon Student
Lobby and backed by Wil Post, Vice-chancellor of Public Af
fairs, finds the student lobbying effort adequate.
The other view of student lobbying efforts, expressed by
many legislators and Oregon State Board of Higher Educa
tion President Robert Ingalls find student lobbyists
“conspicuous by their absence” in the direct effort to pass
the higher education budget.
The OSL, a group of two professional lobbyists and a
staff of student volunteers, represents the students of
Oregon’s public colleges and universities in Salem.
If the University lobbyists throw up their hands at the
passivity of student participation in Salem, perhaps it is
because of the four issues they have chosen to concentrate
on: a truth-in-testing bill requiring standardized testing ser
vices to reveal the answers to test question, more student
control of IFC funding, funding for handicapped coor
dinators, and the private right of legal action for students.
The bills, while important, miss the focus of most stu
dent worries and concerns.
The Emerald and many others involved in the crucial
passage of Gov. Vic Atiyeh’s proposed budget for higher
education feel student lobbying efforts would have been and
could be more effective if they concentrated on the main
issue to all Oregon college students: increased funding for
higher education, the tuition freeze and faculty salary
increases.
According to Ingalls, there are legislators in Salem who
would like to see the state system smaller and think students
should finance more of the cost of tuition. Ingalls has seen
no evidence of “student lobbying in student financing.”
Vice-chancellor Post has seen the OSL. However, during
the first three days of testimony before the Joint Ways and
Means Committee he said no student had testified and the
chancellor’s office would “invite” students to testify on the
tuition freeze and other issues.
The testimony for higher education’s fate began last
week and will continue this week. During May the ways and
means and revenue hearings will determine the budget.
Last week the governor told members of the Student
University Affairs Board that they should be lobbying for
higher education. He suggested applying “political
pressure” to members on important committees, such as
Rep. Vera Katz, D-Portland, and Sen. Jack Ripper, D-North
Bend, co-chairers of the ways and means committee and
Rep. Tom-Throop, D-Bend, chair of the House Revenue
Committee.
Students would do well to ignore the cautious approach
of the OSL and directly lobby the legislators representing
their hometown districts — they are not all convinced higher
education can’t suffer more cuts.
The ASUO could aid the effort by lobbying on this cam
pus to inform students of the issues in Salem.
Regardless of OSL feelings, legislators would respond
to a display of student concern for higher education. In the
words of the governor, “Students can do it. They've done it
before."
Where to write:
Rep. Vera Katz Sen. Jack Ripper
H-486 S-205
State Capitol Bldg. State Capitol Bldg.
Salem, OR 97310 Salem, OR 97310
Rep. Tom Throop
H-488
State Capitol Bldg.
Salem, OR 97310
Post offers use of the chancellor’s Salem office to
student lobbyists.
State System of Higher Education
Public Affairs Office
790 Winter Street
Salem. OR 97310
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Attitudes
In response to Dan Goulet’s
letter (in which he says Mary
Hotchkiss is "nothing more
than a warmed up 60s pro
tester and sympathetic to the
communist cause”), I would
like to j|now if Goulet feels we •
should still be supporting
American policies in Vietnam ,
— policies which anyone with
a conscience can see were
(and still are) completely im
moral and without regard for
human rights (that's right,
Goulet, the gooks were
humans too).
I am very pleased that
Hotchkiss won, and relieved
when I see the attitudes of the
people opposing her.
There will always be small
minded and ignorant people
like Dan Goulet. American
history proves it, but there will
always be people with morals
and a conscience to oppose
him and all his ignorance.
Philip Mitchell
religion
Insist or revise
There are only two sensible
ways to deal with the question
of whether the ROTC must
abide by the University’s equal
access rules. The University
should either insist that all of
the University, Including
ROTC, abide by the same
rules, or it should revise the
rule to formally grant the
ROTC an exemption. Avoiding
the basic issue by deciding
not to enforce the rules in cer
tain cases is a dangerous
precedent to set. What pro
gram will be the next to be
granted an Informal
"exemption?"
Let’s not be padding on
catlike feet around this issue.
The University governing
bodies should decide on the
merits whether the rule should
be changed. If it shouldn’t,
don’t look for weaseloid ways
to avoid enforcing it.
Alan Contreras
law
Tolerated
The University Assembly
will vote Wednesday on Prof.
Cheyney Ryan's motion to en
force University equal oppor
tunity policy in the ROTC pro
gram. Such a vote on its face
seems ridiculous. Would
discrimination be tolerated in
any other department on this
campus?
Would it require the faculty
to take the initiative to enforce
University policy? Sadly, that
is the case with ROTC.
Faculty members have
argued that ROTC shouldn’t
have to abide by the same
rules, due to it’s unique pur
pose. In fact, this is all the
more reason University policy
should be enforced. The
University has allowed the
military science department to
be controlled by an outside
agency. When, however, that
outside agency can determine
which student may enroll in
the program and which can
not, the University must sever
that relationship.
That ROTC motion is not an
attack on the professors and
staff of the ROTC program.
They are caught in conflict
between University rules and
army policy; a policy they
would undoubtedly- prefer not
to enforce. But as long as the
army dictates to the University
that ROTC cannot abide by
University rules, then the
University stipdld not abide
ROTC.
Doug Marker
director, campus ACLU
Dynasty
I mourn the fall of the dynas
ty. Even in my high school
days, I longed for the oppor
tunity to go to a major univer
sity and study business so I
could learn the intricacies of
becoming a Neo-Nazi.
I quickly joined a Sorority,
so that every fall and winter
term I could devote my life to
the mindless (yet untiring) pur
suit of sex, alcohol and ran
dom pleasure.
Then, every Spring term I
fall to the task of promulgating
tho dynasty. When I consider
the importance of the Universi
ty to the existence of our
society, I know it’s my respon
sibility as a money-loving
capitalist to keep tne Greek
machine powerful so that the
dynasty may never fall. But
alas, many dreams die.
Now that the female SPA
leader has crushed the dynas
ty, my very existence at the
University is threatened: No
more M-16 practice on the IM
field; I'm sure they'll cancel
my Stealing from the Han
dicapped class; and you can
bet they won’t be giving upper
division credit for Fundamen
tals of Napalmmg anymore:
It may be the end of an era
here, but I hear they still offer
Strip Mining for Fun and Profit
and Elements of Unbearable
Working Conditions at Univer
sity of Pittsburg.
Chris Wesely
junior
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