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priorities...that you have to be en
gaged in a continual effort to remind
people about this priority.”
According to pamphlets distrib
uted at the event, the University is
supporting Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s
proposed budget, which provides a
small increase for higher education.
The University is also supporting the
Oregon University System Legal Ser
vices and Legal Sufficiency bill,
which would allow the State Board of
Higher Education, OUS Chancellor
and university presidents to hire at
torneys outside the Department
of Justice.
“The overall level of the budget
support for the University’s general
operations is almost always the key,”
Frohnmayer said, adding that state
support of capital construction pro
posals is also important.
“It won’t solve (the University’s
problems),” Frohnmayer said of the
governor’s budget. “But, it’s more
than a hold- the-line budget. It would
represent a net increase in our ability
to cope, but obviously we hope in
some things...that we can do modest
ly better than the governor’s budget.”
It’s tough to tell whether the Uni
versity will have enough support in
the legislature before the votes are
counted, Frohnmayer said. “It’s not
that we don’t have support, it’s a
question of whether competing prior
ities will be seen as stronger. ”
William Swindells represented the
University Foundation in the lobby
ing efforts.
It’s important to have people other
than University administrator speak
to legislators, Swindells said.
“The value is not to say something
smarter or better than the administra
tion, it’s to have an elected official
hear it from a non-administration
person,” he said.
Representatives from the College
of Education and ONAMI attended,
hoping to improve their chances of
receiving state funding.
“We’re here to tell the story of our
need for the building and the nation
al impact of the work of our faculty,”
College of Education Communica
tions Director Linda Mears said.
Mears added that the education
program is at the maximum in terms
of who it can serve and desperately
needs the $48 million addition.
If the governor’s budget proposal is
passed, the College of Education will
need to raise only $24 million in pri
vate donations to fund the project.
The rest would be funded with
state bonds.
ONAMI hopes to receive the $7
million allocated to it in the gover
nor’s proposal.
Sen. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene, a
1978 University graduate who at
tended the reception, said she felt
the event was beneficial.
“It’s a good reminder of the value
of the University of Oregon and
what it contributes to our commu
nity and our state,” Walker said.
“There’s a lot of U of O grads in this
building, and on Beaver day you’ll
see a lot of OUS grads here as well,
it’s all great fun. I think it’s really
important to see (this event).”
Education has been a theme in
much of the statehouse’s recent pol
itics. Earlier this week, Rep. Bob
Ackerman, D-Eugene, pitched a bill
that would freeze much of the in
come that state colleges receive at
current levels, much to the alarm of
some OUS and Community College
officials. On Wednesday, House
Speaker Karen Minnis, R-Wood Vil
lage, announced the House Repub
licans’ “Stable Schools” plan to
fund K-12 public school. The House
Democratic Office criticized the bill
in internal documents released to
Democrats.
Sources shared sentiments that
funding is among the most impor
tant issues facing higher education
in Oregon.
“Of course, everything comes to
money,” said Rep. Sal Esquivel, R
Medford, “1 think that higher ed,
universities and community col
leges will say we need to support
them more. We can’t continue on
raising tuition for people to go to
school, and we need to look at edu
cation as a whole.”
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one method to reduce spending after
the PFC initially overspent its budget.
Yet Senators were reluctant to pass
a budget containing the current pay
cuts, citing vehement opposition by
student leaders.
Nontraditional Student Union
member David Watson asked the
Senate not to “take our leadership
away,” saying groups may not sur
vive on the current PFC budget.
“They betrayed you, and they be
trayed us,” he said to the senators.
PFC Chairwoman Persis Pohowalla
asked the Senate to “consider all of
the obstacles fthe PFC) had to battle”
while creating the budget.
“The reality of my budget is that
it’s not pretty; I’m not going to sugar
coat it,” she said, adding that the
committee “exhausted, I think, every
possibility there was.”
ASUO Vice President Mena Ravas
sipour presented the Executive’s rec
ommendation that roughly $7,000 in
additional funds be allocated to pro
vide stipends to groups allocated
none for this year, bringing the budg
et to the 7 percent cap allowed by the
Green Tape Notebook. The recom
mendation also included the creation
of a committee to administrate a re
lief fund on an individual basis to
groups whose stipends were cut.
The relief fund may have been cre
ated with Senate surplus funds or
nonrealized funds.
Senators, PFC members and group
representatives debated the feasibility
of making additional changes and
merits of several options to reduce
the budget further.
Former PFC member Mason
Quiroz, who was removed in early
March after the Constitution Court
found he violated neutrality stan
dards, said groups have worked for
years to earn stipend positions.
Quiroz suggested analyzing con
t*act groups. Unlike other student
groups, contract groups such as Lane
Transit District receive lump-sums of
money instead of itemized budgets.
Senator Rona Yang suggested look
ing at Sexual Assault Support Ser
vices, a contract group she said
gained funds this year without mon
ey from the PFC.
Several group members insisted
they would be willing to help the PFC
with calculations, but ASUO Presi
dent Adam Petkun pointed out that
anyone working on the budget needs
proper training in viewpoint neutrali
ty and accounting, which he said
may not be possible.
parkerhowell@dailyemerald. com