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i hante I had." Co* mh! "1 will
do tny to keep n< i ess a-,
broadly available as possible ”
Access means two things to
(io* Hi*' firs! is affordability, the
second geography By geography,
hit said Int is (Indicated to ensur
ing that people in outlying areas,
sin h as Kastwm Ofiyton, are able
to attend OSS1II uunpusm either
physically or through one of the
electronic t amposcs
As a consequent e of the stain’s
transforming role front an agrt
cultural-based nennmy to one of
S4 tent e and technology, (in* said
he thinks Oregonians are begin
ning to understand that puhlii
higher education is Ins omiug the
"engine” of the state
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Moreover, than* will l»* no fam
ily-wago job* without 'an edu
cation price-tag." he said
"Kvery time we d ism vest in
public higher eduf/ition - as
we're doing with these cuts
there are going to !»■ mk mI costs
down the road." Cox vud
One of the chancellor's plans
to maintain act ess to Oregonians
is by using OSS UK's nmmn :es
particularly in rowan h — to
advance the state's economu
future, which he said should
result in more public support for
higher edu<ation.
Through a J.'itXI million state
higher education research Indus
try. Co* and the other OSSH1
hoard mtmtbers plan to t onne< t
the relevancy of res«an h < ontri
tuitions to the lives of Oregoni
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businesses and their health and
•I onomit: well U«mg. tiox said
To help get this message out.
an OSS1IK committee has pro
posed a S400.000 publii infor
mation plan to the board. which
< ould be implemented as early
a* Man h The plan would use
television and radio cotnmet
(ials, among other things, to
inform people of higher edu< a
tion's i ontribution* to the state
Besides maintaining access.
Cox's other two goals for this leg
islative session are to fmam.tal
ly stabilise the institutions, thus
enabling OSSHK to make salary
adjustments for professors and to
«»■ the I .egislatUTv pass the High
er Kdm ation Kffi< imu v Ai t
The rvi ently passed Ballot
Measure 8 whir h require* pub
lii employees to pay ft percent of
their salaries into their pension
plans and eliminates the PHKS
ph kup. is a harsh blow to ()SSH1
professors Cox said
■\Ve\e got tu soy tn those p:o
lessors who have stit< k by us that
they ere doing a great job, and yve
siipj«irt them h<- said Measure
8 sends the opposite message
l»* cmso it takes money away and
no matter what the cmum
stances. this is wen .is negative
The Higher Education Effi
i mm v Act. Cox's third goal,
areks to exempt OSS1 IK from car
tain state administrative costs
this would save $10 million
from the annual OSSHE budget,
which could odd 2,000 more in
stall- students into OSSHE < lass
rooms
looking toward this legislative
session with new faces and a
new governor • Cox said he is
positive, and encouraged by the
correlation legislators and other
citizen* seem to In- making
between the state's economic
well-being and the me essity for
public, higher educ ation
( m -..nd he- owes iilm h to the
campus presidents who contin
in- to stii k hv the system Also,
he believes the* state has weath
ered the those phases of thu prop
erty measure as well ns c an lie
expei ted. now is the time to go
forward.
I wouldn't have agreed tc.it,ike
the position if I hadn’t thought
we have turned the corner," Cox
said “Tile presidents an- respon
sible for this Hv for. this is the
Ix-st group of presidents I've ever
known "
The chancellor, with th*‘
board'* help, appoints presidents
for the nine universities. colleges
and National (Coastal Researt h
and Development Institute Cur
rently. three are interim presi
dent*
Every president who has left,
we've replaced with someone
who i* even hit as good ■ maybe
better." Cos said "It's a good
thing they believe so completely
in the importance of this enter
prise."
On a personal level, Cox
doesn't know how long he will
remain chant ellor. His love of
teaching has sucked him hack
into the classroom more than
one e in the past, even when he
was Southern Oregon's president
"This is the first time in 30
\ears that I w asn 't part of the fall
start-up. and honestly, I missed
it.” he said "Teaching is my
mental health outlet I l>et if you
came looking for me in five years.
I'll tie back in the classroom."
lor now-, however. Cox
remains confident about the
future of the state's public high
er education
"I was horn an optimist, and
they will ( arry me out an opti
mist,'' he said.
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tion lo H.SA budget, requiring
the group to report bar k by
April 1 wttti a plan to reorga
nise. or receive no money for
nest v«ar Inconsistent opera
t H Hi t>V jlftn I''t:s H.SA
ship was part of the reason for
the committee's request
Committee Chairman Joey
Lyons s lid he want* to make
sure student groups focus on
managing their money
We want to minimise the
amount of money students pay
out of their pot kets," Lyons
said
Liu- MinonH Law Student*
Association received more than
a 5 pen enI de< reave over last
y*-.ir Helena Cur le\ MLSA co
ordinator. said she concentrates
on recruitment and retention of
minority students, as does the
HLSA Curley's concern Iasi
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includes three student senators, will recommend how incidental
fees are allocated to student groups next year.
PERCENT CHANGE
ORGANIZATION AMOUNT FROM LAST YEAR
Black Urn Studwnt Aaaociotton $1,705 5.5% less
ln!am»Ii<sn*l Law Student A»*ociatton $690 ! 4% |ess
kfcnonty Lina Studam Aaaoclauon $1,676
laatxan A Gay Law Student Aaaociation $ 1.350 26 4% more
Jewtah Student Linton $6,230 60°o more
Mo--«y gwen this weak $11,651 Money given to date: $32,921
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mghf was keeping funding for
her group to pay for speakers.
Stie said MI.SA tries to attrai t
experts in areas of interest to
minority law students
"One of the tough things
about Using in Eugene." Gurley
said, "is that (these kinds of
speakers! arts not ill this area
The committee gave Ml.SA
5 t
I he only other student pro
gram getting a budget increase
last night was the Lesbian ami
Gay Law Student Association
The Committee increased
I.GLSA's budget by more titan
2ti pen ent. giving Sl,350.
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