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UO Jazz Combos in a cabaret setting,
performing a variety of jazz standards and
original student works. Light refreshments and
beverages available. With special guest artist,
Phif Markoun'tz
jazz pianist
Tuesday, October 13 at 8:00pm • Gerlinger Alumni Lounge
Tickets: $5 General Admission,
$3 Students & Seniors; available at the door.
Co-sponsored by the EMU Cultural Forum
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Voter registration deadline nears
Several ballot issues are
relevant to students, from
a tuition freeze to control
of incidental fees
By Kristina Rudinskas
Oregon Daily Emerald
Today is the last day for stu
dents to register to vote in the
Nov. 3 election, and the ASUO
says they need a powerful base of
student voters to fight for higher
education in the upcoming leg
islative session.
“We need to keep people in of
fice who are friendly to education
and student needs,” said Jamie
Pueschel, United States Student
Association legislative director.
So far the ASUO has registered
more than 2,000 students and
hopes that today late-comers will
flood the office before the 4:30
p.m. deadline. Drop boxes are lo
cated at the University Bookstore,
Carson Hall, Hamilton Complex
and in front of the ASUO office,
EMU suite 4.
“Every time you move or
change your address, you have to
re-register,” said Matt Swanson,
ASUO state affairs coordinator.
These are some of the top stu
dent issues pending in the up
coming U.S. and state legislative
session.
Tuition freeze
Tuition at the state's public
universities has risen 80 percent
since 1990. In 1995-96 the Oregon
Student Association lobbied state
Congress to freeze the resident
undergraduate instructional fee.
OSA Executive Director Ed Den
nis said he wants to see that freeze
extend to more tuition.
Dennis cautions students to re
member the fiscal impact of other
ballot measures when voting.
Money may be taken away from
higher education, health and hu
man services if expensive ballot
measures pass requiring the state
to implement funding for parks or
new prisons.
“Kiss the tuition freeze goodbye
if that sucker (prison measure)
passes,” Dennis said.
Incidental fee
Student control over the inci
dental fee is still an issue that has
repeatedly come under attack in
the Legislature.
The fee came under attack 22
times in the last session. Some
legislators want to keep education
costs down by requiring students
to pay only for services they use.
“It’s a proactive defense to pre
serve our right to organize and be
associated students,” said Matt
Swanson, ASUO state affairs co
ordinator.
Measure 59, which amends the
state Constitution, would prohibit
the use of public resources to col
lect money for political purposes.
This measure could be used to af
fect the distribution of student
fees. Dennis said a private lawyer
hired by OSA confirmed it could
challenge the student control of
the incidental fee.
Funding could be denied un
der this measure for ASUO stu
dent groups that are activists or
involved in social or environmen
tal campaigns.
“All the work in the EMU
could essentially die,” Swanson
said. “It could really kill student
activities not even just activism.”
Student child care
The Student Child Care Block
Grant serves 250 Oregon families,
but over 900 are on the waiting
list. The grant is the only state
wide student parent assistance
program. It is funded through the
federal Child Care Development
Block Grant, but not since 1989
has the state allocated money to
student parents.
“Child care tends to slip
through the cracks,” Swanson
said. “We want to make sure the
option to go to school is available
for student parents.”
On the federal level, the Child
Care Access Means Parents in
School Actwould recommend the
Higher Education Act authorize
$60 million for competitive grants
to establish or support campus
child care.
Oregon Need Grant
The grant established in 1971
provides funding for the neediest
Oregon students and covers tu
ition, books and extra educational
costs.
The grant used to provide about
half of the cost of education, but
because of tuition increases today
it covers about 11 percent of the
cost.
C.J. Gabbe, ASUO federal af
fairs coordinator, said students
are pushing for an increase in the
grant so that it would cover 25
percent of the cost of education.
“The next step is to advocate
for an increase,” Gabbe said. “Not
50 percent, that’s unrealistic. The
25 percent proposal is still a real
stretch in a budget starved state.”
Pell Grants
Congress did approve an in
crease in Pell Grant maximum
from $3,000 in 1998-99 to $4,500
for 2000-01 in the reauthorization
of Higher Education Act.
The act also raised the amount
of money independent students
can earn and still qualify for some
part of the grant. The minimum
payment on a Pell grant is main
tained at $400.
Pell grants were created to alle
viate discrepancies in education
al opportunity based on family
income. Twenty years ago the
maximum grant covered 80 per
cent of public and 40 percent of
private school costs. Today the
maximum grant covers 40 per
cent of public and less than 20
percent of private school costs.
Over 3.61 million students re
ceive Pell grants; 20 percent of.
or 35,600 students, Oregon stu
dents are awarded some form of
Pell grants. The average award of
$1,505, doesn’t cover the average
recipient’s cost of $9,726 per
year.
Faculty compensation
Faculty and staff compensa
tion in Oregon increased 2.6 per
cent from 1996 tol997 Currently,
Oregon faculty pay ranks 39th
out of the nation.
Swanson and Gabbe said stu
dents and faculty together fight
for access to a quality education
and a pay raise for faculty across
the Oregon University System.
“The burden of who’s paying
for higher education has shifted
from the state to the individual,”
Swanson said. “The cost is up
and the quality has suffered.”
Backing up reauthorization
Even though the U.S. Congress
has passed the reauthorization of
Higher Education Act, the com
mitments made in the act may
not receive funding without stu
dent pressure. Reauthorization is
the pledge to carry out the vari
ous increases in Pell grants, fi
nancial aid and other student
concerns.
“We could be told we get an A
for effort, but sorry we’re out of
money,” Dennis said.
A voice
The department of education
receives 2 percent of the total
federal budget.
In the last 22 years, federal fi
nancial aid has shifted from
grants to loans.
“It’s all encompassed in a com
mitment to reinvestment,” Swan
son said. “Higher education has
seen so many cuts in the last 10
years.”
A strong student voting bloc
could tell the legislature students
are serious about their commit
ment to investing in higher edu
cation, Gabbe said.
“Students don’t have money to
lobby,” ASUO President Geneva
Wortman said. “All our power in
Salem lies in our numbers. I
don’t feel as though students are
apathetic — just need to make a
connection with what’s real to
them.”
The Oregon Humanities Center presents:
John J. Stuhr
Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy
Pennsylvania State University
in a video, audio and internet presentation entitled:
Ubiquitous Machines: Toward a Minor Deleuze
Tuesday, October 13, 1998
4:00 p.m. Studio A, Media Services
(formerly Instructional Media Center)
Lecture is free and open to the public. Reception will follow at the Faculty Club For
information or disability accommodations, call the Center at 346-3934.
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