UNIVERSITY
Budget cuts reduce services for veterans
By Dante) Brown
For ttwt OrOQOn Daty £ rnfrakf
Four work-study veterans face not
only loss of employment hut
reduced services. Lane County Vet
erans' Services office recently
announc ed a reduction in services
for veterans, their surviving spous
os and dependent children.
In a press conference Friday morn
ing ol the county veterans' services
office, Clint Heath, a veterans' ser
vices offic er, explained the results
ol budget cuts
"Not only have the cuts hurt the
staff here ill tint office, hut we had
to c ut all outreac h services too."
Heath said "That means no sen ic.es
for house-hound veterans in towns
like Florence. Cottage Grove and
Junction City and such."
Services the veterans services
office provides include some coor
dination between the host of veter
ans' organizations in the area, infor
mation and support for veterans
trying to get benefits from federal
Veterans' Affairs, and compassion
ate humanitarian aid to veterans
Lane County contracts operation of
the office to Vietnam Veterans of
America all 4. the oldest chapter in
the state The local office consists of
an office manager, three veterans
services officers and four work-study
veterans
There are about 35.000 veterans
in Uine Countv The United States
Department of Veteran*' Affair* indi
cated that last year they received
more than $24 million in benefits
and other monies. Much of it. as
Heath said, was through assistance
and support from the veterans ser
vices office
"It's quite an investment, if you
ask me." said Tom Stewart, a vet*
cran of the Vietnam conflict. "For
the $50,000 the county invests we
return $24 million."
Stewart went on to suggest the
U S Department of Veterans' Affairs
is "the adversary" and veterans are
fort til to earn their benefits twice —
"once in military service and once
through the V A . and this office is
an invaluable help."
ART BRIEFS
• Stanford law Professor fan Ayers
will present n free lecture titled
"Racial Disc rimination in Hail Set
ting" at 4 pm today in Room 12*1 of
the University School of Law. For
more information, call the Blac k Stu
dent Union ut 34(>-437f); the .School
of law at 346-1561 or 346-3830; or
Diane Wong at 346-2860
• The University Lundquist Cen
ter for Business Development will
sponsor an Oregon Lntarprise Forum
today at the Valley River Inn, 1000
Valiev River Way. Kugene The soc ini
hour with no-host c.oc ktails begins
at 5 p in and the program will last
from ti to 7 tr> p m. The Burley
Design Cooperative, n tandem hike
mnmif.u turer. will present its busi
ness plan, and panelists and the
audience will he allowed to point
out the strengths and weaknesses in
the plan. The forum offers exposure
to what's going on in the business
i (immunity unci how experts in oper
aliens, marketing and finance give
advice to companies at a critical
stage of development The cost is $10
in advance or $15 at the door, but
University faculty and students cam
attend for $5 For more information
or to register, call Karlin Conklin ut
.440-3312.
• The film A Celebration of On
gins, part of the Southeast Asian
Brown Bag Talks, will lie shown at
11 a.m. Wednesday. Jan. liO in FMU
Century Room F'. There is no admis
sion charge. For more information,
call 346-1521.
• Adventurer l.iane Owen will
share climbing slides and stories
from Chile's Torres del Paine to
Denali at noon Wednesday’ in EMU
Room 37 There is no admission
charge. For more information, call
340-4 305.
• Avalanc he expert Jim Blanc.hard
will offer a free presentation on
avnliinc he safety and resc lie proc e
dures at 7 p in Wednesday in Room
242 of ( ierlinger Hall For more infor
mation, c all 346-4365
• Chris Daly will give a free pre
sentation a hoot the new Oregon
precipitation map as part of the
geography lea series at 4 p m
Thursday. Jan. 27 in Room 106
( amdon For more information, c all
140-4555
• The University Museum of Nat
ural History will present a lecture bv
Dave Brainier, an associate profes
sor of anthropology at Oregon State
University, entitled "Between the
Lines Parly F'renc.h-Canadian Set
tlement in the Willamette Volley,
on Thursday from 4 30 to 5:30 p in
at the museum. 1680 H 15th Ave A
$! donation is encouraged The lec -
ture is part of the museum's "How
the West Was Really Won Prehis
toric and Historic Settlement in Ore
gon” series whic h will continue eac h
Thursday until March 3. For more
information, cull the museum at 346
3024.
• Undergraduate fiction and poet
ry writers will read from their work
as part of the University Kidd Tuto
rial Readings at 7 p.m. Thursday. Jan.
27 in the Cumwnod Room of the
EMU. There is no admission charge.
For more information, call 340-0540
• The University School of Music
Faculty String Quartet will perform
at 8 p.m. Thursday at Beall Concert
Hall.961 F lHthAve Tickets are $5
for general admission and $3 for stu
dents and seniors. For more infor
mation, call 348-5678.
• "Soaring at the Sorting: Dance
314" will he presented by the Uni
versity dance faculty and guest
artists the Creach/Koester Dance
Company at 7:30 p.m Friday and
Saturday, at the Sorong Theatre in
the Hull Outer Faculty choreogra
phy and student dam ers will he
featured Tickets are Sit) for getter
al admission and $6 for students
and seniors For more information,
call I.isa Arkin at 346-3366 or 340
3387.
• The Until Chronicles, a play by
Wendy Wasserstein. continues in
the University’s Robinson Theater.
1 109 Old Campus Lane, at 8 p.m
Friday and Saturday Tit kets are
$8. $6 and $4 50 For more infor
mation, call 346-4191
• Saturday art classes for children
will lie tmgin at 8 30 a m Saturday,
|an 24. at Lawrence Hall. 1190
Franklin Blvd . and will continue
through March 5. The classes, which
are taught by University students
under the supervision of art faculty,
offer students from kindergarten
through the fifth grade an opportu
nity to participate in designed arts
activities The program is sponsored
by the University Arts and Admin
istration Program and the Continu
ing Education Office For more infor
mation. call 346- 4231
Classes on law
offered to public
By Julie S wen sen
Oregon Q**V fmenvo
University students and community members who have
legal questions about topics ranging from bankruptcy to
how to clear a credit report can obtain free legal informa
tion through a program offered at the University School of
law.
The People's I.aw School has presented lectures to the
public for years on those topics and others such as employ
ment discrimination, personal injury, and what to do if
you're charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
The lectures, which are taught bv local practicing attorneys
and law school students, will he presented in an eight
week series laginning next month.
While the classes can't offer specific legal advice on a
particular case, the lectures do provide general legal infor
mation and can educate members of the community on
what rights exist for them in the judicial system.
"It's important for people to realize that the law school
is not just here to educate students, but that it also wants
to provide for the community," said Angi Lee, director of
the People's Ijiw School.
The organization, which has been around since the
1070s, was established out of a desire for community out
reach on behalf of the students and local attorneys, said
Dave Frohnmayer. dean of the law school
"There's a great hunger for legal knowledge, and a great
need for it," Frohnmayer said "There ought to be ways
people can get that without attending three years of law
school."
The classes are beneficial because they allow people
who are c onsidering filing for bankruptcy, for example, to
learn about tin* options available to them without having to
pay a consultation fee to a private attorney, Lee said.
The program also benefits the lawyers, who are given an
avenue to perforin community service, and the law stu
dents. who are considering going into n certain area of law,
Lee said.
There has been a good response from the community to
the program, said Tori Lemmon, executive assistant to the
dean at the law school. People often call the law school to
ask what the topic for the next class will be, and some peo
ple come every night that the lectures are offered.
"There's a regular group of people who count on it,"
lannman said.
All classes start at 7 p.tn. ami are hold in Room 129 of
the law school. The schedule of topics for February
through March is as follows: Bankruptcy. Feb. 2; Juvenile
Law, Feb 9; Criminal l-aw, Feb 16. Wills and Trusts, Feb.
23; Personal Injury. March 2; Employment Discrimination,
March 9: What to do if you get a DUI1, March 16; and Con
sumer Rights — How to clear your credit report. March 30.
For more information, contact Angi Lee at 345-5847.
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