EDITORIAL
Emerald reviews
ballot measures
I hr University's general elections will begin
Wednesday and will run through Thursday. Following
are the stances of the; Emerald's editorial hoard on the
ballot measures up for passage
Ballot Measure 1 gets a go The measure asks if stu
dents should pay a one-time 35-ccnt fee per student
per term for one year to provide the $15,286 necessary
to buy Project Saferide a new van.
The fee. equal to one-and a half phone calls for
pizza. is a miniscule amount to pay for a service that
does a world of good. Saferide offers safe Iransporta
tion on and around campus for female students, a nec
essary service lor those concerned about women's safe
tv issues. This year, Saferide denied five to If) women
rifles nightly for lack of space.
On Measure 2. we voted for option II. which pre
serves students' right to obtain a refund of Lane Transit
District bus service fees should they not use the ser
vice ' t nder option If. students would pay $5.70 per
term for I I I) use. under option A. students would pay
$5 5(1 per term, but would lose the right to a refund.
Keeping the right to a refund is worth .'() cents
Ballot Measure .! gets a go The measure's passage
would keep the University's chapter of OSIMKU alive,
the statewide student organization devoted to environ
mental and consumer issues, voter registration, renter’s
rights, hunger relief and internships The pro e is $2 50
per student per term
This watchdog organization is valuable to the Uni
versitv because it offers students an avenue for evalua
tion and change in a variety of areas The range of is
sues the group addresses makes its existence a priority
for everyone.
Measure •) gets a no go Passage would reduce IFU
fees, which support programs including ASUO govern
ment, other student organizations. KMU operation and
the athletic department, from $10.) paid per student
per term to $02.70.
Ten dollars, equal to a date at the movies, isn't a
heck of a lot per student, but its accumulated absence
could kill many of the programs the fees support.
Also, considering the money is used to fund many
special University events, including various lectures,
cutting the fees would eliminate a valuable edm ational
source that adds color to the usual university ex peri
ern e This is especially important now that main of
our academic programs are getting tin- ax
Finally. Measure 5 gets a no go as well The meas
ure would totally eliminate ll-'U fees, not precluding a
voluntary system of program support The reasons for
our vote are consistent with Measure 4's vote
Students — get out and vote Only 13.1 percent of
the student body voted in best weeks's primary elec
tions Whether you'll be here next year or not. it's
worth your time. The measures, as well as the govern
mental candidates up forelection, will shape not only
next year’s campus, but the University's future us a
whole
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LETTERS
Stipends
How nun h of your student
fees arc going !o pay stipends
for student group leaders' If
you listen to the rhetoric of for
mer lit (undulates William
(hcskill and jerod Hume, and
former ASIK) presidential cun
didate Don King, you’d think
(lilting student stipends was
the magu tic ket to eliminating
y% aste in student groups
Spending by student groups
reveals that only S.MM) 000 ol .1
total 1H budget ol S-t.li07.tibM
Is spent on stipends That's -1
percent of the entire budget,
hardly an abuse of student
monies There .ire i.ir greater
c mu erns about tin- ac countabil
ity of millions ol dollars in stu
deni levs going to athletics and
the hMU
Student group directors and
government leaders are not
abusing their stipends Pulling
in 20 hour weeks and rec eiving
from so, to S125 a month
slum s a 1 ominitmeiit to serv ing
students These student leaders
go to meetings and bring you
educational and entertaining
events ss e take lor granted
Seine even bold sec ond Jobs
lor those ss ho doubt they're
getting their money's ysorth,
consider the c ontroversy sur
rounding S,deride tins past year
a serv Ic e most students sup
port With all lit allocation ol
SI:. ’Sti and HI) volunleers
S.deride is able to provide safe
ty to more than 1 SC HI passed
gers each month
It the Office of Public Safety
were to provide the same ser
vice paving six salaries at
S2D.OOO plus benefits, the pro
gram would ccist more than
SlOt).01)0 The same goes lor
numerous student-run pro
grams that pros idu serv ices at a
fraction of the cost the l 'Diver
sity y\. id pay Stipends are
c learly .1 bargain
Troy Shields
Student
Proven
As .1 momlx'r of tin- inciden
t.11 1 'it Committee I have had
th.r I.; ; . i!! unit V to Weigh the
import.im c ol limiting the bur
lira ol fees while still maintain
irvg strong programs This is a
responsibility that should not
lie taken Iightlv. and (or tills
reason it is important that stu
dents edut ate themselves be
fore voting in the upcoming
elm lions One candidate for the
li t who has shown himself to
be particularly capable for the
job is Ed Carson
As a reporter tor the Orison
Commentator. Carson has at
tended nearly every I EC budget
hearing, and has the insight re
quired to make lair der isions
that are in the l>est interest of
all tie supports student groups
and programs, and like mysell.
Savors rutting tin' amount of
student dollars going to the ath
lete department Although In
is affiliated with the right ot
center Oregon Commenlutor. he
recognizes the importance oi
supporting diversity on ram
pus fie has proven himself to
lie hard working, responsible
and open minded.
I strongly urge you to vote (or
t arson for the Incidental l ee
( ommittee
Andy Harris
Political Science
Yes to fees
Ur are concerned utxjut the
liH us on Incidental lees Stu
dents need to see the im redible
benefit the incidental lees have
provided to the quality of edu
tat ion on tins campus These
funds support valuable student
areas such as the l.Ml and
well-used, needed student pro
grams (including the Student
Recycling Program)
It is important to realize the
incidental fees fund programs
that give students a voice m tfie
University To cut incidental
fees means relinquishing the
student vone and input on
i empus issues The question is
Do students really want to give
op their empowerment at a
|>r11 e id Sat) a year'
To cut im idental tees is a
misguided effort at reducing
I r!t■ ts of Measure T> The
real i lunch is m the tuition in
crease, not m iru (dental Iocs
And wh.it .11 k>ut next year
another tuition increase?
So rememlier, once you relin
quish your rights, they're diffi
cult to get hack Preserve the in
cidental fees, don't cut them
Katherine Luscher
Student Recycling Program
Voluntary fees
1 support tin: voluntary-fee
mt'.isurr Tht; ASUO should not
be able to add SI 0.1 a term to
our tuition Most of thf things
we are fort fd to pay lor art; vol
untary f Isfwhfrf
University of Washington
students have an optional, stu
tlonl-priced season ticket lor
It k tt I at 11 and basketball We are
forceti to buy one .it SU7 a term
UW students i;an choose to
buy a discounted city bus pass,
and if they do. part of tile mon
ey goes to their version of
Saferldtt We have to buy a
pass, and it doesn't support
Saferide
When UW students register,
they choose whether to support
groups like OSI’IRU through a
check-off system. II they do.
money is added to their tuition
We have to become members of
OSIMRti in order to take class
The I.Ml' could run without
forcing students to pay 540 a
term We could privatize it
have companies and individu
als pay us for the right to sell
food, run the Iron! desk store,
eti The cafeteria would then
have to provide edible food or
go out of business
ASUO could put together a
pac kage of essential services
intramural sports, the Iliac k
Student Union, etc Students
could choose to buy an ASUO
membership and partu ipule in
these programs, or c hoose not
to and still go to classes
With a voluntary system, the
ASUO would have an incentive
to provide services efficiently
and keep fees low And stu
dents would choose which
group!-.j they want to support
Rhonda Whitney
History