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VS I O Hxm utive i andidales Irnnifrr Hills llrll) and loSonja Watson said improving auvss to hi«tur nluiation lor
Oregon's students is thru tup prioriti
BillsAA/atson hope to limit barriers
By Carrie Dennett
Emerald Reporter
Jennifer Hills and JoSonja
Watson, one of three tn kets in
the Asm president and vice
president rate, saitl they want
to improve at t ess to education
"There are a lot of issues out
on campus,'' said Hills, a
fourth-year English major end
acting chairwoman of the Inci
dental Fee Committee, "hut ul
timately, {students are) out for
an education
Hills and Watson salt! there
are many barriers to education
at the University, including
campus safety, increasing tui
tion costs, lat k of affordable
child care and lack of services
for the hantlit apped
"We want to limit or allevi
ate .is mans harriers to higher
education as possible. Hills
said
The effects of Ballot Measure
ri have ( reeled ness harriers that
the ticket agrees are of primary
concern
"Oregon Student I.obbs has
projected that one third of the
money that’s being cut will
come hack to the University.
Hills said "We'd like to see
that go toward lowering tin
lion
"If you can't go to si bool lie
i ause tlie tuition is too high,
and that $200 that you're now
going to have to pay to the 1 'ni
varsity used to pay your rent,
or buy your food, or buy your
books, then that's a barrier to
sour edut ation." she said
"Tuition hikes affect all of
us. program t uts uffet I all of
us bet ause it uffet ts tin' uvi'iall
quality dI the I'niversilv she
sail)
We need to find a was to
get the students pist hyped,
said Watson, a sophomore un
(let lured major and li t mem
her "We’re only two people,
we tan onW do so moth our
selves
Hills said an added problem
is th.it throughout the budget
tutting process, higher etlut a
tion officials refused to listen to
the few students who tliti trv to
her oine involved
'It's reallv frustrating he
cause the state doesn't take stu
dents seriously." she said
The only way to overcome
this disparity. Hills saitl is to
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