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thiil would push the c nst id undergraduate tuition
to over $‘H)() .1 term
During the Ttiesdav press i onferein e, Camp
l>ell said higher education should consider mak
mg more cuts in administrative areas in order to
spare educational programs and to prevent e\
tremelv high tuition rates Onl\ minutes before
the news conference. at«mt 400 students rallied
on the Capitol's front steps to protest budget cuts
and higher tuition proposals
Campbell, a Republican from Kugene. also
questioned how well college and universitv ad
ministrators communicated when dei iding on
program cuts "There's some question when you
look at the cuts, whether there w.is any t oordina
tion." he said.
doth Campbell and kitzhaber admitted that
higher education, like other state agent ies. have
few available options in the face of major cuts
Nevertheless. Campbell said the higher education
budget may not get its traditional protection from
close legislative review this biennium
"We ought to ask the co-chairs of the Ways
and Means (Committee) to take a good look at the
higher education budget." he said "That's some
thing that we seldom do because we don't have
the same access to that budget as we do other
agencies' budgets."
Campbell said some legislators have suggest
ed the higher education budget not he a "block
budget," in which actual spending decisions are
determined less by the Legislature and more by
the Higher education Board.
"That (kind of change), of course, would he
like starting the third world war." he said. "But I
think we're going to look at those tilings, hei ause
we have very serious business when you start
talking about the kinds of cuts that are being
made."
While Higher education Chancellor Thomas
Bartlett said he welcomes i lose review hv lav\
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Senate President lohn Kitzhaber (left) and
House Speaker Larry Campbell speak on the
higher education budget at a press conference.
Tuesday.
milkers, he questioned whether there is enough
time in the 1 Titl-dav legislative session to make
thorough decisions about his agency's $1 I bil
lion budget, a third of which is funded h\ the
state
"I think they're absolutely right that the
Legislature needs to and ought to si rutini/e our
budget very closely," he said "My one concern
is whether there is time to do that I would hope
to have a long, careful review
Hut Bartlett said if legislative si rutiny were
to become too detailed, such involvement "could
paralyze for two years our ability to make adjust
ments and use our ingenuity and creativity
Assembly requests new revenue
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Reporter
Faculty and administrators
voted unanimously Wednesday
afternoon to request replace
ment revenue from the Legisla
ture to counteract the effects of
announced budget cuts at the
University as a result of Ballot
Measure 5.
Final decisions were made
on the budget cuts Monday af
ternoon. Provost Norman Wes
sells told the University Assem
bly
The faculty subcommittee re
ceived "several hundred letters
from concerned faculty, stu
dents. alumni and other inter
ested parties" voicing concern
over the proposed budget cuts.
Wessells said in a letter to Pres
ident Myles Brand dated Feb.
(i. However. Wessells added
that despite any protests the
original budget cuts still stand.
The faculty subcommittee
hadn't learned anything new
since the cuts were originally
proposed which would cause
the "fundamental cuts" to l>e
reversed. he said.
Although Brand hopes re
placement revenue will become
available so these programs can
be saved, he remains pessimis
tic about this taking place.
"My expectation is that no
replacement revenue will be
found within this biennium
and that these cuts are perma
nent," Brand said. "If this
changes we'll go back (retrieve
cut programs).
"My frank opinion is that
people in this state are not
highly supportive of higher ed
ucation and that the legislators
are. in part, reacting to that,"
Brand said. "We were given an
impossible task by the legisla
ture. We are the sacrificial
lambs. We are the scapegoats
for the tax system.”
Keplaceinent revenues and
restoration of the University
budget ure imperative. Brand
said, adding that higher educa
tion could face more trouble in
tin1 future "It could be the
worst is yet to come It's possi
ble there are greater cuts
(ahead)." he said
Although there hus been op
position to tuition surcharge
which will raise approximately
$:t.5 million elimination of
the proposed surcharge would
have dire consequences for the
University by further reducing
programs.
"If the tuition surcharge is
not passed the cuts will dou
ble." Brand said "If that hap
pened 1 don't know what we'd
do. We've already had to cut
programs wo shouldn't have
oven thought about cutting
Iho administration decided
to retain the 15 tenured faculty
whose programs ■ire up for
elimination and "look at how
remaining faculty can come to
gather to generate new degree
programs," VVessells said
Also, there will also lie about
a 3,2 to 3.5 percent reduction
in the University's salary budg
et, he said, adding that the
deans would he "charged with
looking at bottom line figures
such as the budgets for GTFs."
“1 can’t justify the cuts but
we're forced into choice given
our options and we have very
bad options," Hrand said
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