Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, April 19, 1989, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextSBA endorses IFC candidates The Student Bar Associa tion late Monday evening vot ed to not endorse candidates for the executive slate citing a "lack of difference between candidates." SBA members, however, did endorse candidates for the one-year rod two-year in; seats. They endorsed Armando Morales for Ihe two-year IFC seal and candidates Dave Bahr. Dan Per low. Tonija Swires and Elizabeth Neely lor ine one-year irv. seats. The Foreign Students Or ganization also announced its endorsement of candidates Tim Hughes and Maureen Kirk for ASUO president and vice president last Monday. Continued from Page 1 increase to provide health care insurance for the employee If the employer chose not pur chase a health care policy, he would be obligated to give the full raise to the employee "People trying to live on the minimum wage need a great deal more than a rise in the wage floor." Campbell said "A single illness or accident THE CHALLENGE BEGINS: v W/y Wednesday Night Special! I *5.00 I PEPPERONI J PAN ! PIZZA I 12 inch Pan Pizza with ■ % pound of Real dairy cheese. * Good Wed. night only, at campus store only. ■ Offer also valid with any other one item topping. H Expires May 3, 1989 1 343-3030 will wipe them out.' A 9(1 day training wage, simi lar to one in the bill currently in front of the U S. Congress, would be set at $3.50 an hour Oct 1. and raised to $.t 65 July 1. 1990 After 90 days, the em ployee would receive the full wage and any health care bene fits. In addition, employees will not have to pay Social Security or income tax on the amount used for the health care insur ance. Randy MacDonald, legisla tive assistant for Hill, said the Senator was "very opposed" to the proposal, and that the plan was "probably designed to wa ter down SB335." "Both health care and the minimum wage are viable is sues. but they don’t need to la in the same bill." MacDonald said. "If you tie them together, they'll sink together." Hill has already come out in support of another mandatory health care bill. Portland Sen Frank Robert’s SB390. Robert's bill would establish a Health Care Insurance Pool by impos ing payroll taxes beginning in January. 1992. The money would be used to provide health insurance to uninsured people. Though SB335 passed easily in the Senate, MacDonald said he expected a bitter partisan battle in the House. Thomas Bartlett Enrollment _ Continued from Page 1 also said that students from Or egon would have priority over those from out of state. "We don't want to shut the door on out of state students, but priority will go to Oregon students,” he said. The Oregon State Hoard of Higher Education will review the proposal at its meeting at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth on Friday. -FT sumo ® PMLhM CHINESE RESTAURANT liftt* Oriental Buffet Lunch Downstairs G Try Our Dinner Upstairs Hours: Downstairs WThllOO 7 OO F So I • 00 4 3C Closed Sundays Hours: Upstairs Su Th 4 30 10 00 FSeJOO 1030 Recycle This Paper