Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1992
Jean Slockard, president ot the Oregon Conference of the American
Association ot Uruvorsity Professors, speaks about the need tor a
special session as ASUO President Jennifer Bills and l>VOSC
professor Bonnie Staebler listen.
Students, faculty voice concerns
j Speakers request March legisla
tive special session, saying Meas
ure 5 cuts have been devastating
By Daralyn Trappe
fmof.nd Associate Ector*
■Tin! time is now for (let tsfve .h lion to counter
tile effects iif Measure ’> That's the message stu
dent presidents, faculty and administrator* from
Oregon’s;-colleges and universities sent out to
(,os Barbara Roberts Thursday in their call for a
special legislative session
I hose who spoke at tile press conference at the
t’nlVersus ill the present e of vocal and support
ive students from several schools urged the go\
ernor and state legislators to meet next month and
attempt to come up with replacement revenue for
higher edut ution
The i uts resulting from Measure r> have liven
devastating to higher education and students, the
speakers agreed, mill il vs ill only gut vvorsi' unless
something is dune soon to stem the tide
Hut S.ir.ili Carlin Amt’s, a communications us
sistant for Roberts suit! the governor is no! pre
pared to t all .1 spot ml si’ssion in Mari h
I hf governor strongly tielieves that would he
premature,. ' Ames said in response to the press
t onferent e "We have a lot of work to do in
streamlining. improv ing offu lem y ami reiiut trig
the numlier of state workers before the public is
ready to start talking about restructuring the tax
system “
KoU'rts plans to restructure the tax system In'
lore planning the luu.l u.t budget, Ames said
A spec nil session is months away, at the earli
est in Mav she said
ASl'O President Jennifer Hills was the first to
speak Thursday in opposition to that
Hills, who is also the chairwoman of the (Ire
gon Student Lotiliy, issued a joint statement from
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Brand supports
proposed change
in Higher Ed Act
j President says more students will
benefit from congressional efforts for
c:rect government loans or grants
Ry Colleen Pohhg
.wa.o Hop.
ideal NHii's brands [nisi; for direi I ....ins to st.i
hunts is us! in lime lor tin* n-.iuthoi i/ution of thu
Higher Ldui ulion Ait. whu tl sets - Sum:,mis lor frdrni
!.;..m< i.il .mi by cmding new j;:i..nis .mil .. .is: a;
existing onus
Official debate is under wav In .■ • v.1.si.ih ■ m U<■ :.
inglon. DC, on the .ssuti und the final ouu.omi- is ex
put led by spring
During brands trip to Washington last month. he
spoke with mcmbfrs of Congruss about onn of tin- at t s
i mitral issues the aniount of federal funding for slu
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Toil and trouble
Cast members Janet Gupton am.a Rodley and Heidi Schrvck rehearse tor The Troubles.’
■Much opens tonight m the Robu s> 1 Theatre The play explores the struggle of two sisters to
rediscover a sense ot family teat has been shattered by the powerful forces of the troubles'
engulfing Northern Ireland in the r lifetime The sh. ?w continues Feb 22. 27-29 and March 6 7
Task force on athletics appointed
j Members will seek so
lution to intercollegiate
athletic funding dilemma
By Came Dennett
tmofa a Associate Editof
The Oregon State Board of Higher
Education has completed appoint
ments to the Task Force on Athletic
Funding
OSBHE President George Rich
ardson Jr culled for a Icxik with
"fresh eves'' at the issue of intercol
legiate funding within the Oregon
Stale System of Higher Education
“Funding of athletics Is at u criti
cal Juncture, and the pursuit of a so
lution will require exploration of
many approaches.'1 Richardson
said
Funding of intercollegiate athlet
ics in OSSHli has been an issue for
the past 15 years Current state
hoard policy perm Its the use of in
stitutional funds for athletics at the
four regional colleges Western Ore
gon State, Southern Oregon State.
Eastern Oregon Stale and Oregon
George Richardson Jr.
Institute of Technology
However, institutional funiis tan
not be used for athletic programs at
Oregon. Oregon State or Portland
State. All three university athletic
programs are operating with deft
cits
In June 1990, the state board per
mitted university presidents to use
institutional funds on a one time
experimental basis to avoid m< ri'.is
mg the accumulated defit it of St)
million
Afti'r a sorit-s of publii hearings
and another review of the issue, the
board det ided .it its Nov lr>. 10‘ i1
meeting to explore other alterna
lives to funding intercollegiate alb
letics
Testimony at that meeting ini hid
ed concerns that the board bad not
put sufficient effort into finding al
ternative solutions before pouring
millions of dollars into a bailout
"While several themes emerged
during our publb hearings, a con
senses did not," Kir hardson said
"It is the charge of this Iasi. for< e to
find .i more acceptable wav out of
the present dilemma, taking into ai
count all of the suggestions the
board received from faculty, stu
dents. citizens and state officials
Along these lines, shortly after
the November board meeting, Uni
versitv President Mvles Brand la
gan taking steps to increase the fat
iiitv s role in governance of the 1 Tu
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SCORCHED
The Sun Devils
whipped the Ducks
89-76 at Mac Court
Thursday.
See SPORTS, Page 8
HITCHCOCKBURN
Musicians Bruce Cockburn and Robyn
Hitchcock and the Egyptians bring their
own styles to Eugene next weekend
when they perform at the Hilton and on
campus.
See ENTERTAINMENT, Page 6
JUST A REMINDER...
Today is the last day to drop a
class with a W and change a
grading or credit option with a
$10 fee. The Duck Call regis
tration number is 346-1600