IFC refuses to fund religious organizations
By DEBBY ABE
Of the Emerald
The Incidental Fee Committee
will not give money to groups
promoting religious merrvber
ship or principles.
The IFC made the ruling at a
Tuesday hearing that chairer
Jon Neiderbach called the first
public policy meeting in IFC
history.
The committee now has a
general policy to follow in fund
ing student groups that are both
culturally and religiously orient
ed, Neiderbach said.
Programs that inform
students of various cultures are
fundable, while programs
oriented toward religious activi
ty are not.
Neiderbach added that the
IFC will decide individually
which groups are culturally or
religiously based.
The IFC is not legally allowed
to allocate funds to religious
groups because, as a state or
racuity aereat pay proposals
for University emergencies
The University Assembly
defeated two faculty pay mo
tions sponsored by Prof. Bayard
McConnaughey Wednesday af
ternoon.
The first motion, which would
have asked the administration
to give faculty members equal
pay increases instead of per
centage increases when giving
across-the-board raises, was
defeated 46-34.
The second motion, which
would have recommended that
administrators lower each
faculty member’s salary by the
same percentage before laying
off teachers during a financial
crisis, was voted down 57-27.
University Pres. Paul Olum
asked the faculty to defeat both
motions so he and the adminis
tration would have flexibility in
case of a financial emergency.
"I have to make decisions in
the best interest of the strength
and well-being of the Universi
ty," Olum said. “It’s important to
be free."
Administrators will seek
faculty advice before making
decisions in a monetary crisis,
Olum assured the Assembly.
However, several faculty
members said they should have
a more direct voice in such
decisions by approving the mo
tions.
McConnaughey said his first
proposal would have reduced
the pay gaps between profes
sors.
Native Americans schedule local
two-day symposium on urban life
A symposium on the Native
American urban community will
be held at the University today
and Friday.
The symposium is expected
to draw tribal and urban Native
Americans from across the
state. But David West, co-direc
tor of the University Native
American Student Union,
doesn’t expect just Native
Americans to attend.
“We’re hoping the University
community will at least sit in so
they can better understand na
tive people and their issues and
perspectives,’’ West says.
The two-day event has been
designed both to clarify the
needs of urban Native Amer
icans and to educate the com
munity on traditional Native
American viewpoints, West
says.
“We re not trying to convert
anyone,” West says, but “it may
be that we’ll convince someone
to live in harmony with the world
around them.”
Today’s featured speakers
will discuss the traditional world
view of the Native American. A
dinner and potluck will follow at
the Longhouse on 1606 Colum
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ganization, it must adhere to the
Constitutional separation of
church and state
IFC member Kathy Stebner
said the IFC was prompted to
make the decision after the
Campus Crusade for Christ
requested IFC funding.
She said a man from Campus
Crusade asked the IFC for
money and admitted he wished
to promote Christianity.
“He said other religious
groups, such as the Jewish
Student Union and Muslim
Student Union, have University
recognition and thought his
group should have the same,”
Stebner said. "We didn’t want to
give him money, but we didn’t
have any policy about religious
groups."
The IFC tabled the decision
until a policy could be estab
lished.
The problem now, IFC
members say, is defining the
difference between what is cul
tural and what is religious.
Committee member Jim Ed
munson said one guideline may
be how a group appears to the
general student body.
“If somebody wants to find
out about Islam, for instance,
would they be able to go to the
Muslim Student Union and learn
without being proselytized,"
Edmunson said. “We hope the
groups will come in with good
arguments because we don’t
have strong definitions yet.”
“We want to add more cultur
al diversity to the campus,”
Stebner said. "If a group offers
culture and just happens to
have religious ties, we’ll fund
them.”
The committee also decided
programs that have more than
one funding source must now
submit general budget sum
maries to receive IFC money.
Formerly, large programs
such as the Oregon Daily Emer
ald, OSPIRG and Switchboard
were required only to submit
those portions of their budgets
which they wanted the IFC to
fund.
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