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The remaining 80 percent of the budget
generated by OSSHE, through tuition,
fee#, federal grants and contracts, would
bo control 1ml and dispensed by the board.
"The legislature only owns 20 percent
of the company, but it controls 100 per
cent of the votes," said Weldon Ihrig.
vice-chancellor of finance and adminis
tration for the state hoard.
If approved during the upcoming leg
islative session, the move could save as
much as $10 million a year and would
also curtail costly state assessments and
audit foes, say Oregon State System of
Higher Education officials.
The predicted savings will maintain
access for 2,000 undergraduates during
the 1995 - 1997 biennium. In fad, the $20
million saved over two years has already
Ixien factored Into the budget, according
to Ihrig
"The money will Iks spent either on
educating 2,000 students or on continu
ing redundant administrative processes,”
said Ihrig
Thivpublic corporation idea is one of
the many changes officials hope to make
in the scramble to keep the system alive
whilo raping with dwindling state dollars
allotted for higher education since the
passage of Ballot Measure 5 in 1<HH)
The measure put a cap on the property
tax rate and resulted in less money for the
state.
In essence, the proposal would amend
<M> sections of the Oregon Revised
Statutes and wipe out 18 sections The
changes would relieve the state system
from following state purchasing contracts
and allow the state system to make
autonomous personnel decisions without
state oversight.
But many legislators have expressed
opposition over the proposal, saying the
implementation of su<Ji a change as writ
ten is vague and unclear
"I don't think the proposal has been
explained well. There is a willingness to
look at reducing costs, hut then* seems to
be some confusion between a public cor
poration and privatization." said State
Son. Cliff Trow (D-Corvallis), who is co
chair of the Ways and Means Committee
"The public corporation idea raises
more questions than it answers. How
would decisions lie made7 Who would
determine the tuition and fees7” he said
Trow said the bill addresses areas with
excessive red tape. duplication and i;osts
The Ways and Moans committee and the
fiscal staff will identify the parts of the
bill that address cost-cutting measures
and could be saved, if the entire bill fails.
Some of the added exists include assess
ments by the state to OSSHE for state pro
t.x that are not directly related to higher
education
"The state assessed money from
OSSHE for the construction of a new
parking garage in Salem," Ihrig said. "We
only have three* employees there "
The state divides the cost of projects,
for example, the parking garage, among
all the state agencies, including OSSHE,
regardless of whether or not the agencies
use the facility, Ihrig said
"The state budget office reviews our
budget before it's sent to the legislature
for approval." he said."The annual
assessment from the state's budget office
costs more than it does for OSSHE to pre
pare the budget."
On Juno 22. some legislators and board
members came together in Salem to dis
cuss the proposal.
"1 went into the meeting fairly skepti
oil." said Stale Sen Lenn Hannon (R
Ashland). who sit* on the Way* and
Means Committee."! tame away substan
tially relieved because all the state system
is asking for i* more discretionary man
agement."
Hannon, like other legislator*, believes
the terminology of "public corporation"
has created an aura of misunderstanding
around the i*suo.
"Certainly, there are some mec hanics
that need to Ice ironed out. hut l couldn’t
find anything to he greatly concerned
about." said Hannon
"There are a lot of legislators who are
not willing to let go of their fiscal control,
and they are suspicious of this proposal."
said (•rattan Kerans, OSSHK government
affairs director
"The legislature thinks it might have
less control over a new entity," said Ger
ald Kissler, University vice provost for
planning and resources. "But the propos
al isn't designed to take oversight away
from the Legislature. It only changes the
way we conduct our business."
If the state system wants flexibility,
efficiency and responsiveness, said
Kissler. authority to make decisions at the
local level must exist.
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help with the media
"It was a very difficult situa
tion What 1 tried to do when he
asked me to come to the hospital
was cut off everybody in the
hospital from him and his fami
ly. so he and his family could lie
alone with his daughter," Simp
son said, who also handled the
funeral where more than .15.000
people attended.
"When you go through some
thing like that with anybody,
you become real close and that
just strengthened the bond we
had."
But his relationship with the
one* "archsegregation!st" — as
one biographer called Thur
mond — has forced many to
question Simpson.
Four days before coming to
Kugene on Aug. .10, 1003. Simp
son was the focus of a Eugene
Weekly "Short Report" that
flagged Simpson's "conservative
resume.” Almost half of the arti
cle focused on Thurmond's rep
utation while noting Simpson's
ties to him.
"I read that story back in
South (Carolina, and it dismayed
me because it portrayed me as
some sort of right wing, conser
vative political activist when
there's nothing further from the
truth." Simpson said.
".So. it dismayed me that this
particular publication clearly
went after mo by taking one very
small facet of my resume and
blowing it somewhat out of pro
portion."
Many at Indiana University
are as concerned about Simpson
being an ultra- conservative just
as Eugene Weekly was when he
first arrived here.
"This throws people for a
loop," said a reporter with on
Indiana University student pub
lication. the Indiana Voice.
"Here comes Myles Brand, who
people are pretty happy to see
coming, and then behind him is
Christopher Simpson, who peo
ple are just not sure about."
The reporter said that the lib
eral Brand coupled with the
apparently right wing Simpson
makes an odd match to govern
the university.
But Brand said he is confident
that Simpson is the right choice
for Indiana.
"1 think very highly of fiim.
Christopher," Brand said by
phone.
One advantage about Indiana
that Simpson hints at is the sta
bility the job offers, a welcome
change to the constant career
moves he's made in the past.
"I have moved much too fre
quently in the last six years. My
kids are entering the second and
fifth grades next year." he said
"They have asked Myles to be
there for the next 10 years, and
it is iny intention to be with him
for the next 10 years."
That's what he said aliout Ore
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