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Oregon Daily MONDAY, APRIL 20. 1992 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 93, ISSUE 137 EMU negotiations end in budget cut By Kirsten Lucas t meraid Reporter __ The Incidental l ee (lommittee Ini.illy approved: a Sl.HHtf.HH-l KMl : budget last week After mure than two months of painstaking negotiations, the IK and K\H! Board of Direi tors agreed on the I'l'U >i I budget that represents a y percent decrease from this year's budg et of Sl.'h’S.tHM) suit I»1 next year's i ills This was the main point of contention between thi' l-.Ml’ board and the ill', which refused lo approve a budget that jeo pardized student employment Il( members wanted to see cuts in upper level management instead The $-12.1 II. cut came primarily out of the 1AU building reserves Other cuts were spread out among tire various programs the KM l! comprises Although the budget cut was not iis sigrilfii <mt as most I1C members origin.ills .els 01 ated. w hen push ciune to shove the 11(1 settled on the small dei rease 'We fell that cutting jobs would have a worse elicit on access to the University and on local and Interna tional student employment than a couple of dollars per student per term, said II I member Andy Harris A major problem the KMU budget committee and the lit. grappled with were mandated pay increases and state employee contracts, whu h protei t i ertain admin istrative and classified jobs Among the budget notes attar lied to the KMl s hudg el was one requiring the estahlishmeiit ol an advisory committee that will look into restructuring the KMl' budget and staff, which the III. characterized as top heavy Idle restructuring committee will he made up of rep resenlalives from the KMl board, the !K< . Oregon Pub lie hmpluyees Union, the Oruduate l eaching f ellows l1 ederation and human resources Ihe KMl director and two interested students will also sit on the i ommit tee Idle I AH budget l overs building administration and niamten.ini e. food Services Main Uesk Store, Rei re.i tjon ( enter, l .outpuler Lounge (daft ( enter. (Hiild (.are. Student \i livitles Kesmirc e (Jflii e. ( Huh Siiorts, ( ultur al Forum, Outdoor Program and the i Ml Board of f)e rei tors i Ins year's KMl ’ budget makes up approximate Turn to EMU . Page 6 All in a row '>*U* Air* Shod;} at the Coots ih;'\ raco !eam trails Scott Fortner of Saturn and Paul Dahlke of , •. -• througt i rner at Sunday's University nteriun The race, wt h covered 41 nps , era 7b-nu r a. mat as a a the L MU. was the <th and last stage ot the 199? Wsiamette Stage Ract Stieda e. onto a y >n the day s race in a hotly contested sprint .uth Fortner and D.r «.< See story, Page 8. Speaker believes China headed for democracy j Native Chinese student to discuss country's future By Daralyn Trappe Emo* act Ass. C • O ' <* Hui-Yung Yuan and a Iriond have made a bet tti.it won't be settled until well into the next century The stakes in this l>et are hiy;h in mure wavs than one ivik\>ii' vu mu i lit iu i ini > -» the winner .1 now 1 .ir But the out come <if thi-ir w,i ger is oni- th.it could pl.n .1 sig nificant role in Vu.in s lilo Ho t1 that (dnn.i will he .i democratic country in less than JO Ve.irs His friend believes it will !. 1 k> mure time than that Yuan, who will give a presentation on the future of China today at t to in Ihr KS51 lien Linder Koom. v*-as !»>rn and raised near Shanghai .mil ha-. t;\ rry reason to want political and mo nomii i hange m Ins native country Hr rvprrirni rd firsthand the Lind of injustit i's that i an go .dong with lih in a communist country In l’IH7, when hr was a high m hool teal her. hr sprnt three days in jail for putting up an anti •government poster on a govern ment building In HiHU, when a surge of pro-demix racy activism in China resulted in an unprecedented outcry and rallying in the streets, Yuan stayed away He un derslood the pow er of the government Thousands of people ended up dead when thi pole e opened fire on the demonstrators in I lunanmen Square "I know what to rupee t, Yuan said They can put you m jail immediate ly, they i an srnteni e > ou without a trial immediate!) So once you expert ' SPEAKER DUCK UPSET The Oregon women's track team pulled off a surprising win Saturday at the Pepsi Team Invitational. See SPORTS, Page 9 EXECUTIVE ACTION King/Ferguson and Lee/Fore, candi dates for ASUO president and vice president, are profiled in preparation for the upcoming ASUO elections. See ELECTION, Page S FIGHT APATHY The single greatest enemy gays and lesbians face is apa thy, says State Rep Gail Shibley. See SHIBLEY, Page 7 Addition to library is on schedule j Phase One of the expansion will be complete next fall By Colleen Pohlig (me* a d Re;* (.onstnu lion lor the Knight Library expansion projri t is right on si hedule, .mil tl -ill goes as planned, the new addl lion may tie completed under tile expel ted budget U e re doing better ttian we expei list originally. said An dreys Honamiri. assistant Dili versitv librartan tor administra : i ye sery II es w le I is yviu Kins: on 111e iesigri stages along yvitti otters We haven't I sell as ■ LIBRARY