Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1992
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 64
Roberts unveils
1993-95 budget
□ Tuition hikes, program eliminations
part of higher education cuts
By Lisa Kneefel
Emerald Reporter
SALEM Gov Barbara Roberts unveiled a pro
posed General Fund budget for the 1180-85 biennium
Tuesday that includes substantial t ills to higher edu< a
tion funding
"This is .1 stark budget that reduces many of the set
vices that government provides,” Roberts said She
tried to maintain the overall quality of state services
nonetheless, she said
The state General Fund supports nine areas of state
service programs, including human resources, educa
tion and public safety. All nine received cuts in fund
ing The current service levels will drop by 17 percent
lor education, t> percent for publit safety, lti percent
for human resources; 58 percent for economic and
community development; 17 percent for natural re
sources, and 57 percent for transportation
Additionally, prisons will operate at 88 percent ol
their current service level.
Current service level is defined as the cost of coritin
Turn to BUDGET. Page 4
Gov. Barbara Hobart* mat with the madia Tuesday to present the budget she will submit to the stale Legislature in
January. Tha budget reflect* tha Si 2 billion thortfall in tha state * General Fund lor 1993-95
Library abstains from ‘Sex’
□ No "artistic merit” found in Ma
donna's book, so it won't be on
campus library shelves
By Colleen Pohhg
Emerald Associate Editor
M's official There will lie no .Vex in the li
brary
Citing the laek of artistir merit of the photog
raphy and the cost ol rebinding the book lor
preservation, the University Knight Library re
cently decided not to carry Madonna's new
hook, titled Sex.
" The photography is pedestrian at best,”
said Cheryl Korn-Simironko, an assistant Uni
versity librarian for collection development,
who was solely responsible for the decision
Because the Ixxik is spiral-bound, the library
would have to restore the binding so that it
would be adequately preserved. Kern
Simirenko said.
“To preserve the book would l)e fairly ex
pensive, and the photos don't justify that kind
of expense," she said.
Kem-Stmlrenko said she did not know the
actual cost to rebind the book
Sex, which crists $50 and is covered by my
lar plastic to restrict viewing before purchas
ing, is a compilation of photos showing Ma
donna and others engaging in various sexual
activities. The photos are accompanied by her
written sexual fantasies.
While the cost is well within the range nl av
erage costs for b(x>ks tiie library purchases,
"the given quality of the book is not the best
investment for S50." Kern-Simirenko said
The Knight Lilirarv usually de< ides what to
carry by consulting subject sjhs odists and fa<
ulty through .1 faculty liaison program, Kern
Simirenko said
Because this wasn't a specific request. Kern
Simirenko said she didn't contact erivbodv
through the liaison program, but "simply re
viewer! it ."
University Librarian Ceorge Shipman, who
is not directly involved in selection decisions,
said the library doesn't base its decisions on
what to collect "from our Interests or biases,
but rather, 'Is It representative of scholarship
and society's issues?'
"Madonna represents something of our era
that people study in the West, but we don’t see
the need to purchase the book, apparently,"
Shipman said
Shipman said if people from the campus
community request the l>ook for research or
because of cultural significance, the collec
tions department may reconsider the decision
Although Kern-Simirenko said she hasn't re
ceived significant Input on the issue from the
campus community, the few rails she has got
ten have been evenly balanced between people
wanting the library to carry it and those who
feel the library should not promote pornogra
phy by collecting the book
Oregon Trail tour to
roll through history
j Nebraskans plan
first-ever bicycle trip
of landmark paths
By Meg Dedolph
Emerald Reporter
Another group of pioneers is
planning lo travel |}it> Oregon
Trail this spring, hut unlike liui
travellers of the IBOOs, wagons
and oxen will he nowhere in
sight.
The first bicycle lour of the
Oregon Trail will leave the
(railhead in Independence,
Mo , on May 31, and will cover
six states during five weeks.
The 150 riders will pass sev
eral historical trail markers, in
cluding Chimney Kock in Ne
braska. Fort Laramie in Wyo
ming und the barlow Road in
Oregon, before the ride ends
July 3 in Oregon City.
The idea for the ride laigan
when Nebraskan Tom Arm
strong. one of the organizers,
bicycled through California,
Oregon and Idaho in IttRl.
"There were a couple of
times during the ride across Or
egon that I found the ruts from
Ihr (Orugon) trail," Armstrong
said "I always thought it
would lx* so grout to have a Ink.
ing or hiking trail along the Or
t'gon Trail
"As I bicycled across the
country. I |iut morn detail into
the trip." Armstrong said "I
found when I got home that It
was the 150th anniversary ol
the Oregon Trail, and then I
knew it had to he a hike ride."
Armstrong and .1 friend. Kan
dy Terhush. Iiegan organizing
the ride after Armstrong's trip
"Our plans have changed
from having u hig ride with
hundreds and hundreds of peo
ple joining up for u day to a
more streamlined and organ
ized ride," Armstrong said, ex
plaining why he and Terhush
decided to limit the ride to 150
people
Armstrong said the anticipat
ed cost for each rider to partici
pate may range from $800 to
SI.000, but this cost Includes
dinner and breakfast for 22
days and support vehicles that
Turn to TOUR. Pago 6
WEATHER
Today wiii bring some dear
skies after a morning of show
ers Highs will be in the mid
40s Tonight will get to a sur
prising low in the 20s
Today in History
In 1970, the Environmental
Protection Agency began operat
ing under its first director.
William Ruckelshaus
PASSES BY PACKWOOD
WASHINGTON (AH) - The Senate ethics committee, under heavy pres
sure from women's groups and congressional leaders, said Tuesday it has
begun a preliminary inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against Sen
Boo Packwood |K-Oregon)
Packwood once shocked an Oregonian reporter by kissing her on the lips,
the newspaper reported today
The Oregonian revealed the incident in a front-page analysis of its cover
age of the Packwood-sexual harassment story, first reported Nov U in the
Washington Post
The Oregonian said Roberta IJlnch. fia was kissed by the Senator after a
background discussion in hts office one evening last March
SPORTS
NEW YORK |AP) - Tennis slat |ohn McEnroe said
Tuesday (hat he and his actress wife. Talum O’Neal an- hav
ing maniai problems
McEnroe. 3.1, and O'Neal. 29. have been married si* years
and have three children
Tatum and I are having marital problems. |tist as many
other married couples do.' McEnroe said in a statement
issued through the office of his father. New York attorney
|ohn McEnroe Sr
'1 intend to work hard at finding a sensible solution that's
best fur our entire family." McEnroe said