Get involved or else
higher ed goes away
Cut, slash, slid-, dissect and gut. That's what's go
ing to happen to the Oregon higher ed budget
Thank you so much, Measure 5 College students
really do appreciate it.
On Tuesday. Chancellor Thomas Bartlett gave the
higher education board a list of recommendations for
cutting the system's budget by 20 percent in the
()r> biennium The list was just the first step in the
trimming process (College administrators will get their
turn soon, and the board will vote on < uts tins July
Any wav you look at it. the I niversitv as well as
the rest of the state higher ed system - is in trouble
Bartlett's recommendations would slash $ 1 f>2 million
from the < urront budget.
No campuses would close
— thev'd just hi’ sliced
into minute bits
And while all of this
was going on. what were
students doing1’ Most of
them definitely weren't at
Lane Community (College
Tuesday afternoon to meet
with the OSSHIi tuition
committee and discuss
ways out of this finam ml
quagmire
It i an t lie stated more
clearly It students don't
take more of an active in
terest in what's going on
If students don't
take more of an
active interest in
what’s going on
in the smoke
filled budget
rooms, the whole
higher education
system will
collapse like a
house of cards in
a tornado.
in (he .smoke tilled budget
rooms, (lie whole higher educ ation system will c ol
lapse like .c house ot cards in a tornado. Education isn t
just important it's absolutely vital to exist in today's
society And this state is on a path back to the heady
days when only the upper-middle class and above
could atlord college.
Wouldn’t that be neat'
So this is a plea to both sides, students and admin
istrators It you're taking classes, remember that you
are responsible for protecting that right for future stu
dent generations Write letters to Congress, the Oregon
Legislature, the governor or the board of higher educa
tion Tell them you ysant to keep tuition affordable and
stop the dwindling of programs.
To those1 making up the budget, think of the state s
priorities If education is the key to the future, as we’ve
all been told, then keeping aci ess to colleges and uni
verxities is vital, lake notice of what students *ire say
ing.
Lvcry body get involved
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LETTERS
Helping
Oiii- week before ! hi- f i v i * -
yimr anniversary <>f mv rape, I
li.nl [hi- opportunity to attend
mv third Take Bai k the Night
man h A leu days Udore that
man!; something happened
tii.it I ver\ mtuh wanted to talk
.limit I at tin' speak oat Howes
er I i hose not to I hat inc i
dent, though, is veiy important
to me arid I stdl want to share
It
About a month ago, I did
something that was a very im
portant step in taking ran' of
mvself I i hose to put lo( using
:in mv healing on a higher pri
orits tiian tin- relationship I
was m Someone was hart lie
.111 se !ireaking up was not what
tfiat person w ant' d
hast w n k, yv. were talking
and tin person got angrs and
tool Hie 111) i llol. e was selfish
That pushed some buttons lor
me, Uua.r.e I have been told
that taking rare of mvself is
selfish for a majority of mv life
bs ms mother, lather, some
teai hers and the man who se\
mills ass.m lied me
fills time, I Vlas vers COD'
lused In’i .else the person who
said it was a woman and one of
ms best triends I thought she
understood the important e of
supporting others when tiles
take tare of themselves To her
and everyone else, when you
at t use me [or anyone) of being
selfish when 1 am working sets
hard to help mvself, you not
only invalidate my attempts,
but sou also invalidate your
ow n efforts Anti that s not lair
Iii .irn ii! us
Sandra Saathotl
Springlield
Sniveling
I’.il Malar h missed the point
i one iTning Itiu rui enl alteration
uf the summer school ban
iut DPI April .10, lilt1 lino
Prim U hv does tlir I'niversiH
in.I lhe 'mviTMls Hi ulsstoro)
iiinlmu.illv neglect In include
people ut color in their dis
pl.r. s’ W . ..I :.l :! I e si horrible
In 111! luiie mteliectii.il figures
si. .s U KB Dui*:iis in a
banner on this Itlv whiti' citrn
pus7
A s I1.r M a Ini h s w hili'
mule' sniveling*. I (ns ,i white
male) am su k utul tired of guys
like him who solf-righteously
claim to In' representing my
r.i( e. ( l.iss .irui gender firms
u p. Ma lat !i <ind open your
eyes
Matthew Weeks
GTF
Accountable
in reading (ierrit koepping's
article that appeared in tlie
\pril JM issue id tin- Emrruhl. I
eiin t help lint stiake mv head
w hen I hear tins whole problem
was tiie result oi an oversight
made hv a University adminis
trator
oversights like lilts are an
example of what is wrong with
tins University it is oversights
like tins that remind faculty,
administrators and students
that we have a long wav to go
in making the University truly
multicultural It s oversights
like tills that eiiet lively negate
am small progress the Unlver
s11v makes toward becoming
that truly diverse place we can
all in- proud of
1'liis oversight also further
underscores the need tor .1
more comprehensive assess
ment of diversity in our curru -
ulum The rare gender, non
I.uropean-American require
men! Is in dire need of an over
haul, as it is meaningless in its
current state
To l.isa Lawrence, Teresa
\aillon, Diana Collins and
those other -It) students who
look, down the banner, thank
vou lor again reminding the
University that these over
sights these insensitivities,
w ill not tie tolerated
To Ron I'rebon, while I do
believe s ur oversight was not
malicious, 1 do hold you .11 -
ounlable lor this incident
This issue is not a matter of po
I,1,11 1 orris tness, nor is this
the 'cult o' ethnicity" in uc
lion. This is a matter of ac
countability, responsibility ami
drawing the lino to s.iv that
sm li oversights In the future
will not he tolerated
Jon Motohiro
Student Senate
Lead me
The Blai k Student Union is
under a selfdnflicted media
blackout, whit h is totally un
derstanduble ! mean, like what
business does the media have
reporting on the protests any
way' Like mind your own busi
ness, media
1 must admit, though, how
else would I have been able to
watch Brian Hoop ki< k in the
Federal Buildings windows'
Now that's what the University
needs m the ASUO more
senators like him bead me to
violence, Hoop, lead me
Matt Terwillegar
Student
CORRECTION
A troill page iirt 11 In m
Thursday's Emerald incor
rectly reported th.it changes
to general education require
ments approved by the Uni
versity Assembly Wednes
day would go into effect
next full
Further negotiations at the
state level must take place
before any changes in the
University curriculum can
i>e implemented An official
date lias not yet t>een set for
any of the University-ap
proved changes to take
place
Norm Kuehl s letter [ODE,
May 7) should have read
"lust because 1 despise all
guys gives me no right to
break the law.”
The Emerald regrets any
contusion these errors may
have caused