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Heather Creech (left). Ashleigh Speiiberg and Caissy Aron are part of a group from Mrs Adkins' seventh
grade Jefferson Middle School class singing Christmas carols at the Winter Faire m the EMU Wednesday
Budget plan
may lead to
less access
j Brand questions how
budget would impact
University and higher ed
By Colleen Pohhq
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In reaction to (»ov Barbara Roberts' re
cently unveiled proposed (amend Fund
budget for the loo t 05 biennium. Uni
versltv President Mvles flrund is ijues
(Inning the future .11 < ess to higher edui a
lion or tile lack thereof
"Access Is a complicate*! thing As the
state pulls buck Us dollars and they are
not replaced bv tuition dollars, we have
less money to hire teachers." Brand said
"This means wo have less classes avail
able. whir h means less spots .it the Uni
versity for students
"So as you push down tuition too
much, you cut into your revenue, there
fore not being able to provide education
for .is many students And that's the rea
son why the 1 huncellor was talking
about enrollment caps "
In her budget plan, the governor calls
for a 7 peri ent decrease in enrollment
Enrollment will drop by -t.-ltill students
to an enrollment cup of 50.020 statew ide
in toot 05. according to the proposed
plan
"For the first time ever in tin1 slate,
qualified Oregonians are going to bo
turned away from getting an education,"
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Housing may change priorities
j Proposal would end marriage
requirement for family housing
By Sarah Clark
Emerald Reporter
University Housing has proposed new family
housing eligibility requirements that would give
higher priority to applicants with financial aid
and would eliminate the traditional definition of
'■family.''
The requirements would not affect students
who currently live in family housing. University
Housing Director Michael Eyster said They
would only affect new applicants beginning full
1993
University Housing is sponsoring a public hear
ing for the proposal today from noon to 3 p m. in
the EMU Bon Linder Kixmv
Under the proposed requirements. University
Housing would work with the Office of Student
Financial Aid to determine if applicants are eligi
ble for financial aid, Eyster said Currently family
housing applicants are required to submit a finan
cial statement, hut University Housing do«>s not
have access to the kind of information the finan
cial aid office does, he said
'We want to make sure the people we re giving
the highest priority are the people with the great
est financial need," Eyster said "Our rates are so
much lower than the market rates that for many
students, we are providing financial assistance It
makes sense that students with the greatest need
have the highest priority."
International students who are not eligible for
financial aid may lx- screened through the Office
of International Education and Exr hange. Evster
said
The OIEE has access to a limited amount of fi
nancial information about international students,
said Peter Briggs, associate director for the OIEE
The OIEE would like to work with University
Housing. Briggs said, but it doesn't know how it
will assess International students because it lacks
tax rix:ords and extensive information on what
constitutes financial need in the different coun
tries.
However, Briggs said he's not worrier! that in
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PROPOSED HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
• Proposal would give lop priority to graduate and
undergraduate students with financial aid who have chil
dren Currently, top priority goes to graduate students
with children, regardless of whether thoy receive finan
cial aid
• Second and third priorities would go to graduate stu
dents with financial aid who don't have children and
undergraduates ages 21 and over with financial aid who
don't have children.
• Students without financial aid who have children
would be fourth priority
• The lowest prionties would go to graduate students
and undergraduates ages 21 and over who don't have
financial aid and don't have children.
• Two adults who want1° live together would not need
a marriage certificate
• The maximum occupancy for studio units would be
two people, not one.
Grapfac by Jail PasUy
WEATHER
Eugene-Springfield residents
should expect mostly sunny
skies with highs in the mid 40s
Tonight will be cold and dear
withlows in the 20s
Thought tor Today
"Histiry is but a kind of
Newgate calendar, a register of
the crimes and miseries that
man has inflicted on his fellow
man.* - Washington Irving
ARRESTED FOR BITING
HILLSBORO (AP) - A 39-year-old Aloha woman has been indicted on
attempted murder and other charges for allegedly using the virus that causes
AIDS as a dangerous weapon when she bit the finger of a sheriffs deputy
Joan R. Meza was arraigned on an eight-count indictment Tuesday in
Washington County District Court
A circuit court appearance was set for Monday
Tnna Strom. Meta's court-appointed lawyer, said she would ask for a
release hearing Meza was being held on S40.000 bail
In addition to the attempted murder count, a Washington county grand
jury charged Meza with attempted assault, assault on a peace officer,
assault, resisting arrest, menacing and recklessly endangering another
_SPORTS
MILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee Bucks forward-center AUa
Abdeloaby could face mariiuana possession charges after his
arresl in a Milwaukee suburb, officials said Wednesday
Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Stephanie
Rnthstem said her office would await results of tests from the
state crime lab and then decide whether to proceed
Authorities refused to divulge details of the arrest, including
when it was made
‘lust because we re reviewing charges doesn't mean there is
going to be a charge, it doesn't mean there's not," Rothstein
said Wednesday The investigation is going on *