opinion
Reluctant director
hinders fee transfer
Ralph Sunderland, the University's director of manage
ment and budget, is reluctant. That's the nicest way we can
put Sunderland's actions on the athletic ticket guarantee
fund. Why raise the hackles of the man who manipulates the
athletic department and EMU budgets?
Bill Hallmark, the ASUO coordinator of programs and
finance, isn't reluctant, especially when it comes to students'
incidental fees.
When it appeared that athletic ticket sales would near
the mythical $120,000 mark by June 30, the end of the fiscal
year, Hallmark sent Sunderland a memo requesting the
ticket guarantee fund be transferred to an ASUO student ac
count. If the ticket guarantee fund is transferred the savings
will be passed on to the students, cutting incidental fees ear
marked for the athletic department.
nanmarK sent tne memo aDOUt tne ncKet guarantee tuna
to Sunderland on February 24. Then, he waited.
Sunderland did not respond for two months. It's odd
that Sunderland didn't feel compelled to reply to (or even
acknowledge receipt of) Hallmark's memo.
When it became obvious Sunderland didn't intend to ad
dress the questions raised in the memo, Hallmark called.
Sunderland, according to Hallmark, staunchly disagreed that
the ticket guarantee fund should be transferred. When
Hallmark tried to talk to him about the matter Sunderland
refused to discuss it further, but said he'd bring it up in a
meeting he had scheduled for May 1 with University Pres.
Paul Olum. Hallmark wasn't invited to attend this meeting.
But Hallmark requested a meeting with Olum and
Sunderland on April 30. At this meeting it was apparent
Sunderland had talked over the ticket guarantee situation
with Olum. At the meeting Olum agreed with Hallmark that
if the ticket sales do reach the $120,000 mark than the
guarantee funds should be transferred to the ASUO or used
to offset students' incidental fees. If the funds are used to of
fset fees, students stand to gain a savings of $1 per term.
However, Sunderland maintained it was questionable
they would collect enough money in student ticket sales to
cause the transferring of the guarantee account. He said he
was waiting on the results from track season. Projections on
student tickets are that they will put the fund at or above
$120,000. But, once again, Sunderland is reluctant.
We question Sunderland's reluctance and wonder about
Sunderland's position on the ticket guarantee fund transfer.
Sunderland said he feared the excess money would be
returned to the students, and spent, instead of left in the
ticket guarantee fund.
We have other questions. Aren't these funds technically
to be used only to fill a budget gap resulting from unrealized
ticket sales? Why does Sunderland fear the money will be
returned to students? Isn't the money in the ticket guarantee
fund actually the students?
Let the games go on
The Soviet Union's decision not to participate in the XX
III Olympiad is unfortunate, but not unexpected.
The Soviets charged it was the United States inability to
ensure its athletes' security that swayed their decision. The
fear of wholescale defection by Soviet athletes is certainly
persuasive. But, the Soviet decision was no doubt prompted
by the 1980 U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics. In spite of
constant denials, politics and the Olympics cannot be easily
separated.
It's too bad the athletes of the participating nations will
not have Soviet athletes to compete against, but the games
should go on and the best in the world should compete.
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More serious
Mike Duncan's article on
ultralight flying claims that the
(known) accident rate for
ultralights is "about a third less
than for (conventional) private
aircraft." I have nothing against
ultralights and hope to fly one
myself someday, but I do have
some respect for accuracy. If the
figures Duncan quoted are cor
rect, then the (known) accident
rate for ultralights (in 1981)
works out to 3.2 percent, as op
posed to .59 percent for conven
tional private aircraft; not "a
third less" at all, but more than
five times more. Enough of a dif
ference, I think, to make people
take the spor.t a bit more
seriously.
Michael Stamm
graduate
Heads or tails
The grade inflation coin that
Olum, Mosely, Wilson, Evans,
and others are flipping around
has another side. It's called
deflation, arbitrary standards,
"get-tough" norms, and most of
all "the divine right of instruc
torship." I am, of course, ad
vocating mediocrity, pamper
ing, wishy-washy discipline, and
a resignation of the economy to
lapan.
Henry Dizney
prof., educational psychology
Little nutty
I'm glad to see that one of
your students, Bruce Bedortha,
Emerald May 3, has voiced his
concern for us excampus
residents. You probably saw
many of us around last year and
in years past. The campus used
to be very friendly. The students
would talk to us as they passed
by going to class (the profs were
talking to themselves, I believe).
We gathered nuts and chatted
all day long. Gee, those were
the days.
My first sign that things were
changing was the day I barely
made it back to my tree with this
king-sized dog right on my tail.
Boy, she really caught it from
her master for chasing me up
that tree — but it really wasn't
her fault. Dogs naturally chase
us; they are one of our natural
enemies. It was the dog's master
I blame. She shouldn't have the
dog on campus — we were here
first. We don't mind dog
visitors, but we would sure like
them to be on a leash. 1 lost my
brother to a dog last semester,
but if wasn't the dog or my
brother's fault. It was the lack of
consideration of the dog's
owner for letting him free out
side the museum — we lived in
the trees there.
We feel the same about the
Cro-Magnon. He is forced by
some power I can't understand
to hunt us for food. But when
my time comes, I would rather
be a meal to a transient than just
a limp toy to a playful dog. Your
dog may be playful, but to me, it
is a life or death situation.
Sammy Squirrel aka Louie Levy
sophomore, history
Voting for...
I am voting for Ron Ciasullo
for sheriff.
When a sheriff runs for re
election, conventional wisdom
holds that he runs on his
record. Across the county,
voters are sizing up Sheriff Dave
Burks performance on ad
ministrating the sheriff's office,
budget and dealing with his
constituent. He has failed. He
has mismanaged his budget —
poor allocation, and overspen
ding. He claimed he needed
more money, or crime will go
up — and he was wrong. When
the voters told him no more fun
ding, he sued those same voters
for saying no. It is time for a
change.
We need a competent leader
like Ciasullo. Ciasullo has a vast
amount of experience in both
law enforcement and ad
ministration. He has a precise
plan to re-organize our sheriff's
office. His plans are stated. He
can stay within the current
budget by trimming Burks' ex
cessive waste, and/or getting rid
of Burks' dead wood.
It is time for a change. I urge
everyone to vote for Ciasullo for
sheriff, a man who not only can
make a long list of credentials,
but knows how to manage the
office he'll hold too.
Bruce Roly
senior
A compliment
My congratulations on your
May 4 coverage of the Bank of
Oregon v. Independent News
libel case. The news story by
Bonnie Henderson and the
news analysis by Katy Hull
reflect the best standards of
public affairs reporting.
leremy Cohen
prof, journalism
It's robbery
"Strong prejudices in an ill
formed mind are hazardous to
government, and when combin
ed with a position of power,
even more so."
Barbara Tuch man's
characterization of George III
whom Americans rejected 200
years ago, fits each member of
the Eugene City Council, all of
whom, in their presumption,
colluded to rob Eugene tax
payers of the only just name for
Eugene's Center for the Perfor
ming Arts. The sham council
hearing to "reconsider," held
two months after the crime,
redressed no wrongs. It only
confirmed the council's solidari
ty with the diletantes among the
city's economic elite. Those
speaking for the Scandinavian
interests included millionaires
Maurie Jacobs and ex-mayor Les
Anderson, a PR man for a radio
station, and one or two
gnathonic dabblers in the per
forming arts. Standing up for
the people: only people.
The results were foregone.
The council members are par
ties to a fraud and unworthy of
public trust. If they are up for re
election, they should be voted
out. If they are holdovers or
unopposed, they should be
recalled. They are Emily Schue,
Dick Hansen, Freeman Holmer,
John Ball and Cynthia Wooten.
Mayor Cos Keller is not running
for re-election. Council member
Brian Obie, the leading can
didate for Keller's position, is
our local "Great Com
municator," whose blank face
stares out at us from the sides of
LTD busses. For mayor, better a
Greek with sparkle than a man
old before his time.
Guido Palandri
library