Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1993
University housing rents increased for next year
j University charges
housing department
$300,000 assessment
By Martin Fisher
Oregon Daily f merak1
Students living in University
housing will be paving more for
rent beginning Sept. I The
increased rents are due to rou
tine maintenance costs, sup
porting n new family housing
site at lHtli Street and Agate
Avenue and a controversial
$300,000 administrative fee
being assessed bv the Universi
ty.
Rents at the Westmoreland
housing complex will in* rease
$25 per month, rents at the
Amazon complex will rise $20
per month and East C ampus
rents w ill increase as much ns
$40 per month
Kents for resident halls will
increase for multiple rooms
from $ 1.220 per year to $3,550,
while single room rates will go
from $4,101 to $4,435.
However, the increase is not
setting well with many tenants,
particularly those in family
housing.
Nancy Forrest of the Amazon
Tenant’s Council and co-< hair
woman of the Family Housing
Hoard, said she believes stu
dents living in University hous
mg are being unfairly singled
out to generate additional re\
emie for the University.
"We're being taxed twice
- because we live m housing.”
she said "Our fees .ire already
going up hei nu.se we re stu
dents. and our tuition is already
going up. Now. simply by the
fac t we live in housing, we're
being asked to subsidize the
University
Michael l ister. University
housing direc tor, said, 1 don't
like to charge my residents any
more than I have to.” but said
ho understands why the Uni
versity is assessing his depart
ment the S.tt)0.000 fee
Although the housing depart
inont is entirely self supporting
and ret eives no money from
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IAST CAMPUS
MAIKfT
Court disallows voting
districts based on race
J So-called minority
majority districts may violate
rights of white voters
WASHINGTON (AH) Statu legisla
tures may lie violating v\ bite voters rights
In i renting congressional distrii ts that are
(li*sigin*(l to give minorities an elei tornl
majority, the Supreme Court ruled today
I he T>--» decision revived a ( liallenge to
a congressional redistricting plan for North
Carolina that i rented two majoritv-black
districts The challenged plan was drawn
to satisfy a |ustii e Department objection
to a previous plan the state Legislature
drew.
The decision could jeopardize action in
other slates that recently created so-called
majority-minority districts to comply with
the Voting Kights A( t
The court's Voting Rights Ait ruling
< nine on a challenge by two white voters
who contended that the North Carolina leg
islature's M>‘12 redistrit ting plan amount
ed to "racial gerrymandering
The two contested congressional dis
trii Is are among about two dozen new dis
tricts across the nation with black or
Hispanic majorities They were created
under justice Department pressure fol
lowing the t‘i‘«) census
“Racial classifications of any sort pose
the risk of lasting harm to our society,” Jus
tice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the
court "They reinforce the heiief, held by
too many for too much of our history, that
individuals should in? judged by the color
of their skin "
O'Connor said racial classifications in
voting pose "particular dangers," adding.
"Racial gerrymandering, even for reinedi
til purposes demands i lose judic ial
s< rut in v "
Hut today's dis ision appeared to viv that
such close scrutinv should lie applied hv
courts when the districts drawn are so
bizarre” they appear to bo "unexplainable
on grounds other than rat e "
O'Connor was joined bv Chief Justice
Willmnt H Kehnquist aiul Justit es Antonin
Scuba, Anthony M Kennedy andClarehcn
Thomas
lustit es Hyron R White, Harry A Black
mun. John Paul Stevens and David II
Sotder dissented.
Based on the 1990 t ensus. North Car
olirta increased its t ongressional delega
tion, from 11 to 12 seats in the House
Five white voters from Durham sued
over the 1992 redistricting plan, contend
ing that it amounted to unlawful "rai ml
gerrymandering ”
They noted that the new, worm-shaped
12th District stretches 160 miles from C.as
tonia to Durham hugging the thin line of
interstate H5.
Fhe district is so narrow at one point
that drivers in the northbound lanes of I
BS are in the 12th District but drivers in
the southbound lanes are in the Sixth
"Today we hold only that (white voters)
have stated a claim by alleging that the
North Carolina Cam era I Assembly adopt
ed a reapportionment scheme so irrational
on its face that it can be understood only
ns an effort to segregate voters into sepa
rate voting districts because of their race,"
O'Connor wrote
Today’s ruling made clear that such
minority-majority districts must answer to
claims that they violate the constitution
ally protected equal-treatment rights of
white voters
Strip and wax
1_—
Donny Patterson (left) and Barry Rager from the Eugene Police
Cadet Post, try to lure customers to the cadet posts annual "nude'' car
wash Although there is no actual nudity, the idea to hide behind signs
was thought of several years ago to stand out from the plethora of
other chanty car washes
WEATHER
Th« sun should tome out today
after the morning clouds bum
away Highs are expected to
reach the mid-7(K
Expect more clouds on
Wednesday, but highs should
still remain about 75.
BYRON WHITE RETIRES
WASHINGTON (AP) - Byron R While, the Supreme Court s hard-as
nails senior justice, retired Monday saying "Then1 is no doubt I shall miss
the court very much’ after 31 yean on the job.
White read from a letter be had written his eight fellow justices as he
took the bench to close out the court's 1992-93 term
"This (Burt is a very small organization for the freight it carries, and its
work is made possible only by the competent and dedicated service of
those who work here." White quoted from his "Dear Colleagues" letter
White. 76, had announced his intention to retire last March President
Clinton has nominated Ruth Bader Cmsburg. a federal appellate |udge. to
replace White.
His gravelly voice seemed to break when White concluded. "The court
is a great institution, and I wish it well. It has been good to me.
SPORTS
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas Rangers outfielder lose
Canseco received a sei ond mediial opinion that confirmed
the (.tub's diagnosis - a complete ligament tear in his right
elbow that will require surgery
Canseco’s elbow was examined Monday by Dr Frank lobe
in Inglewood. Calif, dub ofTu lals said The tear is in the
ulnar collateral ligament
Jobe has recommended surgery, which would end Canseco s
season but have him back in time for spring training next
year.
He is batting 255 with 10 home runs and Sfi RBIs in 60
games