Student lobby group
acts on many issues
By Shannon Kelley
Of the Emerald
Few students know of the ex
istence of the Oregon Student
Lobby. Even fewer know what it
does. But all students are aware
of the drain tuition can put on
their pocketbooks.
There is a connection. The
OSL lobbied for a tuition freeze
two years ago and got it. It’s still
frozen and OSL hopes to keep it
that way. Still, students at the
University pay the highest tui
tion of any of the colleges in the
13 Western states, according to
OSL researcher Mynie Daut.
The tuition freeze is one of
many issues the OSL will be
working on during the 1984-85
school year, says ASUO Pres.
Julie Davis. Davis was elected to
serve as chair of the board of
directors for OSL in June. Mike
Witteman, a student at Oregon
State University, was chosen as
vice-chair, and Dave Cress of
Portland State University will
serve as treasurer.
"We will be working to en
sure the future and funding of
higher education in this state,”
Davis explains of the OSL’s
main goal. "Funding has not
been pleasant the past couple of
years. It’s a do or die year.”
Strategies the OSL will
employ include sending out
questionnaires on higher educa
tion issues to legislators and
political candidates and
publishing the answers in a
voter’s pamphlet. The ASUO
will hold a Political Fair Oct.
15-18 at the University, which
will sponsor many debates bet
ween people seeking public of
fices in Oregon, according to
Davis. Both the fair and the
voter’s pamphlet will help
voters get a stronger idea of how
the candidates stand on higher
education issues, Davis says.
But the bottom line right now
is to get students to vote, she
says.
Davis wants to get 6,000
University students registered
to vote before the November
election. Other OSL members
have set similiar goals for their
colleges. The organization will
be contacting voters by
telephone to remind them to
vote and inform them of voting
locations, she adds.
The OSL is also working to
defeat Ballot Measure 2, which
would ‘‘spell disaster for higher
education in Oregon,” Davis
says. The measure calls for a
limitation on property taxes
throughout the state.
The Reagan administration is
another entity OSL wants voters
to observe, Daut says. The ad
ministration has cut financial
aid support and has requested
zero-funding for four of the
student-aid programs. Last year
alone, 6,500 students who were
eligible for financial aid and ap
plied didn't receive any because
of the cuts, Daut says.
The administration did in
crease funding for work-study,
but it is hard to work and go to
school at the same time, she
adds. “There is a giant unmet
need out there that’s
undocumented.”
The OSL is also observing a
recent decision by Oregon At
torney General Dave
Frohnmayer that concerns the
participation of non-student
members in incidental fee com
mittee activities. The decision
has disallowed non-student
members to vote on the issues.
The University is the only
school in the State System of
Higher Education that is not af
fected by the ruling, as all of its
seven members are students.
The other six state colleges,
however, allow administration
and faculty a voice on the
board. In addition, five of these
schools allow the non-student
members a voting privilege on
the issues.
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