Oregon Daily
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 44
University to offer refund for unauthorized fee
□ Board confirms the Uni
versity was never given au
thorization to charge fee
By Chester Allen
Emerald Reporter
The University will offer Master of Sci
ence and Industrial Relations students a
refund for a fee it never had authoriza
tion to charge, an ussociato dean of the
College of Business Administration said.
Tho CDA will mail a letter to all MSIR
students this week offering them a re
fund of tho Business Administration Re
source Fee, said James Tnrborg. CBA as
sociate dean and acting director of the
MSIR program.
"Maulers students not enrolled in the
MBA program can request a refund of
the fee." Toriiorg said Friday. "If they
don't, we ll keep billing them "
Davis Qunn/er. OSBHF vice chancel
lor of budget and fiscal policies, said the
CBA never had authorization to charge
students enrolled in (3A masters pro
grams a fee intended only for Musters of
Business Administration students.
Qunnzer said the board approved a
BAKF only for MBA students, but the
CBA has bean charging all masters stu
dents the BAKF
After hearing from the board. Universi
ty administrators said they will refund
the BARF to eligible students who re
quest refunds
Currently, the BAKF is S250 per term
for non-resident students and SUM) per
term for resident students
Students wf>o recoiv> a BAKI- refund
won't tie allowed to use the C.raduato Ca
reer Services ('enter or the Chiles (.'enter
Computer Lab, Tertxirg said
The Cl)A asked the board last summer
to approve a BAKK for all masters stu
dents enrolled in the CHA. fail the chan
cellor's staff decided it should he
charged only to MBA students. Quen/er
said
"The fee request the CHA submitted to
us was much broader, hut the chancel
lor's staff narrowed it down to only MBA
students with the provision that it would
bo further reviewed for the 1003-95
budget," Quen/er said
University Budget Director Trent
Spradllng said lh«; University made an
error when non-MBA students were
i harged the RAKI
"Basically, our Intent was clear from
the get-go on this, and we did Intend that
all masters students he charged the fee,"
Spradllng said "We just didn't pit k up
the change from the chancellor's office
during the confusion of reducing the
budget i!0 percent "
The University will ask the hoard to
approve a HAKF for all CRA musters stu
dents next year. Spradllng said
University President Myles Rrund said
the University never Intended to charge
students an unauthorized fee
"It was a misunderstanding, and we're
giving the MNIR students a chance to opt
out of the fee," Brand said
Pr«o i>j 0»m) Hat
A march against Ballot Measure 9 brought more than 1,000 people to Springfield Sunday
Springfield march draws 1,000
□ Members of various groups
speak out against Measure 9
By Lisa Kneefel
Emerald Reporter
SPRINGFIELD — What began as a whim be
came a march of 1.000 people protesting Measure
9 hero Sunday afternoon.
Carol Berg of Eugene organized the event with
throe Springfield women after a similar demon
stration in Florence inspired them. I hey contact
iui people by word <if mouth only
'Ml's sponsorod by nolaxiy and everybody,'’
said Berg, who estimated the crowd at more than
1,000 The women coordinated the event in one?
week.
Berg, wearing a silver headdress and culling
herself “Lady Liberty," carried a sign that read,
"Measure 0 would make a joke out of me."
Measure 0 would amend the Oregon Constitu
tion by requiring all state agencies and institu
tions to recognize homosexuality us "perverse"
Turn to MARCH. Page 7
Police cite more keg
violations this year
j Students get tickets for false swearing
on purchases, a Class A misdemeanor
By Malt Bender
Emerald Report a*
I’uul Carlson said he gave th«> wrong address when buying
a keg a roup hi t wi ck . ago Imm iium' ho know his parly would
In i and nr control and hr warded In avoid any problems vvjlh
police
Carlson had a problem anyway
The University senior said his party was under < ontrol and
none id ins neighbors < omplalned However, the pole e came
by Carlson's apardnenl one week alter he bad Ids keg. and
they issued him a ticket fur false swearing
Kugono polite officers I rucked down Carlson alter not find
ing the keg at the address he gave the distributor
This is jusl one example of recent problems between slu
dents and police over kegs
h'1’1) Agent William Ilrooks said problems lietween police
and students over keg parlies have Ini leased this si hoof year
The main problem this year has been false swearing.
Brooks said People are guilty of false swearing if they pro
vide false information on the Oregon Liquor Control (Com
mission Receipt for Sale they are required to fill mil at the
distributor when they purchase the kegs
l-'alse swearing is a Class A misdemeanor that has a maxi
mum penalty of a $2,500 fine, one year in fail, or bath
The most common offense, Brooks said, is that people pro
vide the wrong address for where the keg is going to he con
sumed.
"Il has really jumped up," he suld, "and it's because of a
misconception on the students' part
Brooks said students are under the false Impression that
LPL) uses the information on the OLCC receipt to find and
bust parlies Although KPl) officers do pick up a list of all the
wookond kegs every Friday, he suid they don't go down the
list breaking up parties.
L'PU's policy has boon the same for years. Brooks said If
they have the time, FPL) officers check the addresses on the
list lo see if the kegs are there.
"About (»() percent of the kegs checked are good, and we
Turn to KEGS. Pag® 4
WEATHER
There will be morning fag
today with a chance of scattered
showers Don't be surprised bv
some possible partial clearings
in the afternoon The high will
be between 55-60 Tonight will
bring lows in the 40s with fair
skies
Tuesday will have low clouds
with otherwise fair skies and a
high of 60 to 65
Arcrtv#s Photo
FROM THE PAST
Thu unusual structure was by Ihf freshman
class in 1917 for Homecoming festivities, l! was
four stories high anil 20 » 20 feel al Ihe base
The freshmen guarded ihe lower all week while
ihe sophomores tried to bum it down before
HotnecominR They sua>‘eded. and it burned
for three nights ami two days
SHUH/b
NOV YORK (API - The greatest satisfaction belonged It'
winner Willie Mtoio The women's course record went In
Lisa Ondieki The loudest cheers were reserved for the coura
geous effort of cancer-stricken rate director Fred Lebow
For all three, their performances in Sunday's New York City
Marathon represented remarkable achievements
The victory bv the South African Mtoio. who was denied an
opportunity to compete internationally until this year because
. ! {us country's racial policies, provided his nation with a
dramatic boost .n its bid to return to recognition in the world
scene
It also w as a chance to shew his ability to a world audience