Oregon Daily
New plan
sends bills
to Seattle
j Change will
increase the effi
ciency of process
ing payments
By Julie Swensen
vi t f rm/ 1
Returning students who
received their tuition hills ear
lier this month may have Uien
surprised to discover that their
payments now must lie sent to
Seattle.
The change was made in
order to Ur more efficient, said
David Doerksen. accounts
receivable supervisor for the
Office of Business Affairs.
Before, i ashiers at Oregon
Hall used to pro< ess all of the
payments, but would often girt
days behind because of the
volume and because of the
flood of students coming into
the building The procedure
was time consuming and pre
vented the i.ashiers from doing
other duties.
As a result, students mail
their hills to a processingi.on
ter at First Interstate Bank in
Seattle, w hose employees i an
process them immediately.
Bills (hat are hand-delivered
to Oregon Hall are still
processed by the cashiers
there
First Interstate has two pro
cessing centers — one in Fort
land and one in Seattle The
Seattle site was chosen
because it has more resources
to better deal with the large
volume of hills, said Larrv
Tergesen, assistant director of
business affairs.
Oregon State and Portland
St ite universities joined the
University in sending their
hills to the processing center,
w Inch yields a cheaper rate for
the universities Hie center
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66 Motel manager, Martin, gives a key to Jake Simon, an English major at the University, tor his temporary dorm.
Dorm overflow — motel makes homes
j Housing problems create
unique living arrangements
By Edward Klopfensteln
OfdQorf {■nwst0
rhe current overflow of students in the
University dormitory system is not a prob
lem. University officials said last week
Many students in both the dormitory sys
tem and on the waiting list for on-campus
housing are expei led to find permanent
housing within the next few weeks
One w eek before classes, about 1.10 stu
dents that couldn't l>e placed in permanent
housing were assigned to temporary units
that ranged from lounge space to motel
rooms Another HO students were on a wait
ing list for on-campus housing
Attrition should open up spa< u, said Du k
Romm, resident life director for the dormi
tory system, as students either transfer to
the greek system, change their mind about
University housing, or |ust don't show up
"We do this every year.'' Romm said.
"This isn't anything new "
Concerning students on the waiting list,
Romm sairl. "as classes start, that will he
down to nothing liei a use those people will
have to find housing soon," if units don t
open up for them on campus
Aland 3.300 students have I wen assigned
sjuico in the University's seven dormitories
this year, said Michael Eystur. University
Housing director. Normal operating utpar
itv lor tho University's dormitory system is
3.125.
Spai e has been made for the in< rease in
residents, partly, by limiting the number of
one-person units.
Also, a mimlier of rooms that can fit from
three to four residents, but often housed
only two or three, will he filled to capai its.
Komm said
Lounge space in the dormitories was
opened for extra room. Komm said
Lounge spai e includes a lied, dresser and
desk for each student The spare may he
smaller than the typical dormitory room,
when considering the spar e each student
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Michelle Thompson and Sharon Singer Mlllman. holding her three
year-old son, Zachary, listen to debate on the future of low-income.
Tenants discuss future of Amazon
□ Representatives
field complaints
about housing
By Martina Jotte
f or the Oregon Deify fmerakJ
Reps Carl Hosticka and |im
Kdmunson mol with 40 Univer
sity tenants and their families
Thursday night to hear griev
ances concerning low-income
family housing, including the
proposed tearing down of Ama
zon.
The students and representa
tives discussed Amazon, cost
overruns at the housing project
on 1 Hth Avenue and Agate
Street. Berkeley architect
Christopher Alexander, the
overhead administrative assess
ment, and topics relating to a
$10 million bond issued in 108!)
to the University by the Legisla
ture at the request of Sen Bill
Dwyer, D-Springfield, for the
purpose of creating affordable
student housing
Many students questioned the
University's adherence to the
mission of family housing,
which they felt was to provide
the lowest possible rents for
low-income students and their
families.
Hosticka and Edmonson, both
Eugene Democrats, were barely
able to speak as the students rea
soned and pleaded to keep Ama
zon from taring torn down
One tenant. Bruce Gibbons,
told Hosticka and Kdmunson
that be hud studied the engi
neer's report that recommended
the demolition of Amazon by
ItMMi. Gibbons, who said he has
been a licensed general contrac
tor for 15 years, does 25 percent
of his work on low-income HUD
housing.
Gibbons said the engineer's
report was subjective and
biased. For example, it lumped
the condition of the two-story
units with the remodeled one
story units.
Giving a detailed technical
analysis of Amazon to Hosticka
and Kdmunson. Gibbons said
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