——Oregon Daily_ ,
Emerald
Wednesday, May 10, 1089
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 90. Number 151
_Inside_
■ Water board approved, Page 4
■ Soviets to camp Cascades Page 9
■ Ramps for disabled built, Page 8
■ Police may sue after riot, Page 9
Gray vigil
A student pauses on the skywalks between Gilbert
Hall and the Chiles Center to gaze at the rainy view
Tuesday after a weekend of bright, sunny weather.
Photo by fames Marks
Student parents express concerns
at child care task force hearing
By Polly Campbell
Emerald Reporter
Seven University student parents shared their
concerns about the University child < an* system
with the ASUO Child Care Task Force in a public
hearing Tuesday night
The hearing was held to gain information from
the students regarding the child rare issues, said
Phil Nebergall. task force chairman
The task force Includes students with children,
and interested students who do not have chil
dren. as well as representatives of the ASUO
Since the first child care hearing in the
school year the University child care facilities
have been expanded and improved, said ASUO
President Karen Gaffney.
‘Now we want a needs estimate of where
we've come, where we’ve been and where we are
still deficient.” Gaffney said
The child care and development centers are
available to children between the ages of 1 1 2 to
t). but there is a severe child care problem on !>olh
ends • the infant and the grade school age chil
dren, Gaffney said There is also a problem with
the amount of subsidy that can be given parent
students to assist with child care costs, she add
ed.
Parents who re< eive the subsidy are given a
percentage of child care costs and a percentage
based on their financial need Subsidies can
reac h up to 50 percent. Gaffney said
"What we re hearing is that they are grateful
for what they are getting but (hey need more.”
Gaffney said.
"By setting up a subsidy system based on a
percentage based on what you pay can be dis
criminatory for people who have to choose a low
cost day care." said Peg kehrer. a parent who tes
tified at the hearing
Some
limes parents
are able lo use
<i less expen
sive co-op
style of day
eare, Kelirer
said
"The co
op is priced
low because
they use par
ent's time, hut
the value of
time is a lot.”
she said
The lu( k
ol child (.ire
available in
the eveninu
4
Peg Kehrer
makes il difficult for parents to hear speakers, or
attend events at the cultural forum, kelirer s.iid
She recommended that a vacant east room off
the l>a!!rnnm he equipped with a sound system so
that parents coula hear the speaker in the hail
room while watching their children. This would
prevent children from disturbing the speaker and
the audience, Kehrer said
"Too often people say that t liitil care is a
women's problem, or a chilli's problem instead of
looking .it it as a societal problem," said Janis Kl
liot. assistant child care coordinator for tile state
of (fregon.
Kliiot complimented the University student
leadership and the interested students for the pro
gress made regarding child i are issues on this
campus.
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'Tingle Force' tickles dormitory funny bone
By Karen Engels
Emerald Contributor
Holy graham crackers! You
are now entering the Tingle of
Doom. The Tingle action-ad
venture comic strip “Tingle
Force" has gone where neither
Michael Russell or Michael
Krome had ever gone before
The in-house, fourth floor
comic series has been appear
ing on the Tingle bulletin
board since fall when the dash
ing dynamic duo of Russell and
Frome merged writing and
drawing skills to produce ' Tin
gle Force.”
In "Tingle Force." dorm res
idents battle "pistol packing
Nazi skinheads" with (frond,
the plastic hammer of the un
derworld and w ith their respei
tive superpowers to save the
missing women of McClain in
the first episode, “The Slave
masters of Springfield."
In "Hoodoo Voodoo." the
second adventure now in pro
gress. evil snowguys demand
ing snowboards terrorize a ski
ing community. Meanwhile, as
Frome. “the farinboy." uses his
telepathic powers over animals
to make cows tap dance, the
Tingle Mobile hits the scene
and “liberated female ninja
acrobats” strike a blow for
feminism. Russell said.
New episodes appeared fall
term every few days or weeks,
depending on Kussell and
Frame's homework load, and
the whole thing simply
"evolved,’’ they said
Frame expends the "creative
effort" by developing the basil
story outline and some dia
logue. Kussell draws the car
toon. writes dialogue and tries
to throw in a new clic lie each
time for variety.
"And they’re losing toejam!"
is one of his favorites
The comic developed such a
large following that the authors
copied and bound 27 booklets
before spring break Kiev sold
2,t at $3.50 ear h. just above the
approximate $3.44 production
cost and bought a television set
with the profits, they said
"Tingle Force: A Graphic
Novel" (masts of an introduc
tion by Tingle resident assis
taut Joe Spencer, guest cartoon
ists, and an "About the Au
thors" section. Nearly everyone
on the fourth floor has a copy.
This isn’t surprising, consid
ering most of them are cliarac
ters in the adventure series
Spencer, the Nazi villain in
the first episode, was "skepti
cal" at first until Russell added
•in editorial note to assure read
ers that "this is only a comic
Joe isn’t really a Nazi."
Spencer is now a staunch
supporter of "Tingle Force
"It's great." he said "They
(residents) look forward to each
one It's a good bonding force
for the hall
"This is apprec iated by ev
eryone on the floor." resident
Jim Hausc h said. "Mike and
Mike are biis\ and we're glad
they do it
"I'm not even sure how it all
started." Frorne said. "Some
one said one day 'Hey, we
could do a daily cornu strip
Russell cited more profound
reasons
"When they canceled 'Mark
Trail,' we were crushed." he
said "We had to fill the void
Residents in the all-mule
dorm who make up the cast of
heroes are added periodically
and are given superpowers
based on aci entuated t harar.(er
istics Howdy Stout transforms
into C.entle Hen when angered:
(Ireg I opt Russell’s roommate,
is (irondm.ester dreg, keeper ot
the plastic hammer ot fury that
decimates all: and dreg llunton
is dinsu dreg, master of the
seventeen blades
"We re trying to work in all
the characters in the hall before
the end ot the term." Russell
said.
"Calvin and Hobbes, eat your
heart out." said resident Scott
Maresli. who doubles as Hass
blaster Scott in "Hoodoo Voo
Photo b* )«mc\ Mark*
Michael home, left, and Michael Kussell chronicle the ad
ventures of fourth Hour “Tingle forte" in their comic series
doo " "1 feel immortalized
Russell and I-'rome said they
will room together ne\t ve.tr,
also in Tingle, hut plan to retire
Tingle I one" and .start some
thing new
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