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Tuesday, February 23, 2004
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University of Oregon
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Volume 105, Issue 105
University anticipates $888,000 in possible cuts
President Dave Frohnmayer says
he hopes the OUS Chancellor’s Office
will split a potential $1.8 million burden
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
University President Dave Frohnmayer said Fri
day that he anticipates an $880,000 cut to the
University's budget as a result of Measure 30's fail
ure even if the Oregon University System Chancel
lor's Office absorbs half of the overall impart.
At the State Board of Higher Education meet
ing in the EMU Ballroom, Frohnmayer said tu
ition surcharges will not be implemented for
winter and spring terms of 2004. However,
courses or course sections will likely be cut next
year. He said the cuts could be about $1.8 mil
lion if the Chancellor's Office doesn't split the
overall $7.5 million cut to higher education.
"Obviously we don't want to hurt the quality
of the students' education," he said. "And we
don't want a midterm surcharge. That doesn't
leave us with a lot of options."
He said it is difficult to anticipate impacts on
next year's tuition rates given that the budget is
not yet finalized.
"Next year, we'll look at tuition, but there's
been no decision at all even as to what we'd rec
ommend to the board," he said, adding that no
other University programs should be affected.
The meeting was the first full board meeting
since its new members were appointed, including
former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt. Other
OlIS presidents and OlIS Chancellor Richard
Jarvis also attended the meeting in which the im
pact of Measure 30 was a key issue of discussion.
The Chancellor's Office has been under re
view for the past couple of weeks to deter
mine where extra costs can be eliminated. Al
though the decision to split the $7.5 million
has not been set in stone, Jarvis said campuses
need a starting point in determining how to
manage cuts.
"We're trying to give the campuses a planning
model to work with," he said, adding that the
full brunt of the measure's failure was originally
set to fall solely on campuses and undergradu
ate education specifically.
He said the important thing is the proposed
'50-50 split' should pre
vent tuition increases for
this year.
Jarvis said sharing half
the burden means nearly
20 percent of the office's
annual $ 10 million gener
al fund budget would be
cut each year for the next
two years.
"You're left with 80 per
cent; you do fewer things,"
Goldschmidt
he said. "I would have to reduce my workforce
by 20 percent."
The review of the office, which employs about
Turn to CUTS, page 6
Celebrating diversity
The Oregon Asian Celebration aims to entertain and enlighten through cultural events
By Moriah Balingit
and Reese Lee
Freelance Reporters
he Lane County Fairgrounds was transformed Saturday
and Sunday to celebrate the cultural heritage of Asian
JL and Asian-American groups as part of the 19th-annual
Oregon Asian Celebration.
Emcee Tony Lum, who had previously co-chaired the
event, stressed the importance of the celebration.
"Diversity is difficult," he said. "Our goal is not only to en
tertain people but to ... enlighten people."
The Asian Celebration opened Saturday morning with
Taiko drumming and was followed by the traditional Chi
nese lion dance, which had the packed house laughing.
A large part of the building was transformed into an Asian mar
ketplace with more than 80 booths featuring crafts from places in
cluding Nepal and India, as well as local crafts. The event also in
cluded cooking demonstrations on how to make a number of
dishes including Hawaiian-style sushi and Indian curry.
The food court contained a variety of culinary dishes rang
ing from Indian vegetable-stuffed pastries, spam musubi
(rice and spam wrapped in seaweed), pancit (a Filipino noo
dle dish) and a number of Japanese confections.
Nozomi Tanaka, a second-year East Asian Language and litera
ture graduate student said she enjoyed the cooking demonstrations.
"It's easy to learn how to make the dish, because you can
see it done step-by-step," she said. "I would do it on my own
even if I didn't like cooking."
Participants eating in the dining area were able to watch
martial arts performances.
Elisabeth E. Goldenberg, an instructor at the Orient Taek
wondo College, said she enjoyed the event. "We get to share
other forms of martial arts with so many people," she said.
University junior and Asian Pacific American Student
Union co-Director Kit Myers has been manning the APASU
booth at the Asian Celebration for three years.
"This year's turnout is good because there are more peo
ple here during lunch hour than in previous years," he said.
Senior Sudip Shakya has been attending the Asian Celebra
tion for 14 years. He said he would like to see some change in
the event because it has remained the same for a while.
"I also wish the advertisers would reach out to more peo
ple, so that more people will know about this event because
there aren't many University students here this year," he said.
Sunday's programs featured cultural performances from
the Pacific Rim including a virtual tour of the Pacific islands.
The program opened with a Maori war dance, which was fol
lowed by a Poi Ball fire dance, during which dancers swung
Danielle Hickey Photo Editor
Japanese teachers Komae Mori and Masae Kiyosawa (center) help
student Truman Cranor put on his kimono for a performance on Saturday.
fiery balls above their heads while dancing.
The ambient sounds of the Gamelan Sari Pandhawa, an
Indonesian percussion ensemble, filled the atrium courtyard,
where the Oregon Phillipine American Chamber of Com
merce sponsored the East-West silent auction. The atrium
also featured a water color art show in addition to traditional
Asian crafts such as an Orchid display and Oshie, a form of
Japanese silk art work.
For some University students, a visit to the Asian Celebration
Turn to DIVERSITY, page 5
OSPIRG seeks
river clean-up
from governor
The student environmental group says Kulongoski
hasn’t followed through on his campaign promise
to help clean up the Willamette River
By Joshua Rose
Freelance Reporter
Environmental group OSPIRG called on Oregon Gov. Ted Ku
longoski at a forum Saturday to reduce toxic emissions in the
Willamette River and hold polluters accountable.
The forum, called the State of the Willamette Address, focused
on the efforts needed to clean up the polluted Willamette River
and was held at Alton Baker Park. It featured state senators, city
councilors and environmental advocates, and attracted about 80
students and citizens.
"Back in 2002 OSPIRG convinced then-candidate Ted Kulon
goski to include the cleanup of the Willamette in his environ
mental platform," said Rhett Lawrence, Clean Water and Toxics
Advocate for the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group.
"Unfortunately, more than a year into his tenure, we are still wait
ing for concrete action from our governor."
lire Willamette is now polluted by a variety of sources, such as ur
ban and agricultural runoff and industrial dumping, Lawrence said.
Industries that discharge their waste water into the Willamette
must pay a fee for a permit. I Iowever, the fees do not cover the ad
ministration costs of issuing the permit, much less the cost of en
forcement and monitoring, he said.
"Since taxpayer dollars have to fill those gaps, in a very real
sense we are essentially subsidizing these industries for the privi
lege we have granted them to be able to dump their waste water
into our river," he said.
Four officials — including two state senators, Springfield City
Councilor John Woodrow and a Eugene mayoral candidate —
joined Lawrence.
State Sen. Vida Walker, D-Eugene, recalled the efforts of former
Oregon Gov. Tom McCall, who built sewage treatment plants and
imposed controls on industrial polluters during the 1960s. In
1972, the Willamette River graced the cover of National Geo
graphic magazine under the title "A River Restored."
'"rhe Willamette River is no longer a showcase and a model for
the nation," Walker said. "Today I would say that the Willamette
River belongs in the hall of shame. It is 187 miles of flowing tox
ins and carcinogens that kill fish, birds, wildlife and most likely
humans who dare to eat, swim and drink in this cesspool on a
Turn to OSPIRG, page 4
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