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Oregon Daily
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1992
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 54
Turn on, tune in, drop out
Timothy Leary, a popular figure from the 1960s. spoke on 'How To
Operate Your Brain" Friday night at the South Eugene High School
Auditorium A light show provided the backdrop for his message that
computers and CD-ROMs are the medium of the future
New shelters being built
to encourage bike riding
jThe OPS Parking Pro
gram will fund the $95,000
total cost for the structures
By Colleen Pohliq
f moram AMOout* f titter__
Any Oregonian who owns a bicvrle
h.is probably •• vp<-rt>-nt ed sitting on .t
wet bicycle seat
The University wants to improve this
situation, along w ith encouraging people
to ride bikes to t empos instead ol drtv
tng, by tHiitding several t>tk*• shelters
'Thorn's been a real effort in the last
two years to use alternative modes of
transportation, from free bus passes to
The flu yde Program." said I red Tepfer.
a planning associate for the University
i’lanrilng Office. "This just isn’l a (iar!
commuter campus
The shelters, the tirst seven of which
are cosling the University more than
S'.>5,000 to hiivc designed and built, .ire
being constructed outside of I’.n iflt Hall
and the )•;Mt *. ind lire expected to lie
completed i>y Dec „’H
"There's no doubt these (shelters) .ire
expensive." lepfer siild But .is hike
shelters go. these .ire middle of the
road
The broken-down price of designing
,md building the shelters is stTi per
bike, hut lepfer s.ild he expei ts the shel
ters to last 50 to lot) years
A Bicycle linprovemenls Project l or
Uruup formed in \ugust looi estuli
lished .1 framework of policies, iiriul.i
lum routes and parking facilities to etc
courage the use of hikes The shelters are
one of the group's ideas being iniple
men ted
l epfer s.nd it is easy to encourage poo
furn to BIKES P.kjo 4
University to celebrate
‘benchmark’ acquisition
j Alumnus donates library's
two millionth volume, a jour
nal from 200 years ago
By Sarah Clark
F.rrwald ftoporter
A Portland corporation headed by .1
University alumnus lias given the school
Its two millionth library volume, a first
edition copy of ('.apt George Vancou
ver's journal and atlas of Ins I7U2-IM
voyage along the North Pacific (.oast
The library system is celebrating the
acquisition Nov 17-1*1
"The two-millionth volume is always a
benchmark acquisition." said Thelma
Grot infield, a former Lngllsh department
hr,id and < halt ot the committee In cele
brate thi' acquisition "You join the tanks
of truly important research libraries "
Paulson Capital dorp . headed by 11158
University graduate Chester Paulson,
paid $12,515 fur the set Paulson s com
pany previously had donated $i>o,non to
the library lor a reading alcove in the
Knight Library's addition
With two million volumes, the 1 -niver
sily library is the second largest in the
Pat ifn Northwest The University of
Washington's library has more than 5
Turn to BOOK P,iqo 4
City Council struggles to reduce budget deficit
j Council undecided on tax proposals
that could cover budget shortfalls
By Meg Dedolph
Emerald Reporter
The Eugene City Council recently postponed further
action on the proposed restaurant tux and appointed a
committee to rank policy decisions involved in imple
menting the Eugene Decisions changes
Councilwoman and Mayor -elect Ruth Hascom said
she opposed ihe restaurant tnx us It stands now becuusu
there is no specific designation for the revenue
Hascom said she would like to put the idea of a res
taurant lax before voters, perhaps in 1 993, when the
council has "specifically pointed where the money vvill
K°"
Ha scon i also said she does not want to take trio res
taurant tax Ur fore the community when tin: council is
still divided on the issue
Count ilrnun-eloct Kevin Hornbuckle said lie opposes
the restaurant tax because it is regressive and prefers
the idea of a personal income tax.
"The restaurant tax is regressive bocuuse everyone
pays the same rote, regardless of how much money they
have.” Hornbuckle said "It’s a regressive sales tax
Hornhurkle said the personal income tax would lie
progressive according to each person's ability to pay
“Effectively speaking. 1 know it would lie (a good
idea).” he said. "You can't get hlood from a turnip.”
Bascom agreed, saying the personal Income lax is the
fairest lax proposed, hut she said she believes voters
won't support it.
According to recent survey results, compiled hy a
consultant, the personal Income lax was one of the tax
es least preferred by respondents
Hombuckle said because there is no plan for the per
sonal income lax yet, he could not predu I the tax 's po
litical viability, including its approval among voters
At different rates of taxation, ranging from 0 2 per
cent to 1 percent, the personal income lax could raise
between .$2 2B million and SI 1 .1*1 million
"It would, lor I«t«t2 loot, yield a little over SI mil
lion," Hornbucklu said, adding that d such a lax were
adopted, liugene would he the first local government In
Oregon to implement a personal income lax.
Other tax options include a room lax, a gas tax and a
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WEATHER
Eugene-Springfield area resi
dents should expect mostly
cloudy skies today with possible
rain Highs will be in the mid
50s
Today in History
In 1966, ihe first artificial heart
was implanted in a human bv
Michael E. De Baiey The plastic
device functioned, and the
patient lived.
FROM THE
PAST: 1969
In January of 1969
three feet of snow fell
on the University cam
pus, furan# classes and
services to dose for one
week
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UNIVERSITY
OSPIRO members hope the group's Hunger and
Homelessness Week which begins today. will give students
an incentive to become part of the movement to end poverty,
said Shannon Varney, uSPIRG member and Hunger and
Homelessness Week coordinator
"We re trying to show |w>nplc it s j problem, and there s not
a lot being done to find a solution,* Varney said
Today University students and faculty will rook away in
rooking chairs in the cM! I Courtyard to raise donations of
food and clothing for the homeless Throughout the week
there will be other activities to help contribute attention and
donations to the homeless