Daily Emerald iLditOFlcil Band-aid solutions no help to athletics Athletics have always played an important part in ml lege life Hut when budget deta ils in the Athletic Department affect previouslv made ai ademii fier i sinus, the situation is obviously serious llie Athletii Department is las ing a St I million dollar shortfall this year In ordei to keep that defied from grow mg. the l -'niversitv w ill enroll tot) more stu dents than it had plan net I for 10'10‘D . m< reusing ovei all enrollment to ! 7.800 Ihe (fregon State Hoard <>! Higher I slits at ion voted Inns’ 14 to allow the t adversity to lilt ds enrollmsmt sap Ills1 Athletii Department, which had tormerlv paid tuition tor some of its athletes, san now waive those tuition lees < nmpletek The loss to the I 'niversi t\ will he offset hv the tuition pait! In Ills' .too extra students The problem of tight budgets at the I'niversitv is not new mu w ill it go a wav as long as the State I .egis■ lalure ansi higlmr edmation silfisials continue to pel mil hand aid solutions I he Sports Ai tion lotterv game tlisl not geus’rate the revenue lot sports that aslvos ales hail hops’ll for. A proposed tax on alcohol anil tobacco pint!us Is to help funsi college athletii s was soundly lie h-.ileil in the Wn's'iiihs'i 10)0) geni'ial eles lion l ’nfortunatelv, no real solutions are evident, al though options range (rum the marginal to the ritiii iilous ()ne possihi!it\ is to si'parats1 the Sports As tion hinds Iruin tin* general lotterv revenue ( urreuth money Irom the sports lottery is translerresl il the gen eral lot let \ tails short ot its rs’M'iiue re<|uirement Kep Davisl Dix (DKugi'iie) said that tln> Sports l,nttel\ would gi'lieiate mole money lol athletii s if it were de tas lii'il Irom the geni'ial lottei v Anolhet possibilih is to transler ftuisls from other programs into athlete s. Tinallv the I'niveisdv could drop out of the I’.u il is 11) (lonlei sms f. although main i nnsidei tins option unthinkable and unreasonable The only s onsensus among state and local officials is that raising the enrollment i ap is a oils' year, tempo ran solution "It was the best of a terrible set ot choices facing state universities." said (’11iversitx President Myles Brand Higher fains ait inn (Ilians s' I lor Thomas Bartlett adsl esl. " The spiestiuii is. vvhis h is tbs' lesser of some hail solutions:’" Pi'rtiaps Dan W illiams vice presislimt for adminis tration said it best " To solve one problem we are s re .ding another Baiul-aiils won't cun* the athls’tis -lunding prob lem. Onlv serious analysis and negotiations hv son s eined oftis ials will w/ / vMKT SHOULD \ i [ Yim toda\j ? N *s ceoftse's yp CABii Education president should repeal law Tins weekend Americ a's mayors tilled ( 'iingress In repeal the (iramm-Rudnian deft r.it-redin tinn l.iw because d unfairly reduces citv-level services llmvevei. student-lobby 11114 groups have complained for years that federal financial aid programs are also 1111 fairly targeted li\ (Iranun -Rodman. tndei the law. automatic spending cuts take effect if the White House and (longress do not meet specific reductions Too often huwevei the programs hardest hit hv the au tomat ii 1 uts are the ones vv it Ii the most to oi ler. I infer President Reagan, Pell (irants and other finam ial aid programs were targeted for seven* reductions through (iramiuKud man Only intense lobbying In student or ganizations and support from sympathetic representatives kept the administration from realizing its goals (iramm-Rudnian merely provides an es i ape clause for (longress. Because of legisla tors' failure to propose ,1 balanced budget. (iramm-Kudman acts as a safety valve and .ill too often, sot iiil programs, including ti 11.me i.d aid for students, are the fust to suf fei I'hete are exemptions to the Crauini Kudrnan law Certain military projects and foreign aid appropriations are not atfei ted In the automatic cuts. Evidently, representa tives have identified these exemptions to placate then constituents and their HACs and so boost their chances for re-elei tion. (ieorge Hush says he wants to he the ed ucation president, but so far he hasn't shown us anything. Bush should repeal the (Iramm-Kudman law and ensure Congress p.ns proper attention to education if he real l\ wants to prove he supports the issue. Bush has a lot more to do before he per suades us he is the education president. But that's hard to do when he spends his time on matters such as the constitutional amend ment to ban flag-burning. Of course, the right to tree speech includes the right to sav nothing. School paper I .1111 amazed at the amount ot I ell us u hat \iiu think" ad vertising you list'd to promote a demographu survey that ai lowed a 1 by :> inch space tor comments U hat an adminis trative Ian e I would like to suggest that you do a column ini h analysis of the past year's issues and compare the content for adyer tising. gay issues and the other jut) 1'imersity groups' activi ties The Emerald is not a national newspaper it is a st hunt puhlit ahon and Is meant to serve the entire t uir ersity community At present the Emerald seems to serve a very small (hut highly voi all portion ot the community I yyas unable to sei ure the number ot tiAl.A's membership but I doubt it i umprises a majority ot the It>.U(H) to 18.000 students yvlio attend the I'niversity o! Oregon Hv comparison, it re i eives at least tat pert ent iit the 01)1 > coverage (ini hilling (IAI.A ga\ anil related issues) Where is the vnii e of all our other students' I lave volt ever considered that it the (pialilv ot the 1)1)1 was to he raised sutticienlh. advertising i mild he limited in space and retain its revenues (or exceed them)' I think it's worth consideration Another suggestion To sene the I'niversilv population In ottering "dollar .ids' even is sue There is no rule that s.ivs vou must charge per line Win not make it the rule to otter vour i loseted ( ommuiiitv the i ham e to reai h eat h other tm onl\ one dollar ' Advertise how main i opies are printed and how mam students and em plovees have act ess to the pa per on i ampus then let tin’ students figure out the bargain I het vou would increase ads and readers h\ the end ot one v ear Mot onlv does a student pa per need to highlight individu al student groups and their .it ■ livitics it needs to introduce the population to its t.u nils and (.nurses Kach term there are new students, new t lasses and new opportunities that go unnotir ed because no one know s about them There is an absolute dbun (Lmt e of material on campus if vou would only see bevond a narrow "news" concept. This is where a community paper and a university paper separate in content and in focus. Your job is not to serve the world hut to serve the I'ntver sit\ community Deborah Martin Kugene Flag Charade So once again Hag burning lias become a major c ampaign locus \!\ (aid. what has this country been reduc ed to•' Am thing but reality will do As long as we have vaudevillian exhibitionists pounding their i hosts on this II,ig i harade why spoil the show with discussion o! real issues? Things like gel ting to the bottom of the $500 billion S& 1. scandal, homeless families, environmental prob lems. displaced workers, outra geous fraud and waste in mili tary spending, regaining a com petitive national economy, etc In my opinion, any leader with the integrity and courage to deal with the aforemen tioned issues is