THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1991
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 26
Dorm wait list tide turns;
housing expects vacancies
By Lisa Millegan
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I hree years after nvi'ii rmvilnii; toned
Lmvrisily Housing to wart list BOO stu
d.-tits' request. lot dorm rooms housing
department o.lln i.ils tills term .in- 'till
tr\ ing to till prnjri ted \ ai .mi u-s
Tilt: dorms are now lull with -t,'IMH
sludi-nts said housing department Hirer
tor \ 11ke Eystei who was hired this year
Hut re< riiitnu’iil eltorts i ontinue Him ansi
rooms will open as somi- students move
elsewhere during tin1 lust lew weeks of
(lasses he said
At this time last year the / nur.iltl re
ported that t,1)2B students were living ill
the dorms. Last year s number was high
er hei ause of a higher rate ol shared
rooms
In the past the housing department
solved the vai am \ problem by over
hooking the residence halls Km e -to
dents staved in teniporarv housing such
as the HI.a k Angus Inn until openings
liei ame avadahle l lus year, however
no similar student surplus exist-,
Lvster said that earls this summer Ill
considered closing Moore Hall her arise
the number ol dorm reservations was so
loss
I hings turned around alter that he
said "Hut vvu oevor did stop taking res
creations this year It was different than
last v ear
Now. at a time when housing depart
ment officials are act ustonied to turning
students awav they are trying to enr our
age students to give Hovnlon ( as well
Spider and the rest a try
I lie housing department's quest for
students led it to take out a series of half
page advertisements last yveek in the I'm
rra/tb an action unheard of a veai ago
Headlined Affordable Living the no
tii es extolled the benefits of tree lor a!
phone servile ta cent washers and dry
ers and the short distant e from classes
Lystri salt) the student shortage is not
i rite ai and the decision to advertise yvas
an afterthought
I yvtiuldnt rail |the adverfiseinents)
aggressive he said This wasn't a
maikiiriiu! iiimp.ii^ii \\ r ilidiit spuml a
wlliilf i<11 (it turn1 thinking almul >stiat
v\i- \\ i1!'!* Ui > > I t * > '1(* it Was nii'ic like
I {mill this SI'IMIIS hkr a UiiihI tiling tn
i'ii)
t.vsti'i said tin- low hi hi i up..iiit'\ rail.'
m.i\ lir (Ini' in part to tin di‘i rt'.iMux
immlifi at 1H amt pi vi'iir olds in tin
Kinit'liil pupul.lt Inn I rfshmen ut this
.kji' uhu ntaki’ up i.n puli fill ut (icinn
11‘Mili'iits thn tall, an* t \ pH a I ly niiirt’ i n
If I i*sl«,*cl ill living III tin- liiilins than thru
iihitT iaiuntprparts
Antithfr posMbir nason Ini thn It
i line in rpsHlcnts m.n In- Iihvit total on
rollmcnt at thn t'mversity Although ti
imI totals won t ho iHailahh until the
tourtli vvoiik ot si hoot. I'nivi-rsitv I’ipsi
‘We never did stop taking
reservations this year. It
was different than last
year. ’
Mike Lysier,
Housing . v.f< »■ H,r
deni Styles Miami said he iwiicvi-t fewer
than l r,r>(H) students registered for tail
term It this is true tti.it would mean
there .in* about f».r»0 fewer students nit
campus this term than .it the same time
last term (fourth week enrollment tor
' 'em w .is i M 141)
! \ster said he doesn't believe m
< mm ed dorm tees t aused the i h.iue.e be
i ause the rates went up nnl\ M percent
this year (residents paid St iH.l tor a
double-m i.updiu \ room tins term and
$ 1. 0 tall term a \ eai as,;* !
We try to keep mil rates .is low as we
t an so other expenses are more afford
able tie said
f yster said tie doesn't believe this
year’s tuition hikes have much to do
with slowei dorm reservation*, either t>e
tau.se of the difference in occupancy
rates at the I niversitv and Oregon State
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Ecuadoran serenade
Fr,, i.r - horn Its• hand Malkur> «/<•/ set •'<> •'1 ■»v "> '' '' - '
Cl>i,ml Wednesday afternoon Memtn'" at the Quintet iron)
northern Lcuador say their main purpose is to preserve and share
their traditional music
Photo by Jane Halim
INDEX
For Leonard_
About 50 people gathered .it the
1 ederal Building in Lugene Unities
day to show their support tor Leon
ard Peltier, a Native American man
who they say was wrongly jailed for
the deaths of two I HI agents in l‘t7r>
See story. Page 6
Tibetan experience
Photographer (ialen Rowell enter
tamed and informed a capacity
i rowd at the KML Ballroom Wednes
day night with slides and stories
from Tibet
See story. Page 6
Blazer hope_
The Portland Trail Blazers open
tamp this week, and are trying to
come to grips with their heartbreak
mg loss to the Los Angeles lakers in
the playoffs last season
See story. Page 11
Brand ‘optimistic’ despite Measure 5
Myles Brand
'Oregon Model' planning strategy to begin
By Came Dennett
[ r- > m ! Associate f ditor
In spit*- nl Measure i budget i tils
l ni versit \ President Myles Brand said
Wednesday afternoon hn is optimistu
.it >< hi I tin- I 'mversitv s future
I see tin- next two vi-.irs .is nnns in
which our strategii planning |>riu.i-ss
will i nini- to fruition and wi- will begin
In make progress toward ri'ali/uiK our
ai adi'inii aspirations
Mill these also will lit- visits in whit h
wt ( ontiniif In feel (hr pain of tails re
suiting from .i di-i ri-asi- in slate support
and in whii h there will continue In be
uncertainty about the environment for
higher edur ation " fie said in Ins annu
.it state of the ('diversity address to
faculty stall and students
One asper t ol the plan is a new ap
proach to undergraduate edur ation
called ''The Oregon Model
Brand said the plan builds on existing
suet esses in undergraduate education
while stressing small ( lass sizes strong
ilisi tplmarv .mil intordisi iplinarv pro
grams, .in emphasis on learning in
depth .mil .i i urri( iiIiiin strm lure ill.it
enables ,1( .kIi'IIIII Mil ( (‘S'.
Mr.ind s.iid Oregon li.is the advantage
(it tieing sm.liter th,in most publii uni
versities while having Iretler rese.iri Ii l.i
i ililics ill,in most private universities
I jinking at the effei ts of last vear s
budget (ills Brand said that a less visi
ble effei t i s the ( list of ( out inning
phased out programs
State support for eliminated programs
ended on Julv 1 vet these programs are
being maintained for liie l'cil n.t ai a
demii vear and some for the 'I 1
ai adeliiK vear as well
We felt it i ritu al to honor the ( om
mitmeiits made in the tenure proi ess "
Brand said And we must as much as
possible give students the opportumlv
to complete their degrees
Brand said the cost of maintaining
these programs must come from other
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