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. 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KID5 HAVE STUCK A POTATO ON fAV TA/L P/PE ,-^Avef if I &JN TH( faK,in£ [ CAN ffLOk/ IT off i J 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