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Oregon Daily FRIDAY, APRIL 7.1995 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 96. ISSUE 127 Testimonies relay concern; budget cuts loom closer Funding: The governor's proposed budget and tuition increase may further reduce higher education funding Colleen Pohlig Oepo« Daily tnwtk.1 Students and representatives drove home the need for higher education funding to legislators Thurs day, imi it looks unlikely that the testimonies will translate into more dollars for the starving system, said Randy Mai Donald, director of legislative and community relations for the University Legislators on the state Senate Ways arid Means Committee heard two hours of concerns from a pocked crowd in Salem on the only day of sched uled public testimonies on the higher education budget. "It looks like legislators will probably not add back more numbers to the governor's proposed bud get, which would be a loss to higher education of tens of millions of dollars. ' said MacDonald, from Salem, adding he heard the information from "leg islative sources" whom he preferred not to name Oregon schools face budget cuts totaling $85 mil lion over the next biennium, which i ould translate into an $8 million to $10 million annual reduction to the University. Gov. John Katziiaber proposes an additional 4 jier oent tuition increase annually Hu plans to spend $802.8 million on the state's four universities and four colleges, which is about 15 percent less than in 1993-95. If the governor's proposal passes, the cuts and tuition increases will further cripple a system that has already suffered under a $131) million drop in state funding since 1989-91. MacDonald said. However, it's not too late for students and oth ers to call and/or write their legislators to push for more higher education dollars, especially legis lators in their hometowns. Mai.Donald said. It's the representatives in areas besides the Kugene-Spring fieid area that absolutely need to hear students' con cerns, he said The hearings were crucial because the legisla ture will be winding down in the next two weeks to decide on a budget fur state si bools. MacDon ald said. Several University students and area representa tives, including Mayor Ruth Bascom, testified to stress the importance of higher education to the state's economy and well-being. HA. T At !| Mr (H *r*i Hr t v»1 Ryan Wilson, 6, displays his artistic talent by drawing his favorite planet. Saturn ** Magnet Arts Elementary School On Wednesday, Wilson earned the points needed to create his space project through the first Steps program Program targets at-risk kids — early Education: Designed by a University Professor, the First Steps program targets ar-risk kindergarteners Colleen Pohllg Oregon Daily f nimakt When ft-year-old Ryan Wilson con tinued disrupting his kindergarten class and negatively influencing the other kids, his teacher and parents were at a loss l hat's why when Magnet Arts Mo mentary School teacher Katie Craven heard about the new First Steps pro gram. both she and Ryan’s parents saw' some hope for this intellectual ly gifted yet troublesome child. Designed by University Professor Mill Walker, also the director of the ('.enter on Human Development. First Steps aims to i urb l«ih.ivtors like Ryan’s Indore they may lead to more serious problems including dropping out of nigh-school or even future crimes While the term “at risk kindergart iters " may sound excessive. Walker said this is the crucial age when behavioral problems need to be addressed, if there is any hope of cor recting the problem " t here's a manifestation of behav ior problems that are happening at younger ages now." he saul "If you don’t address the behavioral problems by the age of H. the chances are you prol*ahly won't he able to turn them around." Walker Said various studies have shown that if not addressed at a young age, negative behaviors < an, and often do. transform into eventu al sin ml deviate e and violent mines "They have not learned a behavior pattern that allows them to gel along with teachers and peers." he said. As a result, these children are often re)** ted bv their peers and teachers, he said (TASS, which stands for Contin gencies for Academic Social Skills, and Home Base make up the main components of the 2-yenrold pro gram CI.ASS i onslsts of a consulta t PROGRAM >' i j>- ! I GOOD MORNING ► GREENSBURG, Pa (AP) — A Roman Catholic congregation asked a judge Thursday to torbtd three o< its own parishioners, known as the "rosary women." from shouting prayers and splashing holy water during daily services The women have terrorized children, frightening them to tears Their yells have drowned out Communion instructions and even the choir, the church says Common Pteas Court Judge Bernard Scherer said he would rule Friday on the request by Hoty Cross Church in Young wood, a former industrial town of 3,400 about 30 miles from Pittsburgh Church members said Cecelia Miscovtch, Joan Sudwoj and Cynthia Balcom have been loudly praying and at times yelling at the Rev Angelo Ciut foletti nearly every day tor the last two years, including Thurs day. "We had microphones, but they were loudei than the choir," said Carol Soctaoch, the choir director Members of the church, which has a congregation of 800 lamilies, say the women are so loud they can be heard on the street. Ciuftoletti said the women have ignored repeated requests to quiet down, both verbally and m the weekly church bulletin The women even ignored letters from Bishop Anthony Bosco urging them to Stop yetling in church, the priest said. Ciuftoletti read a passage he wrote m one church bulletin "It is characteristic ol vulgar people to shout and make a noise. God hears hearts, not voces He hears our thoughts " Miscovtch sat quietly thfough the hearing and had no com ment afterward Sudwoj (pronounced SOO wodge) and Balconi. who usual ly sit together in the left back comer of the church, were not at the hearing and did not answer their home telephones Thursday Balconi received a subpoena, and a constable said he was unable to give a court order to Sudwo) James Falcon, a church lawyer and member, said Holy Cross only wants the women to pray more quietly and restrct their audible prayers to brief periods on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings Committee suggests upgrading technology Demand: 10,000 University Gladstone users expected by June Abe Estimada for me Ckegan (>a , imetak) When Gladstone, a Universi ty computer system that allows student* to send E-mail and gain access to the Internet, first became available, it was origi nally daelgned to .handle about 2.IXM) user accounts and HO inter active participants. Gladstone currently has H.000 accounts and averages 200 ac tive users. To meet this burgeoning demand for campus computer resources, the Education Tech oology Coordinating Committee made preliminary recommenda tion# Thursday to allocate SfiOO.OOO in general University funds for upgrades The money would upgrade Gladstone. EMU computer lab equipment, additional modems, and make other computer-relat ed improvements next year. A final recommendation on how the money will fie sjient will not he decided until this summer, said I'nm Daenur. associate vice provost However, committee members were concerned that their rec ommendations may not he enough to meet student demands. f * COMPUTERS)',,.-;
