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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1998)
_ffffmrfyg Clearcutting ban An Oregon ballot measure that would ban clearcutting and pesticides could severely disable the state ’s timber industry PAGE 3 SPORTS Ems win second in a row The Emeralds won their second-straight game against Southern Oregon Monday night on the strength of pitcher Scott Sobkowiak’s right arm PAGE 5 T8ES8AY,JULY 21. 1998 TODAY Eugene 's Human Rights Commission meets at 6p.m. in the City Hall McNutt Room. WEATHER Today Sunny High 93- Low 54. Wednesday Sunny High 90. Low 57. State universities given control over own funds Starting in 1999, tuition money will no longer be pooled by the seven Oregon schools By Peter Breeden Oregon Daily Emerald The fiscal melting pot that has confused higher education officials since 1984 was traded in last week for a more streamlined model. The state Board of Higher Educa tion voted unanimously Thursday to de centralize funding of Oregon’s seven uni versities. The meeting generated a request for a 12 percent increase in funds from the state general fund, which will be delivered to the Oregon Legislature in its next session. Over the two-year period, an additional $121 million will be pumped into the “en rollment-driven” budget model. The Budget Allocation System (BAS) that was installed in 1984 is currently in place but will be scrapped for a new com petitive system in the 1999-2000 bienni um. Under the Oregon University System’s new budget outline, the majority of state ippropriation will be allocated on a per student basis. The board’s plan will also implement performance indicators to eval uate each institution; performance funding will be given for successful programs. BAS includes nearly 200 calculations in determining university allocations. “It is very complex,” said John Moseley, University Provost. “It has factors for svery thing.” The old system pools all student tuition, student fees, and state funds and makes al locations according to an outdated set of Factors. With the new arrangement, all stu dent tuition will stay on each campus while state dollars will be distributed on a per-student basis with additional funding given to successful programs. While lead srs of the drive for a new system have criti cized BAS as out of date, they equally rec ognize how the stability and unity of the system was appropriate for its time. The board delivered the proposal in a meeting at Central Oregon Community Col lege upon last December’s request by Gov. John Kitzhaber for a streamlined and com petitive system. The Oregon Institute of Technology was cited as an institution where adjusting to the changes would be difficult. OIT cur rently relies on a large amount of subsidies due to its expensive programs and a teach ing staff that requires a competitive salary. The new system, however, should comple ment or enhance the vision at OIT, said Public Affairs director Gary Willhied. "One of the things that makes us opti mistic is the long history of placing out graduates in high-paying jobs,” Willhied Turn to FUNDS, Page 4 ((It definitely strives toward increasing autonomy on a campus level. ” Philip Bransford assistant director for the chancellor The Campus Buzz LAURA GOSS/Emerald Seattle Coffee Company will serve as the beverage of choice for EMU-operated vendors in a variety of campus locations. Seattle Coffee wins EMU contract The original selection round was annulled, but the same company was chosen a second time Amy Goldhammer Oregon Daily Emerald Seattle Coffee Company’s java brought its compe tition to a grinding halt — again. The company won an EMU coffee contract in an earlier proposal in the spring, but k was revoked by the University Office of Business Affairs after three other companies said the decision and scoring processes were unfair. “The first process was found to be somewhat un clear,” said Theresa Coleman-Kaiser, EMU Food Ser vices director. This led to a second selection process. The new request for contract proposals was revised and included consideration of price, ability to per form under the contract, service, training, and mar keting and promotion of the company, Coleman Kaiser said. Scoring in the first process had been vague, she said. The first round also included a taste test, a step that was eliminated for the second round because it was deemed unreliable since the compa nies offer such a wide range of choices. The decision committee included four administra tion members and two students. “The second time around was air-tight,” said Matt Galvin, vice president of wholesale sales for Seattle Coffee Co. “[All bidders] were crystal clear as to what the process was.” “It was a very close race. There were eight very good Turn to COFFEE, Page 4 DDS funding still in flux after freeze The ASUO Executive froze part of the program’s budget due to questions about spending By Leanne Nelms Associate Editor Three months after the 1998 ASUO elec tions, the dust has still not settled surround ing one of the ballot measures. On Sunday, in its first summer session, the ASUO Student Senate postponed any fi nal decision regarding the transfer of the re maining $23,788 to the Designated Driver snuttte trom its ssu.uuu bal lot measure. The measure was approved by students in the spring to enable DDS to increase its service from four to seven days per week. The senate’s action came at the end of at least three weeks of confusion about me uua total Duuget, questions aDout spending by the program and differing in terpretations of ballot measures. DDS waspriginally allocated $26,212 by the ASUO Programs Finance Committee early this year to run a four-day-per-week service. According to DDS director Brandon Smith, then-director Ryan Ositis later de cided to put the question of seven-day oper ation before the voters. After the $50,000 measure passed, it was immediately unclear whether the DDS total budget was $76,212 — the PFC allocation plus the ballot mea sure funds — or simply $50,000. In a letter to ASUO Vice President Mor gan Cowling,^former ASUO President Bill Miner said he “put the DDS ballot measure on the ballot with the intent to replace the PFC money.” Smith concurred with Miner's statement. “Most ballot measures replace the money from the PFC. It was my interpretation that the $50,000 would replace the $26,000,” he Turn to DDS, Page 3
