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Restructure Board Forfeits Quorum The Erb Memorial Union Hoard lost its quorum just as it was reedy to vote on the controversial EMU-ASUO restructure proposal after a five and one half hour meeting Wednesday. Two hoard members were selected Wednesday, also. Shannon Lees and John Hitchcock will replace two members who didn’t return this fall. The hoard defeated the proposal once during the meeting, In a live to three vote. But discussion was resumed, two provisions added, and a re vote started. Then, with a "I cannot vote on this now,” Jcri Lynn Coney left, and with a "Sorry,” Allyn Brown followed. Six board members did not come for the discussion. Under the proposal, the hoard would become two bodies; a Student Administration Hoard (SAH) for policy making, and a Program Department, headed by a Program Council, for pro gramming. The proposal would also dissolve the Student Activities Com mittee, and give Its powers to the SAB. Besides EMU program ming, the Program Department would also take over all programming now done by the ASUO Senate. According to Mark Stephens, hoard vice-chairman, the proposal would eliminate programming duplication, promote better com munications and in-depth, integrated programming, and relieve both the hoard and senate from programming responsibilities. Stephens, ASUO President Scott Karleigh, and Farleigh’s Ad ministrative Assistant Steve Hhodes wrote the proposal. The general tone of conversation among board members indi cated they didn’t believe the proposal in its present form was the answer. All board members favored consolidation of programming be tween the board and senate, but only Stephens and Bob Bartlett favored the proposal completely. Miss Coney and the others expressed concern for the autonomy and perpetuation of the Program Council. Miss Coney said she was afraid the Program Council would be subservient to the ASUO executive branch The ASUO Presi dent appoints its chairman, but the division chairmen of the Program Department have to ratify the appointment. If the Program Council could be a self .sufficient, perpetual body, with the same autonomy as the (present) board, then I’m not afraid of changing," said Miss Coney. Brown was more reluctant. "The present structure (which went into effect late last spring) hasn’t had a chance to show its merits. How can this be a logical move to in-depth, integrated program ming? It’s going in the opposite direction,” he said. “I see the benefit in co-ordinated programming, but I can’t see tearing apart our structure to accomodate student government,” Brown said. The possible status of the SAB was also discussed. The EMU Board, although subject to review by the senate, is not a senate committee and cannot be dissolved by the senate. It is an equal branch of the ASUO, pointed out Bill Hershman. Under the proposal, “The Student Administration Board shall perform the duties delegated to it by the Associated Students." The two provisions suggested by Stephens are: • "Elimination of the Program Council can only be made by mutual consent of the Program Council and the ASUO. • "Elimination of the Student Administration Board can only be made by mutual consent of the Student Administration Board and the ASUO." Before the proposal can go into effect, the faculty must delegate the powers of the Student Activities Committee to the senate. And the senate and EMU Board must approve the proposal. Final approval rests with University President Arthur S. Flemming. Director Named Editor of Research Journal June McFce, director of the Institute for Community Art Stud ies at the University, has been named senior editor of “Studies in Art Education,” the research journal of the National Art Edu cation Association. She is the first person from the West Coast to receive the ap pointment. Co-editor with Mrs. McFec will he Manuel Barken of Ohio State University. University faculty member, (Jordon Kensler is the author of a critique, “A Critique of Efland’s Analysis of Field-Dependence,” which also appears in the issue. Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Dally Emerald la pub lished five times In September and five days a week during the academic year, except during examinations periods, by the Student Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Second-class postage paid at Eugene Oregon 87403. Subscription rates $8 per year, 83 per term. E.M.U. Dance Saturday, Oct. 14, 9 to 12 rock with "The Small Crowd" Admission 50 cents EMU Ballroom ASUO Senate Discusses Senators' Visitation Bill By GIL JOHNSON Of the Emerald Having “cleared the way for progress" in the previous meet ing, the ASUO Senate failed to advance very far in Thursday night's session. Passing three bills and tabling one, the senators spent most of their time on a resolution for Senate visitation. The bill re scinded one on the same subject passed last year. Introduced by Senator Jake Warsaw, the Senate visitation bill completely revised the one of last year. In the new measure, sena tors, on request from the Chair man of Committees, may go to living organizations to inform the students on ASUO goals and ac tivities. The living organizations, the bill points out, must be “con cerned,” meaning that any liv ing organization that does not want to be visited will not be. The Senate members are re sponsible for visiting designated living organizations throughout their terms of office. A senator may visit as many houses as he wishes, or none if he so de sires, but he must continue the visits during the year if he does take the obligation. Questions were raised on the points that the Chairman of Com mittees may not request the sen ators to visit, the senators are not required to visit, and that there is no specific period of time between visitations. An amendment to change the line, "the Chairman of Commit tee may request . . .” to insert “shall” instead of "may” failed. The idea was that more visitations would be scheduled if the chair man of committees was forced to assign the visitations. The second objection to the bill was that senators did not have to visit organizations, nor did the living organizations have to ac cept visitors. “Do we neglect apathy," asked Senator Dick Jones, "just because they may prefer to remain apath etic doesn’t mean we should al low them to remain that way. We should visit all the living organ izations, whether they want us to come or not.” Warsaw answered these charges by saying “it is the individual senator’s responsibility to visit the houses, to get to know the constituency, and to represent their ideas.” The objection that there was no specification on how many times a year a senator should vis it was answered on the same grounds. It should be the sen ator’s duty and responsibility, ] Warsaw said, to see that his con stituents are visited at appropri-j ate times. Theoretically, this means a sen ator may talk to a living organi I zation in periods ranging from 1 once a year to once a week. The I number of visitations a year should be up to the senator. Phil Barnhart noted that the1 i bill was an improvement over the I previous one, where senators had i to visit three different living or-1 I ganizations every month, never getting to know the students of one house adequately. “In the new system,” Barnhart said, ‘The students are better represented.” Also passed were measures to change the name of Erb Memorial j Union to Erb Memorial Student ■ Union, and to approve the new ASUO Committee on Discrimina i tion. Appointments to the Discrim ination Committee, Elections Board, Elections Court and Sen [ ate Research Committees were all approved. The bill on abolishing the draft which was scheduled for the meeting had been delayed in committee and reset for next week’s session. 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