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News briefs U.S. House bill establishes hotline for travelers The U.S. House of Representa tives passed a bill with an amend ment from Rep. Peter DeFazio, D Eugene., establishing a national hotline for angry air passengers. The Transportation Appropria tions Bill sets aside $720,000 to hire staff and set up the toll-free number for travelers to call when they become disgruntled by de lays, lost baggage or other prob lems. PHOTO SPECIALS JULY 2-JULY 15 $2.00 OFF DOUBLE PRINTS 3x5 doubles: 12 exp $1.25 24 exp S4.25 36 exp $7.25 4x6 doubles: 12 exp $3.25 24 exp $6.25 36 exp $9.25 C-41 full frame color film. Glossy or matte finish. Next day service may be delayed because of holiday schedule. FUJICOLOR 1 EWEB pays for computing center’s new water system The Eugene Water and Electric Board rewarded the University Computing Center Monday for its water conservation efforts to the tune of $4,500. The computing center uses about 1 million gallons of water a month for its cooling system, and the center recently connected its water supply to the Physical Plant, creating a system that recirculates water instead of pumping a fresh supply from the city. EWEB covered the $4,500 cost to build the system, which is pre dicted to save the University about j~ All Ways Travel ~j • Summer Airfare Sale • Orlando - $198.00* Baltimore - $198.00* New Orleans - $198.00* Newark - $258.00* * tax not included* restrictions may apply-.. Subject to change w ithout notice. Eurail Passes issued On-Site!!" 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The budget would in crease tuition 4 percent for next year and 3 percent the year after that. Oregon briefs continued from page 3 collectors under a bill that won House approval Sunday. Currently, federal rebates are con sidered taxable income under Ore gon law and must be reported. Pres ident Bush’s tax cut package could send up to $300 back to single peo ple, $500 to single parents and $600 for married couples. “Unless we pass HB 2550, Oregoni ans will have to include this money as taxable income in next year’s tax re turns , ” said Rep. Tom Butler, R-Ontario. Butler’s bill would save Oregoni ans from shelling out $2 7, $45 or $54 respectively in state income taxes for the $300 to $600 in federal returns they could receive. And because the state hadn ’t anticipated having those extra taxes when calculating the 2001-03 budget, giving people this tax break wouldn’t adversely impact government services, Butler said. But opponents said those extra dol lars the state collects could be vital to the current budget and future budgets. With a 49-11 vote, the measure goes to the Senate, which recently approved a similar effort to protect Oregonians’ federal rebates. The Associated Press Fourth continued from pagel joy big fireworks shows, the Eugene Emeralds game against the Yakima Bears, starting at 6:35 p.m., is the place to be. “Twenty minutes after the game concludes, we let everybody onto the field and begin the fireworks,” Emeralds spokesman Brian Rogers said. “It’s a forty-five minute show crammed into twenty minutes. We’re firing things off left and right. It’s a spectacular show.” “Twenty minutes after the game concludes, we let everybody onto the field and begin the fireworks. ” Brian Rogers spokesman, Eugene Emeralds For a romantic and free view of the fireworks show, you can bring blankets and a flashlight to the soc cer fields behind South Eugene High School, which can be ac cessed via Patterson Street. If you’re a music fan, the Eugene Symphonic Band will be holding a free concert at Washburn Park at 6:30 p.m. “We have twelve concerts in all, and this begins the series,” Director Orval Ettersaid. “We’removingback to the old pre-Depression tradition of weekly band concerts in the park. That’s something we lost in the thir ties.” Jessie Swimeley Emerald Peggy Grantham of Eugene checks out the fountains at the Bachmeier Family Fireworks stand in the Fred Meyer parking lot. The Bachmeiers have been running a fireworks stand for more than 12 years. Audit continued from page 1 heads, he remains certain every ex pense investigated by auditors had a justifiable reason. “Nobody used anything inappro priately,” O’Fallon said. Marty Kaufman, the dean of the College of Education, said the de partment’s spending was in accor dance with University policy. He said it is part of any dean’s responsibility to meet with bene factors at University-sponsored events in order to encourage them to continue to donate to the school. He added that without the money such donors provide, many of the programs and schol arships offered to students would not be possible. The dean and the associate dean of the business school were out of town and unavailable for comment. Auditors also questioned depart ments’ use of University credit cards. Of the transactions that audi tors sampled, 18 percent — totaling $13,835 — were considered either questionable or prohibited. Prohib ited expenses included the pur chase of airline tickets, food and al cohol for staff parties, and gifts for departing faculty members. The environmental studies de partment had the most instances of prohibited charge expenses. In sev en out of the 12 months that audi tors studied, they found the depart ment charged food on a University credit card. Environmental studies Program Coordinator Sara Leininger de clined to comment on the depart ment’s expenditures. Pollino said mistakes have been made at the University because there is not an adequate system in place for reviewing department purchases, and some University employees may not understand the state guidelines. “They [the University] really haven’t told employees what’s ac ceptable and what’s not accept The full text of the Secretary of State Audits Division’s report is available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.sos.state.or.us/audits/sum mary/2001/2001-27.pdf. able,” she said. Considering the number of peo ple employed at the University and the size of the budget, the problems uncovered by the auditors are rela tively minor, said Dan Williams, the University vice president of ad ministration. While University officials will consider the auditors’ recommen dations, they have no plans to stop using foundation money for devel opment expenses, he said. “Those are not expenses that have been to the personal benefit of any of the individuals,” he said. “Those are expenses that are incurred for the purpose of attracting donors. “If we can improve some of our processes, we will,” he said. “But we’re not going to change how we use foundation money.” 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 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. 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