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Editorial Most ballot measures worth student support In continuing our endorsements for ballot measures, we find ourselves supporting four of the remainig five proposals students will be asked to vote on Wednesday and Thursday. Measure 6 deals with childcare. This issue has been a hot topic lately and for good reasons. Currently, campus childcare is woefully understaffed and underpaid. Measure 6 calls for a 61 cent increase in incidental student fees to fund two staff positions. This fee increase would provide for a full-time program assistant/accounting clerk (the current position is only part time). and re-establish an assistant coordinator for the Child Care and Development Center. Childcare dollars go a long way in terms of the services they provide, and an additional ID cents in student fees would provide badly needed funds. Measure 7 asks students to support an 83-cent increase in student fees for the Marching Band. This proposal is well within reason. The Marching Band hasn’t asked for a budget increase in three years. Moreover, the Marching Band’s membership has increased 100 percent during that time — jumping from 100 members to 225. Similarly, the number of Marching Band performances has soared from 25 to 80 shows. Measure 8 happens to be our own, and, of course, we support it. The measure asks students to approve a 26-cent increase in student fees. Printing costs have skyrocketed during the last three years, which was the last time the Kmerald asked for a budget increase. The appealing aspect to this measure is that students can request a refund of the subscription price during the first five days of each term. Measure 9 asks students to support a $8.55 increase in student fees for the Athletic Department’s non-revenue producing sports. It was a tough call, but we are compelled to endorse this one. The obvious problem with this measure is the drastic student fee increase it calls for. Hut it is needed. If the University is forced to cut another sport in order to meet budget constraints, then the school will be eliminated from the PAC-10. (However, it is unlikely the Athletic Depart ment would allow this to happen, no matter how students voted on this measure.) The PAC-10 brings prestige, enrollees and national exposure to the University and drop ping out of it would be a nightmare for this University. The sorry aspect to this measure is that if the Oregon Student Lobby had been doing its job better, funding for University athletics could have been coming from the state rather than being milked from students. The Athletic Department is in a hole and students will have to bail it out this time. Our hopes are that there won’t be a next time, and the student body won’t be forced against a wall by being “asked" to save school athletics. Measure 10 seeks to change the way the University stu dent Counseling Center fee is administered. Rather than be ing funded through incidental fees, this measure, if passed, would make the Counseling Center fee a permanent, non incidental fee. This sounds innocuous enough, but there would be a lack of Incidental Fee Committee oversight created if Measure 10 passes. Although the wording of the measure contains assurances fees for the Counseling Center would be supervised by a joint student faculty board, there is little reason to form a new layer of bureaucracy. SLfWSEKSSr f\ llPENNZjQlL Letters l..- - - -..... Free ticket I'm writing this letter to clear up the confusion stirred up by the ODK’s presentation of Ballot Measure 9. Ballot measure 9 is a funding measure put up by the S t u d e n t - a t h 1 e t e s ' T e a m Council. It Ballot Measure 9 passes, in cidental fees will Im; increased $6.55 per student, per term. All of the money raised from this will be spent on non-revenue sports (none of this money will be spent on football or men's basketball). In exchange for the increased funding, the Athletic Depart ment will make all student tickets free (these free student tickets include football and basketball tickets). Uist year the Athletic Depart ment had to cut three sports and make tremendous cuts in the rest, including track, wrestling, and softball. If one more sport is dropped, the University will have to drop out of the NCAA Division I and also the PAC-10. Help fund the Ducks — VOTE YES ON 9. Dan Martin History Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Dally Emerald Is published Monday through Friday except during exam week and vacations by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co, at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403 The Emerald operates Independently of the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press The Emerald Is private properly The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law General Staff Advertising Director Susan Thelen Production Manager Wayne Michael Lottinvllle Classified Advertising Alyson Simmons Assistant to the Publisher Jean Ownbey Advertising Sales: Peter LaFleur / Sales Manager Teresa Acosta, Beryl Israel, Janelle Heitmann, Laura Goldstein. 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Thomsen Chris Norred Laurie Schwartz Carolyn Lamberson Sarah Kitchen Alicia Gano Scott Maben Reporters: Jackie Barry, Mary Courtis, Gary Henley Photographers: Sherfyn Biorkgren, Shu-Shing Chen, Der rel Hewitt, Tim Jones, Bobbie Lo, Dan Wheeler Production: Michele Ross / Ad Coordinator Kelly Alexandre, Ronwin Nicole Ashton, Virginia Baniaga, Samantha Barbitta, Sandra Bevans, Sara Briscoe, Shu Shing Chen, Janet Emery, Judith Gatz, Lisa Haggerty, Donna Leslie, Curtis Lott, Steve Lundgren, Kelli Mason, Mike McGraw. Rob Miles, Angelina Muniz, Julie Paul, In grid White, Michael Wilhelm, Serena Williams, X Kano Xie Student rights At stake in this week’s stu dent election run-offs are many services and activities that exist because of the innovative and active support of SPA student representatives. For example, we recently suc ceeded in securing full-time, free legal service for all students. A full-time lawyer will be available to aid students in disputes with landlords, local businesses, or other matters. This service, supported by SPA. could l>e lost if candidates whose priorities don't include defending students' rights win the election. Other services or programs at stake include: — Childcare — SafeKide — International Week — Earth Week — Peace Week — Women’s Symposium — Spring Folk Festival — Lobbying through USSA and OSL, for financial aid — Minority student unions and cross-cultural events The list goes on. These campus-enriching programs are strong now because voters and SPA representatives have sup ported them. 1 urge students who value diversity, free speech and students’ rights to vote once again for SPA: — Lachkar/Mooney: Presi dent/Vice President — Armando Morales and Douglas Pyle: two-year 1FC — Steve Hoyt, Kristin Teigen and Teddy Wallace: one-year IFC 1 thank those who have en dorsed me for the two-year IFC position: Masters in Business Administraton Association, C.raduate Teaching Fellows Federation, Foreign Student Organizaiton. Foreign Student Organization, Amazon Com munity Tenants, Students for a Progressive Agenda, Minority Caucus. Korean Student Association, MKChA, Native American Student Union, Asian Pacific American Student Union, Student Campaign for Disarmament, Survival Center, Catalyst Films, War Resistance Center, and other student organizations that value students’ rights. Vote this Wednesday and Thursday for SPA. Douglas Pyle IFC candidate Band support With all of the debates and controversies over funding issues this year, we feel it is im portant to explain the true story behind Ballot Measure 7. Ballot Measure 7’s aim is to increase IFC funding for the Marching Band, Basketball Band, and Green Garter Band. In the last three years, the Oregon bands have not re quested an increse in funding. In that time, the band has more than doubled in size and the number of performances a year have tripled. The band is now requesting an increase of 115 percent per student, per term, consider that this amounts to only 84 cents. This money will insure that the band can remain open to all in terested students. It will guarantee that there is a uniform, instrument, and quali ty experience for everyone. The increase will also provide a continuation of the spirited performances that are in separable from the home foot ball games and are a crucial ele ment ot the legendary home court advantage in the PIT. Phis band program is an in tegral part of the lives of the students who participate in it. The band provides an avenue for developing leadership skills, personal integrity, and lasting friendships. We feel that this program is well worth the 84 cents that Ballot Measure 7 proposes. So we ask you to KEEP YOUR BAND MARCHING, vote ves on 7. Mari Kramer Vicki I.ehrer Students
