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Newsroom: (541) 346-5511 Room 300, Erb Memorial Union PO. Box 3159, Eugene, OR 97403 E-mail: editor@dailyemerald.com Online edition: www.dailyemerald.com Thursday, July 25,2002 Oregon Daily Emerald Editor in chief: Michael J. Kleckner Managing editor: Jenni Schultz University offers tuition break on 49 courses Students taking classes after 3 p.m. may be eligible for the discounted class rate, which could save them 15 percent ByJenni Schultz Oregon Daily Emerald This fall, the University is imple menting a program that gives a 15 percent tuition discount for some classes with 3 p.m. or later start times. Various departments are of fering a total of 49 courses in 22 sub jects at the discounted rate, which was determined based on “creating interest for the classes without los ing money,” Vice President for Aca demic Affairs Lorraine Davis said. The Oregon University System set a 3 percent cap on tuition in creases for all of Oregon’s public colleges this year, but University students who take 16 credits or more without any discounted cred its will actually pay as much as 15 percent higher tuition. However, students taking 16 credits or fewer with four or more of those credits at the discounted rate will receive as much as a 10 percent tuition decrease over this past year’s rates. The OUS approved the five year pilot program because it will keep the total tuition increase for the entire University at an average of 3 percent. With the program, administra tors hope to combat the high en rollment projection for next year. Enrollment is projected to be at 20,300, which is 300 more stu dents than the maximum the Uni versity was designed to hold. With this strain on resources, ad ministrators are hoping to find a way to alleviate the problem with out putting all of the pressure on students. Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management Jim Buch said the discount was de signed “to provide students with a lower cost tuition alternative and increase the amount of classroom space available.” University Senate President Greg McLauchlan believes the plan is a good short-term approach. “Given that our resources are stretched to the maximum, and stu dent tuition dollars are also stretched, it is a good approach for the near term,” he said. Looking further into the future, McLauchlan pointed to new con struction, such as the Lillis Business Complex, previously Gilbert Hall. Gilbert Hall was built to hold 942 students, and the new complex will house more than 2,500 students and 130 faculty and staff. Currently, 65 percent of the slots for the University classes that pro vide the 15 percent discount are filled. Between now and when fall term starts, 4,800 additional stu dents are expected to register for fall classes, Buch said. Administrators determined which classes would be offered at the discounted rate by whether they would be guaranteed to have at least 60 students enrolled in those particular classes. Currently, the average capacity of the dis counted courses is 113 students and the average enrollment stands at 72.5, but Buch said he is confi dent that a number of these courses are going to fill. Davis also anticipates that there will be a high demand for these courses but said most students who wish to should be able to enroll. Buch said that this is the first year of the program, and the suc cess or failure of it won’t be appar ent until the end of this year. “It’s an experiment. The Univer sity has not found any other institu tion that is using a similar pro gram,” he said. Contact the managing editor at jennischultz@dailyemerald.com Official hears UO’s child care center proposal Virginia Gustafson presides over the City Hall hearing, reviewing the University’s permit applications and listening to concerned neighbors By Jillian Daley Oregon Daily Emerald A group of neighbors from the Fairmount area spoke for and against the University’s proposed East Campus Children’s Center on Wednesday at a City Hall hearing. Approxi mately 12 citizens spoke against the pro posed site, and three spoke in favor of it. City official Virginia Gustafson presided at the hearing, reviewing the University’s conditional use and site re view permit applications for the child care site. The site is located on East 17th Avenue and Moss Street, west of Villard Street and east of Columbia Street. Gustafson did not intend to reach a de cision at the hearing. It was a chance for the University to present its application for review, and for neighbors or con cerned citizens to air grievances, express disapproval or support for the proposed building and its location. The site review permit has not been as greatly contested, but in order for the con ditional use permit to be approved, the building must meet specific criteria. These criteria include a requirement stating that the building must be compatible with the surrounding area and maintain consisten cy with adopted neighborhood plan poli cy, Associate City Planner Kent Kullby told the Emerald on July 9. Debate centered around the possible traffic congestion that the new building will create and the size and institutional style blue prints of the proposed facility. “I’m not against a child care center,” Fair mount resident Jeff Nelson said. “I’m here because I’m concerned about some land use issues.” Nelson was one of the dozen resi dents who spoke against the proposed site. Members of the University team pre sented their case with maps of the area in dicating how the land would be used, in cluding high-level traffic zones. University planners aimed to make the building blend in with the neighborhood by restricting it to one story between 13 and 24 feet high, which is smaller than a two-story residen tial building, Director of Student Activities Gregg Lobisser said. Traffic would be limited to the hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., making the “coming and going time” of staff and parents dropping off their children unobtrusive for the neighbors, Lobisser said.' Some neighbors are in favor of the building and spoke up at the hearing. “’’The University is an ever-growing in stitution,” resident Ellen Maddex said. “I am in the neighborhood, and I am for it.” However, some residents think that the University has not given the neighbors enough say. “We’re hoping (the University) will eventually sit down and say, ‘We wanted to build here, but it looks like it’s not going to happen. Let’s sit down and talk about this with the neighbors,”’ Fairmount Neighborhood Association member and former president Jeff Osanka said. According to city code, a written deci sion must be made within 15 days after a public comment session has occurred. The decision can be appealed within 10 days after it is issued. Contact the reporter atjilliandaley@dailyemerald.com. Sports brief Oregon players ‘Luke’ pretty good The Ducks have themselves a pair of PTP’ers, baby. For those who aren’t familiar with the terminology of college hoops guru Dick Vitale, that means the Ore gon men’s basketball team has two very good players. In fact, Vitale named junior point guard Luke Ridnour and junior small forward Luke Jackson in the same breath as the best collegiate “prime time players” in the nation Monday by placing the5 duo on his Fifth Team. Vitale, known best for his outrageous commentary, is compiling a list of the “super six teams” in the na tion — teams that are compiled of players whom he believes to be the most talented and gifted. Each team has five players, meaning Vitale considers Oregon’s Ridnour and Jackson to be among the top 25 players in the country. Ridnour averaged 15.5 points and 5 assists per game this past season while shooting better than 44 percent from behind the arc. 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