.Editorial
IFC policy changes
right for the times
If you've been rending the Ft .ils and Incidental Fee
Committee reports in the paper recently. ymi'II recog
ni/.e the I Ft: has been putting in some overtime Two
meetings a week each lasting several hours have been
net essarv for the committee to catch up in the budget
pint ess it is several weeks behind on.
To ease 11> burden, the IFF month emit ted two
polit v changes File polit \ changes were small blit
net essarv and it s good to see them in plai e
The fust was the announcement that the li t’ would
zero-fund groups that fail to show up fot their budget
bearings The groups taring zero-funding do get the
chant e to submit a written noth <■ explaining their ab
senteeism
The change lias been mosth met with jwstifiabh
favorable responses, although some arc concerned IFF
hasn't worked hard enough to contact groups coming
up tm review
All we can sav here is that communication is a
lwii-wu\ sheet "File groups themselves clearly need to
take mote interest in the budget process, too Appui
eutlv \S1 () received several groups budget requests
lung after deadlines bad passed The groups tan con
tact their II I members to keep abreast of when their
hearings are Hut to make things easier, the Oregon
Ihiih Kmer.iltl has started listing in the Ft als what
groups are up foi review, at the request of II (
The second IFF policy change was the removal ol
an internal limit that held the committee from slashing
the budget of am student group bv more than 10 per
cent a \ ear
I'li,it policy change was erroneously reported as a
'Z't percent limit in the Feb ll> Emerahl and was the
i ause of some concern As it currently stands, state ad
ministrative rules (the "Clark Document") already pro
dibit tbi' U (i from underfunding any student group on
campus for more than six years. The new IFC stance is
not in v iolation of the ('.lark Document
The 10 percent ceiling was removed because of the
current im idental fee budget mess. Right now, because
the University is paring enrollment down to a more
reasonable level, the IFC must also roll back program
funding or face increased incidental fees this spring. In
some cases, the committee is trying to cut more than
10 percent
The IFC! internal limit did exist for a reason, anil in
a future, less chaotic financial situation it should be re
turned The policy existed to try and prevent IFC. from
grinding political axes by removing or crippling stu
dent programs they disliked, laist year’s hullabaloo
over Oregon Commentator funding demonstrated that
political preferences can enter the IFC arena, where
they don't belong.
WHEN WE ASKED FOR
FORMER FRES1DENT
REA6ANGN VIDEO.
THIS WAS NOT WHAT
WE HAD IN MIND...
COURT-TIME
FOR BONZO
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Skateboarders deserve a real place to roll
Ynu'rr walking down the street. quieth
minding vmir own business, when suddenh
vim hear .1 thunderous noise behind unn
line k "l on linn to see ,i mob ot skateboarders
barreling straight Inward you l.uthih. vou
are able to avoid a direi t bit .is the skaters
dash past \nu and proieed to perform some
pretH bill hin mm es along the u av
Hies re pist having then fun vou think
as vriu struggle to still your heating heart
Hut i an t !11ev have that tun somewhere
e/.se ' Well. no. bet arise the i itv doesn’t pro
vide an outlet for skateboarders at the mo
ment
Tonight at 7 ill. the |oinl Parks (aimmit
tee will hold a public hearing at ( it\ Hall to
disc iiss the possibilitN of building legitimate
skateboard facilities A task force was ere
ated last August to investigate the need for
sue li stiuc tores in l.ugene. whit h has an es
timaied H00 to 1,11(10 skateboarders
I he task lone has derided that the need
is so great that, not one. but 10 of these lac d
ities should be construe .ted laght of the
strut tores would be built near each of Km
gene's middle schools, clue1 to the average
ago of skateboard afic ionados (feists for
building the structures is estimated at
Sun,non to Slot).non. which it is hoped
c mild be c overed b\ federal and state grants
The task timt* also recommends soliciting
volunteers from the Hov Scouts to work .it
tin* I,ii ilities.
Besides tin* tin* marks ami scrapes the
skaters leave on publii tmililings. the risk ot
serious injure is bound to be much greater
than it would lie it the skaters had genuine
facilities to play on
Opponents ot the skateboard proposal
seem to teel the sport is onk a passing tad.
that we max end up w ith unused and expen
sive expanses of pavement in a lew years
Hut evidence runs prettv i outran, to such a
suspicion Skateboarders in Kugene have
been around for at least Ltd years, and they
don't seem to be losing interest in the sport
The suggestion for building skateboard
tai ilities is indeed warranted. Hut it doesn't
exactly stand to reason that we need III of
these structures After all, the i it\ hasonlva
couple of roller skating rinks and one lie
skating rink: ten skateboarding structures
seems a bit exi essive
One ol Mayor jell Miller's primary is
sues 111 his state ot the i its address was the
need for more recreational fa< ilities and op
portunities forthe cilv s youth A lew skate
boarding structures will help to satisf\ this
valid goal, and it will also make those
dec kheads teel prettv rad. dude
Letters.
Clarify
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hum out iplnms w !ih h nun
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In sh.il'f uni iinuitli‘ pfismi.il
i \|)i'iii'tu ns uilli i'>n h iithi'i
Him mi' .i w.i\ li>r women in
imui' Inv'.i'tlii'i learn trmn mu'
.mutin'! .mil Int unit' etnpnw
rri'il in tin' (irni ess
kin' purpose ill ihi'si' wink
shops is Iii i ri'iitr .i liirurn
will'll' |>l'l 1|ill* I .III lilsi uss lilt'll
nlt'.is nl .mil evpeiieiu e with
\ intent i' mul nmi \ inlmn e in
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this tlnmglil linin' thmuiih role
pl.i\ my;. |ii.ii In iuvi tin' i misi'ii
SUS lift ISIIII1 111. I k 1 11 li | II ! II I'SS
ilis< uvsuin tin1 historv of non
violem i' .out nnu h more
I hrsf rvinkshops .in- In no
means only Im women .uni
definitely not nist toi ' ,ii 11\
ists
\i III V ioll'llfic .IS It <l|l|)lil'S to
protests .uni i l\ il disobedient e
is dismissed hut non violent n
,is ,i vv,n ol 111e is the untlerlv
mv; intent ol these vvnikshnps
I hey .ne open to .invone inlei
ested. not |tisl ,n !i\ ists m nmn
ell or ev i n students I ni mole
information, stop hy Student
I .imp.nun Im I hs.n ill,linen!
Suite I I Ml ol i ,i 11 \04_’4H
Pam I in l.i
Student
Bloodshed
1 In i i'Iimm' i ,| Nelson Man
del,i i iiuplril u itli I In- logali/a
Inin ill tin1 \trii an National
( impress signals a i ham e for a
iifii beijiiuiiii^ in South \tina
rlu- mivi'rnmi'iit s willingness
to negotiate with responsible
IjIai k loaders should have hi'i'ti
\\ rl< oilU'd In .ill tin»sf will)
u isli Id sit .til t'lld III lln- poll! \
t>1 srpai.itr dmi*lii|inii'iit
lnslr.nl tin- t timmunisl ilnm
in.ilfil \\( li.is n's|H)iidt'tl In
ivlusinu Id ri'iioiini r ils li-inn
isl .ill.it ks against i n ill.ms as
n nil .is ils ii.uli.n n pr.it I it i' dI
lift kl.n iin.; lln- |>lDt fss ill
w Iin h lln' \ it Inns .iftm having
llifii hands hound with li.irbt'd
u iif li.i\c .t g.istiliiit' stinked
autunioliilt' Ini' n rapped
.ininnd 1 In ■ m anil a it linini'ii
alive
( h ei l (Kill miuit tillt lil.it k
Min .ms mam nl them unmen
,incl i hildren. hut c been mui
liciril in tins uat in lilt- A\(
.ill m tile name nl Ireeilnm
Ami vet die inui.il 11\ pm riles
in llns i i hi i ill \ tv In i are .duals
si i i|ii a k Hi i unde mil I lie at
dims nl pm Western nations
remain i nnvenientli silent
The majority nl Smith Atn
i alls are It ink mg lii the West tin
a sign nl support We i an not let
them linu n II is lime Ini the
I s in welt tune Smith Afrit a
huik as a meiniiei nl Western
nations b\ repealing sum lions
In doing so. \\ o w ill bn show
mg on! approval ot the reforms
that have taken plain and we
w ill bn sending .1 i lt*ar message
to the communists in thn A\(
.11 1 opt tbn hand that bad boon
extended to you in the nanm 1 d
pn.it n or bn bold at i ounlabln
lor thn bloodshed that will on
sun
Sln\ on W nidnian
International studies
Bygone era
()n llii* night nl U(«(incs(l,i\
I rli I .it .ippro\im,iti*l\ HI to
p in while sh.iti'liu.inling on
tin* tennis i units muni* Inemls
.uni 1 wore l.imh.isteil u ith ,i
barrage ut negative comments
emitting from I’arr Towel
I lirn. upon reat I mg to I’an
lowin's running cuinmenlai \
thus si'llt a baud of lllllgs ovt'l
to the courts to resoh e the mat
lei
\!v friends and I find it pa
thetii ally disturbing that a lw
mg organization that seems to
pride itself on liberal, mdividu
alist activity would tind pleas
ure m insulting another group
ol indi\ iduals due to its per
sonal pursuits
I guess it S true that peal e
went out w ith the Sixties
Jim* Krclilrr
( heii-Ann Nakamura
Sliar Kvt*n>tt
Student*.
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