ASUO
primary
candidates
announced
People packed the ASUO main
office yesterday afternoon in
order to file as candidates for the
ASUO spring term election
before the 5 p.m. deadline.
Margarita Tavera and Maggie
Garcia were the surprize ad
ditions to the list of teams filing
for the ASUO President and Vice
presidency. They had not an
nounced their candidacy earlier
in the week. (See related story,
page 1.)
Other teams in the running for
the executive positions include:
Bonnie Kooser and Roger Wyatt,
Ben Merrill and John Stewart,
Bill Wyatt and Fred Loveys.
Primary elections are
scheduled for Thursday the 20th
and Friday the 21st. The general
election follows on Tuesday, May
2 and Wednesday, May 3.
Senate positions and class
officers will also appear on the
primary election ballot.
The following is a complete list
of the other candidates who have
filed.
Senate Seats: Off campus no.
15—John Koford; William
Harris. Off campus no. 19—
Kenneth Carter; Bob Reno. Off
campus no. 20- Johnie Mae
Parks. Off campus no. 21—
Wayne Bumgarner; Alexander
Hong. Off campus no. 22—Scott
Beard. Off campus no. 23—Ken
Klipper; Sue McKinley. Off
campus no. 24— Lenord Balk,
Mohamed Matri. Off campus no.
25- Anne Lomax; Greg Walther.
Off campus no. 20- Pat Mc
Mahon; Rashid Baker. Off
campus no. 27—William Kirk
patrick; Stuart Wershow; Lam
See wan.
Senator at Large no. 1—Le
Francis Arnold; Joe Clepp; Dan
Heims; Patrick Bonner. At-large
no. 2 Neil Feinerman; Aurelia
Marquez. At-large no. 7—
Gregory ‘DC.” Gudger; Rob
Olson; David Cornwall. At-large
no 0 Betty Harris; Howard
Svigals; Tom Worsted; Fred
Wasaen. At-large no. 9—Rita
Taylor; Jim Bernau; Jefferson
Moore.
Dorm no. fr -Carl Stafford;
Scott Abbott; Stephen Blasen;
Scott Bloom Dorm no. 7 Gene
Pronovost; Roserria Mont
gomery; Dale Howe; Tom
Condon.
Sophomore ClasB President—
Jim Davis; Tim Payne; Stuart
Bewly.
Sophomore Class Vice
President Stephen Rule.
Sophomore ('lass Sec.-Tres —
John McKee
Junior Hass President -Scott
Smithrud. Tom Palumbo; Rick
Coursey.
Junior Class Vice President
Andy Rybackt
Junior Class Sec -Trcs.--Matt
Johnson
Senior ('lass President - David
Bartel; Bob Huddleston
Senior (lass Vice President—
Gary Kirscher.
Senior Class Sec Tres no one
filed.
Ethnic Studies meeting marred
by arguments , walkouts
ByPHILWALDSTEIN
Of the Emerald
A meeting between the Ethnic Studies Committee and five
minority students Tuesday was marred by a series of arguments
between one of the minority students and a committee member
followed by both walking out of the meeting.
The noon meeting was called to find out what minority students
thought of the committee’s Ethnic Studies Program proposal and
whether the program would have minority student support when it
comes before the faculty in May.
The minority students at the meeting included one representative
of a Chicano Task Force—a group of eight to ten students that actively
deal with elements of the University community in promoting the
interests of the Chicano Student Union. The meeting was also attended
by Edwin Coleman, assistant professor of English, who expressed
approval of the proposal.
An argument broke out early in the meeting between the Chicano
representative, Manual Rivera-Ortega, and Ron Rousseve, a faculty
committee member, over the manner in which Rivera-Ortega was
reviewing the proposal.
The exchange became more and more heated until Rivera-Ortega
walked out of the meeting followed shortly by Rousseve.
Before Rivera-Ortega walked out he went over the proposal
page by page giving “a big plus” here, criticizing there. The major
point Rivera-Ortega made was that the certificate called for in the
committee’s proposal is too weak. He said that such a program should
be equal with any other department at the University, including giving
major degrees.
Rivera-Ortega also said that the initial Ethnic Studies sequence is
a sound base for the program but that there were too many existing
courses incorporated into the program.
Rivera-Ortega criticized the committee for making the direc
torship equivalent to only a half-time position. He said the directorship
would be “spread too thin” with all the necessary work involved. He
also said that "the committee hasn’t come on strong enough about
hiring minority people” for the program.
While Rivera-Ortega was going over the proposal point by point
Rousseve continually attempted to defend the proposal in the same
manner, but finally said he would wait until Rivera-Ortega finished.
The two exchanged opinions on other points of the committee’s
progress after that until, finally Rivera-Ortega got up to leave.
Before leaving Rivera-Ortega commented on the committee’s:
reaction to his criticisms both at Tuesday’s and previous meetings.
Rivera-Ortega said he had been very optimistic when he began at
tending the meetings. He said that at that time he thought minority
students had been invited to discuss the impending proposal and give
constructive criticism that would be used in the final document. He
said Rousseve’s attitude both then and now had discouraged him from
any such notion.
Rivera-Ortega told the committee that he stopped attending the
committee's meetings when he realized that Rousseve was not taking
any of their suggestions seriously. He said the committee was only
trying to "appease” the minorities by inviting them to the meetings.
After Rivera-Ortega left Rousseve said he was only trying to
discuss the proposal with Rivera-Ortega in the same manner as he
would debate any faculty member. Rousseve, who has been on the
committee since its inception in 1969, said he was tired of new people
coming to the meetings each time and dragging up questions that had
already been dealt with many times.
Before Rousseve left other minority students at the meeting
criticized him for the hostile manner in which he had been talking to
Rivera-Ortega.
As he left Rousseve told James Klonoski, chairman of the com
mittee, and the others, “If you find my attitude that repugnant I will
not attend Friday’s meeting. If you are going to invite Manuel and
other minority students to a meeting on Friday I will not be there.”
Rousseve then walked out of the meeting.
After Rousseve left, Carol Cross, a member of the Black Graduate
Student Council, told the remaining two committeemen: “If this has
been your reaction to student input all along I can see why he (Rivera
Ortega) stopped coming to the meetings. If you interpret every
question as touching a sore spot and jump on his back every time I can
see why he left.
“I came tiere with a neutral attitude and I was bombarded with
these defensive attacks,” Ms. Cross said. “I have other things to do. I
can go out and be harrassed by the police. I don’t have to come to a
committee meeting to be harrassed.”
In answer to Ms. Cross’s remarks Klonoski said: “Regardless of
whether people think Ron is too aggressive and I’m too defensive we
need some support at the faculty meeting.”
Ms. Cross replied: “I would support it if you don’t water down the
directorship with some middle class person like Ron.”
Some animosity seems to have developed between Rousseve and
Rivera-Ortega after a February 28 meeting between University
President Robert Clark and a combined Native American-Chicano
Task Force. At that meeting Rivera-Ortega asked Clark to disband the
Ethnic Studies Committee because it was unresponsive to minority
students. Clark said he would rather wait until the committee releases
its report. Tuesday’s Ethnic Studies Meeting was the first one Rivera
Ortega has attended since the meeting with Clark.
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