Analysis
Feldman calls EMUB ‘terrible’
By CAROLYN BEAVER
Of the Emerald
Editor's note: This is the second of a
four-part series evaluating the ASUO
executive, Incidental Fee Committee
and EMU Board.
What could have been an effective
group turned out to be a “terrible” one,
says ASUO Pres. Gary Feldman of the
EMU Board (EMUB).
“At first, I had high hopes when look
ing at the personnel of the EMU Board at
the first of the year,” Feldman says.
However, his expectations were not
met, he says.
The function of the EMU Board, ac
cording to the ASUO constitution, is to
plan long-range goals and policies for
the building. The EMU Board consists of
a director, elected student members,
appointed student members, faculty
members and EMU administration
members.
Feldman says the potential given the
group through the consitution and the
EMU Board's separate governance
document is much more than board
members have accomplished this year.
EMUB Chairer Dusty Rhodes says
some of the Board's problems stem from
lack of participation.
"Because we've had so many vacan
cies this vear. it’s thrown much of the
responsibility onto me." Rhodes says as
just one student, he can’t respond to
many of the problems.
“Barry (Pilip) and I carried most of the
load this year. The rest of the board has
been there and willing to help, but
somehow most of the work got shuffled
off to us.”
Yet Rhodes says the group has made
several accomplishments this year. He
cites the new Space Allocation Sub
committtee that he hopes will efficiently
distribute office space to all ASUO pro
grams.
He also mentions a thorough budget
ing process as a plus. “I wanted a more
readable document than in past years,”
Rhodes says. He says this year he got
one.
Another Board member, Janet Eg
gleston, who is also an Incidental Fee
Committee member, calls the Board “in
competent.”
“Every single person on that Board is
incompetent. I hate to pull my punches
on them like that, but I have to,” says
Eggleston.
Asked if she was also incompetent,
Eggleston replies that “in terms of my
EMU function, yes. We operate in a vac
uum. Everybody’s afraid of stepping on
toes."
Eggleston continues that the Board
“shouldn’t exist because they have no
power. They can change where people’s
offices are. Big deal.”
One complaint of both Eggleston and
Feldman is that since incidental fee
money runs about half of the EMU, the
Board should either have more control
over EMU operations and salaries or the
University should foot some of the bill.
Both agree that the latter would prob
ably be more appropriate. “My leanings
are to recommend zero funding for many
positions that should be funded by the
University,” says Feldman.
University Pres. William Boyd, how
ever, has the final say on the EMU
budget and no doubt wouldn't go for the
recommendation, Feldman says.
Rhodes says he’s “down on the idea
of anything ^students pay for, that they
run it too,” and that he's not "going to
dictate how the EMU is run. It is a Uni
versity department.”
"The EMU is a professionally staffed
and operated part of the University.
What makes Gary think he's so capable
of running the EMU?” asks Rhodes.
. Rhodes continues that “we are stu
dents first. We re not here to be EMU
Board members or ASUO president."
He claims the Board’s 'major problem is
finding people willing to work.”
Yet, EMU Director Adell McMillan
finds the group “very effective.” She
says they are able “to make long range
policy decisions about the direction of
the Erb” quite well. She says she gets
good Board input on such diverse areas
as the food service, major remodeling
and budget construction.
IFC hikes ESCAPE budget 15 percent
After more than an hour-and
a-half of discussion, about 50
members of ESCAPE cheered as
the Incidental Fee Committee
(IFC) approved their 1978-79
budget of $18,070.18 Monday
night.
Of 37 line items, voted on indi
vidually only the Director in Train
ing program and a request for
some office furnishings were ve
toed.
The Director in Training prog
ram would have paid the incoming
director, before taking office, while
learning the job.
One of the ASUO's largest
programs, ESACPE, received
$2,406.60 more than last year, or
a 15 percent increase.
ALERT, the handicapped stu
dent organization, had a double
hearing to decide on program
goals and budget figures. The
accepted goals were to maintain a
social political organization to rep
resent handicapped students and
to promote social advocacy
through lobbying, the disabled
Oregon games and SEARCH
classes.
The group was given $3,344.60
of the requested $4,175.40 for
those goals. The SEARCH clas
ses were not funded through
ALERT’S budget, but instead the
committee said they would in
clude the classes' cost in the
SEARCH budget.
The Gay People's Alliance was
awarded $2,806.68, with the
money allocated for events held
on reserve for IFC allocation when
the events are defintely
scheduled.
After only general discussion,
the IFC gave SEARCH $7,110.82
and Women in Transition $525.
All of the Survival Center's
budget was unanmiously ap
proved. The group received
$9,000.20. The Food-Op's budget
was approved as requested, for a
total of $10,875.
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