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Oregon Daily WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1993 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 95, ISSUE 41 MOMMAS Mf 'JaAK'.y f -r.*.,:, The Ranger Challenge team practices assembling the rope bridge, which is an event in this weekend's Reno Invitational. Challenge team readies for warfare j Military sports team prepares for competition By Heatherle Himes Team loader Grog lies mond's shout sliced through the chilly h .cm darkness. and the University Ranger C.ho 1 - lunge team s< ramhled to assem ble u rope bridge After two months of early morning practices, the military sports team can siring the rope between two poles and put nine people in repelling Seats across it in two and a half min utes. The rope bridge is one ol five events to he contested at the Reno Ranger Challenge tnvita tionalOit .‘to The one-dav > ompetitiou will include a timed pin steal fitness test, n weapons assem bly race and a unarmed grenade assault obstacle course At the end will i>e what team i oat.h (.reg Haves rails "the gruelling and arduous tok riu ksack march " Competitors race for more Ilian six miles while tarrying 30-35 pound parks and 30 pounds of gear Rookie Scott Kin hie di'Si rdies competing in Ranger Challenge as "adrenaline pumping, onthusiastii tost os ierone Its pist Arms, and no other sport is like u "If you can make it through Ranger Challenge, you can make it through almost any thing," he said ' to CHALLENGE P.i.jo Measure 1 could help education j The ballot measure may restore funding to schools prevent program losses By Stephanie Sisson Owgon D&ity t rtwrakl In 1991, House Bill 3565 thi- Oregon education Act for the -1st Century" was passed The intent of the Itili was to make Oregon students the best educated citizens in the nation by the year 2000, In the meantime, sc hools all over Ore Srote ■ Nov. 9 gon ore dropping programs, increas ing class si/.e and reclining staff in response to Mea sure 5 cutbacks. Oregon schools don't have the financial resources to implement House Bill 3565 — some sc hools are having a hard time just lumping their doors open. "There are people who drive by and see that the lights are on, there are students there, the busses are running — hey. everything's fine,” said Chuck Vaughn, South Eugene High School co-principal. "Hut they’re not in the building. They don't see (>H students in one classroom They don't see the classes wo can't offer anymore. It 's easy for people not to realize it's not the same." Two years ago, teams made up of hun dreds of parents, staff and other con cerned citizens began slicing away at expenses in the 4J district budget in response to lost revenue as a result of Measure 5. On their recommendations, the 1993-94 district budget shows an increase in student participation fees and reductions in athletics, instructional pro grams. administration and other activities Since 1988. the 4| school distric t has cut costs by S1 ^ million. In this year alone, the district cut $10.8 million, including 78 certified teaching. 32 classi fied. and six administrative positions. Turn to SCHOOLS. Page 7 Repair job . as’..- my » Of*NI f t Ron Summers, who works at the Physical Plant, removes graffiti from a trash recep tacle The recent outburst of vandalism has given the Physical Plant the extra work of cleaning vandalized buildings and walkways around the University Delegates will prepare for lobbying at session j Students will attend strategy meeting in Washington, D C By Edward Klopfenstein University delegates to the United St,lies Student As SOI 1.1 lion will he leaving today lor a three day strategy session in Washington l).( The group plans to prepare for a Mart h lob bying session v\ ith (iongress "A lot of work is already done." said Women's (.'enter Advocate and USSA Hoard Member Michelle Harks "These three days are lor handing out assignments, base ally USSA lobbies Congress lor student rights aiut greater fund ing for student programs. Oregon is one of the highest represented states at the USSA hoard with a total of eight stu dent delegates. Parks said Pour of those students, including Parks, represent the University in the organization. Other student delegates include: Diana Collins-Puente, ASUO vice president; Pden Ajri an-Omrin, ASUO multicultural affairs coordinator, and Troy Shields. ASUO safety affairs coordinator. Some of the issues University representatives will be dis missing include changes in fed eral funding for non-traditional students, recruitment and reten tion of minorities, and the role of lesbian, gay and bisexual stu dents in education, she said. USSA wants to lower the number of mandatory < redits that must be taken for single mothers with children bv t bang ing federal funding guidelines Turn to USSA. Page 7