Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, JUNE 5. 1992
I can dig it
Geology graduate student Haemyeong Jung takes readings as the
Exploratory Geophysics class measures the electrical resistivity ot the
surface of Lawrence Hall's front lawn m order to determine
groundwater levels and depth to bedrock
Roberts to submit new
tax restructuring plan
j Governor waiting until Or
egonians are convinced
she has trimmed govern
ment
By Daralyn Trappe
Cmc».jW Associate tetter
Cov Barbara Huberts announi ed
Thursday she will submit .t tax reform
plan Ui the Oregon Legislature, anil Ore
gonians will lx; voting on a new slate lax
structure in Septomlrer
Rolierts bail sail I she would not call
for a special session of the Legislature
until she was convinced Oregonians
were believed all waste had been
trimmed from the budget.
"1 heard Oregonians, and I am deliv
ermg a heller government." Huberts said
in a press release, "one with greater ar
countability, with less administration,
with fewer workers and with lower
costs
"Now I can. with .1 cleat conscience,
look Oregonians in the eye and talk to
them about restructuring Oregon's lax
system
KoIhtIs plans to submit a lax reform
plan to the Legislature that will allow
their action before July 24
The new lax plan has not yet been set,
hut Huberts has "three firm require
merits" for what it must entail:
• Homeowners must be offered at least
as much property lax relief as was
promised, hut not delivered, by Measure
5
• The tax system must he completely re
stria lured
• Stale government "through my
streamlining efforts" must cost less
I will not support a lax plan to replace
all costs lost under Measure S," Heberts
said A imiri' «• fli« lent government can
.uni will operate with less tot.il Hollars
Knlh its intends to formuloln tlm spe
cifti plan over the next few weeks In
meeting with cili/ens m a move Mint
lar to her l onversations with Oregon"
hi.I getting opinions about what Ore
gum a ns like anil ilishke about the cur
rent tax system
beginning I uesilas in I’enilleton and
ending two weeks later, Roberts plans to
travel throughout the stale l-.ugelte w ill
he one of the stops
Meetings with legislators will begin
after that
The November 1*1*10 passage ol Mea>.
ure w Im It limited property lav -., has
resulted m a budget shorlfnlt expected
to rota It St billion by the lUICt *tri bien
ilium Along with state government i tit
Ixu ks. higher education has heun hard
hit I'he University has seen the closure
of several programs and departments
and a nearly one third liiilion hike
Any new lax proposal is expected to
include a way to make up for some ol
the lost revenue More cuts are planned
unless replacement revenue is generated
through a new lax plan
Roberts said additional cuts in ser
vices and education are unai i eptable
"I cannot deny that tliu cuts that we
are facing will Jeopardize Oregon's lu
llin','' she said "And I won't pretend
that a few more painful cuts here, or
some hiring fnxv.es or efficiently mens
tires there, will solve our problems
The AKUO is urging students to leg;
ter to vote at their summer address so
they won't lie left out when Sept 15
comes around The election will be
done through mail-in ballots, and the
last ilay to register will be Aug 2ft
Turn to TAX, Page 4
Pulitzer author to speak
at University graduation
□ Ecological concerns will be the likely topic of
N. Scott Momaday’s commencement address
By Rivers Janssen
Emerald Rapeniv___
N Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Native) American au
thor. will address the Class of 1H9;' during the University of Ore
gon commencement ceremonies ul noon on Sunday. Juno 14 at
Autzon Stadium.
Momaday won the Pulitzer in 19fi9 for his novel House Made of
Dawn, a work about the return home of a Native American soldier
from World War II.
He is currently a Regents Professor of English at the University ol
Arizona, where he hus worked since 1980 Prior to thut he worked
us a professor for three years at the University of California at
Berkeley and seven years at Stanford He has received nine honor
ary doctoral degrees from universities around the country.
Turn to AUTHOR. Pag* 4
Allergy time nothing to — achoo!
By ColleenPohhg
Emerald Reporter
If you hadn't bean able to
tell from the ineossunl
sneezes, pollen masks and
miserable students walking
around with rod eyes and
sniffling noses, allorgy season
has hit full forco in the Wil
lamette Valley
"This is probubly the worst
it's over been," said senior Ju
lie Klasson. who suffers from
hay fever. "Medicine hasn t
worked and now it’s turned
into asthma. I couldn't even
breath last night"
For the past two weeks, the
University Student Health
Center t>as l***0*1 swamped
with students needing allorgy
relief.
The health center has boon
seeing more than IIH) students
a clay for allergic;* and allergy
related symptoms. This is at
least triple; the amount of al
lergy patients it sees ordinari
ly, said registered nurse
Sharon Herbert.
“Kids who have never had
allergies before are corning
in,’1 she said.
Hurl>c;rt said the; allergy sea
son has hit a little earlier, and
the pollen count is higher
than In the past
Because the Willamette Val
ley grows u considerable
amount of grass seed, the
grass pollens are trapped In
the valley and cause problems
for allergy sufforors
Graduate student flseong
I',irk said this season is thti
worst hn has over suffered
from ullorgies. Ho came to tho
United Stains two years ago
from Korea and has only suf
fered from allergies in this
country.
"I can only sloop one to two
hours a night." Park said.
••(The allergies) are a lot
worse than last year." Park
wears a pollen mask, hut said
he doesn't think it’s doing
much good, he's only follow
ing "doctor's orders." _
Judy Moffett, tho health
Turn to ALLERGY. Page 4
GABY S HERE
'Gaby' Brimmer, who
has cerebral palsy but
writes poetry with her
left foot, will be in town
until June 7
St* POET, Page 11
A LITTLE MAGIC
The wife of 'Magic' Johnson delivered a
boy Thursday night. Cookie Kelly delivered
7 pounds, 15 ounces Earvin Johnson III at
Cedars-Sinai Hospital. Doctors said both
Kelly and the baby are in good health.
FALCON
Joe Falcon will be one
of many Olympic hope
fuls competing at the
Prefontaine Classic.
See SPORTS. Page 13