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Budget continued from page 1A could be more breathing space in the state budget, stemming from the fact that lawsuits against the state have been settled for much lower amounts than expected. “That’s good news. It means there’s that much wiggle left in the budget,” he said. Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Joe Stone was not concerned about the pos sible budget situation. He said he knew the administration was taking care of the situa tion, and expected things to work out in the University’s favor. “I’m not spending a lot of time looking at the details,” he said. Stone added there was likely enough time for the budget situation to resolve itself. “I’m not going to worry too much until June,” he said. Campus reports on projected reductions for implementing the governor’s recommended budget Agency Student Faculty Institution Request FTE _FTE FTE- Public Opportunity Staff Research $ Services Costs EOU $2,349,719 653 SOU $4,210,853 546 U0 $16,869,361 600 OSU campus $22,923,401 1043 OSU statewide services$16,990,031 PSU $14,661,190 396 OIT $1,859,684 248 WOU $3,312,523 684 Chancellor's office $6,084,941 — OCECS $170,548 — Systemwide $6,781,136 — 17 27 82 112 44 12 44 31 20 171 88 22 18.6 38 12,5 $382,529 $248,000 $3,000,000 $4,600,000 $1,000,000 $200,000 $1,300,000 $436,044 $818,400 $1,684,000 $4,800,000 $2,100,000 $1,400,000 minimal $25,000,000 $35,880,000 $32,400,000 $3,000,000 $1,550,000 $3,000,000 TOTAL $96,213,387 4,170 338 401,1 $10,730,529 $11,238,444 $100,830,000 NOTE: FTE stands for "full time enrolled.” All $ figures represent money in millions. All other figures are hundreds of people. Electricity continued from page 1A Those whose energy use is above this level will begin paying the rate set for the second block. They will be charged the lower rate for the first 1,250 kWh, and will be charged the higher rate for the kilowatt-hours that exceed the 1,250 cutoff. But some residents think the in verted rate would be harmful to those on fixed incomes. “The inverted model hits power less people the hardest,” Jean Melton said. Melton works for Alvord Taylor, a company that pro vides housing for low-income and disabled people. She said these resi dents can’t help being home all day, and therefore will suffer because of their unavoidable higher energy use. There are also those who think the inverted rate is too socially con scious. “It’s not the job of EWEB to do so cial work with the tiered, manipu lated rate structure,” said David Blain, who spoke against the invert ed rate model. Others argue that the inverted plan will punish those who do everything they can to conserve but still can’t lower their usage level. “The inverted plan is sending the wrong message,” Craig Mayne said. “Asking only part of the community to shoulder the bulk of the amount of energy use. Just because someone is a heavy user does not mean that they are wasteful. ” After hearing a long line of speak ers criticize the plan at Tuesday’s meeting, EWEB decided to post pone its decision on how to increase rates. But the utility is not throwing out the inverted rate structure. In fact, the board asked Varner to re search successful inverted rate models used by other utilities. “We need the inverted rate struc ture,” Stephanie Midkiff, a Univer sity law librarian, said Tuesday. “People won’t change their conser vation habits until they’re forced to, and they aren’t forced to until it hits their pocket books.” Most people who spoke in favor of the inverted rate model believe it will properly reward those who have been conserving and remove the burden of paying for those who use more energy. “Inverted is more equitable,” Melvin Erickson said. “Those who use less should not have to subsi dize for those who use more. People need to be motivated to use less electricity.” Others think this sort of rate mod el should have been in action all along. “An inverted rate is long over due,” said Shawn Boles, who spoke in favor of the model. The board has not made any deci sions yet, and will consider differ ent cutoff points for energy use to better serve Eugene residents. Varn er said the majority of resident en ergy bills currently fall below the proposed cutoff point of 1,250 kWh. Fee continued from page 1A nights is already a lot less than it needs, and ticket sales cover the costs that incidental fees don’t. For exam ple, if a group has $3,000 in inciden tal fee funds to pay for its event, and ends up spending $5,000, admission fees cover the extra costs. “It’s ticket sales that breaks us even," she said. ASUO President Jay Breslow said that no matter what decision is made, the Executive will ensure that group events won’t suffer. “We have to balance the legality of student incidental fees with the need to not cripple student groups,” he said. PFC Chairwoman Mary Elizabeth Madden added that if groups do be come required to give students free admission to events, the PFC and the ASUO will take this into ac count for next year and make sure groups have the money they need. But some groups find it difficult to believe that there would be any way to function without ticket sales. Shruti Shah, president of the Stu dents of the Indian Subcontinent, said that since this will be SIS’s first year receiving funds, it will need ticket revenue. She mentioned that SIS’s cultural night is expensive to put on because it serves a large quantity of food and requires a lot of promotion costs. Chun added that although VS A collects its own fundraising money through bake sales and donations from businesses, it’s extremely diffi cult to make a large amount of mon ey, especially enough to cover cul ture night costs. 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