UNIVERSITY
I’Kolo bv I (Mill V\ iltiam*
The law school would close in IHH..7 under a hill
proposed by two memlters of the state Legisla
ture.
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don’t eliminate (the law sc hool). we ll lose it any
wav. Johnson said "All fac tors indie ate that it's time
to bite the bullet
The University's law school will require $1 T> mil
lion "just to maintain accreditation." Yih said The
accreditation of Oregon's private law sc heads has not
been threatened, she* said
Yih said other states with the same size popula
tion as Oregon's tend to have no more than two law
sc hoeds. as opposed to Oregon's three, whir h is "was
above that ratio " Iowa with a population of - H mil
lion (the' same .is Oregon). Mississippi with 2 l> mil
lion, and Wisconsin with -i It million eac h have two
law sc hools
Offic ials at the chancellor's office w ill not rec oin
mend c losure of the law sc hool when thev meet w ith
the State Hoard on Friday although thev will propose
that enrollment be cut drastic allv to reduc e- student
professor ratios said Slnrlev (dark. vi< e chancellor for
ac ademii att.urs
"What is being recommended bv the l imersitv of
Oregon is in response to fiscal resource concerns."
(dark said "We're recommending that the freshman
class for the fall of lie reduc ed from this year by a
third to a half
I lif i Ii.iiu ellor's of fit e is < oncerued "whether the
school i (in maintain" its an reditiition. she said
I lie lull proposed hv < Mark and Vih would limit
students to attending the private law si hoots, which
means ini reasml educational costs, (dark said
"This is the only public law school in the stale."
she said "I'm certain the costs are different Students
only have three options now The hill certainly does
i lose off potential for the edui ation of students "
“If we don’t eliminate (the law
school), we’ll lose it anyway. ”
-Rep. Rod Johnson
Hie i Insure ol the I'Diversitys law si hool would
su\e the state > million evert biennium, even with
the i ost ol the 10(1 annual scholarships she has pro
posed allotting, "l ill said
I he scholarships would ensure that state funds
lienellt ( iregnn residents, about a fourth of the slu
dents i urrentlv enrolled in the law si hool are from out
ot state, 'i ill said
"Whv should tax payers subsidize the edui ations
ol out of state students''" she said
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to form the alternative bus line.
His trip across the United
States stretched from an antici
pated four days to several
weeks.
"He realized it's not how fast
you can get there, but to do it
right and see stuff." derrick
said
On its southbound trips from
Kugene to San Francisco, pas
sengers stop at dow dreek in
Southern Oregon for pancakes
and a sauna l 'diversity student
Mary Elizabeth Ager 1ms made
the trip six times
"There were people who I
didn't know then at all Hut I
felt very comfortable around
them." Ager said, recounting
her naked dip in the natural
wood sauna Set bar k in the
MAYAN
SPEAKERS
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Luis Enrique, Sam Colop
and
InnaOtzoy
to speak on
Ethnicity
and Modernization
among
Guatemalan
Mayans
Friday, March 1
4:30
100 Willamette
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trues, the stop at l!im (I reek al
lows for cooperation among
passengers who cook a commu
nal meal and clean up
Many passengers familiar
v\ ith the West < oast route name
the sauna stop as the highlight
of their trip However, the actu
al bus ride is where real bonds
are formed. Ager said
"There's a lot of story swap
ping," she said "It reminds
me of what it would be like in
the Middle Ages it they had
buses then
Ager said she likes the bus's
unique interior and compared
it with the (ireyhound bus
line's more staid seating ar
rangement
University freshman Mart
Hidal described the (ireen lor
foist; as a youth hostel on
wheels A Berkeley. Calif na
live, C• i<ia 1 has traveled the
West Coast route three times
lie noted that a sizable portion
of his fellow passengers have
been regulars, who know the
bus driver personally
"By the end of the bus ride
you feel you know them too,"
he said
liven the most "uptight" per
son will start talking within an
hour. Cidul said Anyone
who's vs tiling to get on the bus
will bet time "absorbed into
it." he said of the Intimate if
not pungent environs.
The smell of human lieings
predominates at night. Ager
said
"You get prettv t lose to peo
(
pit"." she said All of I ho
lies in ihi' front mm lion of
thi' Inis fold into hods, and a
largo mattress in liai k. also
sorvi's as a slumping area
Inti'ri'stmg passengers often
doiniiuitc a travelers time in
transit While riding tlu> Tor
toiso to l.os Angulos hist sum
liter, journalism major (.hrissy
March mol a woman who
i lanni'd to havn been a i at dur
mg a past lift'm Kgvpt
March s1iid she wasn’t pist
going along for the ride when
she decided to take the (ireen
Tortoise W ith Mexico as her li
mil destination. Man h found
the hus to he i heapor than oth
er modes of travel The entire
run from Kllgene to l.os An
geles i osts $till
However. she was less than
thrilled with the ( lose pruximi
ty of her fellow passengers
"It's very cold and crowded."
she said of the nighttime driv
ing "You sleep right on top of
them."
Her friend Carol Shank found
herself in a light spot when a
bus rider made advances to
ward her "Soon we begun to
realize Ins less than reaper table
intentions," Slienk said of a
man who slept la-tween her and
Man h
Nevertheless. Shenk said she
will ride the bus in the future.
"You're consenting to that
kind of trip," she said "You
know it's not going to he a cpii
et ride the point is to have
fun."
FORMER OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
Counselors and faculty from Oregon Community Colleges
will be on campus today.
They would like to talk with you about your 110 experience.
Meet with them in the EMU anytime between 1:00 and 3:00 PM today.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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CENTRAL OREGON
CHEMEKETA
LANE
LINN-BENTON
MT. HOOD
PORTLAND
SOUTHWESTERN
UMPQUA
ROOM IN THE EMU
CENTURY ROOM B
CENTURY ROOM A
CEDAR ROOM A
OAK ROOM
CENTURY ROOM D
CEDAR ROOM B
CEDAR ROOM D
CENTURY ROOM E
CENTURY ROOM F