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Plastic meltdown
An OSPIRGsurvey shows that college
students have larger unpaid balances
than other cardholders/PAGE 4
Standing in the spotlight
Soccer coaches say freshman
Chalise Baysa’s talent on thefield
can’t be ignored /PAGE 15
An independent newspaper
Volume 100, Issue 23
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
ASUO encourages voter registration
Student government leaders
hope to register 6,000 students
for November’s election
By Kristina Rudinskas
Oregon Daily Emerald
The ASUO kicked off its voter
registration drive in front of
Johnson Hall Wednesday
morning with the help of
University President Dave Frohnmay
er and head football coach Mike Bel
lotti.
“It’s important to get involved in the
process, so students can shape their
community,” ASUO State Affairs Coor
dinator Matt Swanson said.
The ASUO campaign hopes i* can
register 6,000 students before the Oct.
13 deadline for the November elections.
Volunteers will be registering students
along 13th Avenue this week.
“We are friendly and neutral; all
we’re only asking you to register,”
Swanson said. “Do not be afraid.”
The ASUO volunteers have dropped
off registration forms in residence halls
and are visiting greek houses to sign up
more students. Students can also regis
ter anytime at the ASUO office, Suite 4
in the EMU.
ASUO President Geneva Wortman
said she believes this is an important
year to mobilize the student vote be
cause of the upcoming legislative ses
sion, where student issues will be de
cided.
"Students don’t have the money to
lobby,” Wortman said. “All the power
in Salem is by our numbers.”
In the upcoming Legislative session
several student issues may come up in
Congress.
“We want a reinvestment in the Ore
gon University System,” Swanson said.
“The legislature is poised to do it.
They do have surplus, although limit
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University President Dave Frohnmayer lends a hand during the ASUO voter registration drive Wednesday afternoon.
Matt Carton/Emeraki
Oregon head football coach Mike Bellotti was on hand Wednesday afternoon to dur
ing the ASUO voter registration drive.
Campaigns aim to increase activism
Former
student leaders
say the
campus has
lost its spirit of
inspiration
By Kristina Rudinskas
Oregon Daily Emerald
Homegrown activism on the
University campus has its
roots in ASUO campaigns
and agendas. From the cam
pus peace protests and sit-ins of the ‘60s
to the lobbying and student empower
ment of today, the ASUO has come a
long way.
This year’s ASUO Executive plans to
work on voter registration and educa
tion, securing more state and federal
funding for University child care, cam
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University system needs Legislative funds
ous
Fourth in a four-part
series on the Oregon
University System
Monday: OUS changes its
funding system to be
more student centered.
Tuesday: How the OUS
changes will affect other
state campuses.
Wednesday: The ous
changes make universi
ties more accountable.
TODAY: The OUS
changes are contingent
on the legislature pass
ing the system's budget.
Without full funding, the new
model for Oregon University
System won’t work, officials say
By Eric Collins
Oregon Daily Emerald
Oregon’s public universities are at a cross
roads.
One path leads to potential prosperity.
Under a new funding system, the Univer
sity of Oregon could receive an $18 million
revenue boost as the seven public universi
ties in the Oregon University System keep
their own tuition dollars and are rewarded
with state money for enrollment
The other path leads back to the drawing
board.
The universities would continue to pool
their tuition dollars and state funds and
share their surpluses and deficits to keep
each other stable — the University lost $4.4
million of the tuition money it brought in
last year under the pooling system.
Where higher education heads depends
on whether the Legislature will hand $121
million to the universities to get the new
model rolling through 1999 and 2001.
With a surplus of state revenue after sev
eral years of economic upturn, the state’s
economic future is heading downward, but
Senate President Brady Adams is optimistic
the state can still afford these changes.
With the model’s emphasis on showing
how and where the money will be spent in
addition to requiring specific, understand
able goals, Oregon university officials are
hopeful that legislators will pass the addi
tional funding.
Some inside the lobbying effort believe
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State dollars
Since the eirly 1990s, the state's investment in higher education has spiraled downward,
receiving increasingly less State General Fund support.
*OUS number Includes $53.9 million of capital construction
SOURCE: OUS budget and fiscal policies division. Executive Department general fund
expenditure summary
Katie Nesse/F.merald