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Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 7
UO will slash classes if board rejects tuition hike
The University would have to trim
about 100 classes to make up
for $600,000 in lost funding
By Ayisha Yahya
Reporter
About 100 classes will likely be cut
from the 2003-04 academic year if the
State Board of Higher Education de
lays or doesn't approve proposed tu
ition changes for the University, an
administrator recently warned.
It's not yet clear whether the board
will come to a conclusion on the pro
posal at Friday's meeting, but the
pending decision will be far-reaching,
affecting all seven Oregon University
System schools.
If the board turns down changes to
tuition and fees plateaus proposed by
state universities, the cash-strapped
schools will have to deal with bigger
financial burdens, administration of
ficials said. If the board approves the
changes, students statewide will pay
more for a college education.
The University is asking the board
to allow an extra $20 charge per credit
from 14 to 16 credits for undergradu
ate residents. And Vice President and
Provost John Moseley said the
school's budget would be very tight
should the board rejects the proposal.
"If we are not allowed to institute the
$20 charge, the financial impact on us
would be $600,000," Moseley said.
Moseley said the effects of the
board's decision might not be felt un
til winter term since some people feel
students around the state were not ad
equately informed of the proposed
changes. If the decision is delayed or
rejected, the University will be
$600,000 short in the fall.
"I'm hoping that the board will go
ahead with (the University's) plan be
cause it's reasonable," Moseley said.
And if not?
"I can't see any other solution for
the $600,000 other than cutting class
es," Moseley said.
Moseley said due to the past year's fi
nancial storm, other sectors like admin
istration and maintenance have borne
the brunt of the funding crisis. 1 le added
that the school has done everything from
not mowing the lawns to turning off
lights in order to save money and to en
sure that classes were not affected, which
PART 1 OF 4
Today: Administrators warn of cuts
without new tuition and fees standards
Thursday: Student leaders prepare
to discuss implications of tuition hikes
Next Tuesday: Full coverage of Friday’s
State Board of Higher Education decision
Next Thursday: Students weathered
tuition surcharges in winter and spring
he said is the 11 niversity's key objective
"We've protected classes while cut
ting everywhere else," he said. "(Now)
there's nowhere else to cut."
The potential loss of $600,000 trans
lates into about 100 lost classes, Mose
ley said, and would mean hiring fewer
part-time and adjunct faculty, as well as
graduate teaching fellows. Classes will
not be affected in the fall since the Uni
versity already has its fall schedule in
place, and Moseley added the school
has not yet determined which classes to
cut should the need arise.
"You look at where you think it
would do the least damage," Moseley
said. 1 le added the University is already
completely filling some classes; howev
er, he said it might be able to offer larger
classes, especially with the opening of
the new lillis Business Complex. While
there is still the possibility some stu
dents may not get the classes they need,
Moseley said the school will do what it
can to promote education.
"We're here to make it possible for
Turn to Tuition, page 6
De-working 13th Avenue
Construction workers are shaking
things up on East 13th Avenue,
building the new Memorial Plaza
in front of the new business school
By Jared Paben
Freelance Reporter
East 13th Avenue is likely to draw a
second glance when students return
for classes next fall. Instead of a flat ex
panse of asphalt, the street will have
planter boxes with brick work criss
crossing it and the street itself will be
raised to sidewalk level, all of which
will form the new Memorial Plaza.
PART 2 OF 2
Today: Construction of the facility
has spilled into East 13th Avenue
Last Thursday: The people
and the processes behind the nearly
completed Lillis Business Complex
The work changes are part of a
project by Eugene-based Cameron
McCarthy Gilbert & Scheibe Land
scape Architects LLP to beautify the
grounds surrounding the new Lillis
Business Complex. The work in
cludes both the Memorial Plaza, lo
cated on East 13th Avenue in front of
the new complex, and several court
yards elsewhere around the complex.
Mike Loe, landscape architect
with the firm, estimates the work
will be finished on Memorial Plaza
sometime next month, just in time
to surprise many of the returning
students. The plaza itself will
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Steve Andrew is part of the construction team that is working on East 13th Avenue
to install, among other things, large flower beds for the University’s new Memorial Plaza.
Council mulls
expanding DPS
responsibilities
In a Monday meeting, the Eugene City Council discusses
a proposal that would allow DPS officers to cite students
for certain misdemeanors on campus, including MIPs
By Jan Tobias Montry
Managing Editor
University administrators pressed the Eugene City Council
Monday to support a proposal that would allow Department
of Public Safety officers to issue citations such as minor in pos
session of alcohol and possession of less-than-an-ounce of
marijuana, and most councilors overwhelming supported
the idea.
Despite this position, many also questioned the timing of the
proposal, noting that students should have the chance to become
more involved before a vote takes place.
"The timing is not only inappropriate but irresponsible to
conduct this hearing on an ordinance that is very specifically
targeting to the University, at a time when the University com
munity is largely absent," said Ward 3 Councilor David Kelly,
who represents the University area. Kelly recommended the
council hold off on voting until fall, and suggested a clarifica
tion be given on whether only commissioned DPS officers
would receive the expanded power.
Councilors Bonny Bettman, Ward 1; George Poling, Ward 4;
and Gary Pape, Ward 5, also expressed support for the ordinance,
leaving only Betty Taylor, Ward 2, expressing opposition at what
she felt was a deliberate attempt to keep students in the dark. No
other councilors commented on the issue.
University administration officials — including Vice President
of Administration Dan Williams, Vice President of Student Affairs
Anne Leavitt and DPS Interim Associate Director Tom 1 licks —
also showed support at the hearing.
Administration officials argued the ordinance would promote
a safer campus environment, provide a more efficient system for
DPS officials and free Eugene Police Department officials and of
ficers from having to deal with minor on-campus offenses.
"We would very much welcome the opportunity to accept this
responsibility," Williams said.
Turn to DPS, page 6
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