Oregon daily emerald., January 13, 1972, Page 4, Image 4

Delayed Senate
assignments due
By JOHN PIPER
Of the Emerald
ASUO senators will finally find out officially what their committee
assignments are at tonight's Senate meeting.
The appointments, which were to be made last term, were delayed
due to controversy surrounding Senate President Stephanie Larsen’s
recommendation that Sen. John Stewart be relieved of his voting
position on the Fiscal Affairs Committee.
Stewart, who has served as a voting member of the committee for
two terms, also spent two terms as a non-voting member. He was
originally appointed as a voting member last spring, and was reap
pointed by Ms. Larsen fall term 1971.
“She wants me off largely for political reasons,’’ Stewart said in an
Emerald interview after Tuesday’s Fiscal Affairs meeting.
He was especially critical of what he called Ms. Larsen’s refusal
to release a list of appointments until just before they would be voted
on in the Senate last fall.
“I figured something was up when we didn’t see the list,” he said.
Stewart said he and others whom he declined to identify managed
to get the list from the EMU print shop before the meeting and had
copies made and distributed.
Thus, Ms. Larsen decided against bringing the appointments up
for a vote as originally scheduled last term.
Contacted yesterday, Ms Larsen denied keeping the appointments
secret in an attempt to get Senate approval before Stewart would have
a chance to mount any opposition.
“I never anticipated there would be such a conflict,” she said,
explaining it is the Senate president’s perogative to make ap
pointments with Senate approval.
Although she hadn't definitely told Stewart of her intentions before
he discovered them on his own, she said she discussed her position
with him just before Christmas vacation.
"1 didn’t have to talk to him (before the meeting),” she said, “he
'talked' to me."
Ms Larsen said she reconsidered the appointments during
Christmas vacation and met with a group of committee chairmen last
Wednesday to discuss her selections. She said they agreed with her
decision on Stewart.
“I really don’t know why she wants to get me off,” Stewart said,
adding 'Tve always thought we’ve gotten along fairly well.”
He cited his voting record on the Migrant I^abor program and the
Black Student Union allocations last year as a possible factor in Ms.
Larsen's move.
“She knows I really want to cut the hell out of the AD (athletic
department ) budget," he added.
"I had high expectations of John Stewart when 1 reappointed him”
last fall, Ms l^arsen explained, but “he didn't measure up to the
criteria" for committee members.
She listed the criteria as (not necessarily in order of importance):
... experience
ability to work with people
a commitment to do research and work.
Ms Larsen said she also considers whether a new member will
make a committee more “representative of the student body.”
Stewart contended his experience on the committee was more
valuable than other considerations, such as whether a minority
student member would make the committee more representative.
lie criticised Ms Larsen’s recommendation of freshman Teresa
Moreno as the new voting member on Fiscal Affairs, saying her lack of
experience in fiscal matters outweighs any advantage she may give
the committee as a minority representative.
“It takes a long time before you get to know what's going on,” he
said, noting that budget reviews will begin in less than a month (Feb.
7).
Ms larsen denied appointing Ms. Moreno only because she is a
Chicano.
“She is an extremely capable person.” Ms. Larsen said, and can
also serve as a liaaon between minority groups and the committee.
"I feel justified for the decision I made and III stick by it," she
said
Whatever the outcome of tonight's meeting, Stewart will still be a
member of the Governing Committee.
Hut that’s his second choice, and he says he would rather keep his
voting position on Fiscal Affairs
"There really aren't very many senators that have been senators
as long as 1 have that didn’t get their first choice of committee
assignments," he said
And he is uncertain as to what steps, if any. he will take to fight for
his ficscal seat.
The controversy may have one good side to it though: Ms. I^arsen
said she would support a proposal to make committee appointments
public a week before they are voted on.
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