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
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Benchmarks
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“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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News Briefs
Frohnmayer and wife
to receive city award
University President Dave
Frohnmayer and his wife, Lynn,
will be honored by the Eugene
Area Chamber of Commerce as re
cipients of its 1998 First Citizen
Award at the chamber's annual
meeting banquet tonight.
The selection marks the first
time the chamber will honor a
couple with the award. The
Frohnmayers will receive the
award for their contributions to
the community through business
and community service efforts.
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.
Adams agreed, saying he's
open to House proposals on the
subject.
“I think we’ll be there in part
nership with the House,” the
Grants Pass lawmaker said.
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