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He feels student
government works
Involving the ASUO student
government in a wide variety of
decision-making processes on
campus was the biggest accom
plishment of his administration,
Pres. Rich Wilkins says as his term
draws to a close
Wilkins, who effectively
becomes a “lame duck" president
later this month, reflected on his
term of office earlier this week just
before flying to a national student
government conference at which
he will tell fellow students how it's
done in Eugene, Oregon
“On a philosophical level we
have gotten ourselves in most of
the decision making processes
that happen," Wilkins says "Most
student governments are just try
ing to get their voices heard.”
Wilkins, whose administration
has either finished or at least start
ed nearly all of his administration s
projects, wheeled off a list of ac
complishments and scoffed at the
idea that student governments
can’t have an effect
“One of the major accomplish
ments has been the legislative
program,” he says, adding that the
ASUO’s efforts helped activate the
Oregon Student Lobby in protest
ing budget cuts to higher educa
tion "We got a lot of people in
volved," Wilkins says
A University Student Political
Action Committee, consisting of 11
students not involved with the
ASUO government, was initiated
from his office to be a “network to
get information out," he says
"As far as I can tell, it's the only
student political action committee
in the country," Wilkins says
He says that because of the cur
rent economic situation and his
own interest in politics, political
involvement didn’t stop with
lobbying and USPAC
The ASUO set voter registration
as a primary goal in efforts to in
volve students in the world around
them and registered over 1,000
students at various events. Wilkins
says
The National Security Confer
ence, held Feb 25-27, brought
together some of the foremost ex
perts on the subject and enjoyed
respectable attendance by Univer
sity students, he says
“We put a Title IX symposium on
when Reagan was cutting Title IX,"
Wilkins says, adding that he
believes it was the only such sym
posium on the West Coast during
Title IX Week
The president is also proud of a
forum on financial aid, which he
says was unique in the state Other
state schools only distributed liter
ature about the current situation
Just last weekend, efforts by the
ASUO resulted in a resolution be
ing approved at the state
Democratic convention calling for
student control of incidental fees,
Wilkins says
"That’s never happened
before," he says. "That's good "
"We ve initiated more programs
than any time in the past," Wilkins
says as he points out other ac
complishments, plans, and ideas of
the administration
Currently in the works is a plan to
form a student foundation, an or
ganization that would raise funds
for scholarships, send “care”
packages to students during finals
weeks, and do other things that
would be useful to students as well
as good public relations for the
University, he says
A plan also has been written for
establishing a student activities
director post, to be staffed by a
full-time, non-student ASUO em
ployee, Wilkins says Such a staff
member would help design work
shops. assist all student organiza
tions in functioning, advise contin
uity methods, and perform other
tasks, according to the plan
He says that ASUO Executive
Coordinator John Moore has in
creased student awareness of the
OSA, which saw "more students
first term than all last year " Critics
claim that this is due to more al
leged academic dishonesty
But Wilkins says that students
alleged to be in violation of the
student conduct code now must be
told of the OSA, as a result of OSA
efforts
Wilkins says his administration
should also be noted for the efforts
of Kathy Stebner, ASUO vice pre
sident for University and academic
affairs, in proposing deadweek
legislation, and for working more
closely with the Student University
Affairs Board, which sponsored it
in the Faculty Senate
Wilkins says he doesn’t know
whether the effects of his adminis
tration will still be felt five years
from now, but points to new pro
grams and praises his staff
"I couldn’t be more happy with
the work people have done around
the office,’’ he says.
The deciding factor for the per
formance of a student government,
he says, is how much influence an
administration gains or loses —
Wilkins believes this administration
gained the University's student
government such influence
“There’s a lot we've done.
There's always probably more than
you can do,” he says
'This year was a tough year for
the University I think we re
sponded very well to the tough
situation,” Wilkins says
“When this year’s over I will be
glad to move on,” he says ”1 don’t
envy that person (his successor) at
all” although being president is a
"hell of an experience.”
The biggest benefit, besides ac
quiring knowledge and developing
skills, of his year in office?
’’The contacts I’ve made."
If he had it to do over again,
Wilkins said he would organize the
staff differently, be more
organized, and improve commun
ication, both inside and outside the
office
Wilkins’ vice-presidents differ
with their boss’s perception of the
most significant accomplishments.
The most significant
achievement of all student govern
ment bodies this year was the
number of written policies estab
lished by the Incidental Fee Com
mittee, says Alan Contreras, ASUO
vice president of program admin
istration.
Otherwise, there was no single
program or event that stands out
above the rest, he says
"If the ASUO is functioning how
it should, there shouldn’t be one
single thing," Contreras says.
Gus Palmitessa, ASUO execu
tive vice president, says the Na
tional Security Conference was the
administration's best achievement.
The conference showed the
community that the ASUO could
organize a large scale conference,
get important speakers, conduct it
in a professional way, and even
“make a few dollars," he says.
In other matters, ne says that the
ASUO was "handicapped by a lack
of money" but “worked with pro
grams as close as we could so they
could meet their goals, " he says.
"I was pleased with what my
office accomplished,” says John
Stewart, ASUO vice president for
state and public affairs. "I felt that
he (Wilkins) gave me a lot of room
to more around, which was really
beneficial."
"Overall, I think a lot more could
have been done.”
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