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Programs Financing The ASUO Programs Finance Committee has committed $2,081 so far this term. That represents a 4.9 percent decrease from last year's funding — more than the PFC’s negative 2 percent benchmark. %CHANGE (CHANGE ORGANIZATION 1999-2000 1998-99 FROM LAST YR FROM LAST YR Assoc. Students for Historical Preservation $1,255$1,280 -1.9 -25 Pre-Health Sciences Center571 610 -6,4 -39 European Students Association 255 300 ^15 -45 Total 2,081 2/190 <9 -109 Kane \esse EmeraJd Benchmarks Continued from Page 1 “It was definitely a good move,” Olson said. “Even though S5 seems menial, it all adds up.” The senate also lowered its ad vertising budget by SI00 to set an example for other student groups. “We wanted to set a goal for the other programs,” said Senator Au tumn De Poe. “Some of them have to look at their budgets more thor oughly and then we should do the same.” Part of the argument for lower ing the benchmark to negative 2 percent was due to the approxi mate $200,000 that rolled over into the Senate surplus fund after last fiscal year when student pro grams had extra money in their budgets. De Poe said that from what she has heard from PFC members, most student groups understand the reasoning behind lowering the benchmark. The ASUO Executive is looking to make educated decisions about planning for next year's budget. ASUO Vice President Morgan Cowling said there is an unfounded fear that a rising incidental fee would hurt the chances for a tuition freeze in the legislative session. “The administration, time and time again, asks us how can they defend the tuition freeze when the incidental fee is always going up,” Cowling said. She pointed out that new fees have been added in addition to regular tuition and the incidental fee. Examples, she said, include the matriculation fee, the AAA fee for architecture students, the new business school fee and the in creased technology fee. Both Gov. Kitzhaber and the state Senate have proposed a bud get allotment of Si 5 million for a tuition freeze for in-state students. The Oregon University System has seen tuition rise 80 percent over a seven-year period, according to the Oregon Student Association. The ASUO Executive said the use and control of the student in cidental fee is integral to activities on campus. "The [incidental] fee directly benefits students,” Cowling said. “It pays for things that are trying to make this environment better and supports active things stu dents are doing to make this com munity better.” The EMU’s 3 percent bench mark increase is lower than the re quested 5.8 percent, said EMU Board member and Student Sena tor Jessica Timpany. Part of the 3 percent increase was attributed to the recent rise in the minimum wage and anticipat ed regular salary increases for the approximately 90 unionized EMU workers. Timpany said the original 5.8 percent benchmark requested was the amount the EMU Board thought it would need to maintain all current operations at the cur rent level of production. Timpany said the 3 percent benchmark should allow the EMU to have some room to maintain regular operations and allow stu dent groups to function in the best possible manner. Olson said the EMU benchmark will help the EMU board focus on what they really want in their bud get and help finance any renova tion projects that may be needed to fix the aging building in the fol lowing fiscal year. “The EMU has been viewed by some as a sacred cow — maybe be cause there has been a strong ad ministrative influence on the EMU board,” Olson said. “But it is ex pensive to run a building like this, and it has a significant price tag." The Athletic Department Fi nance Committee was given a benchmark of zero percent. The ADFC will retain the level of fund ing it had in last year's fiscal bud get. "YVe want to send a strong mes sage to programs and the EMU board to search through their bud gets and pick off the fat," Olson said. 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The Frohnmayers are the founders of the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund Inc. The founda tion funds pathmaking genetic re search and sponsors an annual, one-of-a-kind international sym posium. They also founded the Fanconi Anemia support group for similarly afflicted families around the world. They are the co-authors of “Fanconi Anemia, A Handbook for Families and Their Physicians.” President Frohnmayer also serves on numerous national and community boards, including the National Marrow Donor Program, of which he is one of the founding directors. Lynn Frohnmayer served as family support coordinator for the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund. She also was national consultant and trainer in the area of foster care placement programs for abused and neglected children and was manager of the East Lane County Branch of the Oregon Children’s Services Division. In addition, she helped found the Lane County Relief Nursery and was a Peace Corps volunteer. Gender will be topic of town hall meeting The Multicultural Center will be hosting a town hall meeting ti tled “Gender in Higher Educa tion." This is the second town hall meeting designed to examine is sues of diversity on campus. The meeting will convene at 6:30 p.m. in the EMU Fir Room and will fea ture four speakers, who will give presentations and answer ques tions from audience members. “This meeting will help create a curriculum for a conference we are hosting in May, ‘Education 2000: Race and Gender in the New Millennium,”’ said Diar muid Houston, director of the Black Student Union. “As the U.S. becomes more influential in ternationally, we have to ask our selves if higher education is preparing students to interact with other cultures.” Presenters will include Lisa Foisey of the Women’s Center; Jennie Mull of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Al liance; Robin Holmes of the Counseling Center; and Jamila Singleton of the Black Student Union. ! CRIME LWATCH (Reported from Jan. 5 to Jan. 11) Jan. 6, Theft Hi, 1800 block of Franklin Boulevard, 7-Eleven: items stolen. Jan. 7, Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, East 35th Avenue and East Amazon Street. Jan. 8, Theft 1,1900 block of Onyx Street items stolen from car. Jan. 9, Criminal Trespass II, 1400 block of University Street, Gerlinger Annex. Jan. 9, Burglary 1,2700 block of Alder Street. Jan. 9, Telephone harassment, 2000 block of Goodpasture Loop. Jan. 10, Criminal Mischief It, 1700 block of East 17th Avenue. Jan. 10, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Escape 111 and Minor in Pos session, 700 block of East 16th Avenue. House GOP proposes state income tax cuts Gov. Kitzhaber questions how the lawmakers will pay for the decreases By Charles E. Beggs The Associated Press SALEM — House Republicans said Tuesday they are consider ing going beyond what Senate President Brady Adams has pro posed when it comes to provid ing income tax cuts for Oregoni ans. Adams is calling for expanding child care tax credits for the working poor, but House GOP members are proposing such ideas as reducing the personal in come tax rate. House Speaker Lynn Snodgrass said while the Senate proposal fo cuses on the lowest income work ers. the House GOP caucus is dis cussing broader reductions to help more people. And at least three representa tives have introduced bills that would cut taxes by reducing rates, changing brackets or both. One would reduce the top rate, for example, from 9 percent to 8 percent. "The difference is what group is targeted," Snodgrass said. The Republican leader from Boring also said she believes chances are good that the House and Senate will settle on a tax cut, with the only question being how much. 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