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TUITION continued from page 1A now, " Petkun said. "The burden has been shifting for the last decade and it's becoming unbearable." Moseley said the administration is also concerned about loss of access due to rising costs. For that reason, administrators have made course availability one of their highest pri orities. "If the cuts are so deep that ade quate numbers and breadth of courses cannot be maintained, stu dents will be unable to get the cours es they need to graduate, and thus will incur much greater costs than the additional tuition if they must take another term or two to gradu ate," he said. He said the Office of Financial Aid is also working to provide low-in come students with adequate finan cial aid packages. Savings from the ongoing restruc turing of the Chancellor's office may help generate extra funds for the universities. At the meeting, the board approved Si.9 million in fur ther reductions to the Chancellor's office budget; it had already ap proved $1.1 million in reductions earlier this year. Campuses will get $1.1 million of the savings to alleviate the repercus sions of Measure 30's failure; $500,000 will go towards a "fighting fund," to retain top faculty, and the rest will be used to finance the board's other initiatives. OllS Spokeswoman Di Saunders said the board will decide in the next few weeks exactly how these savings will be disbursed to each campus. Saunders added that the board is very concerned about keeping costs low, but financial pressures and the economic climate have put universi ties "between a rock and a hard place." The board did approve tuition in creases with the stipulation that schools find ways to cushion the im pact on students, according to the re lease. Moseley said more increases are expected next year, but he hopes they will only be in the range of about 5 percent. "We are encouraged by Governor Kulongoski’s strong interest in high er education, and in the access is sue," he said. "Although the state budget situation will be tight next year, there may be some opportunity for increased funding for higher ed, which will help to hold down tu ition increases." Petkun said the state was not in vesting enough in higher education. "We're going to have to work very hard with the administration to get as much funding as possible for stu dents from the legislature," he said. He said it was important for stu dents to vote so as to have a voice in how education policies are formu lated at the state level. "1 think it's important that stu dents see the connection between tuition and the legislature," Petkun said. In other business, the board offi cially appointed George Pernsteiner as OUS' executive vice chancellor, chief operations officer and interim chancellor, according to an OllS re lease. Pernsteiner, who worked for 13 years in various capacities at the University, the Chancellor's office and Portland State University, is cur rently the vice chancellor for admin istrative services at the University of California-Santa Barbara. Pernsteiner will be in charge of implementing the board's new vi sion for higher education. Contact the news editor at ayishayahya@dailyemerald.coni.. VIGIL continued from page 1A country lost such a great man and great president." She said Reagan's "infectious spirit" helped bring back faith in the country after the Vietnam War. "I think President Reagan renewed people's faith in the American spirit and the American dream," she said. Jenkins also said Reagan should serve as an example for current leaders. "1 think today's leaders can look to Reagan for an example of how to lead with what's right," she said. "He's a conservative role model." Oregon Commentator editor in ChiefTimothy Dreiersaid Reagan will be most remembered for defeating communism. He also said Reagan helped curb inflation and that his poli cies made the tax system more fair. "(Before his changes) there was no incentive to raise your income past a certain point," he said. Dreier also said students and politi cians can learn from Reagan's example. "i think many of them should learn his oratory skills and many more should learn his moral clarity," he said. "I think a lot of students have lost sight of that these days." Associate Professor of Political Sci ence Gerald Berk said Reagan was a "revolutionary president." He said the Reagan administration will be remem bered for deregulation of industry. "Although deregulation started with Carter, it took off under Reagan," he said. "The results are a mixed bag. Some parts of the economy have ad justed well, but 1 think other results are things like Enron." 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