.Editorial
Split tuition boost
eases pain of hike
In this state*. higher education tuition price hikes
are becoming something like a trip to the dentist:
they're painful, thev're necessary and we see them
annually now
Chancellor Thomas Bartlett requested another tui
tion increase last week, and it's a doozy just less
than 10 percent for in state residents (about $fi<) a term)
and 12 percent tor out-of-state students.
Bartlett and the State* System of Higher {education
say a tuition increase is needed for the usual reasons.
University programs need extra funds and faculties
need larger salaries to keep the* quality level of higher
education in this stale* at an acceptable level.
And given the lack of funding from the* state Legis
lature and the diminishing quality of programs here on
campus (just ask rhetoric communications students
how their department is doing), we re inclined to Side*
with Bartlett. Until the Legislature takes up the? educ a
tion banner, there is no way around another tuition
hike;
As tar as tuition increases go, tins year s model
does have one positive feature. The tuition of students
attending the state's three universities will Ire higher
now than the tuition of students going to the state's
lesser colleges Tuitions at the state’s five other col
leges will increase only 8.25 percent.
This is a first Previously, there was no difference
in the amount a student paid to attend school in Eu
gene or Monmouth, despite the difference in what the
t hiiversity and Western Oregon State offer.
The tuition paid by each student went into a gener
al fund and was distributed between the universities
und colleges. This arrangement was unfair to Universi
ty students, bec ause during tuition hikes, less money
would come bac k to the University than the students
had paid in The other money would go to Ashland,
Monmouth or La Grande. Efforts to improve tIn* quality
ol education here were dampened by students having
to prop up programs elsewhere.
This will no longer happen under the new differ
entiated tuition system. Students going to school here
will get their proper respect. For the first time, the ex
tra money generated by University students will stay
here And because it's a sizable increase, the Universi
ty will get a sizable sum — about $400,000.
We should note, despite our tentative approval of
this increase, that tuition hikes cannot become annual
events. Tuition increases price some students out of an
education, an occurrence that is antithetical to the mis
sion of a state education system Continued lobbying of
the Legislature tn redress the state’s higher education
crisis is a must
V/HEttNSWE.
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Trial marks premature end to scandal
John PoindexterReagan's national secu
rity adviser was convicted last week ol mis
leading dongress. obstructing congressional
inquiries and lying to lawmakers, but no
body c ares
After a leu more front-page headlines.
Poindexter s story will be relegated to the
bai k ol newspapers and finally disappear al
together In a few months, after the appeals
proi ess is exhausted and sentences it any
are pronounced, the whole Iran-dontra
si andal will sink beneath the surfac e of
Americ an i nnsc iousness u ith sc arc elv a rip
ple
Investigators and prosectors have not
completely unravelled the tangle ol high
level deceptions and assoc iations, but they
•end the American public have tired of
lengthy and complicated trials Our lack of
interest is only natural. Alter all. Puindex
tei. North and other Iran i ontra figures were
tried for events that began almost 10 years
ago Now yve're in a new dec ade, we have a
new president and we no more want to hear
about lran-dontra than we want to hear
about \ alley girls or break-dancing
Officials implicated in Iran-dontra have
benefited from Americ ails' short politic al at
tention span. The fall of lht> Berlin Wall and
ensuing events in Kastern Hu rope have
seized our interest On the national front
(ieorge Hush's staunch anti-broccoli polic y
and the antics of Donald Trump dominate
headlines, and somehow the misdeeds ot
Poindexter, North and possible Ronald Rea
gan seem distant and irrelevant.
Reagan’s exact role in the scandal will
probably never be known. Despite the fact
that Poindexter’s convictions would appear
to dispute Reagan's assertion that his offi
cials did nothing illegal, no opportunity to
further question the former president's ac
tions will likely present itself. Kfforts to sub
poena Reagan's diaries were unsuccessful
and his videotaped testimony was unen
lightening. to say the- least
The final image of Reagan and the Iran
Contra scandal will be his videotaped testi
mony from Poindexter's trial, in which he
blithely asserted he remembered nothing
about any sale of arms to Iran or covert sup
port of the Nicaraguan Contras.
Reagan said he couldn't rec all anything
about Iran-Contra. That's Ok. Americans
can't recall anything about it either
_Letters_
Guilty
Nicole Botin icr |Oil! April
i) accuses (aulition I nr Am
mats and Animat Rescan h
members ot ignoring "the pain
ami suffering ot some of tlieir
fellow i matures ' She is as
guilty as anyone of these
t runes
i.et me give yon a terribly
i oncrele example I hicheiine
Must ular Dystrophy was lust
tlest rihed in 1H01 l or the next
1i years, phvsu tans and par
cuts stood hy m anguish watch
mg children die with no hope
of therapy or treatment Be
i atise this is a genet it disease,
no animal model was available
w ithnnt certain identifli ation
ot the detective gene \nd for
Us years, no progress was
made in stopping tins i hiId
hood killer
late in 1‘IHIi a team ot re
seari hers at Harvard identilied
the gene w hose delei t causes
HMD Now a mere three years
later, the first i linical trials of .i
potential therapy are begin
rung W hile this therapy is not
a cure it represents tile first
hope ili.il these < hildren and
I heir families have tor reprieve
from < ert.iin, terrible death
I lie ditlerem e lietween IftHli
.imi tod.w is liie avail.rbilitv ot
animal models The hope for
tomorrow depends on using
those models 'let a l)\ll) re
scari fier told me in December
that the possibility of anil vi\ i
sei tionisl harassment kept het
from using the best model |a
dog who has the same genetic
disease) in her research
l ver\ vear that a ( lire tor
|)MI) is delayed. Mil) children
are crippled, and another MIO
paralyzed and another Mil) die
Keseart h ( mild save these « lid
dren. and the hundreds ot
thousands ot others who sutler
from other uncured diseases
Win are these "creatures' ex
erupt from Houn icr's i om cm ‘
Pamela Daener
Ai ademii Affairs
Accomplished
In 1971. students at the I'ni
versilv i mated I hi’ Oregon Stu
dent I’nlilit Interest, and Ke
scan h (d'otip as a veldt It* to at
tet I public polit \ I'oday.
OSIMKU is a statew ide student
dins led organization with
i bapters at tile l bliversity . Port
land State t ’diversity and lew
is and ('lark ( adlege
I lie students on these tain
puses shale a variety ot ton
terns width range front envi
ronmental preservation to con
sinner protet lion to hunger re
liet OSI’lKCl enables these stu
dents to turn their concern into
positive action by conducting
statewide research. publishing
htndinatk lepoils and passing
laws that ettei I the quality oi
lile in ( begun
Our statew ide at t omplish
inents ini lude the Renter's
Handbook the Toxit Use Re
dot lion Ail tile Federal t 'lean
An Ait the llungei ( leanup
and an annual Toy Safely re
port whii ll has resulted in the
national retail of two danger
ous toy s
In addition to learning linin'
about the issues that affix t us
as t itizens. students at the Uni
versify .ire given the opportuni
ty to learn valuable leadership
skills through frequent
trainings and internships on
i ampus and in the state legis
lature Therefore OSI’IRC not
onK gives us a vehir le for poll
ti« at at tion. but provides us
« ith an important edur ational
servir e
Hei anse OSPIRG is funded
and controlled by students, it
makes itself directly account
able to the students hv going to
the ballot every two years Stu
dents deserve the opportunity
to make the choice to support
organization like OSl’IKG,
whose primary purpose is to
give students a voice on broad
public polk V issues that after t
us as i itizens
Dii I ciic I .nviti
Chapter Chair
OSPIKC
Food
The United States govern
ment should send an armed
convoy into Kthiopia. ( arrying
tons of food. (in m with the i at
go of goods to strategit villages
.md have volunteers st.ite and
distribute the loud l' S tanks
and helicopters could save
lives
We could take everv precau
tion to he neutral and express
th.it our only motive is to help
the sii k and the weak Perhaps
we could get food in and get
out without firing a shot
I’cti' Ken.i
(iraduati*
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