FUNDING Continued from Page 7 folks outside* the field nf edut .1 lion " said Kirk Bailev who has met with board members .is ASl'O (.(1 president Thev're not clueless they .ire < on i erned <ind 1 arillg people Bailev s.iid he doesn't blame education budget problems on am one group or individual but sees it as a problem with the overall system of govern ment I here's a conflict in (Iregnn between our democralh refer endum style of government and the needs of edui at ion. " he said "I can remember several turn's wtii'n hint) s< hool tint) |u nior high si hool levies havi' f.oil'd in (Jregon (aillege students need to hi' ciiini' niori' vim ill iibout funding for their institutions Hailev said f’eople are (list starting to take the problem serioush " hi said "If students i an t gel into i lasses hei atise ot a in< k ot funding, they need to speak out (.all a state legislator or have then parents speak out Hailes said lie would like to see state bodies cooperate to solve funding problems The state Legislature governor and the stale hoard need to come to gather and create a master plan to mi reuse funding for higher education. he said Tin* Oregon Student l.ohln is uni' office working to increase higher cdui alion funding "I,units salaries arc unpor taut and sve have lobbied hard for .m increase in the past, said I.vnn Pinkney OSI. e\ecu live direr tor in Salem (fregon is i urrentlv in the bottom filth among (lie nation’s st hools for lat nils salars lev els In the last siv rears salary ini leases for Oregon university ftit nils hase not kept up s\ ith inflation, and the problem mas only get ss i use \ huge number of fai lilts will rotire in I he next tt*n years Pinkney said ''('om hined with a del Tease ill the number ol doctorates being awarded nationwide, tins means that luring will become verv competitive I’inknev s sentiment is ech oed in the introduction to the state hoard s l<l«il-!l.t budget proposal. scheduled to be sent to the governor Sept 1 "Oregon is losing good lactd tv and often failing to recruit sitai replacements, thus jeopar dizing the talent pool that re quired two dm ades or more to build the statement reads I’in knes s of! ice is also try ing to persuade the legislature to I would’ve bought a Macintosh even without the student discount. Greg Gollent Consumer Economics and Housing Cornell University 'Ilu* first lime 1 saw a Macintosh. I was immediatcK hi x iked. It’s a \v< irk i it an I saw the student pricing and my next mow was oh\ ions get one Si ime iither e< miputers are eheaper. but they're a pain to learn, and working (m them can be a grueling experience List year, a friend bought am idler kind i it ei imputer against m\ advice and has used i! tor mavhe h In mi's Wlut .1 w aste "Macintosh, on the t niter hand, is a It >gical extension o( the mind. It lets you utncentrateon what s/;/ your paper, not on how to get it on paper Mni can create prolessional looking documents in minutes.and uni lose the tear i >1 learning new pn grams because they all w< »rk in the same wav. ()nce you've w> >rked with a Macinti)sh. there's no turning back Win do|X‘i >pk‘ low Macintosh ? Ask them. .Microcomputer Support Lab 202 Computing C enter Monday-Frida> 9ain-5pm 346-4402 r<nsi' its spending cap "Re\ cihics sh u\ lh.it Oregon has tin numcu . \vr just need to use it she said Legislators' most recent sold tion to higher edm ation budget problems was to i reate a new lottery In 1 OHO. they c rented Sports Action and d irei ted most funds generated In tin game to interi ollegiate athleti s and student aid \t its ini option, the game was expected to generate Sit million lor higher edut ation 88 percent of the money was to go to athletics and lit percent to student aid. said Dave Quen/er. the state hoard’s asso i.iate vice i hancellor for budget and fiscal policy However. legislators. con cerned that a popular Sports Action game would divert re\ enue from the regulni state lot torv. added a snfet\ net to the legislation calling for funds to he transferred from Sports At tion whenever the regular lot tery suffered As a result of fund transfers the state higher education svs t e m has rec e i ved a me re $450,000 from Sports Action "The state hoard of higher education will go to the gover nor and suggest that Sports A< tion he decoupled from the reg ular lottery Quen/er said The two-year budget current ly on the table has good news for students and faculty alike if il passes the scrutiny of the governor and the Legislature Tuition tor resident and out of state students will increase In only n 7 perc ent per year in the next two years This rate should preserve the Universi ty’s current national rank for funding The state board is also sug gesting that overall funding lie increased at a rate equal to iu flation 4 H pen ent In addition to matt long inila lion tlie board is also propos ing some "dei ision pat kages totaling Silt. 'i million to sup piemen! the budget in specific areas The largest pat kage earmarks Sat) million lor (acuity salarv increases, long the state sys tern s biggest concern ()t that amount. $4 million is intended tor tat ultv support in forms other than salaries, including supplies and hiring more tear li ing assist.mts Another package would pro vide outreach services tor non traditional students and in crease international compe tent e tor students and staff Oregon is a leader m con (acting nations in the l’ac ifh Kim nations," Quen/.er said We need to spend more man • i inti nr i ng student ex change '' Another package in the new budget would expand higher education benefits in the Port land area by spending $4 mil lion on the Center for Craduate and Professional Education at Portland State University Oregon State University would also receive an extra St. 4 million tor its agricultural and forest research depart ments The largest pac kage proposed for a single institution is $15 1 million for Oregon Health Sc i ence’s University Recycle This Paper