Oregon DAILY EMERALD Friday, January II. 1991 Hugcnc. Oregon Volume 92, Issue 77 Gulf WASHINGTON (API — A somber Congress on Thursday sped toward its starkest war-and-peace decision since World War II. and leaders in both parties predicted Presi dent Bush would get what he wants: authority to take the nation to war in the Persian Gulf Supporters and oppo nents of the president in troduced competing reso lutions — one giving au thority for war. the other asserting that sanctions and diplomacy must be given more time to work — as Tuesday's United Nations deadline for Iraqi withdrawal bore down. See story. Page B Inside Beginning next fall the t biiversily School of four nalism will begin offering a minor degree. The University currir ilium committee recently approved the degree in "mass media studies ' The m bool vv ill also offer two new courses next year. See story. Page 5 More than 20 campus area crimes were reported to the Office of Public Safety or the Eugene Pie lice Department between Dec. 3 and Jan. 8. Sec ‘Police Beal.’ Page 8 Tamil Brandon The healed Oregon State-Oregon Civil War ri valry lakes on a lillle add ed significance Saturday in Corvallis. Both the Beaver* and Ducks are 2-0 after the first week of Pacific-10 Conference action with Ihe Iwo schools sweeping California and Stanford. While Oregon Slate has won 24 of Ihe past 27 Cfvfl War games. Oregon beat the Beavers 78-71 hack in December at Port land's Memorial Colise um in a game the Ducks led wire-to-wire Saa story. Page It Tuition increase, surcharge proposed 'T| » u\ lohti (iov -elect Barbara Roberts describes where stale dollars are to go at a press conference Thursday when• she presented her ret: unintended budget — a budget that will drastically cut funds from all state agencies, including higher education. Roberts presents state budget package By Joe Kidd Fmeraid Politics Editor SALEM Oregon's universities and colleges face cuts ol .it least $74 million over the next two years which could result in hundreds of faculty and stuff cuts and dramatically higher tuition rates, said Gov.-elect Barbara Huberts on Thursday. Citing Measure 5 and gloomy revenue forecasts for the stale. Huberts presented a budget package for the 19*11-93 bien nium that calls for the most comprehen sive cuts an Oregon governor has ever made at one time In order to make up a $H40 million predicted shortfall. Huberts' proposals will slice between 10 and 12 percent from all state funded agencies, ranging from cuts in law enforcement and cor ructions to shutting down six mental health hospitals The state's Constitution requires the governor to present a balanced budget to the legislature at the beginning of each legislative session Within those cuts. Roberts proposed the Stati! System of Higher Education eliminate up to 500 faculty, staff and ad ministrator positions, raise tuition and lower enrollment caps over the next two years in order to absorb the $74 million cut. While final decisions have not been made, a I! 7 percent tuition increase for students at the University and addition al $20(1 per-lerm surcharges are the most likely outcome, said Larry Uirge, vice chancellor of public affairs Turn to BUDGET. Page 4 Rally to decry proposed hikes Students are being asked to walk out of classes at noon Monday lo attend a rally against proposed tuition hikes. The rally, sponsored by University Demo crats and the ASUO. is intended to send a mes sage to the legislature on the opening day of its 1991 session that students cannot afford lo pay tuition increases, said |ason Moore, University Democrats chairman. Proposed tuition increases and budget cuts from the office of the chancellor of higher educa tion will be announced at the rally, which will lie held in front of Johnson Hall. GTF contract revisions allow more research By Tammy Batey Emerald Reporter More graduate students will ium l>e eligible for membership in the Graduate Teaching fel lows Federation, tin- union that negotiates salary contracts and offers a health insurance plan, among other services. Also. GTFs may now work more research hours than speci fled in their contracts and earn accordingly larger stipends. These two changes to the GTF contract were made as part of a settlement to a grievance filed by the federation in March A memorandum issued ()< I ‘I bv University administrators outlines two revisions of the central t that take effe< t begin ning winter term The first i hange i larifies who is eligible to be part of tin* C/ITT. said Carol l-t Com. for mer vice president for Universi ty relations. Some GTTs were unreason ably excluded from participa tion in the federation because of confusion over the distinc tion lietween researc h conduct 4-<i to fulfill degree require ments and research done to earn extra money, said Stead man Upham, vice provost and dean of the graduate sc bool (il l's conducting research to fulfill requirements for an ad vanced degree and those who are working lor the University arc- exc hided from membership in the- federation ‘‘The original contract was ton vague." Upham said Settlement of the grievance was slow because there were "no concessions made on ei ther side.' I.a (’om said After first attempts to rent h .1 snitahle agreement were unsin cessful. "the University in es sence was faced with the possi bility of outside arbitration." Upham said However, the fact that both sides were able to reach an agreement is a "symbol of more positive relations between the University and the union." lai Turn to GTF . page 4