ROBERTS Continued from Page 1 not want to set- those cuts happen on more than am ime else does I have great res pet; t fur the difhcuil joh she s undertaken and even greater respect for the lead ership she's shown. Brand said We at the I'm versitv of Oregon are highly supportive of her el forts arid stand'behind her and want to help as much as we possibly r un We re doing every thing y\ e possibly can to make better use o! our resources In addition to the cuts that yvere riv.ide last year the r losing of the College of Human Develop ment and f’ertotn-umce. the closure'-of graduate teacher education programs, got) layoffs. 1,500 teyver students and 22 programs either altered or closed 150■.'inure positions will he eliminated by the end of June 1993 Brand and Roberts agreed that thy initial cuts, in l oth higher education and state government, were di tie in a wav that promoted effii iency and eliminated waste. i)Ut the proposed cuts for 1*10 1-05 could he 'devastating to Oregon s future in many v\ ay s This cut of 1 5ti jobs is a painlul t ill,' Brand said "it pales m comparison, however, with.the real threat of a JO percent cut in: tlie iiext bienni um d the governor is not successful i, i .irinot nil phasi/.e enough yvhat tluit means in terms of tin loss of acc ess lor students in this state and the quality of education that yve need for the iutiue of the state of Oregon "There's no question'in my mind that as yye move through this dec ade, Brand said, e-duia tion is going to be a critical factor in hoyv well ev ■ ery single person succeeds and it Measure 5 is allowed to do its damage, yye yvill he paying for that for u very longtime 1 yvouldn't I'wn hazard a guess of lli.it dey list.it ion Roberts said th*' spec i.il Mission and restruc Hired lax system will uniui about when Oregoni ans are eons ini ed ill.it excess lias been eliminat ed and additional cuts are unacceptable "The people of this state are not ready for a special session set," Roberts said ‘The legisla ture is still working through some of the changes that are going to be necessary to tiring to that spe cial session and until we prove to the people of this state that we are willing to make a change, that we can find those efficient ies and will do them, I don't think we re readv “There's no question that there s a gre.it deal ol pressure building to do a special session," Rob erts said, hut I don't think the time is right and I don't intend to do it until I believe the people of this state are ready to have that happen I bis is not in conflict with what brand wants to see happen, she said, but timing is the most significant issue when it comes to spei ml ses sions Brand said that while he is working to make the University more efflt ient and to make better use 4When you talk about 20 percent cuts ... you cannot get that out of waste and inefficiency. That’s when we begin to touch not only programs and faculty and student access, we begin to touch Oregon’s future.’ BarbaraRoberts. (»i ivCZHOZ i>! : i"-.. ■:irt rs .1 20 peri ent < ill w i; i !. , v> lasting rlli’t Is In'! there is nowhere .nr.if that much W .sir III cut UV I HI, -;:i\ re ••• :;t . • • V. i \ .1 2() percent budge! i ,il i-Hi be be brought 1 li ■ ! 1'' fit lent ies." brand said What we have !. • <i> ■ is !; 1 ui .1 ivu through the next lew months nr the next year iiv order to protect the stale <imi the I ’m varsity of Oregon I rum very drustii cuts. so I see vis on eviiitly the saint’side 'but the people have to be hr ,ght Hi •.oi l to realize that we re going to work our d (rudest e. do better, hut that won'! In' enough W •• ,\e e■■■'■ to repair the tax structure Brand said Roberts agreed that tiregonians 11. a ' ; I the next cuts ail uhacc eptable solution ' Twenty percent cuts are all the rex rssities ol moving us toward a more efficient government at every level, including higher ed." Hilberts said, but when you talk about 20 percent cuts, re membur we re talking about SI billion (out id .1 Sfi billion budget) You cannot get that out ol waste and tnelfii ient s ' 1 tl.il s wlu’ti we begin to touch no! only pro grams ami faculty it ml student access, w e begin to time ll Oregon's future." Kebcrts said But the state will meet that budget requirement, she said, until Oregonians are ready fur a i hange "I don’t know when Oregonians will feel that this is something that doesn't meet the test lor the kind ot state they want,' Roberts ■■.ail. "hut I think as they begin to see w hat these i lianges mean, there is going to lie a point at whir h ( trego niuns are not going to he at a i omfort level about the kind of stale they w ant to live m When Oregonians understand that w. . dune as much as we can do m ellu lem .l w r ,e proposed every way we 1,111 do that Roberts said "When we've done licit and we In .o talk about the next step in Measure 5. (treguniaiis w ill tell us if the dtsr omfort level is beginning to he rum.bed We could rush to the ballot to,lay, hut it Wouldn't pass, she said ‘We won't go to the bal lot before the people of the state of Oregon are ready to go there with us LETTERS Continued from Page 1 volved to liulp promote student involvement m tin' legislative process But most legislators contacted this week said tin' letters won't change their ubill tv to do anything about the problem. Rep Marin Bell. KTiugone, said she lias received several letters from people in the last week aliout higher education. While she supports the cam paign. she said students are di recting their letters to the wrong people. Thu legislative Ways and Means committee that allocates the money to different state agencies and higher education should lie tile target of students letters, Bell said "Basicallv, when they write to me they're singing to the choir," Bell said "I'm not on Wavs and Means so I can't set the dollar figure. But i cun make sure I advocate for (stu dents)." Moreover, Bell said because students do not have us much political act ess to politicians as other groups, it is more impor tant that they make the letter writing campaign that includes alumni and students' parents Where these letters are go ing to pay off is in the rural areas " Bell said "Students cornu off us .1 spec ml interest p 1 would suv thiil the pur enls who leave put Into tin; sys turn should write in.” it u t \Vu \ s und Means ru (hair. Hep Tony Van Vliet. K Corvallis, said that writing to legislators isn t net essarily the answer to preventing more higher educuiion cuts Although writing to one's legislator could he helpful he said, the better idea is to w rite letters to the editor in a local new spaper to voue ilisi uuteni about budget cuts “Legislators are sort of brat ed for the fact that .ill the agencies are going to get cut, ' Van Vliet said, so tin:v are used to seeing a lot of letters "They have meaning to every legislator,' he said “But seeing the pressure build in the news papers is tar more effective lie cause the public sees the let ter ” It is important for the public to see that universities are suf fering. in’ said, because they of ten only read letters from peo ple who complain that higher education spends its money frivolously However, others are more op timistic about the letter-writing campaign's potential to bring about c hange Lvnn I’inc kney. Oregon Stu dent Lobby direc tor said she is confident that students will write to their legislators, and she think.s it will do some pood We think, the letter is prea! Pint ktiev said, 'It really is .in unprecedented ar lion I don't think students should give up. It we do we've already lost Moreover, (lari Hosticka. D hupene. and a University pro lessor, said he's reeeived 1~ let ters 'Hope ful IV it's port of a movement that will pet things done," he said People need to let their legis liitors know that they want a new tax or a different tax stria lure, he sail! r 1 HONDURAS: “ ofie c^gfit for 3ana and ^flbert^" a presentation of Elvia Alvarado 7 p.m.. Wed. Mar 4 IOO Willamette SI donation requested Sponsored by the UO Lsbn Amencan Support Committee and me Center tor the Study ot Women m Soviet, GO. I ■ Vv Or- K o JEWELRY DESIGN STUDIO 1502 WltamorteSf 343 2296 Regular Bca/new Hcxin lue*. 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