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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1995)
Serve all students at Oregon schools The number of nonresident students at the Universi ty has jumped over the past five years. With the increase, nonresidents have complained about the high tuition and residents have questioned the University’s commit ment to Oregonians. It it important to realize that ronresident students paying higher tuition rates help flnanco Oregonians attending the University. While resident atudent* pay several thousand dollars a year In tuition, tmiVitivenUy doesn't make a profit on them. Realistically, the more out-of-state students that attend the University, the more Oregonian* that the Uni versity can afford to educate. The number of nonresident students attending the University is growing rapidly, but this is not necessarily cause for alarm. It reflects the amount of recruiting that occurs out of stole to bring students to the University and the expense of higher education in other states. It doesn’t mean that non-residents are trying to drive Ore gonians away and deprive them of an education. Despite the high number of out-of-state students, the University is not abandoning resident students. Subsidized in part by Oregon tax dollars. the priori!) of the 1 Iniversity should bo to educate Oregonians. Many Oregon students ( an't afford to study in other states, making the University and its comparatively inexpen sive resident tuition rate a more viable option. Non-resident students study at the University for dif ferent reasons, often because of the quality of a number of University programs. Unlike Oregonians, non-resi dents aren't coming to Eugt no for the tuition. Someday in the future, when many more students attend the University, recruitment of out-of-state stu dents might become more of an issue. At that lime, Ore gonians will have to reconsider what the purpose of the University should be. It may be necessary to limit the number of non-resident students to ensure that more Oregonians can attend. if it comes to a question of more non-resident tuition or educating more residents, the priority of the Univer sity should bo to educate Oregonians However, the issue isn’t as urgent as some make it sound. The University is not at capacity now, and can accommodate more students than it currently has. Ore gonians aren't being turned away now. In fact, Oregon residents are admitted to the Univer sity if they meet several requirements, including a min imum grade point average and submission of any score from the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The University should be a school for all students, Oregon and otherwise. However, it is crucial that the first priority of the University be recognized — it should bo a way to provide Oregonians with an affordable high er education. 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It was immediately denounced by Demur rats and Senate Repub licans alike, especially due to the fact that the publisher in ques tion is HarperCollins Thiscom pany is a holding of Rupert Mur doch. the media mogul who also owns, among many other busi nesses, the Fox TV network Gin grich turned the advance down for the sake of dot orum. but the questions linger. Many considered Gingrich's deal a conflict of interest, espe cially since Murdoch's holdings will more than likely let? brought before the Congress sometime during this session, due to ques tions about their structure in regard to antitrust regulations. l-ast week, critic ism was aug mented when it was revealed that Murdoch visited Gingrich, along with his chief lobbyist, on Noverolter while the deal was being discussed between the speaker and HarperCollins. Gin grich has responded by saying that he did not know that Mur doch owned the publishing company Murdoch said that at the lime, he had not been informed of the deal which his company was negotiating Ladies and gentlemen, wel come hack to business as usual. At the very least, Gingrich has made a bad political move. This deal smells, and with good rea son. The large amounts of nton *>v looked had enough on their own, hu! with Murdoch in the pirture, it looks even worse Even if Gingrich truly did not know about Murdoch's involve ment with HarperCollins, why did the mogul, especially con sidering what may lie ahead of him on Capitol Mill, get the opportunity to cozy up to the s (maker' This is exactly the type of elbow rubbing which made vot ers so angry at Washington before the last eler tion Exactly what Newt railed against with such (Mission to bring his “revo lution" to the Congress However, just like the Rot* lenkowski and Wright si andals of the Democratic past, the explanations just don't add up Congressmen have large staffs of aides and advisers Doesn't it seem odd that Gingrich had not been briefed by one of them before his meeting? Especially so when you consider that at the time he was in negotiations w ith Murdoch's HarperCollins. Don't you think that one of Newt's lit tle groupies would find the con nection and notify the speaker? Eat ret moguls often have sim ilar staffs which are usually larg er, It seems strange that none of Murdoch's aides would inform him of Gingrich's planned deal with HarperCollins, even more so when you consider how ben eficial it would l>e for Murdoch to have some friends in Con gress during what could be an unfriendly future. The supporters of Gingrich should keep an unflim hing eye on this deal. The speaker seems at least a bit of a hypocrite by taking part in such a question able contract. Let's turn the tables and change the situation just for fun. What would happen if hypo thetically speaking. Bill Clinton was still running the country and he signed a $4.5 million deal with HarperCollins? The Republicans would have a field day. Cries of impropriety and wrongdoing would echo throughout Washington and the rest of the nation Kush Lim baugh would tear the President to piec os for such an obvious misuse of public power. The National Review would discuss all of the allegations against Murdoch and then vilify the President ns a traitor to the inter ests of the American consumer. Senator Alfonse D'Amato (K NY) and Gingrich himself would call for immediate hearings to get to the bottom of the situa tion. All of them would be com pletely justified in their criti cisms. Hut now let's be honest. Iil>er als and conservatives alike, l>ec.ause we are at the core of the issue Why isn't Newt held to the same standards' The National Review's William F Buckley gave Newt a brief slap on the wrist in a recent column, but for the most part, the conservative press anil the Mouse Republicans have been either silent or supportive. Let's remember, Gingrich helped create the lough stan dards to which he and his like would hold Clinton. He has built a career by exposing improprieties of Democrats and Republicans alike, and now he is in the same kind of muck which he criticized so vehe mently during the last election. Hut. hero we are, only weeks into the Newtonian era, with yet another example of a powerful entity taking advantage of its sta tus to gain access to a politician. Keep an eye on Newt On November 8. the voters asked him and his colleagues in the GOP for a revolution, an end to the established collusion between special interests and our government. Make sure that he delivers. Primo A. / Fontana is a colutn tost fi <! thf L'm era Id
