Lobby fights gambling revenues
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Assot iate Editor
Representatives from the Oregon Student
Lobby (ONI.| will present statements to .1 host of
media organizations today in the KNIl' Forum
Room to show their discontent with the state's
use of lottery money to fund Oregon's higher ed
ucation system
The statements from OSI. representatives of
six Oregon universities and colleges will be read
to television and print media representatives at 1
p m The lobbying organization hopes to draw al
tention to problems the group antic ipates from
the state's use of lottery revenues to fund protes
sor salaries and student si holarships
According to ASl'O Vice President and new
]y elei ted OSI. (ihairman Scott U'vi koll. the prob
lems stem from the use of unpredii table, unreli
able lottery revenues to fund higher education
costs
I feel we've created a state system addicted
to gambling. ' VVyckoff said "It’s an easy wav
out .mil v ery short sided
He also said that the inherent instability of
the lottery and other state-run gambling attempts
will discourage top professors from coming to the
University if they hav e to depend on the succ ess
of those programs to fund their salaries
“What happens if you don't get enough moil
ey In cover those costs'." he said Wh.it it the
revenues (all short of their expei lutions '"
Wyckoff explaineil that ()S1 is tackling the
issue early in the ott legislative vear so that the
group can better lobby for more stable higher ed
in ation funding when the Oregon l egislature re
convenes in 1‘lfl I
He s.iid that hei ause a flourishing higher ed
ucation system benefits the entire stale the bur
den for finant ing the system should instead he
plai ed on the < iti/.ens through a more stable tax
initiated by the Legislature
"The lottery is an excuse for the legislators
not to give the citizens a tair ami equal burden to
support the sy stem he said " They need to hack
up the services the system provides yyith stable
money yve i an count on
Although W yckoff said lie is not opposed to
onetime lottery allocations lor t onstruc lion or
expansion projei ts on the state's < ampuses he
feels the lottery and gambling revenues are not
stable enough to support the system's base hudg
et
The OSI. is a non partisan student lobbying
group that at ts as a representative to the stale on
issues atlei ting students and higher eilut ation in
general
I lie 1.’ member group consists of lyyo repre
senlatives from six Oregon colleges and universi
ties I'diversity representatives ale Wyikolt and
senior Angela Muniz
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