OSPIRG films TV series
Oregon Student Public Inter
est Research Group officials are
convinced their University or
ganization is at a turning point
and is increasing the group's
activities and viability, several
members said last week
The group is filming a Public
Access Television series, plan
ning several forums, reviewing a
survey on subjects OSPIRG
should consider, and will soon
publish a women’s health care
handbook
In addition, the organization
has been placing advertise
ments in the Emerald com
paring local grocery store pri
ces
"The people now in OSPIRG
have shown incredible creativity
in working with the funds that
are left,” says Mike Matteucci.
OSPIRG director
OSPIRG's 1982-83 budget
request calls for a 1-percent cut
from this year's funds, he says
The next forum, slated for 7
p m today in the EMU Ballroon,
will discuss the West University
Refinement Plan.
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"The main issue is the ex
pansion of the medical profes
sion,” says Heather Hartshorn,
OSPIRG forum coordinator.
Older residents want to prevent
the neighborhood from being (
overrun by commercial (
development, she adds (
It's a "question of livability," ,
Matteucci says
Speakers at the forum will
include: Harold Lanon, West -
University Neighborhood repre- '
sentative on the planning team;
Tom Slocum, Eugene Chamber !
of Commerce member; David J
Rowe, University Planner;
Eleanor Mulder, Planning Com
mission member; and Dave 1
Lesser, Off-Campus Housing
director 1
The subjects of other forums <
will be chosen on the results of <
the survey, with the "main one i
being the effect of the budget
cuts and the services the
University can provide," Hart
shorn says
More than 340 people re
sponded to the survey, which
asked students to identify areas
>f their concern, Matteucci
says. About 210 surveys
showed concern over budget
:uts, he said.
Other concerns were over
(valuations of faculty and
course content, the athletic
lepartment, and OSPIRG's ef
ectiveness, Matteucci says
Students are encouraged to
let involved in the television
>roject, Lisa Cohn, director of
he project, says. Political
icience, community service and
>ublic affairs, or
elecommunications credit can
>e earned with cooperating
jrofessors, she adds.
Cohn is getting "a lot of good
eedback from professors and
>ther people,” Matteucci says
ibout the project. The first seg
nent should be aired in early
lune
Committee head resigns
from dorm government
The head of the Residence
Hall Goverance Committee re
signed his post Monday, saying
he was unhappy with the com
mittee's changing role in dormi
tory government Roy Elbie's
resignation came in the middle
of an ongoing controversy over
the committee's proposed con
stitution
A proposal to adopt a consti
tution has been in the works
since the committee was given
the responsiblity of handling
$20,000 in dorm improvement
funds In 1979, the University
budget office began letting the
governence committee handle
the $20,000 the University
receives in annual interest from
invested dormitory deposits
The committee has met since
1971 without a constitution
because it wished to "remain
flexible," Elbie said
But because of the new fi
nancial role, the committee
decided to draft a constitution
and "fine tune" dormitory
government in the process, El
bie said
An original proposal called for
a constitution and bylaws draft
ed by a committee of four com
mittee members, one pre
sidents' council member from
each complex, and one RA
representative, said Dick
Romm, a residence hall “Life
Director."
Dormitory residents would
play a major role in drafting the
constitution, but the commit
tee's power as a governing body
would be unchanged, Elbie
said
I felt the process was com
plete at that point, " he added
But at Monday's meeting,
Romm proposed the committee
send the final draft to resident
assistants and presidents’
council members for ratifica
tion
The draft would carry a May 1
voting deadline and would
require three yes votes for pas
sage, he said The committee
passed the new proposal over
Elbie's objections
Elbie claimed "a purely philo
sophical disagreement"
prompted him to resign and not
the passage of the new propo
sal
He said his resignation was
"one of the hardest decisions
I've made in my life, but this is
not a case of sour grapes "
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