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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1995)
KWVA receives increase in funds Tasha Elcheneeher Oagoe l)a+r f/ntma The (Amoral Manager of HH 1 KWVA will see a $3,600 Incmaw in their ■.alary next year This 200 percent increase in pay was just one addition to the inmpui radio station's budget, which went before the ASUO Program* finance Committee meeting Tuesday night KWVA. which requested a 2ft pert »mt increase in its total bud get, was allocated a ft a pert writ increase in funding, raising its 1095 Oft budget to a total of $51,793. Even though this figure fell nearly $9,000 short of the *ta lion's original request. KWVA (amend Manager Jnv Pierson said that ho was satisfied with the finant e committee's final dot i sion. "I know the station will sur vive," lie said "But it won't net essarily grow the way I want to see it grow Pierson said what was most important to him was tint st« lion's $13,394 request for fund ing of one time only purchases of equipment which will allow the studio to comply with I ederal Communication Commission standards The finance commit tee. although not mottling KWVA « requeue increased its equipment budget by S3.787, to $11,500 for the 1994-05 your "The stipend raise still ikw not reflect what ultimately will be required to fund a general man ager for the station." said Pjetwn, who explainer) that at most oth or school* the position is held by n professional. *u< h ns a non teaching faculty member. KVVVA depends on student incidental fees for nearly HO |«>r ( ent of its total budget. Pierson said He said the other 20 per cent to grants, hind rais ing efforts and the sale of adver tisements Pierson said that he is working on a plan to eliminate student funding of the radio station with in five years KWVA was not the only group at Tuesday night’s finant o t om mitten meeting to re» five a large budget increase The ASUO Child Care Subsidy was allotat ed on additional $10,525 for the next fiscal year to put toward sub sidizing a fieri t*ntage of higher education for low income par ents Hits increase came at the expense of zero-funding the now inactive Family Center, whit h may be reorganised next year and require mhih! of the subsidy funds to start up service* again Audrey tkmdM, acting chair woman of the Child ( are Task Korte, said that the increase in subsidy funding would allow the program to provide aid fur at least five more parents currently on the waiting list She said that this year the program served 210 families, out of the 647 that could apply for the kind of aid the program provides "Right now student parents are being priced out of higher education," she said The Child Care Subsidy pro gram saw a 5 percent increase in its total budget, which will be $225,301 for lire 95-96 year. The program now receives one of the highest student fee allot ations. second only to the ASUO Exec utive Hut the Chinese Student Asso tuition, an organization for Tawainese students, was not as fortunate It received an H 5 per cent decrease in funding Their total budget for the 1095-96 year was sot at $4,654 The Survival Center received a 99 increase. making its budget allot atioc $t )JMZ for next MH Budget increases passed for two University groups Robert Stephenson Sf*» Owpjn CMriy i/nsowi The KMU Budget Commit tee unanimously passed bud get increases for the Child Care Development Center and the Outdoor Program during its meeting Monday night. The center's budget request was for $711.197. a 4 percent increase from last year's bud get The additional 4 percent increase of $27,577 remain* almost $5,000 under the mandated increase, a fact ASUO Senator Zack Keiton was quick to point out. "I don't see how we can argue with their request for $27,577 situ n i! is less than the mandated increase of $32,345." Keiton said. Both Keiton arici KMU ( hair Stephanie Dixon spoke about the center's dire need for the additional funding "I took the hour and a half tour of the < enters, and they could all use the renovation,” Dixon said. Thu Child (iare Develop ment Center run* seven pro gram* for t hildren between the ages of 12 month* and 6 years old Their major reason for requesting tha higher bud get is to unable the West moreland Outer to remain open during the eight-week summer session Other im rnase* in the budget include mandated payroll increases and a new postal expense for mailing monthly bills to parents The University's Outdoor Program has not had an increase in professional staff levels sinc e the mid 1970s During that time the Outdoor Program itself has grown eight times larger and their inventory has expanded 20 times Their budget proposal requested the addition of one new staff member, which translates into $16,732. The Outdoor Program will offset $3,500 of this expense by increasing revenue, leaving their total request at $13,332. ■ BRIEFS Tin- Oregon Chapter of the National Multiple Sc lerosis Society received i $10,000 ({rani from iht) Oregon Com munity Foundation to sup port rescan h of multiple sclerosis. We (in* grateful to the Ore gon Community Foundation for rei ognizing that MS is n disease that needs to he stopped," said Cheryl Shop pnrd, director of develop ment for the Oregon c hapter "The Oregon c hapter doe* not re< eive any funding from United Was or other organi zations. so support from research and nil of our ser vices must come from other sourt es sen h as the Oregon Community Foundation,” she* said The Oregon Chapter pro vides services to more than -3 500 Indie (duals In the Mete of Oregon and Clark County, Wash, Multiple »< lerosis is a chronic, often disabling dis ease that randomly attm ks a person's nervous system More than 30 sidewalk a< i css ramps in downtown Eugene will tie upgraded this spring to comply with new federal standards Work will fiegin leb 13 and w ill take about three months I he project areas include the intemn lions on Olive, Willamette, Oak and Pearl Streets Itetween 7th and Htth Av enues No significant traf fic obstructions or delay* are exported during construction The $47,000 project is being funded through a grant from the U S Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment Project supports rural communities Suzanne Marta Oregon Otty (mmaM Grassroots organizer Mercy Westerling suggested ways for communities !o organ ire against right-wing extremism in a lec ture Tu«»<i«v Westerling founded the Kural Organizing Project as a response to tiie Oregon Citu»B* Alliance ba< knd Ballot Measure 9 in 1992, The organization focuses on (treating awareness of human right* issues suc h ns discrimina tion and bigotry "We're building a base for i ommunities." Westerling said 'There's no shortage of work to let done According to Westerling, the Rural Organizing Projei ts aims to give communities exponent - ing disi rimination or bigotry support "We support people and help them make sense of chaos." she s.ud We trv to understand where our opposition makes sense so that wo can t«< effective.” Legislation such ns Ballot Measures 9 and 13 and other electoral issues were the motiva tion for Kuril! Organizing Project campaigns, but do not limit its work "We have moved away from the electoral (issues) and toward education in rural communi ties.'' Westerling said "We're dealing with communities that haven’t been politically aware ' "We arc* continuing to moni tor what's going on in small communities politically," she said We found out that many people didn't even know who sat on their school hoard or who their i tty commissioners wen* " The lecture, held at the First Congregational Church in Fugene, was the first in the "Contract On Amerii a What’s Wrong with the Right" series presented by the University Research Interest ('.roup on the Right The series is designed to conned community researchers with University researchers, both faculty and students. University alumni John Lunsford said Westerling’s work in the Rural Organizing Projet t is important. jWesterlingl shows how the democratic process is being threatened and how dangerous it is People are choosing the gun box over the ballot box," he said. University graduate student Diane Dunn said studying rural areas is important to better understanding the issues. 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