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. LAW Continued from Page 1 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 TORTOISE Continued from Page 1 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 -i * Luis Enrique, Sam Colop and InnaOtzoy to speak on Ethnicity and Modernization among Guatemalan Mayans Friday, March 1 4:30 100 Willamette L __/ 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 BLUE MOUNTAIN 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