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__Oregon Daily_ ¥ Emerald _Inside_ • Trees awaiting the ax, Page 4 • District 4J keeps cops, Page 11 • Harriers sweep awards, Page 13 • Three gridders tabbed, Page 13 Tuesday, December 0, 1988 Kugene, Oregon Volume 90, Number 68 Lobby to represent students Picture perfect Freshman arts major Eric Eschenbach applies some brush strokes to his painting ofDeady Hall. Eschenbach is working on the painting for a class assignment, and estimates he has put eight hours of work into it so far. Photo by Mark Ylen Group readies itself for convening of legislature By Brian Bloch Emerald Reporter When the Oregon Legislature convenes in January, a number of issues affecting students will be decided by politicians relatively unat tached to the views and concerns of students around the state. The Oregon Student Lobby (OSL) is a group of 14 student representatives from seven Oregon colleges and universities aimed at representing student interests on state legislative issues that af fect them. ASUO Vice President Steve Hoyt and ASUO State Affairs Coordinator Tim Goss, who serve as the University’s OSL representatives, research student topics, testify before legislative commit tees, and meet with legislators to communicate the collective student views on various issues. The 14 student representatives that comprise the OSL Board of Directors are responsible for communicating the views of their university con stituencies and prioritizing issues so they can be acted upon. “This is something on the state level which is fighting for student rights and the needs of stu dents," Hoyt said. "We’re trying to represent all the students’ views." "OSL is a piece of the pie as far as student is sues are concerned,” Goss said. "I think that it really represents state higher education issues. Students are represented I think wholly on this campus through different student groups and that OSL fits this one piece of the pie. I think it's a pretty big piece," he said. January’s legislative session will pose special problems for student higher education activists, Hoyt said, due to a proposed tuition hike and an emphasis on primary education by the Gov. Neil Goldschmidt. File Photo ASUO Vice President Steve Hoyt, along with ASUO State Affairs Coordinator Tim Goss, will represent University student interests in the state legislature for the OSL. In addition, the group will be facing issues such as encouraging student governments around the state to gain more control over incidental fees, gaining more state child care funding, lob bying for a state-wide voter registration act. estab lishing a state tuition policy and testifying on various bills concerning semester conversion, Hoyt said. “It's not going to be a real easy session, but I feel pretty good that we're going to do rather well on the hill,” Hoyt said. The legislature, Hoyt said, will also be look ing at reorganizing the role of the State Board of Turn to Lobby, Page 6 Fundraiser helps injury survivors By Cami Swanson Emerald Reporter A unique holiday fundraiser is helping people who have suffered severe head injuries in their recovery process. "Be An Angel This Christ mas," sponsored by the Head Injury Survivors Council of Or egon, is a new program that sells and delivers Christmas trees directly to households in any state in the nation. "This is the first effort like this that’s ever taken place,” said Ken Collins, president of the Oregon Head Injury Survi vors Council and a head injury survivor himself. "It gives people a good feel ing about Christmas," Collins said of the fundraiser. The cost of the trees is $30 for a 3-foot tree, $30 for a 6-foot tree, and $08 for a 7-foot tree. The program is also selling door wreaths, for $25, and tree stands, for $19. All purchases are tax deductible. While Collins acknowledged the prices may seem high, he said they are comparable to the prices paid in states that do not grow their own Christmas treos, such as New York and southern California. "These are beautiful trees,” Photo by Shorlyn Bjorkuren President ken Collins (left) and )ohn Sullivan of the Oregon Head Injury Survivors Council hope to raise money for their organization by selling Oregon Christmas trees across the country. Collins said. "They are worth the money." Several local Christmas tree farms, such as Greenway Tree Farm, on Centennial Blvd., are participating in the fundraiser and grow the trees without the use of pesticides. “We haven’t sold very many yet,” said Bob Nyman, the owner of Greenway Tree Farm. "It's just starting." Nyman said he got involved in the project after Collins ap proached him at a supermarket and the two discussed the fundraiser. "I thought it was a good idea,” he said. “I’m willing to help out.” The trees cut by the "Be An Angel This Christmas” fund raiser are packaged and ready Turn to Fundraiser, Page 6 Goldschmidt proposes prison system expansion By Don Peters Emerald Associate Editor Gov. Neil Goldschmidt’s 1989-91 prison budget proposal will have a wide-ranging affect on the Oregon state peniten tiary system if approved by the state legislature. Goldschmidt announced Nov. 29 he would ask the 1989 Legislature for $61 million in lottery funds for prison fund ing. doubling the amount of lottery money allotted in the 1987-89 budget. Goldschmidt's proposal also calls for an additional $47 million for other crime fighting measures, and $37 million to continue programs started in the last two years. The plan calls for construction of a new 500-bed facility, providing 400 new beds in existing prisons, and expanding the juvenile prison system. The proposal comes on the heels of the overwhelming passage of Ballot Measure 4 by voters during the Nov. 8th general election. Measure 4, drafted by U.S. Rep. Denny Smith, was fa vored by more than 79 percent of voters. It denies early re lease to repeat offenders of certain crimes. Smith's measure had come under fire for not providing sufficient funds to keep repeat offenders in jail. Goldschmidt's budget, if passed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature, would do just that. "1 think it’s a good proposal,” said State Rep. David Dix (D-Eugene). "The budget is put together very well, but we (the legislature) aren't going to rubber stamp it. We're going to look at it verv closely first.” Goldschmidt appears to have given up his previous plan for a special tax for crime programs, instead using lottery funds that had been slated for economic development. Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer has ruled the lottery Turn to Prison, Page 6