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
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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
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