WRC
continued from page 1
long debate over labor monitoring and
licensing issues that spawned one of
the largest student protests in recent
memory and resulted in the loss of one
of the University’s largest donors.
There has been little collective ac
tion as relations between the Uni
versity and the WRC have progres
sively cooled. It has been almost a
yekr since students camped on the
la^n of Johnson Hall to convince
Frbhnmayer to join the WRC.
University Senate President and
Erjjglish Professor James Earl was
disheartened by the news of Frohn
m|yer’s decision.
?The committee and myself don’t
believe there’s any way around the
roadblock in this issue,” he said.
pari said he couldn’t see any rea
son for the current change in policy,
asfde from simply ending the labor
monitoring issue.
I
STOREWIDE
ON NOW!
Ski Equipment
ihill •Crosscountry
Snowboards
Open Mon-Sat 10-7
13th & Lawrence *683-1300
“I can’t fathom any other purpose
except to kill student protest,” he said.
Earl said he was especially frustrat
ed over how the issue ended, and he
said the effort that had been spent on
the issue effectively was lost.
“It’s very disappointing all the
work that has been done for
naught,” he said.
Professor David Frank, who is
heading the ad hoc committee, said
he was not that discouraged, be
cause he expected Frohnmayer to
side with his legal counsel.
“I knew it was coming,” he said.
Frank said there is little the Uni
versity Senate could do to “force or
compel the University to join a
monitoring group” because of the
legal situation.
Instead, he said, professors will
have to continue to offer their re
search and opinions to keep the Uni
versity well informed of all the issues
surrounding labor monitoring.
“It’s going to remain a critical is
sue,” he said.
13th i Lawrence* 683-1300 • mw.ber8ssktshop.nNn
The Admiral David E. Jeremjah and
Mrs. Connie Jeremiah Lecture Series
The Political Economy of Globalization and the
Question of Culture in Post-Revolutionary China
Arif Dirlik
Professor of History and Cultural Anthropology
Duke University
Friday, March 9
3:00 pm
Gilbert 238
Reception to follow in the Knight Library Browsing Room
This lecture series is sponsored by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 346-1521.
University of Oregon
Got a story idea?
live us a call.
Emerald
346-5511
R. Ashley Smith for the Emerald
Students from all around the state, such as these students from Western Oregon University, attended the rally to show their support
for higher education funding.
Rally
continued from page 1
Green Garter Band.
A contingent of about 250 Uni
versity of Oregon supporters bused
to the rally from Eugene to show
their support.
Organized by the Oregon Student
Association lobby group, the event
began with a speech by Speaker of
the House Rep. Mark Simmons, R
Elgin.
Simmons was one of several Re
publican leaders who voted to give
higher education a significant boost
in funding during in the last budget
session, and he reiterated his sup
port at the rally.
“I believe it’s important we con
tinue the investment we made last
session,” he said.
He added that the Legislature
needs to “keep a tight rein on tu
ition increases.”
Rising tuition cost was the other
key issue of the rally, which lasted a
little more than a hour and culminat
ed with hundreds of the participants
heading inside the building to talk to
their representatives in person.
One of the most energizing
speakers at the rally was Greg Mon
ahan, a history professor at Eastern
Oregon University. He said most
education funding debates are cen
tered around grades K-12, but the
focus should be “pre-school
through grad school.”
“The only door to the future is
the door to a college classroom,” he
said. “A college education is not a
luxury; it is an absolute necessity.”
He said the governor was trying
to fund a “twenty-first-century uni
versity on a nineteenth-century
budget,” and called on him to ei
ther help or make way.
“We today are begging you to join
us ... but if you don’t want to join
us, get the hell out of the way,”
Monahan said.
Senate Majority Leader Sen.
David Nelson, R-Pendleton, fol
lowed Simmons with a similar
message of fighting for more higher
education funding.
“We’re going to fight, we’re going
to scratch, we’re going to claw,
we’re going to do everything to re
turn higher education funding,” he
said.
But Nelson reminded those at the
rally that it was only the start of the
budget process “marathon,” and
they would need to stay in touch
with those in Salem to ensure their
voices are heard.
i i The only door to the
future is the door to a
college classroom. A
college education is not a
luxury; it is an absolute
necessity.
Greg Monahan
history professor,
Eastern Oregon
University
yy
Rep. Dan Gardner, D-Portland,
the House Democratic leader,
pledged that higher education will
be supported by legislators on both
sides of the aisle.
“Higher education is essential to
success in life,” he said.
Gardner said Oregon needs to in
crease funding for its universities to
improve accessibility. He said cur
rently more than one-third of all
high school graduates can’t afford
higher education in Oregon.
To improve this, Gardner said
work needs to be done to restore
funding and seek out new scholar
ship opportunities.
Sen. Ryan Deckert, D-Beaverton,
and Rep. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, also
took to the stage, with Deckert mak
ing a promise that he would do his
best to maintain higher education
funding.
“Today we are here to proclaim
we will not go back,” he said. “We
will not go back to headlines of de
partment closures, we will not go
back to leading the nation in cuts to
higher education.”
Knopp provided a fitting analogy
for the budget process.
“The budget process is like a
bowl game,” he said. “It is long and
hard fought, but in Oregon we
know what happens at the end of
bowl games — we win.”
Oregon State University student
body president Justin Roach drew
the crowd’s attention to the fact that
the governor has also proposed a
bacldill into the state’s general fund
through tuition increases.
“We will not support these in
creases that raise $25 million on the
backs of students,” he said.
A member of the Oregon Public
Employees Union, Kathie Best, said
her fellow union members keep
campuses running, and any budget
cuts will hurt their ability to per
form their jobs. She said the Legis
lature needs to ensure a proper
amount of funding to ensure a
proper learning environment.
Business leaders also took to the
stage, saying they need the OUS to
be funded at an adequate level so
their companies can be assured of
the best recruits from Oregon, who
are knowledgeable about the latest
business technology.
ASUO State Affairs Coordinator
Brian Tanner, who helped coordi
nate the student trip to Salem, said
he was pleased with the rally.
“I think it went really well,” he
said. “I’m definitely encouraged.”
Tanner said there still is much to
do, but the rally provided essential
momentum to keep the drive for
higher education funding going
strong.
University President Dave
Frohnmayer attended the rally with
other members of the administra
tion, and said he thought it was ter
rific. He said it will be essential in
the coming months to retain the
solid front “under one flag” that
was put together for the rally.
Oregon Daily Emerald
P.O. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403
The Oregon Daily Emerald is published
daily Monday through Friday during the
school year and Tuesday and Thursday
during the summer by the Oregon Daily
Emerald Publishing Co, Inc., at the Uni
versity of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A
member of the Associated Press, the
Emerald operates independently of the
University with offices in Suite 300 of the
Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is pri
vate property. The unlawful removal or
use of papers is prosecutable by law.
NEWSROOM — (541H46-SS11
Editor in chief: Jack Clifford
Managing editor: Jessica Blanchard
Community: Darren Freeman, editor.
Lindsay Buchele, Aaron Breniman, reporters.
Freelance: Serena Markstrom, editor.
Higher education: Andrew Adams, editor
Brooke Ross, Hank Hager, reporters.
Student activities: Jeremy Lang, editor
Emily Gust, Beata Mostafavi, Lisa Toth,
reporters.
News aide: Ben Lacey.
Perspectives: Michael Kleckner, editor.
Jayna Bergerson, Rebecca Newell, Pat Payne,
Eric Pfeiffer, columnists.
Pulse: Rebecca Wilson, editor.
Lisa Griffing, Mason West, reporters.
Sports: Jeff SrTiith, editor. Scott Pesznecker,
asst, editor. Peter Hockaday, Adam Jude,
Robbie McCallum, reporters.
Copy: Sara Lieberth, Katie Mayer, copy chiefs.
Jessica Davison, Monica Hande, Lori Musicer,
Tom Patterson, Jessica Richelderfer
copyeditors.
Online: Carol Rink, editor.
Timur Insepov, webmaster.
Design: Katie Miller, editor.
Azle Malinao- Alvarez, Brooke Mossefin, Russ
Weller, designers.
Bryan Dixon, Giovanni Salimena, illustrators.
Adam Amato, Chrystal McConnell,Tom Patter
son, Laura Smit, photographers.
BUSINESS —(541) S46-5S12
Judy Riedl, general manager.
Kathy Carbone, business supervisor. Sarah
Goracke, receptionist. Masahiro Kojima, John
Long, Jeff Neely, Laura Ramelli, Nelson Hawkes
distribution.
CLASSIFIEDS — (S4l) S46-4S4S
Trina Shanaman, manager. Katy Hagert, Amy
Richman, Laura Staples, assistants.
ADVERTISING — (S4l> 346-3712
Becky Merchant, director.
Doug Hentges, Katie Harsany, Nicole Hubbard,
Trevor Kuhn, Jesse Long, Chau Nguyen, Adam
Rice, Hillary Schultz, Chad Verly, Lisa Wood,
sales representatives.
Erin O’Connell, Van Nguyen, assistants.
PRODUCTION — (S4n 3464381
Michele Ross, manager.
Tara Sloan, coordinator. Laura Chamberlain,
Kara Fallini, Cassie Keller, Melissa O’Connell,
Laura Paz, Ross Ward, designers.