Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
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Discussion focuses
on tax alternatives
By Rene DeCai r
f mt'Mi.i Reriode' :
Oregon s I,i\ striii lure is like
,in nlil wobbly lun legged
stool
With one leg hiissing ami the
ntlifi tun legs being uk vary ing
lengths the tax base "fnt the
state's higher i'iIui ation system
and i>tIn-1 programs is not
slisidv said Margaret Halim k
(lirei tor of tilt' l'ni\ ersily 's la
fior education and resean li i en
ter
)ohn Mosely l 'niversily \ u e
Most look
to new tax
for answer
By Joe Kidd
Poitin.^ Kdi!- •
Sun* vou've heard .1 lui
about |iolilh no is opin
ions on thi* Stiii million
loppm! oil the highei i-d
in iition budget
Hill what do people al
I In- I ' n i vi-r sit \ think
.ihoiil proposed nils lui
lion hikes and possible
solutions ‘
liming -i walking loin
ol die i .illipus I uesd.iv
one reporter got .in earful
nlxiul Measure > Irom slti
dents lai lilts and stall
uu’inlrers While lhe\ .ill
si oi it the i ills and tuition
hikes there is I ill le agree
meiit mi hull to solve the
problems
Most are looking tin
some kind ol new tax
hut w hat li pe o| las is de
halahle I'mposals lange
horn the most-often-meii
tioued sales las to totalll
upending the strut tore ol
the I ' S jjoverimieill
There were those like
Karen Mi lull an l.nglisll
student who was luni h
mg in the l-.Ml sk\light
luesdav
"I think it s unfortu
nate there is so llllli li
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Iui■ si<i<*111 for research and Sen
(iratfoti K erans .1 demm r.il
from Ihigetie tinned llallm k in
.1 (list iisMiiii on 1 anipux I ties
<1.1 \ rt i’iann'til It'll Measure ■
tlif lax Crisis .1 mt lltghei l.du
I .ll lull '
I hf three -were nn 1 atnpiis 1 * *
II \ .mil spark publii 11111 ■ 11"■ 1
.1 ml disi ussiuii about ways In
r* ■ p i tii I* if v«* it in • lust bv the pax
sage of Measure "i
Speaking In .1 group ol aln nit
J( I people I l.ll 11 )i k s.i ii I Oregon
is missing thf i input.ilu ini niiii’
ta\ " Irg" \vhit h 1 urrent 1\
brings only .1 sitiiill .tmniinl o!
money lu tin1 si.iti* duel has not
increased in _’li years
I l.ilIi« k said I hf stall’ inslf.iil
relies mi tlii> other two lugs
me unit’ and property taxes in
hold up and support its ser
siics And ss illi I In* passage Ol
Measure > the slate saw ed our
biggest leg lit halt she said
Ilallot k said H l percent of
slate revenue 1 nines from the
income lax which she said is
the third highest m the nation
She also noted that Oregon
property taxes which supply
local governments with about
0(1 percent ot their revenue an
tin' filth highest 111 the i ountrv
II the state IS to keep Its sei
vii es it i annul t ontinue to relv
on pist two taxes hut instead
people must wolk to find a new
tax that is politically sale and
acceptable to voters llallni k
said
mic added tn.it it mu mu tic
r.isv lu net voters to approve .1
new tax bei ause many people
arc lonfiiscii aiul angrv .ilmut
Measure "1 and uni onvim.ed
that higher eilm allot! needs as
iiiui h money as it does
Margaret made it sound
prett v grim didn't she "
Reruns said referring to
I tailor k s presentation \i tu
ally its worse
Reruns said it replai eiiicnl
revenue is not found soon the
Stale will need ill extra Si
billion In l*t‘t 1 on 1 ompared
u it ft aiiout $t St) million that
the state is i urrentlv lai king
llighei edlit atlnii took .111 SHI.
million 1 11I lor the fin 1 >1 i hi
enniurn that w ill he halam ed
out partly hv program cuts, tui
tion 1111 leases and sun harges
However highei education is
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Preachin ’ blues
Ih'iwiuliiiif tm one •• point nt i /«• vv /ini Webber either enr.iptureil hi enr.ifiiut students
,ind onlookers .is he hroui’ht his s.imh\ u h ho.ml philosopln to the I- \ll t ourt\mil on
I'uesil.n .itternooti
I’huto In Sr.iii I'lislon
Professors contest proposed rule
By Lisa Millegan
t meratd Repoiter _
I'rnversitv professors expressed uiiu.ern I ues
dav over .1 proposed ( nnflut uf-interest pole \
th.it would limit the .iiimmit ot time they mil
spend p.irtn ipat mg 111 outside prolession.il .11 11v i
t les
I In pilin ', drafted In .1 f.u ulty eommittee.
would provide guidelines to determine the
Ixmnd.itv between appropriate und inappropriate
outside protession.il activities as well as the .11
i eptable amount ol time fatuity liiembets could
spend on outside business
An Oregon law whir h the Legislature passed
Iasi \eat reipures the I diversity and all other
state 1 o I leges to implement such a polii \
Several ot the approximately -to lac 11 Itv mem
hers at l uesdav s hearing expressed com ern over
what ttiev thought were severe limitations on
their outside .11 llV Itles
i bis dm iiment m its present torm. and with
its present tone of distrust unreasonably and
shortsightedlv ilisi mirages lai.ulty involvement
in the private sector." said flarve Waff. geologi
1 al si lent es professor,
However 1 ommittee member Peter von Ilippel
assured faculty members that they will actually
be eiH ouraged tc pursue professional mleiesls
outside the t nivorsilv
Non exempt does not mean not allowed
von I lippel s.i id referring to I lie proposal ■ list ol
outside prolessional activities that would tec|Uire
departmental approv al
I vervoile is I'll! ouraged to ask tor exr eptions
to the guidelines
( hemistrv I’rntessor |olm ke.ma said lie took
ex( eplion with the polii \ "line day out ol seven
days" limit on the time Intulty members could
devote to outside professional interests
lie said professors ( ould still fulfill tlleil oil
ligations to the I 'diversity w itfi a "one day out ol
live days limit
We all put in more than 4(1 hours a week here
|any w ay |,' he said
( omnutlee member Karen Sprague said the
one out of seven days limit was tier essarv be
c alls'- (the 1 omnntteei didn't want to c undone a
tour day work week
Keana also i ommented that the proposal has a
flavor ol negativis.nil that committee mem
tiers should make it more cm enraging to I ni
versitv industry relations
This dor urnent takes sue h a negative slant e
U all said It needs balauc e
Inside
The majority ot Kugene
voters has opted for keeping
tile I km ntim n Mall closed
to tiaffu leaving propo
neiits ot the plan st.rambling
to find alternatives in help
iti a.\ i;t■ n\ i! i ugene s tron
bled.er onoim
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International
SK1PKKA YIBl 1)1 N India
(AP) A liomli hidden in .1
fluv\ er basket killed I or me r
Prime Minister K.i|iv (Ian
1II11 tlie suit .Hid grandson nl
prime imnisteis. as lie t arn
paigned Itiesdas in an elei
tion lie hoped would sweep
die tain . \ ii\ nast\ 1 >a« k to
pt)W et
\u uni' i lamird rvsponsi
Inlily
(..nidhi ri*c rnlK had lit'cn
stmiupnx oft mh unis
guards I In' bomb cvpli»«li d
haring (..mdhi apart and
killing I I dllicr |ii'iipli' as
he stepped from Ins i at into
.1 throng of supporters pu*ss
mg tlimers nn him .1! a 1 am
paign stop in Srtperatnhu
dm I Ih> tuv\ 11 Is 2ri milt's
■1 .iitliui>si nl Madras in
southeastern I ini i.i
An A >su( anted Press re
porter saw tin- explosion.
I lilted \eU s ot I in I i.i said
the devn e was remote i on
trolled
( towds surged through
the streets ot Madras as
word spread that the -Iti
year old leader ot the Con
giess I'artv had been killed
l*ri\ ate veliii les and three
Inisi’s were snl afire Men
ripped eiei tion posters from
walls
In New i)«lhl. the federal
(apitul infuriated t rmvds
set tire In tin? Iioinn of .1 poli
in ul nval eark Wednesdav
,iihI attiH Ud foreign I \
i.rews \n injuries were re
ported Many residents
stood outside f.andhi's
house and w epf*