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Breaking away
Seattle Sea hunks running bark Derek IaoiIIi run
for a touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons at an NFL.
scrimmage between the tno teams Friday night in Port
land See story, Page 5.
Photo by Mark Ylen
Tuition goes through roof
Only Berkeley
will cost more
than University
By Christopher Blair
Emerald Editor
Beginning (.ill term, the l Ini
yrrsitv will him: tin* second
highest tuition ill any public
university in the western Unit
i'll St,lies
Thr Oregon State Board of
Higher Education raise,I tuition
hv .1 hou I one third lor the
state's eight public colleges and
universities at its I riduv meet
dig
11 ndergrud uute tuition lor
resident University students
will cost St!.598 a year, or S 1«>7
more a term I he University of
California at Berkeley, the most
expensive public school in the
West, costs only SHO more a
year
A S U() i’res id en I | en n i ler
Bills restated her tear the 111
crease will make an eduiation
too expensive tor many, espe
i tally older and minority stu
dents
Bills said that regardless of fi
nancial aid opportunities, low
income students will fare the
added burden of interest on
student loans
"I think its irontr that I he
lower iniome students are go
ing to pay more tor their educa
lion Ilian someone who has the
money up hunt, she said
Bills said thr ASl () will he
working with the Oregon Stu
den! Lobby in Salem to get
more money lor education from
the Legislature and to work lor
a change in the way the stale
system assesses tuition
"We don't think tuition
should tie based on whether the
University needs to make more
[university tuition increases I
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$ 655
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money she said
We need to work with tin
state board We have to Ihey
have been lobbying (the l.egis
lalurti), hut they need to lohhv
more Ihey need to lohhv hard
er
Although the tot reuse will
generate inui h needed reveinie.
(ireg Parker director ol com
mumrulions tor the State .Syx
tern ol Higher h'ducutiun. said
SOU administrative positions
iiround the stall- will have to be
eliminated
Because ol Measure r> cuts
the state system Will still have
to eliminate or merge ‘10 aca
demic programs and trim en
rollment by it.ODD students at
its eight si hools
1 ilia I lenge a n voile to ex
plain that to an audiem e and
leav e them laughing." he said
Despite the burden on stu
dents Parkei said the situation
could have been wiirse
Without a last minute s.'D
m i II ion add bin k lurid alio
railed to the state system by the
Legislature, this years tuition
surcharge would have been
S2DD a term instead ol the SID"
a term, and enrollment would
have been trimmed hv D.DDl)
students
Parker said Measure s ap
proval and subsequent i uts and
fee increases have come at a
time when the hoard is trying
to make systemwide improve
merits, such as in capital con
strut lion
At the same meeting. (In
board also authorized the sale
of Si-1 million in bonds lor
eight construction projer is and
■him 1 u it I t‘(|ii i |)rnon I tor Oriigun
Health Si mm es University
Parker said ili|>11•• ilm tm
Inm hikes .mil tinam ul prob
loins llio sv slum is l.n ing, il
must continue to improvo its
fin ilitios .nut l.n ultv siil.irios
Retaining faculty with argu
mollis sin h .is Oregon's In ilnl
it\ .mil Lugone lining .1 nil 1
pluco to r.i iso .1 film 1 ly ( ,111
only work, lor so long. Parker
said
Aftor tho I ilth or sixth lot tor
from Stanford or Cornell, ill,it
just isn't going to work with
some ol thoso poojilo, ho s.ml
I’arkor s.iui In? could not pro
diet whether linin' tuition lukos
arc on I hi- horizon for tho stato
systoin ns tliu Legislature and
voters battle over a new tax to
replace property tax revenue
lost from Measure ,r>
Parker -..i 11 f students are only
paying for about lit percent ol
their mini at Ion up from 2H
percent last year Kate Milliard
( )SI. oxoi utive assistant direi
lor. said the pru e is i limbing
too steeply
"I think Ifiat lterkeley is an
interesting comparison to the
University of Oregon." sin
said 'll costs less to go to
UCLA "
Mallard said "the state hoard
did everything it could," but
without lobbying efforts from
students, the extra .$20 million
from the Legislature might not
have materialized
Media fail in watchdog role, author says
By Dan Eisler
Emerald Contributor
Thtt media's subservience
to thit government during lint
Persian Culf War confirmed
their rule us (orporatecon
trolled propaganda mar.hines
for a small ruling elite, a me
dia observer said Sunday.
Norman Solomon, co-au
thor with Martin Lee of Unrv
liable Sonn es A Cuith• to De
tecting Ilias in New* Mali,i,
told a Hilyurd Center uudi
erne the media functioned as
a government lap dog instead
of a watchdog during the en
tire crisis
The media merely parroted
a false debate held along
Pennsylvania Avenue be
tween the president and Con
gress over U.S. involvement
m the gulf before lawmakers
approved military action, Sol
omon said in u speech spon
sored by Eugene Poacoworks
"Real stories are like dia
monds," said Solomon, w'ho
An occasional dissent doesn 't diminish
propaganda ’s impacts. ’
Norman Solomon
is also peace desk coordinator
at Fairness n Accuracy in Re
porting, a media watchdog
group "They have u lot of
sides "
liven non government dis
senting views on U S military
involvement presented in the
news merely reflected the
high degree ol government
control over the media, he
said
"Propaganda doesn't re
quire 100 percent discipline,"
Solomon said. "An occasional
dissent doesn't diminish
propaganda's impacts.
"If you hear something 1(K)
times, it's more powerful than
if you hear it once or twice,"
he said, "especially if it's on
the front page
Moreover, the limited
umounl of anti war opinions
presented in thi; media ended
when die bombing begun in
lunuury, Solomon said. "After
Congress declured its support
of the war and the missiles
started flying, the media l>e
name a fourth brunch of tin'
government
"Separation between press
and state is supposed to be
the principle, but in practice
you can almost kiss it good
bye," Solomon said.
The war was just an exam
ple of a broader pattern of the
media's submission to the
government, lie said Skepti
< ism of government action
rises when Congress raises
some criticism, but otherwise
the media "tend to be on a
pretty short leash.”
Thiil leash is |iulli‘il In thi;
corporations tti.iI own media
outlets, .is well us hy the gov
eminent, Solomon said "It's
difficult to sav where the Pen
tagon begins and Cunorul
Electric ends "
For example, OK owns
NBC. Solomon said "Tom
Itrokaw doesn’t mention that
m reports ol weapons systems
produced by OK." he said
During the war, Hrokaw and
the NBC crow never acknowl
edged the people writing their
paychecks made profits from
the missiles used to kill Iraqis,
Solomon said "It's a taboo
topic. the blood money be
ing made by corporations "
The rival TV networks
weren't any better, he said,
adding that comparing the
networks and their evening
news anchors is like compar
ing cigarette brands not
mam different es
Turn to MEDIA, Page 3
INDEX
Brilliance_
A group of ISO talented and gifted
students met the challenges o! classes
and oilier activities at a University
session Ihis summer
See sfory, Page 3
Say it ain’t so_
Comedian Paul Reubens, who
played the obnoxious Pee-woo Her
man in two feature films and the Sat
urd.iv morning TV' show I'rr wee's
/’/in house. Is denying (.barges lie ex
posed himself in .1 New York adult
nun ie theater last week
See story, Page 6
Stellick signs_
Kelsey Stellick, a two time state
javelin champ from Sammamish
High School in Dnllevue. Wash ,
signed a national letter-of intent late
last week for Coach Tom Heinonen's
women's lra< k team
See story, Page 8