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IFC approves funding to hire lobbyist By JIM ALLEN Of the Emerald The Incidental Fee Committee voted unanimously Thursday to help fund a full-time lobbyist who will work on the problem of student access to course evaluations at (Continued from Page 1) An hour-long meeting between U. S. Reps A! Ullman, Bob Dun can and Jim Weaver resulted in a recommendation by those three and Rep. Les Aucoin that Attorney General Jim Redden and Bend at torney Owen Palmer be appointed to the federal bench. Weaver had strongly supported Frye and now says he has an “ab solute commitment” to include the woman judge's name and list nf candidates to replace U.S. District qourt Judge Otto Skopil. Skopil is under consideration for the Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Weaver says including Frye’s name on the list is tantamount to appointment, should Skopil vac ate. The decision on the Ninth U. S. Circuit Court appointment, how ever, will be made by an indepen dent judicial panel, selected by the U. S. Department of Justice, rather than by Oregon’s four con gressmen. Frye declined to speculate about Skopil’s seat, but is pushing hard for one of the two vacancies she knows is available and con siders herself a viable candidate despite the congressmen’s re commendations. Indeed, Governor Bob Straub wrote Carter two weeks ago en dorsing Redden and Frye, but not Panner. Frye says Straub’s letter came as a surprise to her. Oregon women’s groups are strongly pushing for Frye, reminding Car ter of his campaign promise to ap point qualified women to federal positions. Frye says she would take a mix of liberal and conservative view points with her to the federal bench and would show that con servatism most as a trial judge. “First of all, for trial judges, it is not proper to be making law. The reason our democracy is success ful is it’s the Legislature that makes law.” Frye says judges do not hear the debate that legislative bodies get. She describes the situation of a lone trial judge making law as “tyrannical.” "I know that some of the great social issues of our time have been decided by the courts,” Frye says, citing the U. S. Supreme Court’s abortion decision. Frye says this is because the Legislature and Congress put the courts in a difficult position. CHRISTMAS SEWING IDEA: Pick up some polka dots, checks, small flowery prints for patchwork pillows. Everything 20% off now. Weatherberry Farm Fabrics 1128-A Alder Street the University. The committee set aside $1,000 from its unallocated re serve fund for the lobbyist and ap proved line item transfers of $1542 and $1600 from the respec tive budgets of the ASUO and the Student University Affairs Board. The lobbyist’s budget thus totals $4142 for five months. “We’re tired of waiting around," said IFC chairperson Janet Eq gleston. “Ite time to put our money where our mouth is, and try to win this fight in the legislature." “I’m very pleaskl," said ASUO vice president Jeff Warren, who is now in charge of hiring the new r—m ! i [ r,... ' 1_j Helen Frye Fnr pvamnlo Pruo cave cha ic lobbyist. “The IFC has taken some constructive action here.” “Unfortunately,” added War ren, ‘some people will assume that the action by the faculty on Wednesday (in the University As sembly) in passing the Holbo Greenfield amendment will create a legislative conflict between stu dents and faculty on money is sues. Hopefully, this won’t be the case.” “This flippant action by Holbo and Greenfield and the faculty has created unnecessary tension. We will do all that we can to insure that this conflict does not damage the U of O’s budget request in the legislature.” The IFC, however, faced with an ever-shrinking unallocated re serve fund, had some decisions to make even before any money was even allocated. Committee member Dusty Rhodes moved that the ASUO’s request for a lob byist be placed first on the agenda, ahead of several other programs. "It comes down to a matter of having a limited amount of money," said Rhodes. However, the rest of the committee decided to stay with the predetermined agenda and Rhodes’ motion failed 5-1. In other actions, the Committee turned down the Chinese Student Association’s request for $460 to fund a group trip to British Colum bia for the Pacific Northwest Chinese University Students’ Conference later this month. uenter plans runa-raising The Amazon Child Care Center will hold a fund raising sale this Saturday at the Edison Elementary School. The sale features new and used toys, plants, art work, games, clothes and Christmas cakes and cookies. The sale is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds will buy equipment and pay for general expenses. The center depends on fund raising projects and parent co-oping to keep the child-care tuition at a minimum. Parents interested in low-cost, high-quality care for their fwo-and one-half to six-year old children should contact the center at 2227 #1 Patterson or call 343-2432 or 343-3616. embarrassed to sentence people for marijuana possession. “Thousands and thousands of reputable people are using mari juana. What are we supposed to do?” she asks. She calls on the Legislature to either legalize and regulate mari juana or make the penalties so stiff that people will not use it. Frye calls sentencing people one of the hardest functions of a judge. She disputes those who say the penitentiary has no re habilitative qualities. “Forty percent of them change their lives. They come out and don’t go back,” she says. For the others, the penitentiary at least protects society, she says. However, Frye thinks the courts should be lenient to young offen ders. “As a mother, I think of youth as a baby robin flying out of the nest. They don’t always do it gracefully.” That is why the judiciary system is generally le nient with youth, she says. ~£flUl Oregon Wilderness Supplies CHRISTMAS SALE 20% OFF Books & Magazines Shirts & Pants Packs-Camptrails, Wilderness Experience Also-We’re extending our current sale on Sweaters, Mtn Parkas, Insulated Jackets and Vests! DUFFY’S 13th & Alder FOX AND WEASEL ARE BACK AT DUFFY’S I - . From 9-2 Friday and Saturday ■\ _ .■ Friday at Four - Pitcher Sale Sunday : Football and Battlestar Galactica \ , ■ ■ \. . . ..
