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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. Ridnour — who has started 63
consecutive games at Oregon — received the Associat
ed Press All-America honorable mention and All-Pa
cific-10 Conference First Team status in 2002 and was
also the 2001 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year.
Jackson, a Creswell native, received honorable men
tion status this past season in the Pac-10 while averag
ing 16.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
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