Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Friday. December 7, I'T'X)
Kugene. Oregon
Volume *).
Issue 71
Brirtiy
As tensions in the Per
sian Gulf continue to
mount, the possibility
arises that the United
Slates will see its first
draft since the Vietnam
era ended almost 20 years
ago
Unlike during the
Vietnam era, male collage
students would not be ex
empt from the draff.
See story, Page I
People make lots of
jokes when they loam
Carl Hosticka has two ca
reers. one as a University
associate professor and
one as a slate representa
tive from District 40 in
Eugene. he says.
Fellow legislators
laugh when they learn his
job in the "real world" is
in academics, and his col
leagues in the Depart
ment of Planning, Public
Policy and Management
thinks it's funny that he
has a "real" job in poli
tics as a legislator.
See story, Page 7
Entertainment
It's not very often that
someone starts playing
music in a little campus
tavern ami ends up mak
ing it big — but Hubert
Cray did.
For him. it all started
in Eugene's own Taylors.
894 E. 13th. "He’s origi
nally from Tacoma, but
Eugene is where every
thing really took off for
him,” said Mike Cohen,
general manager for Dou
ble Tee. the promotion
company handling local
Cray concerts.
See atory, Page 12
The offices of the Ore
gon Sports Network are
in a small, cramped cor
ner of Mac Arthur Court,
but the OSN operation is
anything but minor.
See story. Page 14
The Oregon Ducks got
their second taste of life
on the road in college
basketball Thursday
night, and it left them
feeling a little queasy.
The Ducks beaded into
Utah's Huntsman Center
fresh off of a 98-71 win
over UAB and looking to
extend their winning
streak to two games, but
they ran into a Utah
squad that wasn't about
to let that happen.
See story. Page 15
Colleges to get fallout from budget cuts
By Joe Kidd
( metaid Politics Editor
Oregon's executive depart
ment projected an $8Ut) million
budget shortfall in the 1*1*11 ‘it
hiennium Friday, painting an
even more dismal pit tore tor
the fiscal futures of state-fund
ed agencies including Ore
gon's universities and colleges
The executive department
pegged incoming dollars for
state programs for the next two
years at a level S-1 1 million
lower than its last analysis
done in September, adding to
the budget pressures legislators
already anticipate by the pas
sage erf tax-limiting Measure 5
"1 feel like I'm ( limbing up
the cliffs at the guns of Nava
rone," said state Kep f'ony
Van Vliet. K-Corvallis, who
will be next year's co-chairman
of the budget-writing House
Ways and Means Committee
"We clearly have a tough job
ahead of us
Peter Courtney
The executive department
[las projer ted the state's present
budget into the next biennium
at $t> 1 billion With tin* new
revenue projection bringing
available dollars lor th.it period
to $r> 1 billion, the state faces a
shortfall of nearly SHOO million
because Oregon's Legislature
is rf‘i|uirt‘tl lu produce a tial
ancotl budget. the SIMM) million
gap has spurrvil spot illation of
budget i uts i hi- lower predii
tii>11 has i alli'tl into question
tin' feasibility ol tho proposed
increases of an additional $rit)
million tor lot tillv sidarms and
Sat million for university Ii
hrarios
"Wo havo an awful lot of
hard work ahead of us,' Von
\ hot said t here are ‘Mi differ
out legislators with ‘to different
philosophies And they have to
work together with a governor
th.it has desires of her own for
the future of the slate
In order to prepare fur the an
(imputed round of budget i ut
ting, the exei utive department
two weeks ago required state
funded agent ies ini hiding
the State System of Higher F.du
cation to submit budget see
narios with 10 pen out redui
lions
And last week the legislative
Fiscal Office asked the same
agent ies In respond to ,i hypo
lliflit .il f> pert fill i til. a retlut
lion t>eyund I In* III percent st tv
nario alrfatly required.
"We know mi will havr to
make i tils." said legislative fis
t al officer |ohn 1-altimer ''I>«■
pending on what is considered
fssfiilial. vvf art* considering
i uls of |ri port fill and that
< mild lif as high as l't pf rtf ill
out of Ihf budget in orclnr to
give llif Legislature options
"We want to lif able to talk
willi (state-funded age lit ies)
.iImiiiI whfrf Wf tan till pro
grams in part or in whole,
ininiini/.ing tlui pain In those
who tan Ifasl afford it," lie
said "Nevertheless, we havf
no t:hoi< f; wf have to balance
I lie Inidgf I
Dave Quin/.er. vita* chancel
lor lor budget polit v for Higher
Education. said the Fiscal Of
lice has asked Higher Kdut a
lion to offer a plan if additional
Turn to BUDGETS Page 5
Kh«>Ut bt S»»n I'mlitn
lason Margolis. a HEP volunteer, anil Brian Moore, an instructor in the high school equivalency program, lead 35 new graduates
in a song at commencement exercises Thursday.
HEP students receive diplomas with pride
By Cathy Peterson
tmerald Reporter
After eight weeks of studying .inti a week
of intensive tests, 35 high school equiva
lency program students collet ted their di
plomas in the Ben Linder Room in a t ere
mony with all the traditional trappings
"This is a proud moment for them and a
proud moment for us." program Director
Steve Marks Life said. "We've het ome .1 lit
tle hit like a family, a family that gets larger
and larger," lie said
"These are :t.r> young people who have
taken .1 step forward in their life
Kstablished .it the Universih in l‘tt>r the
High School Kquivulencv I’rogram is open
to anvone regardless of rate creed or 1 olor
who has been a migrant or seasonal farm
worker, or has members of their fainily who
have done farm-related work
The program serves more than 1)0 people
a year during three eight- to It) week semes
ters
Career counselor lose de la Pena wel
comed the former HKP students in the audi
ence. including |esiis Kstrada. w ho gradual
ed with the very lirst I1KP class J-l years
ago
"When you started, some of you said you
didn't know d you wanted to he here de
la Pena said "You survived, you did well,
you should he happy
In the future, "the whole responsibility
will he yours." lie said Non have taken it
and ha\ e clone something w it h it
"Please don't stop learning I.dm ate
yourself
He asked the parents in the audience to
support their < hildren in seeking more edu
cation or whatever they choose to do
‘'They're turned on right now.'' he said
"Continue to help this motivation thev feed
inside
I set very high goals.' instructor Svlvie
l lorendo told the students "You n< c epled
the c hallenge
She1 commended Umr.i l.egorreta. who
I lorendo said works a full shitt at night at
ter taking c lasses all day.
Please continue to studv you'll do
great." said instructor Hrynn Moore, who
also led the students in song at the end of
the1 ceremony