Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Monday. January 14. 1991
F.ugenc, Oregon
Volume 92, Issue 78
Pkolo b% Smen PtMlon
Dominic Sachet (center), a University freshman, hears draft information at a Sunday workshop
sponsored by CAergv and Laity (.oncerned,
Draft counselors
answer questions
By June Russell
Emerald Reporter
Draft registrants who have
questions about the selective
service, exemptions or defer
ments to tin* draft should have
their questions answered now.
draft counselors said at a work
shop Sunday at the Unitarian
Church of Kugene and Lane
(bounty.
Once a draft induction notice
is sent ordering a man to report
for a military physical examina
tion. he has only ten days from
the notice's issue date to file
any exemption or deferment
claims, said Ronna Friend,
Clergy and Laity Concerned
draft counselor
Though no draft plans have
been announced by the govern
ment. in practice, a person can
have as few as five or six days
in which to file claims It is im
portant. Friend said, to get
questions answered now and to
have any necessary documenta
tion for exemptions prepared
before the induction notice ar
rives.
"I wouldn't wait to net ex
emption claim information to
gether." Friend said "You
want to have it ready when
your number is called. In the
( use of i onscientious objectors,
you need to !m' ready to show
this has been a constant con
cern in your life
"Unlike in Vietnam time, if
you pass your physical you go
into another room, take an
oath, cross the line and you’re
in the military." she said. "It
Turn to DRAFT. Page 4
Day-long protest planned
By Don Peters
Emerald Associate Editor
Flugene Peaceworks and the
No Gulf War Coalition will
hold a day-long protest of
U.S. intervention in the Mid
dle Hast Tuesday, the day of
the United Nations-imposod
deadline for the Iraqi with
drawal from Kuwait.
The protest will begin at 7
a m at Alton Baker Park
Demonstrators will stage a
mock funeral procession, car
rying volunteers in zipped-up
body hags a half mile to the
Federal Building Their route
will take them across the Fer
ry Street Bridge and through
downtown Flugene.
At 7:30 a m., an air-raid si
ren will sound at the Federal
Building Fifty protesters will
freeze in place through the si
ren's duration and then col
lapse in mock death They
will then be wrapped in ban
dages and deposited at the
doors of the building.
The protest will continue at
noon with a rally, also at the
Federal Building In case ol
(he outbreak of hostilities, op
ponents of the war are urged
to gather immediately at the
Federal Building
Willow Kjellberg. one of the
organizers of the protest, said
more than 200 people are ex
pected to meet at Alton Baker
Park.
'“We hope to send a state
ment to the government, the
media, and the public at
large," Kjellberg said. "We
want to express our feeling on
the horrors of war and the
true value of peace
"We're willing to put our
bodies on the line for peace,
but not put our bodies on the
line for war."
Kjellberg said the protests
have had "good, overall sup
port" from the community,
but that some people have
mistaken their protests for in
difference toward the U S
soldiers in the Persian Uulf
"We support the troops."
she said. "We want them
home alive. We think their
lives are worth more than
oil.”
Hosticka offers future fiscal hope
Students asked to respond to cuts
By Bob Waite
Ftneiald Reporter
White the nation calculates
the cost and casualties of war,
people at the University are es
timating the economic conse
quences of property tax reform
Hut at least one legislator
calls people to action while of
fering future fiscal hope
Tuition increases and staff re
ductions were predicted by
University President Myles
Brand before the November
election, and Cov. Harbara Rob
erts' proposed $74 million
higher education budget cut
Friday brought the University
closer to the anticipated "belt
tightening "
While Roberts and State
Hoard of Higher Education
Chancellor Thomas Hartlett
continue to discuss the board's
proposed t>,7 percent tuition in
crease and $200 per term sur
charge. the legislature must yet
approve Roberts' proposed
budget. No final decisions have
been made, but the immediate
fiscal future is bleak.
Voter approval of Hal lot
Measure 5 reduced property
taxes that would have provided
money for state K-12 schools
The measure required lost
school revenues, for the next
five years, to come from the
state's general fund
"Whether the voters thought
this all out or not. the fact re
mains that the impact is to re
duce budgets for state services
One of the things the governor
did was to find places where
increased user fees could help
pay for the services." said Kd
Whitelaw. University econom
ics professor and member of
Roberts' transition team.
What does the fee increase
mean to students?
"Typically, when the price
of anything goes up. people
buy less of it." Whitelaw said,
but he suggested asking stu
dents what it means to them.
"We don't know exactly
what our cut will Ire. but it is
clear that the student body is
going to get significantly small
er." University Provost Nor
man Wessells said Friday.
Norman Wessells
Member* of the Measure 5
Action Team will help ilrtuu!
make those decisions, said
Wesselis, who is himself a
member of the team.
An across-the-board cut
would not t>e acceptable. Wes
sells said, so the team of stu
dents, faculty and administra
tors are workinx to find better
ways to make the cuts.
Turn to CUTS, Page 4
Briefly
The Oregon Legislature
convenes today in Salem for
the first day of its 1991-92
session Before the first is
sues are discussed at the
slate capitol. Barbara Rob
erts will be sworn in as Ore
gon's 34th governor
Gulf Crisis
Nothing came out of a
last-ditch diplomatic at
tempt by U N. Secretary
General Javier Perez de
Cuellar in Baghdad. As the
talks between Perez de Cuel
lar and Iraqi President Sad
dam Hussein failed, thou
sands were demonstrating
around the United States
and the world against a po
tential war in the Middle
East.
See stories, pages 6. 7, 8.
16, 17
Inskto
A funeral service will be
held today for Barbara
Wiles, an administrative as
sistant in the University's
Department of Planning.
Public: Policy and Manage
ment. who died |an. 8 of
cancer-related complica
tions
See story. Page 4
Bill Shields, vice presi
dent of Willamette Indus
tries. believes people forget
the so-called "human ele
ment" when discussing for
est preservation issues.
Shields. University business
administration ( lass
See story. Page 5
Sports
Terrell Brandon
Balanced scoring and
domination on the boards
helped the Oregon State
men’s basketball team beat
tin; Ducks 84-7t> in Corvallis
on Saturday. The Duck
women suffered a worse fate
at the hands of their OSIJ ri
vals. losing 74-58 in McAr
thur Court Friday night.
Almanac
Today is the last day to
drop courses without a $10
fee