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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Tuition continued from page 1 nitv (Irani and the child care block grant, tuition surcharges would force sonic students out of school. “We have skyrocketing tuition in creases and extremely low aid,” she said. “It's an enormous burden on students.” Hueli acknowledged that enroll ment reduction could result from the tuition surcharge, but he said the administration hopes that is not the case. To help avoid forced drop-outs, the University has committed 8500,()()() in financial aid to help soften the blow for about 2,200 of the neediest students. “We certainly know that students are already stretched,” he said. If Measure 28 passes, the income tax rates for single and joint filings would increase to 0.5 percent from 0 percent. Corporate income tax rates would increase to 6.05 percent from 6.6 percent. In an open letter to students, Se nior Vice President and Provost John Moseley explained why the Possible tuition changes After surcharge* Before surcharge* Resident under graduates Non resident under graduates Resident law students Non resident law students *Students taking 16 credits. Does not take into account discounted courses. _____' _ SOURCE: UO website surcharge may he necessary hut was optimistic about maintaining the same quality of education. “Even if the surcharge is imposed, we are confident that (the Universi ty) will continue to he, as it has been designated by the ‘Fiske (luide to Higher Education’ tor the past five years, a ‘best buy’ in higher educa tion, in terms of quality and value for the price,” lie said. Contact the senior news reporter at janmontry@dailyemerald.com. TyusTillman (left), Kiambu Fisher (middle) and Delvin Glymph (right) are all supporters of , Betsy Clewett's actions at Northwest Christian College. Jeremy Forrest Emerald Dismissal continued from page 1 stepped forward to support (Jewett and said many people at the (Christian e< illege have unfair prejudices against them because of their skin color. The ft >ur men said black players < >n the basketball team are treated more harshly than white players. They added that they’ve had other difficul ties oft the court related to race, such as having to turn in multiple applica nt ms t( > keep their apartments and be ing veiled at for joking around during a game of dominoes, while white stu dents escaped criticism when they acted rambunctious. In addition, (Jlvmph and Fisher said they have had to fight endlessly to get their diplomas. Fisher graduat ed in June and repeatedly went in to request his diploma during the sum mer, but it was not given to him until mid-N( ivember. (ilvmph also was sup posed to have graduated in June, but One in five people in Lane County, don’t have enough to eat. Helping them is easy. A $1 coupon will feed one person for one day. A $5 coupon will feed a family for one day. 48% of those served are children. U NI VERS IT'Y of OREGON T7 A ATV BOOKSTORE hming, intellectu al environment for all students, lie added that whenever an incident oc curred where a minority student felt discriminated against, the administra tion worked to resolve the situation. “The issues were dealt with and I understood it was to everyone’s mu tual satisfaction,” Womack said. Womack said Clewett’s dismissal had no connection to the letter she sent or to her efforts to defend the rights of minority students. Womack would not divulge the details that led to Clewett’s dismissal, hut said the decision was made before she sent the letter criticizing the administra tion for the treatment of black stu dents on campus. “As far as I’m concerned, the memo is totally irrelevant,” Womack said. Clewett and the three education pn >fess< >rs wh(> resigned have been re placed with part-time faculty from the department, and classes started as scheduled last week. I lowever, Wom ack said the recent controversy br< mght up by former faculty and stu dents is interfering with current edu cational efforts going on at the college. “Students don’t like their college labeled as racist. It’s not true. It’s dis turbing to them,” he said. The controversy at NCC remains heated, and it does not appear as if things will cool off soon. Webb is planning to file criminal charges against Lipp for shoving him after a basketball game in December, and Clewett and her former staff have hired attorneys and plan to take legal action. They said they will meet with their lawyers later this week to de cide the best way to proceed. Contact the senior news reporter atjenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.