UNIVERSITY
Brand takes tour of HEP facilities
By Cathy Peterson
Emerald Reporter
University President Myles
Brand and several University
administrators toured the High
School Equivalency Program
facility Tuesday.
"We could use a bathroom
and a water faucet... and mon
ey.” HEP Director Steve Marks
Fife told the visitors.
Vice President Dan Williams.
College of Education Dean Rob
ert Gilberts and Affirmative Ac
tion Director Diane Wong
joined Brand on what one HEP
staff member said was the first
University administration visit
to the 17lh Avenue facility in a
long time.
“We certainly hope this is
not a one-time shot and that we
won't not see University ad
ministrators here for another
year," recruiter Oscar Hernan
dez said.
Hut Hernandez said the atten
tion from the administrators
sent a strong message "Their
visit legitimizes the program
it says 'we are here,' " he said
The program, which was es
tablished at the University in
1967. prepares migrant or sea
sonal farm workers to pass the
(JKI). an exam that grants them
the equivalency of a high
school diploma.
About H5 percent of the stu
dents graduate from the pro
gram, one of the largest resi
dential programs in the coun
try. and almost half of those
students go on to college.
"The visit went great. It's
great just to have them here,"
Marks-Fife said
HEP. which Marks-Fife said
has a $425,000 budget this
year, pays the University for
dormitory use and other stu
dent services, its funding
comes from the federal govern
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"in the interim, we need to be planning for the worst." Guardi
no said. "We have to be conservative about what revenue will be
lost.''
Long said making spending cuts in the school district's current
budget would lx: "dangerous.”
"The notion of reducing the budget right now is not recoin
mended.” he said. “We don't want to make changes mid-year be
cause it might disrupt the kids in the classroom '
School financing has gotten the most attention during the Meas
ure 5 debate, but the law has many other ramifications Local ser
vices. such as fire and police protection, will compete for dwin
dling property tax revenue.
Guardino said no decisions have been made about what services
and programs will be cut first, but mentioned Downtown Develop
ment as a likely victim.
"It really depends on what the community priorities are." In
said. "We have to figure out what programs we can cut I can't
speculate on the needs and wants of the community
In an Oct. 2 memo to the city council. Guardino said Measure 5
would cost Eugene between $900,000 and $2.4 million next year
If the expected economic recession takes hold, that figure could
grow.
"Our projections show a lot greater hit on revenue loss if we're
in a recession." he said.
The Eugene School District has one of the largest budgets of any
school district in the state, with a total of over $'lti million for the
current year. Over $60 million comes from property tax levies and
past-due collections.
"There's no way to run schools without replacement revenue,"
lamg said. "Right now, the schools are in receivership to the state,
and we’re going to have to wait for them to solve the problems.
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are hoping that the Legislature
will come up with a new plan
to fund higher education.
"A lot of the talk {about
spending cuts) is premature be
cause we don't know how the
Legislature is going to handle
it,” said Mike (kdson, Inciden
tal Fee Committee chairman
Me said funding of student
groups should not be affected
by Measure 5 — at least not di
rectly — because the money al
located by the IFC comes from
student fees, not from the state.
However, belt-tightening
measures across campus will
have some effect on student's
attitudes toward the incidental
fees they pay each term and on
the IFC’s allocation philoso
phy. Colson said.
"The IFC is going to look
long and hard at holding down
student fees, which are some of
the highest in the nation,” he
said.
Besides educating students
on the possible effects of Meas
ure 5. AStJO's Manning said
she is gathering information
and examining the effects of
budget cuts made in 1983 dur
ing the last recession.
Manning said she lias found
that many of the cutbacks made
seven years ago. when the Uni
versity had to trim $2 million
from its budget, were intended
to be "temporary.” but many of
the programs eliminated have
never been restorer).
"We maid to know this kind
of stuff so when (administra
tors) come to us and say. 'lad's
get rid of this program for now;
we can bring it back later,' wu
can say 'Don't kid us.' "
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Program recruiter Hernandez
told thf administrators th.it stu
dents should In- given lietler
services and more access to
University classes in return for
the money paid to the Universi
ty by HEP
Brand said involving IIEP
students in University classes
is one way to make HEP more
visible to the rest of campus
"We need to let the campus
community know about this
program." he said
Brand also said he was im
pressed with the number of
graduates who go on to college,
but Marks-Fife said most of the
IIEP graduates who do, choose
Oregon State University over
the University That is partly
because of an OSU program si
milar to IIEP called CAMP. In
said, adding that In-Iter recruit
ment for motivated IIEP stu
dents might help
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University President Myles Brand and other University
administrators not a better look at the High School
Equivalency Program when HEP Director Steve Marks-Eife
IleftI led them on a tour of the program‘s building.
IhirinH the* tour. Marks-Fife
jumped up and down on a
bowed i lassroom floor to show
Brand the weak hoards Marks
Fife also pointed to a shut door
that he said was .in unusable
bathroom with bad plumbing.
The stuff has repainted and
carpeted most of the rooms, hut
the old buildings will need
more repair. HEP staff members
said.
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