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Oregon Daily Designing on deadline See Pages 6-7 Monday, April 21, 1986 Eugene, Oregon Vol ume 87, Nu inber 13 5 / Protesters take stand Eugene resident* gatherml Friday to protest the ('nited States ‘ refusal to join a Soviet ban on nuclear testing. See. story on Page 3 Photo by Shu-Shing Chen GTFs lose tax exemption, must take cut in paychecks By Stan Nelson IK Ihr hmerald University Graduate Teaching Fellows can expect $150 withheld from their April and May paychecks for taxes, leaving many to wonder how they will be able to manage their living expense*. The Oregon State System of Higher Educa tion authorized the change in withholdings to comply with a recent federal government deci sion. The decision prompted more than 50 GTFs to gather in Friendly Hall Friday afternoon to voice concerns over financial difficulties that will result when the deductions take effect. A federal exemption preventing GTFs from being taxed on tuition expired jan. 1 said Muriel Jackson, assistant vice president for administra tion. Graduate tuition of $015 a quarter now will lie considered taxable income for GTFs. A first-year GTF receives $511 a month and free tuition for services provided to the Universi ty. With the additional federal tax deduction, up to $220 will be withheld for taxes in the months April and May, said Steve Rodgers, a romance languages GTF. The amount left over barely will be enough to live while trying to Ik? an instructor and a student, he said. After May. $47 will be deducted monthly as tax on tuition. A consideration is before Congress to extend the tuition exemption, but no action has been taken, Jackson said. "There is a very strong possibility Congress will act (and extend the exemption). But without knowing, it puts us in an extremely difficult spot." said Ro?s Hall, the State System's com ptroller. Federal taxes were not withheld the first three months of the year in expectation of some action being taken. Hall said. But with no decision forthcoming, the State System decided to begin withholding income for taxes beginning in mid-April. Hall said. "It all boils down to whether we are willing to assume liability if there is no relief from Con gress.” he said. It would lx: virtually impossible to recover money from GTFs once the term ends, ‘There is a very strong possibili ty Congress will act (and extend the exemption). But without knowing, it puts us in an ex tremely difficult spot. ’ — Ross Hall and the State System would have to pay the tax itself, he said. In the event Congress decides to restore the exemption, refunds would be given. Hall added. Rogers said the announcement came as a sur prise to many GTFs. Many hoped lobbying efforts would be successful in extending the exemption. The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, a GTF union, currently is developing strategies to respond to the situation. Late-night restaurant closes its doors isy ramck low Of (Hr Km#r«ld Another Eugene landmark whs lost Friday morning. Hut rather the" succumbing to a bulldozer Ukc tin: Mayflower Theater, whn.it was torn down March 3, this piece of the city's history was lost to bankruptcy. Hoots Family Restaurant. 440 K Rightli Ave . a favorite late-night haunt of truckers, graveyard-shift workers, college students and assorted insomniacs ■ilu il>.« !alas 1UIW1 c ftnalit Inal a I ll"J! created ine strange aural ammance mat all Moots regulars knew and loved. At any given moment, barely audible strains of country, pop and rock music would float amid the busy rumbl ings of customer conversations. “I think it's atrocious that it closed. 1 always thought it was a place that was real.” said lan Barrett, a University speech, and telecommunication and film major who lives a block away from the restaurant. "Real-life kind of people. Sometimes it was surreal. It just .liin.r 11 n iuk; izMiwn, iiiiuin mai ti two-year battle against bankrupt cy Friday and dosed its doors for good. Marilyn llooton. the original owner of Hoots, opened the diner in 1908 after purchasing it from a prominent restaurant chain. She managed Hoots until 1973 when the pressure of trying to run a 24-hour restaurant while raising a family became too much for her to handle, liooton sold the diner to Clyde Scott, the current owner of Hoots. "It was a social scene,” Hooton recalled. "College students com ing in for coffee with friends. It was hard not to like the people. He (Scott) pretty much kept it the way it was." Scott could not be reached for comment. One change Scott made after taking over was to install a miniature jukebox in each of the hooths, a feature that became a Hoots trademark. The low volume jukelroxes wen? notorious for having minds of their own, seldom playing the selections chosen. But the sound of several boxes playing simultaneously Photo by I fern* I ttawitt Hauls Family Restaurant lost a two-year battle against bankruptcy Friday, forcing the 24-hour restaurant to close down for good. had this bizarre teel to it. “The atmosphere was pure Americana.” added Barrett's roommate, Man. Vatter. a Univer sity economics major. Hoots rugulars are already lamenting the sad passing of one cherished pastime: trading acidic repartees with the restaurant's waitresses. "Did you ever get that one woman who was always go ing.‘Yeah? You want coffee?' ” Barrett asked. "One time this waitress comes up to me and talks to me for five minutes about her sister. And I've never met this woman or her sister. It was kind of humorous.” he said. "I'm sort of depressed about (Hoots closing),” said Sheila Moon, a pre-business University student and another latemight veteran of Hoots. "It's great to go over there at night and see all those strange people. 1 just hope they find something to replace it. After Lenny’s (Nosh Bar) closed, this town seems to be losing all its fun late-night places.” she said. Advertising team claims top award in regional contest The University advertising team successfully fulfilled its members' prediction this weekend by winn ing the Northwest regional ad com petition for the fifth time in five years. The ad team's campaign for Levi Strauss & Co. was chosen as the number one campaign overall at the competition in Yakima, Wash. The win qualifies the ad team for a shot at the national competition sponsored by the American Adver tising Federation in Chicago June 14. Prior to the regional competi tion, members of the ad team had expressed their confidence in the quality of their work and hoped they would win the competition a fifth year. "Our success really says a lot for Oregon's journalism school.” said Robin loannides. the ad team's stu dent director. “It really shows that we have at least the best advertis ing program in the Pacific Northwest." Advertising students Sue Gray. Sue Linders, Michael Fish. Mark Strickler and ]oannides presented the campaign at the competition. Other team members include fill Corkum, Beth Buglione. Carlos Lamadrid. Bob Rickert and Laura Willoughby.
