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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1987)
Committee endorses student fund By Chris Norred (If thr Kmerald SALEM — The proposal to establish a Student Activities Fund was unanimously endors ed by the House Education Committee on Tuesday. The Oregon Student l,obby sponsored proposal now goes before the full House of Representatives for final approval. The Senate endorsed the Stu dent Activities Fund last month. The proposal. Senate Bill 400, will allow students to receive the interest earned on the incidental fees and health service fees they pay each term. Currently that interest is deposited in the state's General Fund account. Each term. University students pay $61 in incidental fees that are used to fund the EMll, athletics, and student University students pay $34 per term in health service fees. The Student Activities Fund would replace the Higher Education Athletic Fund, which was established in 1975 to allow interest from inter collegiate athletic revenue to be returned to athletic programs. The Student Activities Fund would receive an estimated $340.IKK) in interest in the next two years if the bill passes. That money will be divided into the various student activities' ac counts. said ASUO President Steve Nelson. "We would not be able to take interest from athletics and spend it on other student programs.” Nelson said. Nelson is chairman of the OSL's board of directors. The proposal does not require a reduction in student fees to result from the added $340,000 income, but Nelson said the ad ded revenue to student «< tivities will reduce the need fur annual increases in student fees. The state General Fund revenue will be reduced by $340,000 if the bill is passed But Eugene Democrat Garl Husticka. chairman of the House revenue committee, said the bill does not need a review by the revenue committee. ‘‘The amount is not something so great that it will upset the workings of tin? Legislature." Hosticka said “This is a good bill.. I don't think it will be controversial." Hosticka will present the pro posal on the floor of the full House. "With Carl (Hosticka) carry ing it to the floor as the chair man of the revenue committee, he's knowledgeable about its ef fects." said Sherry Oeser. dlreo tor of the QSL. "That should carry some weight.” Police unsure why student had military items in truck Police are still looking for 12 explosives stolen from a student's pickup truck parked in the Bean complex parking lot May 5. and they still don't know why the student had military equipment in his pickup, according to Sgt. (.huck Tilhy of the Eugene Police Department The one-and-ahalf inch cylindrical explosives are a type used by the military to detonate larger charges, Tilhy said Other military items, including a grenade, powdered tear gas and a gas mask also were taken from the truck hut were found in the Wilcox and Walton dorms the day they wore reported missing. The student who owns the Irut k. Madison Myers, ap parently was recently discharged from the military. Tilhy said. Tilhy said that to the l>est of his knowledge, the military's Criminal Investigation Department in Fort laswis. Wash . had been notified of the incident However, a CID official in Fort Lewis. Special Agent Harold Hicks, said he was positive the office had not received a report on the incident Three men were arrested May 5 on charges of I heft 1 in connection with the incident, and all are out on bail. They are Eric Sagen. a University student; Osvaldo Miranda, a partici pant in the University’s High School Equivalency Program; and David Badillo, a former HEP participant No trial date has been set. Tilhy said. Nash Continued from Page 1 Coroner confirms drowning as cause The autopsy performed Monday afternoon on University basketball player Jesse Nash con firmed the cause of death as drowning, according to Frank Katti of the Un« County medical ex aminer’s office. Nash drowned Sunday after the inner tube in which he was riding cap sized near the Autzen Footbridge on the Willamette River. There were no indica tions that Nash struck his head or body on any rocks, or that he was held below the water’s surface by any submerged trees or limbs. Results of an autopsy blood sample are not ex pected back until next week from Portland. remembered by an estimated 5 0 0 friends, fans and administrators. "I don't think we're here to mourn Jesse.” said Oregon head basketball coach Don Monson. "If 1 had seen him, I would've said Hey Jesse, we're going to have a meeting to mourn you tonight.' "Jesse would probably have said. 'C’mon coach. . .You can praise me a little, or a lot.' ”1 think we're here to praise Jesse a lot." A full-color, action |>ortrait of Nash in a basketball game, sur rounded by flowers, covered the front of the speakers' podium. Athletic Director Hill Byrne, Carla Cray from the Council for Minority Education, and team mates Anthony Taylor and David Girley also spoke during the ceremony. Also. Girley and Leanne Sylvester both sang. Former Duck captain Kenny Sprague and the rest of the basketball team presented Nash's mother with his Oregon Jersey, number "34." Byrne INTRODUCING THE NEW HAWAIIAN CAMPUS FOR CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY FOREST INSTITUTE has a new campus in Honolulu, Hawaii and it’s accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Like its other campuses in Spring tieid, Missouri and Des Plaines, Illinois, it of fers the same riQorous studies in profes sional psychology. There's a four-year doctoral program that produces practitioners of applied clinical psychology end a five-trimester master s of psychology program. The master s lays a strong foundation for the doctorate. The Hawaiian campus permits another learning dimension: the experience of living in a world rich in cultural, ethnic and racial diversity. You see how different values color attitudes and mold behavior. The outcome: a more sensitive and insightful psychologist. So for more information, write or call: FOREST INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 1088 Bishop Street, #912 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (808) 523-2888 1322 S. Campbell • Springfield, MO 65807 417/831-7902 1717 Rand Road • Des Raines, IL 60016 312/635-4175 also announced that Oregon basketball's annual Most Im proved Player Award would lie given in the name of Nash. Ileger reminded the audience that while they were there to mourn Nash, they were also there to reflect on the good times they shared with him in his nine months here. "Focus on some of the gifts you receiv ed from jesse." he encouraged. Munson reflected on Nash as "a person that will surely and sorrowfully be missed, but Jesse will never be forgotten," "This is my 28th team," Monson said "That's :t50 kids with different personalities. .. and I don't think I've had a kid that touched people so quickly. "The thing that 1 think is so special about Jesse Nash is that he could communicate and relate so well. I think that's a great tribute to Vernoise and her family." Photo by Ihrrrl llnill University athlete Anthony Taylor, a teammate of Nash, was one of more than 500 people who attended the emotional service. "We ail know how hard it is to accept this." Taylor said. flanktHl by tint rust of the loam "Jesse would love for us to get Hoinn and sol goals and koop go ing ihe best wo can. “Wo'd just liko to say wo lovo you. jesso." ...YOUR “MARK" L VALUEI Zee PAPER TOWELS Russet #1 POTATOES imimmui TOP SIRLOIN STEAK boneless s27. 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