POLITICS
Brand against tax measure
By Joe Kidd
Emerald Politics Editor
The University next year
Students will have to pay up to
$2,000 a term for tuition, class
es will tx* even more difficult to
pack into, and fat ulty members
will be paid at a rat** even low
er than they now get. which is
already well below the national
average
That's how the University's
near future looks if the property
tax-limiting Ballot Measure 5
passes in the Nov t> elections,
s.iid University President Styles
Brand.
If tin* measure sui * e**ds next
month, the University would
likely lose $10 million or more
over the next two years Brand
said
That size budget slash would
set off a rash of drastic "crisis
management'* measures rang
ing from double or triple tui
tion hikes and the freezing of
.ill far ulty salaries to entire pro
grams possible being r.ul he
said
"At that point, the object
would lx- to maintain the tore
of the University.*' Brand said.
Measure on the ballot by
initiative petition, would limit
proper! \ tax.cs next year to $2f>
per St.tHM) of assessed value,
and would evenlualh rati bet
that ceiling down to $ir> per
$ i ,000 in pm
Because the initiative pro
vides no other source of in
come the state would lie re
quired to replac e the lost rex •
enue from its general fund over
the next six years a total
pegged at more than Si l bil
lion. according io the meas
ure's fiscal impac I statement
Oregon's universities and
colleges would face a cut of
$120 million during J*»*>I ‘H
with the University's share of
that loss slated for $ it) million
if the initiative succeeds, ac
curding to estimates released
two weeks ago by the chancel
lor's office of the state higher
edm ation system
"We now have difficulties in
i lass sizes and insuffic ient
funds he< uuse of a budget t lit
of $2 million three years ago."
Brand said. "I leave it to your
imagination to find out what
kinds of difficulties we would
have on campus if that cut was
Sit) million instead of $1’ mil
lion."
Beyond the next two years,
higher education's loss to the
measure would rise even fur
(her to nearly SHOO million dur
ing 1993-97 if no other source
of funding for the state is
found, the chancellor's office
estimated
"We are talking about an
amount equal to the closure of
Oregon State University or one
of the regional state i oileges
That's how mm li Measure 5
would pull out of the state's
(higher education) system
Brand said
"Those who favor the meas
ure want the user to pa\ for il
all That would mean students
would be paying full-freight."
he said
Carl llostii ka the state's
House majority leader, said he
believes a sales lax proposal
would Im- the Legislature's most
Measure 5 Impact on State General Fund
lA*summg 9 value growth)
'^1
lutinm t*t Iw mu4
»«**(
»■*
(•r*|>hi4 In Mm hjpl Khvm II
likeh reaction li Measure ">
passes
"The only way to avoid that
kind of a (financ ial) nightmare
would be that the legislature
conveoe •» special session
sometime between the elet lions
and the end of the vear to enact
a sales tax." he said
"Hut if the atmosphere is
such that Measure 5 passes.
th.it urn iidI he possible." he
s.iiil "There nun be a lot of
people unwilling to <lo any
thing in that kind of atmos
phere
If the initiative passes, the
state's future budget process
"would lie a real blood hath,
where no one is safe,” llostioka
said.
DOCTORS OF OPTOMETRY
next TO LENSCRAFTERS
DR. RON V. CUEVAS
OPTOMETRIST
00
OFF
LETE
ACT LENS
iCKAGE
0* Ron V Cutitl 1 Attocutti
400 V*l!«y Ri*t» C*nl*(
Eu9*n* Oregon 97401
{S03IM7M06
Am*nc#n Op«om#|f*c
At too* lion
Sit YOUR SHIRT ON STUN.
lh»lm§md prosper m tm atta ahami top. loch dniyi is om refer m slmdy
coltom MM fceofher guy f-sMrf or s woo/. G*t several hi rim wkok crow.
0>M lib (tax W>
umonmnunmmun t*t mu
ton an rm ixounci mum m mm/*
10WHAH omowuK (OM V* MM/*
mm sam ot mm ss mu*
mcHsaiMAUDUir m. mu
U*r W
S»M SUM
5fM SUM
S*M SUM
SIM SUM
SIM SUM
SIXmtM IVki
SUXmixH Sm*l
SIX itMW lm fruity
SIXmfiM U»] 5
•Mil I* ddttry m «f
aim WW (Sai »
«wo*y «dv a
MMUuta owe*
WS tab Wm 177
M>0im«> 0M/8M
if
"W*
"WWW
Lawrence Seno Jr.
Director of Admission
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF LAW
Will meet with prospective students to
discuss admission standards
and scholarship requirements.
October 30
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
in the EMU
'I'hc Northwest's Oldest Law School.
Willamette University College of Law.
Founded 1883 in Salem, Oregon.
Call Willamette (503) 370 ft282/Wntc Willamette Salem OR 97301
School
of MUSIC
THIS WEEK
at BEALL HALL:
961 E. 18th Ave.
LESLIE STRAKA,
) BARBARA PALMER
Faculty Artist Series
Music tor viola and piano.
Mon., Oct. 29 8 pm.
$4 General Admission
$2 Students / Seniors
OCTUBAFEST
) Special Event
A vaudevillean program with
tubas & euphoniums galore!
Tut*., Oct 30 8 p.m.
(4 General Admission
$2 Students / Seniors
CHORAL CONCERT
I Student Ensembles
University Singers, Chamber
Choir, and Women's Chorus
Thurt., Nov. 1 8 p.m.
$3 General Admission
$1 Students / Seniors
HOMECOMING
, CONCERT
Student Ensembles
Oregon Jazz Ensemble,
University Singers, UO
Symphony, Oregon Wind
Ensemble.
Friday, Nov. 2 8 p.m.
FREE Admission
For more information, call:
346-3761 (Music School)
FACULTY MEMBERS &
GRADUATE STUDENTS
YOU HAVE A CHANCE
MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
The I/O Bookstore is looking for you
to fill an important position on the
Board of Directors.
GRADUATE POSITION: The position is that of
a student currently of graduate school standing For
purpose of membership on the Board a graduate student
must be fully accredited in the graduate school and must
maintain a course load of not less that 9 units The term of
office will run until June 1991.
FACULTY POSITION; The position is that of a
teaching faculty (officer of instruction). For purpose of
membership on the Board a faculty member must be a full
time professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or
instructor employed as an officer of instruction on the
Eugene campus. The term of office will run until June
1991.
UO Bookstore board members represent the student,
faculty and staff of the University of Oregon, and have the
opportunity to guide the bookstore in policy matters
Members attend monthly meetings, and receive a 530
stipend per month.
ALL APPLICANTS must pick up your application packet
in the Administrative Office (at the rear of the second floor
of the UO Bookstore). Applications for these two positions
on the UO Bookstore Board will be taken until 6.00 p.m..
Fruidju Itevcmbcr L199Q.
The Election Committee of the Board will screen all
applicants and will select applicants for a personal inter
view All applicants will be notified whether or not they
have been selected for an interview.
For more information, please contact either Jim Williams or
Lisa Burkhart at 346-4331.
Have A Say
In The Future
Of Your
Bookstore!
13th and Kincaid, M-F 7:304, Sat 104, Ph 344-4331