Interview continued
('lark: There were a lot of ru
mors out there. Scott and I were
big question marks during the
campaign. And we did that on
purpose. Our campaign con
sisted of a core group of five
people, myself and Scott. We did
our own advertising and every
thing. We ran our campaign to
the “T” and itemized all of our
expenses. We had three endorse
ments Alpha Kappa Psi, the
president of the Pre-law Society
and the Greek endorsement. In
no way were we part of SNAP.
Are you planning to put some of
the students programs on the bal
lot?
Clark: No, we are not putting
student groups on the ballot.
Scott and 1 entertained the idea;
it would be absolutely raw de
mocracy. But a lot of the student
groups would be lost because of
ignorance, racism and homopho
bia. It would probably increase
voter turn out, but that is not
worth the risk of losing student
groups.
"Wyckoff This hurts the student
groups; it is not feasible. It was
one of those things that we tossed
about. It is as far radical as you
can get. But, obviously it gener
ated some dialogue. A lot of
people are very itchy about and
thatsgood. Maybe now we can sit
down and come to a solution.
There are people that are not
happy about the situation, but
are not happy with the solution
we thought about.
The idea is to talk about
issues and to find out where each
other is coming from and develop
a solution.
/ think that is a great way to end
the interview. Thank you for your
time and good luck next year.
Iienita Husband is the publica
tions coordinator for the present
ASUO administration.
Legislative Update
By .Julie Williamson
Five bills going through
the Oregon State legislature are
of particular interest to students.
Concerning higher education.
House Rill #2295 calls for an in
crease in building fees charged to
students by the State Board of
Higher Education. This bill
would raise the building fee from
$1 2.50 to $1 8.00 per term.
Senate Rill #830 requires
that excess incidental fees go
through students government
channels.
If the Senate Rill #263
was to pass, the minimum wage
would be raised to $3.85 from
$3.35 on .July 1, 1989. For the
calendar year 1990, it would in
crease to $1.25, and in 1991, a
final raise of $0.50, making it
$1.75 would go into effect.
In the area of child care,
Senate Rill #271 calls for some
revisions of current laws. Tax
credits would be eliminated for
household and dependent care
granted for purposes of Oregon
State income taxes if federal tax
able income is $50,000 or more.
This bill would also require the
Executive Department to esti
mate the revenues from the
elimination of day care tax credit
for those with over $50,000 in
taxable income. These should be
submitted to the Joint Ways and
Means Committee. Senate Bill
#271 also appropriates $1.4 mil
lion to the State Scholarship
Commission for grants to under
graduate students who are in
need of child care.
An amendment to civil
rights law ORS 166.155 is in
cluded in House Bill #2364. Sex
ual orientation would be con
tained in the categories now pro
tected by the intimidation law if
this bill passes.
The voter;s registration
date would be moved up to the
date of the primary election if
House Bill #648 is approved.
If additional information
is needed, call state affairs coor
dinator, Tim Goss, or assistant
state affairs coordinator, Justin
McKenna, at the ASUO, 686
3724.
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