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Tuesday, October 22,2002
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Volume 104, Issue 38
OUS endorses new ‘deal’ for education
‘The Deal," a new plan to distribute
higher education costs, is raising
concern from student leaders
about cost increases to attend school
Paying for college
Brad Schmidt
City/State Politics Reporter
The Oregon University System announced
Friday that it will endorse a new proposal, ti
tled “The Deal,” that would create a partner
ship to spread the cost of higher education be
tween students, universities and legislators.
Right now, though, student leaders say stu
dents are getting the short end of the stick.
Ultimately, the plan would ensure that stu
dents pay no more than half the cost of higher
education. But with no tuition cap set, in the
long run, students could see costs increase.
“The only thing students are shaking on is
that we’re paying more,” Oregon Student As
sociation chairwoman and ASUO President
Rachel Pilliod said of the deal.
Given Oregon’s ongoing budget woes, OUS
sees the plan as the best way to stabilize long
term funding for higher education.
“It’s the game in town right now,” OUS
Chancellor Richard Jarvis said. “We’re look
ing for this to be our campaign in the Legisla
ture next spring.”
To ensure state support, Pilliod said it’s
important all involved parties have a unified
front. But for now, Pilliod said the state stu
dent association sees the proposal as a
“work in progress.”
Pilliod said there is concern that the state
won’t be able to meet its end of the deal. At
the end of the fourth special session of the
Legislature, funding was already below the
agreed level. In the proposed deal, that
funding is supposed to go up. And right now,
no one seems certain about whether that
will happen.
“That’s the challenge, isn’t it?” Jarvis said.
The deal could also force universities to put
caps on enrollment if the state doesn’t provide
substantial funding.
“That would be the deal breaker,” said Uni
versity senior Tim Young, one of the 11 mem
bers of the Oregon State Board of Higher Edu
cation. “This proposal really holds the
Legislature accountable to consider the im
Turn to Deal, page 12
Voice of experience
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Diplomat returns to give Iraq lecture
News brief
University alumnus Victor Tomseth delivered a lecture about
the Middle East to a small crowd of students and community
members at the Adelaide Church Memorial Reading Room at
the Knight Library on Monday. Tomseth, a former diplomat to a
half dozen countries, was one of 52 Americans held hostage
when the U.S. embassy in Iran was overrun in 1979.
The peaceful talk, entided “What Went Wrong? The Road to
Baghdad” was in stark contrast to a lecture Tomseth delivered
to a crowd of more than 1,500 students Feb. 9,1981, at the
EMU Ballroom, when the diplomat denied student allegations
that he was a CIA spy.
“If you think the CIA ‘sucks,’ you’re not talking about me,”
he was quoted as saying to one detractor in a Feb. 10,1981,
Emerald article.
At the 1981 talk, two students from the Revolutionary
Communist Youth Brigade burned a yellow cloth during
the reception and bolted from the ballroom before they
were arrested by police.
Although the community at the time hailed the alumnus and
1959 Springfield High School graduate as a hometown hero,
Monday’s event at the library drew only 30 to 50 people.
— Brook Reinhard
PFC meeting’s
short notice
draws grievance
Emerald editor in chief files a complaint in response to an
emergency meeting of the Programs Finance Committee
Student fees at work
Jan Montry
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
Actions by the ASUO Programs Finance Committee have
prompted one student organization to file a grievance.
PFC called an emergency meeting last week to make prepara
tions for the coming year. Members elected officers, made
amendments to the bylaws and approved the ASUO programs
budget packet after minor grammatical changes.
Emerald editor in chief Michael J. Kleckner filed a grievance
with the ASUO, complaining that PFC had given no reason for
the meeting’s short notice.
Notice for the 8 a.m. emergency meeting was given at 10:23
p.m. the night before, according to the grievance. Under the Ore
gon Public Meetings Law, officials must include reasons for an
emergency session in their meeting minutes.
According to the Clark Document and the ASUO Constitu
tion, PFC is required to follow Oregon Public Meetings Law.
PFC At-Large Kate Shull said the emergency meeting was
necessary for two reasons.
First, PFC members wanted to tell student group represen
tatives at an ASUO Programs Council meeting — which took
place the day after — who the PFC leadership and assigned
tags would be.
Second, Shull said scheduling conflicts between PFC mem
bers made it difficult to meet at another time.
Kleckner asked in his grievance for a written explanation of
the emergency meeting, including how the meeting business
related to the emergency. He also has requested that the ex
planation be amended to the minutes before approval at the
next meeting.
Turn to Grievance, page 12
Weather
Today: High 68, Low 35,
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Wednesday: High 65, Low 33,
mostly clear and sunny
Looking ahead
Wednesday
Review of The String Cheese
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Thursday
Fashion show to increase
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Kulongoski brings political experience
Democratic Gubernatorial candidate
Ted Kulongoski campaigns on social
issues, education and the economy
Oregon votes 2002
Jan Montry
I Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
Ted Kulongoski is no stranger to the political game.
After serving in the Oregon House of Represen
tatives, the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon
Supreme Court, Kulongoski is an anomaly among
Oregon politicians: one who’s worked in all three
branches of government.
Now Kulongoski is seeking the highest seat in
Oregon—the governor’s mansion. He is basing his
statewide campaign on three top points: the econ
omy, education and social issues.
To stimulate Oregon’s struggling economy, Ku
longoski said he would raise vehicle registration
fees from $ 15 to $30 and use the money to create a
billion-dollar bridge-building fund to rebuild Ore
gon’s infrastructure, which he said would create
more than 700 jobs and boost the link between
economy and community.
“Moving up and accelerating public works proj
ects is one area where you can have the most effect
on Oregon’s economy,” he said.
Kulongoski said the creation of an economic
rapid-response group would also be a priority.
“There should be a SWAT team for the state’s
economic development, that every time we know
there is an industry that could improve our quality
of life there, that we immediately send someone
to And out what we can do to help them and con
vince them to locate here in Oregon with existing
businesses in this state.”
On education, Kulongoski said he would work
to create an endowment fund specifically for
higher education.
The endowment “would actually provide, ulti
mately, every student in this state who graduates
from a high school and meets the criteria to enter a
four-year institution,” he said. Students “would be
given the opportunity to obtain tuition scholarships
and grants, not loans, to attend our universities.”
Kulongoski added that he would fund the en
dowment by rerouting part of the capital gains tax
that would otherwise go to the general budget. The
gubernatorial candidate also said he has two con
Turn to Kulongoski, page 4