Daily Emerald
Editorial
Rise in tuition costs
will limit University
Tuition .it the University continues to list; while
education officials express their concern, but once
again students are going to pay for the increasing costs
of attending college.
Students will pay 1(1 percent more for tuition in
1990-91 than they did in 1989-90. And if Oregon High
er Education Chancellor Thomas Bartlett has his way.
tuition will also rise both years in the 1991-93 bienni
um.
Students should pay their fair share, but they are
currently doing so. It was just a little more than 30
years ago that attending a college or university was an
elitist endeavor. Back then a high school degree was
considered necessary for a decent job, anti college was
lor those who were going into specific. complex oc< u
pations and it was for those w ho could afford it
However, technology evolved at an incredible rate
throughout the 19H()s-80s, and a high school diploma
is simply not enough for a decent job anymore So. to
keep up with tin’ demand of an ever-evolving job mar
ket. higher education had to become more accessible
for students who in the past could not afford it. even if
thev had the qualifications.
financial aid programs, such as fell Chants, were
borne to enable needy students to attend college These
programs helped millions of students attend school in
the 1900s and 70s who before would not have been
able to. But school costs today are rising while finan
i lal aid programs are either lagging or being cut com
pletely The rise of tuition fees at the University, espe
cially if it becomes a yearly occurrence, threatens the
mission of a public university If higher education is
available only to those who can afford, it will once
again behoove a homogeneous population rich
wbite males
Oregon’s legislature has been passing the buc k on
this issue for years now More general fund money
must he allocated for state colleges and universities ter
keep tuition costs at a minimum. A public university is
for everyone.
Attempts at sales taxes and lotteries haven’t been
the answer for higher education funding in the past,
and are not the likely solution for the future. And
while Chancellor Bartlett would like to see the State
Emergency Board allocate $10 million for increased
faculty salaries, the professors will need students to
teach.
Since more money is needed to ensure; the quality
of instructors at the University, tuition fee's must he
kept at a minimum to ensure that students have the
means and the time to spend on their education
Elections are coming up. Vote for candidates that
support higher education.
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CSD and lawmakers to blame for abuse
Tin; admission by the (Ihildren's Sri
vims Division that staff mmnbi’rs lot a 14
vear-old b«\ remain in the i ustodv ot a i on
vit led i hiId molester is shocking.
Not only did the DSD staff members
know Ih.if the man Ki< hard Smith, was a
child molester hut (ontrary to their rules
they let the ho\ remain in the mail's i ustodv
for five months after their discover! 1 hr
boy had to run away before ( SI) even took
ai turn on the situation
Initially the mistake was not DSD's fault
The agem y usually does .in extensive ba< k
ground i heck on all potential foster parents
l ’nfortunately state law does not allow (.SI)
to i heck police records from other states
Hut last November, w hen a DSD case
worker learned of Smith's background the
fault shifted to ('SI) Although the ( asevvork
er roc rived hard evident e that Smith was in
deed a t omit ted child molester, the boy
continued to remain with Smith for five
months
If appears that more than one DSD staff
member knew of the situation Perhaps they
thought Smith was fully reformed and dr
t itled to leave the boy w ith him, bet ausr at
tei all. the boy was "hard to plat e
Or perhaps they thought it they told
someone about the situation or tried to relo
i .tic tin’ boy they would be reprimanded.
Whatever the reasons lor leaving the boy
with Smith, they cannot he good enough.
There is no excuse for that hind ol irrespon
sible mismanagement of .1 young child's life.
Mew laws should be enacted to prevent
this kind of situation from ever happening
again C!SI) should have the right to search
nil police and THI records concerning .1 po
tential foster parent. There is a well estab
lished national computer link-up. that al
lows the polic e and government agencies to
obtain police records on individuals from all
over the country.
This intensive system should be made
available to ageiu ies that really need it. such
as (.’SI), so that caseworkers will be able to
make knowledgeable decisions based on
c omplete information
It is frightening that until now. the con
sequences of this law have never been no
ticed W ho knows how main other children
are living* with previously convicted child
molesters or murders
(:SI) employees who are to blame for this
situation should be severely reprimanded if
not removed from their positions and the
legislature should ensure that the laws are
changed so that situations like this will not
happen again.
Forum
Media overlooked real purpose of Bush demonstration
By Steven Hultberg
I'lif news uii'di<i (li'inonstra!
t'il tli.it it is ini apable nt report
ing anything in .1 substantive
yvav I'lie shallow slipellli i.il
reporting of the demonstration
.it the Hush VI .000 .1 plate
hreaklast is but one example
I lie foe us ol almost even re
port s,nf that of National Hub
In Radio, was oil the burning
of flags. fireworks and the toss
my of eggs at partit ipants of
the hre.lklast Although these
events did take plai e lhe\
were by no means endorsed In
every demonstrator nor were
they the only messages that
people were attempting to get
ill loss
Not one report discussed
peoples' demand tor an answer
from the president concerning
the Kit hard Brenneke '( )< tuber
Surprise" perjury rase
Hrenneke \\ found innoi • ■ nt
lit'i ausi! thr government could
not prove former (1.\ direetor
William t ase\ or Reagan Hush
official Donald (degg were not
at a meeting in Paris with
Hrenneke and Iranian oftk nils
concerning the 1 S hostages
prior to the 1UH0 ele< lion \1
though Hrenneke's innocem e
is not it de facto admission ot
guilt tor the Reagan Hush ad
ministration, it does raise sen
oils questions l or'instant e.
whv could the government not
place the whereabouts ot two
topoffii nils tii.it weekend ' U In
did Donald t.regg produce .1
pu ture of himself.supposedly
of him that weekend in the
1 'lilted States whit h later
proved to hefrom another time
and not the weekend in ques
lion/ It was this type ofqties
lion that demonstrators wanted
an answer lor It was also the
type of question that the media
i hose to ignore
The media chose to ignore
demonstrators' demands tor an
swers concerning the Oliver
\ortli ill,uies t he pubiii ation
of these diaries raises even
more questions about him
min h Hush knew and when he
knew about tiie Iran Contra
dealings What evai 11 \ did
Hush and \orth talk about prior
to North's testimony to Con
gress. and right alter ' Hush lias
i hosen to ignore these ques
lions, and so has the media
Commentary
People wanted to know win
we are building bases in Peru
ami whoexaitlv we are "tight
ing" against. What will our
military do when they are into
itablv fired upon' Will a tire
tight in some rural valley in
Peru provoke the same tvpe ot
response th.it the iic.it 11 ot a sec
viccman in Panama did? Peo
ple wanted to know it we are
going to he fighting a war on
drugs in Peru, or are we going
to ignore the failure Vietnam
and try to eradicate another in
surgent group The line be
tween the two is quite a fine
one. one that people in Port
land wanted clarific ation on.
and one that the media ( hose to
ignore
People asked President Hush
how i lose he was to Noriega,
and win. after the Justice lie
pertinent dec lared Noriega to
lie a drug running < riminal. did
North and the White House at
tempt to enac t a "five point
plan" to spruce up the (loner
el's image? What did Hush
know ol this live-point plan?
Demonstrators wanted to
know win the White House
continued to support the Af
ghan rebels well after it came to
their attention that the rebels
were nmssivelv involved in the
drug trade
Women wanted to know w h\
George Hush thinks he has the
right to intervene in their most
personal decisions.
While flag-burnings and egg
tossing are great tor headlines
and front page photographs,
this superfir ial reporting seri
ously detrai ts from the issue at
hand Without an explanation
of win people were demon
strating. and what they were
demanding, the public: is. at
best, left wondering why. but
more likely left with the im
pression that the demonstration
was ,i bunch of radicals burn
ing flags for no reason There
were reasons, but the media, in
an attempt to package the news
in 30-second news spots, chose
to ignore them.
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