Oregon Daily
FRIDAY. MAY 14. 1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 157
Leaders agree
on $2 fee for
sports events
j Student seating will remain the
same, athletic department
revenue could increase
By Chester Allen
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Students attending next year's football and
men's basketball games will have to pay .1 $2 fee
lor each ticket they use, uci circling to a budget
agreement reached Wednesday lielwoen student
government and the athletic department
Under the terms of the agreement, the athlet
ic department will take a $75,000 cut from ds
Si.04 million incidental fee allocation.
However, the department and student gov
ernment leaders said the user fee will eventual
ly give athletics more money w bile reducing the
amount of fees each student pays
The athletic department had been threatening
to take away prime student seating lor basketball
or football in response to the Incidental Tee
Committee's decision to cut $35,000 from the
student let- tic ket subsidy
Negotiators for the athletic department and
the ASUO said the agreement would make stu
dents who attend games pay more of the cost of
supporting University sports
Sandy Walton, assistant athletic dime tor, said
the agreement would allow the athletic depart
ment to take a substantial reduction in student
fee c ontributions without taking away prime
student seating
■'The agreement is a win—win situation for
both sides.' Walton said 'We ll get an increase
m revenue and there will tie no c hange! in seat
location or number lor football or basketball
games
Neil Siinnoll. ASUO finance c oordinator. said
the S2 fee would help the athletic: department
solve its current budget deficit white ensuring
students who pick up tickets actually use them
An ASUO study found that many students
have been fin king up tickets hut not attending
games. Sunnell said
Under currant levels of student ticket use. the
athletic department will gain $35,000 from the
new fee. full if students use all the available tick
ets. the department would gain $99,000 in addi
tional revenue. Sunnell said
In addition, the agreement may allow student
fees to remain at the same amount they were
this year. Sunnell said.
Every full—time student pays $l(M> in student
fees each term. The athletic department gets $22
of each term's fees.
"The agreement just makes good business
sense." Sunnell said. "It serves the needs of fxjtli
the students and the athletic department.”
UO it to your school
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University students Nancy Farmer (left), Mike Rost'. Todd Farris Kathy C, mnon. Maxine i ee (standing)
and Jennifer D/iekan plant mangolds in the UO outline in front of Johnson Hall as pad of University Pay
activities
Woman might take fraternity to court
j Phi Kappa Psi may have
violated a resolution over
alleged rape by pledge
By Tammy Batey
A student allegedly roped bs a i’tu
ka|j|Ni I’m fraternity pledge said slur may
take the fraternity to court treatise she
believes the house reneged on a reso
lution agreement with the Offii e of Affir
illative Action it Equal Opportunity.
Hut the student mas herself have vio
lat'd tin* agreement's provision to "iiviml
initiating direct or indirect < onliH t" with
the frutwmily
Kondtne "Niki" Kaur ti. It), at i used a
Phi Pm pledge of date rap** in Or tuber
!<)92 following a parts' She did not fill*
charges with ttin poll* e. Instead. Kaui ft
and another woman, whom <1 Pin Psi
member pllogedly attempted to rape,
filed an informal complaint with tin*
affirmative a< lion office in November
On December IH, K.nu ll .mil the nth
or woman signtrd ,i "moiiiornucliini of
resolution" with Phi I’si mouther Kevin
(rf)v ro, flu I'm Adviser lason Asliloy iiiul
Phi Pm President |osh S« hwoilz I ho
mnmonmdum u,is a menus of resolving
I ho (uni|>liiml and not <ni admission of
liiihility
In tho resolution, tin- fraternity mom
tiers agreed to:
• Kot.iin tho sorvii of Krin (iollier of
Sexual Assault St i p| m »rt So mi os at n i ost
of Si.otH) and sook assistant.*' from oth
Turn to DISAGREEMENT. Page 3A
Cross-country bike ride will spotlight AIDS
j Graduate student and others to raise
money, awareness from coast ft! coast
By Tammy Batey
Oregon D&ty l rrwraki
Graduate student Ben Kad.is was planning a lone hi ride
to Alaska this summer. Instead. Kadas. 25, will be riding a< ross
thecuunlry with l‘l people who want to raise money and peo
pie’s awareness about AIDS.
Kadas will leave June 16 from Sun Francisc o to partic i
pate in Hike-Aid, an annual event sponsored by the Over
sens Development Network I he event ends Aug. 20 in Wash
ington. D.C.
But Karins has one hig problem money His go.il is to raise
$3,600. He needs $1,500 just to cover the costs of food and
housing during the trip
“I've raised next to nothing," he said "I've gotten a lot of
promises "
Every year, the network chooses .1 different cause to lie the
focus of Bike-Aid. Even before Karlas found out if his appli
cation had been accepted, he started asking family and
Turn to BIKE, Page 4A
WEATHER
Cloudy skit* expected today,
clearing in the afternoon.
Partially cloudy Saturday
through Monday with scattered
afternoon and night showers
Just #1 Reminder
Today is the last day to:
1| Drop a Uas> with a "W
2) Change grade options
3) Change credits in classes
that have variable credits.
CLEANUP BEGINS
Springfield residents will have the opportunity to help
improve the look of their city during this weekend's annual
cleanup.
City residents cun bring their yard debris to a drop-box situ
at the Booth-Kelly Center, located at the corner of South and
5th Streets, Saturday or Sunday. The program is for
Springfield residents only, so proof of residency is required
People are asked not to drop off anything other than yard
debris.
SPORTS
INDIANAPOLIS (API - Some families have generations of
doctors, lawyers or shopkeepers The l'risers are ra< ers
Among them, they have eight Indianapolis MX) victories
Still, they hunger for more
A! Unset Jr is bai l this month as the defending Indy cham
pion His father, a four time winner and third las! year at the
age of 52, is getting ready for his 27th start
Neither really wants to talk much about past races They are
focused on preparing for Sunday. May 30
"The only reason you (.ome here is to try to win it." the
senior Unser said "Winning last year doesn't mean a thing
when the flag drops this year ’