Viking_Yearbook_93

Ramaley unveils budget cuts that ate more than skin deep PSi: PrcMdcnl Judith A. Ranuloy unveils her plan lor ampiualing the university to deal with Ballot Measure 5. The property tax limitation amendment forces PSU to cut its state support by twenty percent, or $9.6 million in each of the next two years. 'I’he plan President Ramaley presents to the Oregon State Board of Higher Education is only guesswork, though. No one really knows how much money will be in the state general fund, but as usual, Portland State will get the shaft. Her plan shows each part of the university in dollars, but all that money, must come from salaries. lire officially closer The School of Health and Human Performance officially closes because of last year’s budget cuts. In 1991-93, PSU had to cut $4.1 million each \ear In 1993-95, the university will cut $9.6 million. Tri-Met begins a pilot program for carrying bicycles on eight of its routes and the MAX light rail. Park n’ Ride becomes Ride n’ Ride. Riders can put rtheir bikes on a rack mounted to the front of a bus to avoid riding on dangerous arterials like Highway 26 or Interstate 84. PSU President Judith Ramatey discusses budget cuts with faculty and staff Ml New Oeaii for performing arts Richanl 'foscan, Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, left the School of Theater at the University of Southern Calil'ornia to conic to PSU. “I’m iiiiercsicd in taking the arts program and using it m a way that has a social impact on the city," he said. Vlfhere's the Big Om Two powerful earthquakes rocked Southern California on June 28, 1992, killing a child and injuring more than 300 people. The first quake, which registered 7.4 on the Richter scale, radiated out from a remote stretch of th Mojave Desert. The second quake, about three hours later, was centered in the San Bernardino Mountains, about 20 miles west of the first trembler. A 1988 U.S. Geological Survey report said there was at least a 60 percent chance within 30 years that the souther San Andreas Fault would produce the so-called Big One measuring 7.5 to 8 or more on the Richter scale.