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.
"If wo understand the culture
of rural areas better, then
at tivisls in urban areas will be
able to work more effectively
instead of feeding into the divi
sive tat.ti< s of the Right,” she
said.
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