Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 95, ISSUE 41
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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
.
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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