Efficient management paid off
Eaton leaves ‘credible’ student government
By PAUL TELLES
Of the Emerald
“The whole thing we talked
about last year,’’ says Dave Ea
ton, who ended his term as
ASUO president Friday, "is that
when you come into this job you
can’t expect to change the
world."
Following last year’s mishap
ridden ASUO under Scott
Bassett, Eaton thus tried to
establish an agenda of higher
education issues on which the
ASUO could have an effective
voice. For the most part, Eaton
feels he’s accomplished the
goals he set.
At the top of the list was re
establishing the ASUO as a cre
dible voice in University life.
Consequently, Eaton says he
tried to approach his office as a
management problem, concen
trating on efficient operation of
the ASUO executive and pro
grams rather than political
coups.
“Without this kind of thing, no
matter how good of a politician
you are, your office isn't going
to work.”
Along with Chris Moore, his
vice president for administra
tion and finance, Eaton pared
away at the ASUO’s incidental
fee budget, reducing the in
cidental fee for the first time in
years,
"We think we cut the budget
without seriously affecting the
programs,” Eaton says.
Through it all, Eaton’s office
heard little program criticism of
his and Moore’s budget
recommendations, in sharp
contrast to the criticism heaped
on the Incidental Fee Com
mittee. Eaton suggests this may
be because the programs knew
why the ASUO executive
recommended budget cuts,
while the IFC often acted on the
basis of subjective judgments.
This new-found credibility
carried over into the ASUO's
relationship with the University
administration, Eaton says.
After early disagreement over
the athletic department’s share
of the incidental fee, the student
government and the adminis
tration closed ranks as they
tried to prevent any serious
damage to the University in the
midst of its budget crisis.
"There was a lot of mutual
respect on each side,” Eaton
says. "They (the administration)
seemed to have a concern for
our opinions, and they listened
to us.”
Although he sometimes has
disagreed with this year's
ASUO, Univerity Pres. Paul
Olum frequently has said he
respects Eaton's judgment and
takes his opinions seriously.
Eaton says this may be because
he and his staff haven't made a
show of opposing the
administration at every turn.
“You can end up looking real
good because you’re putting
down the administration,” he
says. "But you're not accom
plishing anything.”
Because the Legislature
hasn’t finished its session, Ea
ton says he can’t yet evaluate
the success of his legislative
initiatives, although things seem
to be going pretty well.
For instance, SB 720, aimed
at reducing the state higher
education board's control of the
incidental fee, originally was
thought to have almost no
chance of passage during this
Vice presidents to take office;
Wilkins creates another post
Less than a week after taking office, ASUO
Pres. Rich Wilkins has appointed his vice
presidents.
Along with law student Gus Palmitessa, who
was elected vice president in last month's elec
tion, the vice presidents will be former Incidental
Fee Committee member Kathy Stebner, former
IFC member Jim Edmunson and John Stewart,
assistant director of the Off-Campus Housing.
Although Wilkins says he plans to maintain
the office management system used by his
predecessor, Dave Eaton, he has added one vice
presidency to the traditional three.
Under the old system, the vice presidents
were responsible for state and university affairs,
administration and finance and programs and
publicity.
Under Wilkins’ plan, Edmunson will be
responsible for program administration, Stebner
will be responsible for university and academic
affairs and Stewart will be responsible for state
and public affairs.
Palmitessa will be an executive vice
president, reporting directly to Wilkins and
responsible for the office management tasks
formerly delegated to the president’s administra
tive assistant. That position has been eliminated
Each of the new vice presidents will coordin
ate the activities in several areas, Wilkins says,
allowing for better delegation of his authority. "I
figured the least amount of people you can have
directly reporting to the president, the better."
The state and university affairs desk will be
split into two.
University and academic affairs will be
responsible for ASUO projects on campus, like
the student faculty committees and the quarterly
Guide. State and public affairs will be responsible
for state and local responsibilities like lobbying
and public relations.
The program administration desk will com
bine program budgeting duties formerly in ad
ministration and finance with program advocacy
duties from programs and publicity.
Each vice president will have a staff of ad
ministrative assistants and project administrators
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session. But now, with support
from Sen. Ed Fadeley, D
Eugene, and Senate Pres. Fred
Heard, D-Klamath Falls, the bill
has a chance of passage — at
least in a compromised form,
Eaton says.
The ASUO-originated in
structional development bill,
which would establish a retrain
ing program for University
professors, has almost unan
imous agreement from legisla
tors, Eaton says.
No one yet knows how higher
education will fare in the fund
ing battle in Salem, but Eaton
says he thinks the ASUO has
done its part to prevent any ca
tastrophe.
Last month's student rally on
the Capitol steps did a great
deal to convince legislators of
student support for higher ed,
and testimony by Eaton and
ASUO vice president Rich Wil
kins also was effective, Eaton
says.
So Dave Eaton leaves the of
fice to Wilkins, who was elected
last month in a landslide victory,
feeling that he has earned his
keep.
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Other than the athletic fee
increase levied this fall, Eaton
says his only disappointment as
ASUO president was the failure
to publish an ASUO program
guide that is expected to be
finished sometime this summer.
Eaton says he feels he's been
worth the six cents each student
contributed each term to his
stipend.
“If somebody comes in here
and says I’m not worth their six
cents, I’ll buy them a beer."
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