‘Full house’ faces student voters
Bartel’s plank has
nontraditional slant
By PETER LEIBIK
Of the Emerald
ASUO presidential hopeful Paul Bartel, citing CSPA cutbacks
and the Impending library school closure, feels both students and
faculty have been "burned while the administration has come off
scott-free
Bartel, a senior political science student and Incidental Fee
Committee (IFC) member, feels students and faculty should work
together for changes, including public faculty evaluation release
Bartel also questions University Pres William Boyd s sincerity
on University financial problems, pointing to Boyd s 10 per cent
salary increase last year.
“I'm going to try to develop a real good understanding of Boyd,
Bartel says. “I haven't figured out where he s coming from yet
I'm not going in with my fist flying, he says. At the same time,
I'm not going to sell out.
Bartel also plans to increase the feeling of community at the
University through town hall meetings and campus gatherings where
students can enjoy themselves and air issues
“It may sound Jimmy Carter-like, but it would be very beneficial
I'm not going to shy away from controversy
Bartel says he will speak out on world issues and environmental
issues in particular He also says University investment policies
should be examined, adding there is no reason the University should
support companies whose products and politics students find dis
tasteful.
Bartel also says he s committed to "keep the doors of education
open for non-traditional students. He would like to reverse the
substantial reduction in black, Chicano and Native American enroll
ment that has occurred since 1970.
A strong believer in "experimental learning", Bartel supports
SEARCH, Escape and "whatevers left of CSPA He says the
University has closed its eyes to that type of learning.
Bartel feels the lack of student input in the ASUO is a definite
problem and plans to draw fresh faces into student government
Now, the same ASUO group has become stagnant, mulling the
same issues over and over, Bartel says.
Bartel says he will streamline the ASUO and surround himself
with “good, talented people who will have a free reign Bartel sees
himself acting as "facilitator,’' adding he is an independent person
who doesn t follow the crowd
But Bartel plans to continue the strong lobbying efforts at Salem
that have marked the present administration Aithough the legisla
ture will not meet next year, Bartel feels the plans and research
efforts of his administration wil enable the ASUO to "really come in with
the ball rolling in 1979."
Bartel also foresees a campus tavern to provide "sorely
needed revenue for the EMU and would work to establish a student
credit union or bank if it appears local banks don't serve the students
interest.
Bartel also says he doesn't want to see the Athletic Department
(AD) coming to the IFC for more "hand-outs' every year He says he
resents the AD's attitude toward the IFC, saying the AD seems upset
at having to appear before the committee
Bartel says he has a deep love of the outdoors and believes the
world works as a system
"Everything is united, Bartel says and he plans to bring the
unity of nature into the ASUO Executive.
"I know it's a little flowery," he says. But Bartel says one of his
first acts would be to take his administration and especially his
vice-presidents to the woods for a hike.
Tyler seeks ASUO
mainstream return
By KEVIN HACKETT
01 the Emerald
Dave Tyler, one ol five ASUO presidential candidates, would
like to re-direct the ASUO back into the mainstream ot student
needs and goals
Tyler, a junior economics major trom Lake Oswego, is a
member of the Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) His experiences on
the IFC have inspired him to run tor the executive oflice He believes
that a shift in emphasis is needed within ASUO proqrams
Too much of the incidental fee is used for cultural purposes
he says "I've tried to re allocate funds this year more toward
academic programs I would like to reorganize the ASUO in order to
put more emphasis on academics
Tyler says he would try to improve the ASUO by streamlining
it He would reduce the number of vice presidents from four to two
he says he would also take down the partitions in the ASUO s Suite 4
offices.
I think it gets a little clubby in there I think the ASUO could
appeal to a more representative group of students, Tyler says
The mapr drawbacks of the current ASUO administration is that
it has failed to work in cooperation with the University administration
and the Athletic Department, according to Tyler
T would work with the administration so that every time they go
to make a decision, the ASUO s position would be considered, he
says
Tyler says the most important goal of his administration would
be to build up the Student University Affairs Board (SUAB) into what
it can be
Tyler says he would like to see a crisis center" established by
the ASUO to handle day-to-day problems that come up for individual
students He has also been pushing for IFC funding of an ASUO
program guide to explain the structure, direction and goals of each
program
University Pres William Boyd s cuts in student services neces
sitates a need for a cost breakdown to see where cuts can be made
according to Tyler He isn t sure the ASUO should provide services
that are cut by the administration
Tyler says he would push for bnnging more student control over
the student health center fee by placing it under the IFC
Tyler says tuition will be kept down only if students try to keep it
down Without a visible student effort, tuition will surely qo up
according to Tyler.
Athletic Department funding is both a commitment and an
investment that should be made by students," says Tyler
"An active, successful athletic program,' in both participation
and spectator sports, can help increase enrollment Students are
drawn to campuses with successful athletic programs I don't think
we should become too tight with our fees and end up with the State
Board of Higher Education subsidizing it," Tyler says
Tyler says he would try to establish an information committee
between the ASUO and the Athletic Department With such a
committee, I think the present conflict between the Athletic Depart
ment and Cultural Forum could have been avoided
Tyler is confident the state Legislature will vote to fund women's
athletics He believes the women's program should be funded equal
to the men’s. (
If the bill before the Legislature providing for the release of
faculty evaluations fails to pass, Tyler says he would try to work out a
compromise with the administration so some kind of information of
this nature could be provided to students He points out that Portland
State University released faculty evaluations this year
"It would be good to look at their experiences with it " he says
Geary wants legal
grass, free parking
By row WOLFE
the EmeralcL^L
Basically I m lor activism The A^UO is an association of
students that could have considerable combined electoral and
economic power says Craig Gury candidate tor ASUO President
Geary is a 26-year ok) Vietnam veteran maioring in political
science and history and speaafeing in the politics and history of the
United States and the Orient
The position I seek is somewhat symbolic, Geary says It is
the role of a spokesperson someone who can speak to issues and
spark debate If I can do that people will start wondering about the
things this wild-eyed radical is Biking about
Starling Irom that Iramewrt. Geary feels unrestricted in the
scope of issues his administratti would be able to address
Geary has developed a W ol 25 or moro campaign issues
beginning with such globa'probBfns as air. water and nuclear pollu
ton. the slaughtor ol whales ponies and seals, and the arms race
Ho continues with nations problems such as the obviously
unequal status of women and mdorities, overspending by the de
fense department and the limited access and retrenchment of the
Nixon-appointed Supreme Cajrl
At the University, ^ary says he would work tor free parking lor
students and the buik^ft t a new hold • twice the size of Mac
Court that could doubWis a conced ham^
Though football soats at Autzen stadium havent been filling,
Geary notes a change in the program this year and : jys he has faith
in the now coach s ability to turn the program around I would wait
anothor year and see to it the situation improves before cutting back
ASUO subsidizalion of the seals, he says
Answering complaints about the amount ot money students pay
to subsidize ASUO programs tuncted through the Incidental Fee
Committee. Geary says he wouktancouragegiving studentsa better
idea of what services are available and a breakdown of the cost of
each of them in a packet to be Sicked up with registration
"Women s intercollegiate athletics is something we absolutely
must continue to lund, says Geary reterring to the $80,000 students
now contribute to the program
Ho says he is 100 per cert for day care, the unionization for
graduate students and Hatty exposed a tuition hike We need a
change in the University s funding formula and a check on where the
tremendous amount ot money spend is going
In addition. Geary says ha would personally champion state
legalization ot marguana arid lortaii.ng the drinking age to 18
Geary also proposes tree on-campus parking tor students We
have free parking downtown, khy not on campus. He suggests
using the the Autzen stadium Ot tor commuters, possibly with a
shuttle to campus That s ourOt and it sits vacant every day
Proqress toward these goals can be made. Geary says, it stu
dents will realize met potential tor collective
unity which could be used both economically and politically
Basically I don t believe M* no one cares Students here are
more reticent than those of Asia and Europe but I teel they would
become more active it they perceived it to be in their interest, he
MyS Whoever gets this |ob wilmore or less be able to do what he
wants with it ' says the candidal* He adds that his life experience and
academic pursuits have prepared him for the role as a spokesperson
and advocate ... . .
' Sure, ASUO president is partly an administrative position but I
see it primarily as a political one
"Students should also know mat I am not a fraternity member and
in fact owe no allegiance to ataction or interest," he concluded
Feldman foresees
‘open’ presidency
By BRENDA TABOR
Of the Emerald
Gary Feldman, ASUO presidential candidate, would re-define
the student association s priorities to strengthen student participa
tion in University affairs
Feldman is a senior majoring in economics He is serving a
second year on the Incidental Fee Committee this year, as chairer
Foldman says he has a broad base of support from which to
represent the University effectively His number one goal — advo
cacy for students
The candidate says he would try to incorporate students rep
resenting different constituencies in his staff Too often people in
positions of leadership tend to surround themselves with people who
agree with them, he says Feldman contends advocates have to
surround themselves with people who don t agree with them
Feldman describes his goals as handling the programs with
greater immediacy and pinpointing student concerns
His relationship with the University President would be open
Feldman says he will clash with the president on some issues but
notes that dispute doesn t have to extend to every issue Given a
choice between agreeing with the President and supporting student
views, Feldman says he would side for students
The Student University Affairs Board (SUAB) is another of his
concerns Feldman wants to increase SUAB s communication with
faculty members and deans of colleges and schools
The ASUO s role in providing services to students wouldn t in
crease substantially due to the cuts in student services, according to
Feldman We ve been meeting those needs for a long time, he
says, citing the Office of Student Advocacy, Oregon Student Lobby
and ASUO Off-Campus Housing as examples
There wouldn t be a need for minority student unions if the
University had been serving minoritv students needs, he says
Participation in student government can be increased, he ex
plains, by utilizing the built-in institutionalized audiences' at the
University — dormitories, living organizations, sororities and frater
nities
Even thouqh he is an IFC member, Feldman wants to keep the
IFC as autonomous as possible "because they are elected by the
students to make budget decisions " There would be a sharing of
information and budget research between the ASUO and IFC. he
says The ASUO and IFC must remain separate as a "check and
balance,” he says.
Feldman strongly believes that students can institute change on
the University and state level. "Students said the EMU should be
audited by a professional firm of certified public accountants." he
says, "and because of that the EMU made changes to cut losses."
He will push for student control of incidental fees and tuition.
Feldman also looks for success in tuition, day care and incidental fee
bills in the state Legislature.
Students should not subsidize seats they don't fill in Autzen
Stadium, he says. "If you are talking about a seating allocation plan,
students should pay only for the seats they fill." He would do away
with the combination football/basketball tickets "They create a huge
artificial demand for football tickets," he explains.
Neither should the students have to support Women s Intercol
legiate Athletics (WIA) "You can't relate the Athletic Department
and WIA subsidy. With the Athletic Department we pay for the seats
while with WIA we pay for the program "
Feldman says students should file a class action suit if the
University does not increase its support ol WIA "We don't fund any
other department," he notes, "but I would pay for WIA if the
program's survival depended on it."
E i
Bellman sees
co-ops, new capital
By JOCK HATFIELD
Of the Emerald
It he s elected. ASUO presidential candidate Eric Bellman says
he will work to shift the ASUO fiscal base away from student fees
Bellman, a 29-year-old senior in anthropology, says he does not
belong to any specialized organization and claims to represent a
broad cross-section of the student body
Bellman hopes to implement alternate sources of funds, includ
ing an ASUO credit union, a housing co-op and a furniture co-op. The
credit union, according to Bellman, would lend out ASUO money
and garner interest for ASUO programs To the same end. the
furniture co-op would rent furniture and the housing protect would
rent ASUO-owned rooms
' Funding programs is a problem now, enrollment is dropping,
says Bellman These new programs will offer long-term relief to
student budgets
Programs under the present administration, says Bellman, have
been set against each other fighting for ASUO funds. He hopes to
encourage individual applications for federal grants to lessen the
budget crunch Federal and state grants are all over the place,
says Bellman. They are waiting for programs like ours to apply
Bellman lists the three mam goals of his proposed administra
tion as the establishment of a sound economic base, free access to
education and the maintenance and improvement of the student life
support system
Access to education, says Bellman, will be increased through a
new student employment agency This agency, he says, would offer
internships and jobs for credit with an emphasis on individual de
partments.
Bellman also hopes to improve several aspects of the student
life support system, which he says encompasses all the essentials
of student living Included in this category, promises Bellman, are
dormitory food, rent and student income
The increased number of salaried and credited ASUO jobs,
Bellman believes, will increase student interest in ASUO. He also
hopes to create student interest through the media — and in particu
lar an ASUO-sponsored television show
Bellman wishes to maintain a working relationship with the ad
ministration. But when necessary I'm willing to stand up for student
rights, he adds.
If elected, Bellman also hopes the Incidental Fee Committee
(IFC) will cooperate with his budget plans. The IFC this year never
really sat down to say what they are doing, says Bellman The IFC
is in a position to do what it wants, but I'm hoping next year logic will
prevail."
Bellman readily admits his programs are not a "magic solution”
to the University s funding and budget problems. He believes, in
spite of his programs, that student fees should continue funding
ASUO "We need capital now to build programs that will help us in
the future,” he says
In addition to the new programs. Bellman says he will support a
continuation of the ASUO lobbying effort He also promises he will
print course evaluations in their entirety within the ASUO Course
Guide.
In the past Bellman has served as a member of the Emerald
board of directors, vice-chairer of the Food-Op, associate editor of
Eugene Magazine. ASUO press officer for IFC, research assistant
for ESCAPE and coordinator of the ASUO television show LOGOS
The ASUO is a dynamic thing," summarizes Bellman. “It is an
integral part of this University.”