EDITORIAL
You want it, then
you pay for it
University funding is becoming a disappearing/reap
pearing act. The crunch of 1990‘s Ballot Measure 5 has
presented many interesting attempts at generating mon
ey for this University, as well as education in general.
Wo have boon faced with a salos tax. which was defeat
ed Tuesday. Differential tuition was Introducer! by Uni
versity President Myles Brand just before the election —
maybe a little foreshadowing ns to the outcome of the
election.
The differential tuition rate is a way to raise money for
the University. There are a couple of wavs to implement
the differential tuition. One is to add a $40 increased foe
to each student's tuition per term. Another is to add
different charges for different majors.
Adding $40 more per student will generate money for
Freshman Interest Groups, studont/profnssor research
projects, better faculty advising and other programs that
would improve the University.
There is one important question that has no answer:
Can the $40 ho increased when the perceivod need aris
es? It would also cost students more to go to this Uni
versity than another. In this country more is better and
the American way is "the bigger, the hotter." An edu
cation from the University could be perceived as having
more worth than an education from another state school.
There is also the student who is forced to attend a
school not out of choice, but solely because that is the
only state school offering the student’s chosen major. The
student is then forced to earn a degree from a state school
that is seen as second-best simply because the differ
ential tuition is less.
Either way, when charging a higher fee to everyone —
or to each particular major — the cost will probably not
bo substantial, at least not substantial enough to dis
courage students from continuing on with a higher edu
cation. There needs to be however, a point when the
increases stop getting passed on to the students. There
neods to bo a program implemented that fuels the dosire
of tho ontire state to take the brunt of the high cost of edu
cation for that stato, a cost that must be endured by the
people, not just the students. Such an effort would bet
ter the country, and on a more personal level, the state
we live in.
In the aftermath of Measure 5. money has been
crunched. Methods used to try to generate needed rev
enue to keep the University functioning with a full head
of steam are becoming quite entertaining. A state school
is a servico to the students of that state. In return, edu
cated citizens are a service to the state. One can’t suc
cessfully function without the other.
Differential tuition is just that, different. Maybe a lit
tle too different. At first, it sounds like a small cost passed
on to the students. The issue is deeper than the small cost
the student endures. It becomes the value of an educa
tion and the side effects differential tuition has on an
education. The side effects, on a large scale, are quite
substantial. Tho biggest side effect is the demeaning qual
ity of education at one school compared with another
simply because of the of the price tag.
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LETTERS
Prisoner's Plea
I‘in an inmate here at the Indi
ana Reformatory Certain events
have compelled me to write this
letter, in an effort to reach out and
elude the shadow of loneliness
that I’ve known for so long. Over
the years 1 have lost contact with
family and friends This has left
a void within, that can only be
filled by human contact. I have
been attending church service, in
an effort to become a complete
Christian. This is something I sin
cerolv work on. As a result, I rind
life rewarding and my life here
has been meaningful, and bear
able. Yet, there are times when
I'm overwhelmed by u loneliness
that cries out for contact with
individuals, other than those hem
at the prison. In this letter I reach
out... I pray that you find the
space in your newspaper to print
this letter Hopefully, someone
will respond. A letter from some
one would dissipate the loneli
ness, and fill the emptiness
inside. Thank you for any
consideration given to my
request.
Marshall Diamond Lackey
P.O. Box 30
Pendleton, Ind. 40064
Jake's no racist
|nke Burg. editor of the Emer
ald. is not a racist. Just beteuse
the photos of the Husky football
players who have been charged
with sox abuse and burglary wen)
placed on the front page of the
Emerald (Nov. 2). and they hap
pened to be black, shouldn't give
anyone the right to assume that
lake Berg is racist. It's not his
fault that these men committed
this crime and that they were
black. The person who is accus
ing Jake of being racist and hang
ing posters around advertising
these accusations is the one who
has the problem. This person
does not realize that despite the
color of the football players, the
same story with the same format
and pictures would still be
placed on the front page of the
Emerald.
Jake Berg was doing his job
when he placed this article on the
front page. It wasn’t because he
was racist and trying to prove
some point because these men
were black. It was because this
was big news and it was impor
tant for everyone to see and real
ize the problems of sexual harass
ment and rape on campus.
To the person who has been
slandering Jake, we would like to
sav that you need to take a look
at yourself before you accuse
someone else with accusations
as terrible as these. You obvi
ously do not know Jake os a per
son and have no right to judge
him by the layout of his news
paper,
Our advice is to count to 10
and chill out.
Rebekah Berg
Ginger Sonnie
Eugene
To the point
Tlte comic strip "Bullregard"
is neither funny nor clever.
Please cancel it.
G. Mark Verbiske
Spanish
Flying leap
Since John-Wayne Johnson
brougJit up the subject of turkeys
as an excuse to again plug liis
extremelv tiresome religious
beliefs lODH, Nov. 10). I would
Tlte to expand on his vague anal
ogy bv inviting this turkey (John
Wayne Johnson) to take a flying
leap through the Pearly (inti's and
“leave us to quietly enjoy our
own beliefs." (Basic Common
Courtesy. 101.)
Brian Bogart
Japanese
Policy of greed
It seems as if everyone is try
ing to ignore the human element
in the Amazon housing situation.
What about those people who are
currently being kicked out of
their homes because the Uni
versity wants to make more mon
ey? What are these people sup
posed to do? Study by a flashlight
in a tent while bundling their
kids up tight, hoping they'll stay
warm, and then move back into
Amazon after unnecessary reno
vations are completed and pay
$500-$600 per month? Then they
won't be able to afford school.
This seems to be a prime exam
pie of the University’s policy of
greet!.
Brian Olson
Political Science
Dark ages
As the Bosnian Muslims con
tinue to he slaughtered, the Sau
di and Kuwaiti governments also
continue their S.'t- billion invest
ment in European and American
hanks.
Instead of using the econom
ic leverage they enjoy in the West
to improve the lives of the Mus
lims worldwide, the corrupt rul
ing al-Saued of Arabia and al
Sahah of Kuwait have joined the
Western governments in disem
powering the Muslims not only
in Bosnia hut also in their own
countries.
These ruling families control
their countries like tribal socie
ties of the Dark Ages. Both
women and men have no free
dom.
A few weeks ago President
Clinton proclaimed his personal
interest in human rights for peo
ple of all nations, in on opening
speech at the United Nations
Assembly.
If President Clinton is truly
interested in everyone’s human
rights, he should initiate a pro
cess through the U.N. that would
isolate both rulers. For a start, all
the ruling families' assets in the
U S. should be frozen until they
improve human rights in their
countries.
All Keyhanford
Eugene
Classist policy
We've heard a lot of facts about
the Amazon housing demolition,
but nothing about the people who
are living in tents now due to the
University's greed. This is a case
of the University putting forth a
classist policy, discriminating
against tnose students with low
incomes and families. Without
adequate low-income housing,
these people are not going to be
able to continue to educate them
selves. I'm disappointed that the
University puts profit before peo
ple.
Angie Bentz
Undeclared