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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1966)
SU, ASUO Budget Cuts... (CimHnHfd from f>aat 1) $1,500 from the Forum Commit tee budget for an “awareness se ries" and $1,200 for co-sponsor ship of speakers with political groups. The “awareness series” involves speakers who will talk, for small fees, on topics with narrow range of interest, accord ing to Lawrence. Lawrence argued that the best place for both these items, espe cially the co-sponsorship of poli tical speakers, was in the SU Board budget, since the SU Board is “apolitical" while the ASUO Senate is not. Drummonds replied that several |K>litical groups had told him they preferred to have the ASUO co-sponsor with them rather than (he SU Board. He argued that this program was provided for in a $12,000 item for speakers and confer ences in the ASUO budget and said it made little seuse to have funds for speakers “carried in half a dozen different budgets." Ellingson said that overlap is beneficial to make sure that ‘areas are not left uncovered." The Budget Board also asked the SU Board to make $3,000 profit on special attractions (such as Ray Charles), an item that was budgeted to break even next vear. and an additional $1,500 on (he Little Concert Series by not giving students free admission The Board also decided to ask the University for $1,500 more for services the SU Board renders during the summer session which the University would have to otter otherwise. One other item asked for a .shift of about $2,500 from the cost of SU Recreation Council's programs to the Athletic Depart ment budget. This shift would Lave the Athletic Department paying about 45 per cent of the cost for such activities as rugby and soccer. In the ASUO budget, the Budget Board, mainly on recommenda tions by Goldschmidt, who drew ; up the budget, made several quick cuts: • The main one was cutting $2,500 out of a $5,000 item for two graduate research assistants. Presumably the ASUO will only have one such assistant. Drum monds objected to that cut. • Also cut was $3,090 for a civil service clerk-typist. A simi lar item was cut from the SU Board budget Tuesday. • $155 was cut out for an awards banquet, again in keeping with similar across-the-board cuts. • $25 was cut out of a $100 item for business meetings and public relations. Crass pressed Goldschmidt and Drummonds hard to defend the ASUO budget “in light of the way you questioned other budg ets.” “In a tight budget year can we afford to double our delegation to the National Student Associa tion at an additional cost of about $500?” Cross asked. NSA Approval Drummonds responded that stu dents overwhelmingly approved NSA in the last election and that one of the main arguments for NSA was that a great deal could he gained from having six dele gates go back instead of the three that went last year. Cross also questioned that $12, 000 item for conferences and speakers, but Jones said there was no reason to debate the question since it would have to be decided by President Flem ming. Jones has maintained that students cannot bring speakers to the campus in this way without getting faculty approval to do so When the final cut had been made and the final question had been asked, Dean Jones leaned back in his chair at the head of the table and said slowly, “1 do not say this with any malice, but it appears to me that we've hacked the devil out of every other budget except this one.” At the other end of the table Cross muttered, "to protect this one.” But Drummonds responded quickly. “1 object to that remark,” he said, noting that 16 per cent SU Board Presents mi kiA RAELETS FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1966 8:00 p.m., McArthur Court Adm.: Students: 3.00, 2.50, 2.00, 1.50 Adults: 4.00, 3.50, 3.00, 2.50 Tickets on sale at S.U. Main Desk and Mattox Pipe Shop had Itwn cut from the ASUO budget. He added that there were a largo number of new budgets under the SU Hoard budget. “I submit that if any budget was maximized when it came in, it was not the ASUO budget,” he added. Bob Coltman, a former senator and a student member of the Board, noted that other programs asking for increases are ‘•well established," while the ASUO has been “highly ineffective.” Not Hurting Anybody "We’re not hurting anybody else by allocating more funds to the ASUO,” he added. "They'll still be able to have highly effec tive programs. But if we’re going to bring the ASUO up to their level we have to give it more funds.” Drummonds said he thought the students would prefer to have their money spent on a program like the ASUO’s proposed confer ence program to bring speakers to the campus than on an area which suffered heavy cuts, such as SU personnel. Goldschmidt pointed to the ASUO administrative budget which is $175 less than what was spent this year. 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