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.
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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
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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