Measure 28 would fund youth services
Youth services budgets stand
to lose more than $ 10 million
if voters reject the measure
Oregon votes 2003
Caron Alarab
Crime/Safety/Transportation Reporter
Of the organizations that would be
negatively affected by the failure of
Measure 28, the juvenile justice sys
tem and youth services in Lane Coun
ty are preparing for losses.
Without the passage of the Jan. 28
tax-package, the state will cut $7.8 mil
lion in juvenile justice funding and
$3.1 million in youth services from the
budget of Oregon Youth Authority.
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physical custody to repeat and high
risk youth offenders, as well as to
youths convicted of adult crimes.
The failure would also shut down
four youth corrections facilities, sev
eral alternative schools and programs,
50 percent of all shelter care and 250
youth beds statewide. The loss of state
funded beds means 250 high-risk
youth offenders will be released into
communities across the state—28 in
Lane County alone.
“We definitely will not be able to ex
pand, let alone use, the majority of
beds we need now,” Lane County Ju
venile Justice Center director Lisa
Smith said.
In 2002,2,279 youths were referred
to the Lane County Department of
Youth Services, and Smith said it will
be hard to accommodate a similar
number in 2003.
Jim Forbes, executive director at
Looking Glass — a private, nonprof
it organization that each year serves
more than 7,000 children and fami
lies in Lane County — said the or
ganization will also face decreased
funding. Forbes said a 50 percent
decrease in beds is expected, along
with various other cuts, if Measure
28 does not pass.
“We’re almost more concerned with
its impact on other services that we
rely on, like the court system,” he said.
“We all have different roles to play.”
John Aarons, an adjunct instruc
tor for the University’s Substance
Abuse Prevention Program, has
worked for the juvenile justice sys
tem since the late 70s. He said he re
members the numerous shelters and
youth services of the past, and that
demand is greater now.
“We are already operating on less
bed space compared to 1975,” Aarons
said. “Higher need means higher risk.”
Aarons said he doesn’t think the
community will feel an immediate im
pact, however, because overworked
employees are doing whatever is nec
essary to handle cases.
Guts are already in place at Oak
Greek Youth Correctional Facility,
which primarily serves Lane County
and obtains the majority of its funding
from the state’s general fund.
“We’ve been prepared to take the
cuts outlined,” said South Valley OYA
Area Coordinator Faye Fagel, who
spent all day Thursday giving notice to
74 of her employees. OYA will cut 265
employees in all if Measure 28 fails.
In assessing the cutbacks in
progress for the court system and
mental health and youth services,
Fagel said the biggest problem with a
small state budget is how intertwined
the whole system remains.
Contact the reporter
at caronalarab@dai!yemerald.com.
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Task Force discusses
neighborhood agenda
The West University Joint Task
Force convened in the Central Pres
byterian Church from 4 to 6 p.m.
Thursday to discuss ideas and a ten
tative agenda for 2003. The meeting
commenced with a detailed presen
tation and ended with discussion on
short-term strategies and recom
mendations for improving the neigh
borhood environment after the Sep
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and city officials attended.
Corvallis Police Department AIC
Captain Jon Sassaman gave a digital
slide show for the first hour, reinforc
ing the tactics used by CPD and Ore
gon State Police to maintain peace
and safety in the Oregon State Univer
sity neighborhoods. The presentation,
titled “Alcohol and Law Enforce
ment,” demonstrated the success of
activities held in order to better famil
iarize GPD officers with the student
body. These activities include com
munity meetings, greek life barbecues
and orientation programs.
“We’re promoting friendly, positive
interaction so that students don’t just
notice the blue uniforms, but actually
see the faces and know the names of
our officers,” Sassaman said.
After the presentation, members
discussed the readability of a
progress report, which includes a top
ten short-term solutions list, intend
ed to update interested parties on
the progress of the task force. Mayor
Jim Torrey and University President
Dave Frohnmayer, the officials re
sponsible for the force’s existence,
will review the findings.
The next meeting will be held
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University hosts war forum
The University Faculty Senate
and the ASUO will feature
panelists to analyze war with
Iraq from many perspectives
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
As the United States continues to
march toward a controversial war
with Iraq, students and faculty con
tinue to question what impact such a
conflict could have on the University
community. The University Faculty
Senate and ASUO will host a forum to
discuss the war from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
today in the EMU Ballroom.
The public forum, tided “The Uni
versity and the Iraq Crisis,” will fea
ture panelists from University depart
ments who will analyze and interpret
the possibility of war with Iraq from
different perspectives. The event will
also help inform University faculty,
who will convene in the University As
sembly to discuss the University’s un
official response to the potential war.
Senate President Greg McLauch
Ian, a sociology professor and a pan
elist, said the forum stands apart
from other campus activities that
have focused war because of its in
clusion of University President Dave
Frohnmayer, who will address “The
Role of Universities in Times of Na
tional and International Crisis.”
Other featured forum speakers
have conflicting opinions regarding
the University’s response to a war with
Iraq. Geography Professor Alec Mur
phy, who will speak about “Putting the
Iraq Crisis in Geopolitical Perspec
tive,” said he has doubts as to whether
the University should have a collective
stance on the issue. Murphy said he
thinks it is appropriate for faculty to
voice their opinions as citizens, but
going beyond that would be harmful
to a healthy marketplace of ideas.
“I think a university should be a
place where different ideas can be
presented and discussed, and I do
not think the University should take
a position that would work against
that mission,” Murphy said.
Daniel Pope, a history professor
who will be speaking about “Histori
cal Perspectives on Student Peace
Activism,” argued that the Universi
ty needs to take a stance on the issue
because the impending war will have
sweeping effects on the community.
However, Pope said taking a collec
tive stance should not limit debate
and discussion on the war.
“Certainly there are colleagues
and students who feel differently and
support the Bush administration’s
policies,” he said. “Nobody is for a
minute suggesting that passing a res
olution means there is no disagree
ment on campus or that their civil
liberties and intellectual freedom
would be threatened.”
Organizers are expecting a large
turnout, and there will be overflow
seating in 180 PLC with a live video
feed from the Ballroom. McLauchlan
said although it is hard to guess ex
actly how many people will attend,
seating for more than a thousand
people will be available.
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