On the campaign trail
IFC candidates
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Most Incidental Fee Committee
candidates agree that programs funded
with incidental fees should be maintained
at the same level or upgraded without an
increase in the fees
Candidates outnumbered spectators at a
Friday forum, where 20 of the 35 IFC
candidates were represented Most of the
spectators were current ASUO officers or
candidates for other positions
The forum, moderated by Alan
Contreras, ASUO vice president for
program administration and former IFC
member, gave candidates five minutes
each to answer prepared questions
Several candidates are supporting the
the Students for a Progressive Agenda
platform The SPA is a coalition including
student program directors and the
Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation
which has endorsed positions on a variety
of issues
Ted Marks, a sophomore in political
science and biology running on the
Students for a Progressive Agenda
platform, said the SPA "demonstrates a
great vision” on how to make this school a
"model University "
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Marks said he would promote
fundraising, cut ASUO subsidies of the
athletic department and community
outreach programs and moderate
problems between student groups
Stephen Pacheco, a junior in political
science and biology, said the IFC needs to
develop a more cohesive relationship with
student programs
Also running on the SPA platform,
Pacheco charged that the current IFC has
misallocated funds by being ignorant of the
programs and that they could have been
more efficient in budgeting processes and
meetings.
A third candidate supporting the SPA
platform, political science junior Jeff
Nudelman, said the IFC should Keep
incidental fees down, establish a budget
management office, work more closely with
programs and especially encourage
growing, vital organizations
“I would try to represent the interests of
the whole student body,” he said
Dianne Ritterband-Mason, a sociology
junior also running on the SPA platform,
said she is totally against increasing
incidental fees or cutting student programs
and would examine the contingency
reserve fund, because "no one seems to
know what's in there "
She said she will sit in the office of Ray
Hawk, vice president for administration and
finance, for 20 to 30 hours a week until he
talks to her about the fund, which she calls
the “horror story of student government."
The IFC should establish a budgeting
office to help programs develop their
budgets, with ethnic and minority unions
given top priority, she said
Dale Penegor, a sophomore in political
science and economics, says incidental
fees could even be cut by reducing the
ASUO subsidy of the athletic department
and not increasing the incidental fee
otherwise
The IFC needs total control over
incidental fees and should not be told by
the athletic department how the ASUO
subsidy is being spent, he said, adding that
the current IFC bickered over $50 for
student groups while writing a "blank
check" to the athletic department.
Biology sophomore James McMurray,
wrote “I believe that the present
administration has failed to meet the needs
of all the students on campus " McMurray
submitted a statement read by Contreras
"Budgets for student organizations are
often decided on the basis of a set of
figures presented to the IFC without proper
explanations of how these figures were
arrived at and with little actual factfinding
by IFC members,” he added
"I do not feel it is necessary to raise
incidental fees, but rather to take a closer
look at how allocated money is being
spent," McMurray wrote
Barton Hill, a biology sophomore, said a
mixture of incidental fee hikes and
programs cuts will best allow programs to
survive
Hill proposed that the ASUO subsidy for
the athletic department be cut but not
eliminated Women's organizations
budgets are at a skeletal level and must be
saved, Hill said. He added that the IFC must
work more closely with groups and use the
same four-point criteria in every funding
decision.
Tom Granandar, an international studies
junior who emphasized his disagreement
with the SPA platform, said the IFC should
adopt zero-based budgeting
The athletic department and Child Care
and Development Center both deserve
support, as do minority groups so long as
they don't duplicate each other, he said
Granander also said University students
should form a chapter of the National
Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws
David Lesser, a political science junior
running on the SPA platform, said the IFC
should be scrutinized for its role in the total
student government picture and should be
involved in legislative processes
It should be legal for incidental fees to
accrue interest, he said, adding that he
believes the IFC should ask for more
justification from student programs Lesser
proposed that the IFC establish a budget
office to facilitate budget work and set and
obey principles for funding
Tim Jones, a fourth-year architecture
student, said there definitely should not be
an increase in incidental fees and that it
should be recognized that priorities are
“academics first, programs second
Incidental fee funding should be based
on the percentage of students involved,
whether students involved are helping to
pay for the group and a matching fund
philosophy, he said
Jett Cole, a senior in CSPA and political
science, said the IFC should get involved in
finding new sources of income, especially
entertainment
Cole said the IFC should have
committees for revenue and for soliciting
donations through the University
Foundation and that criteria for funding
should be agreed upon by the IFC and
programs at the beginning of each year
Rod Nevaroll, a political science senior,
said the IFC should initiate “preventative
maintenance in the budget" and that he
would defend an increase in the incidental
fee if other channels were fruitless
The IFC needs stricter allocation
guidelines and an "ear tuned to minority
and ethnic groups" during periods of
enrollment decline, he said
Spencer Moore, an undeclared
sophomore, said "I would have no part in
decreasing the ability of Oregonians to
attend the U of O " Moore stressed his
opposition to raising the incidental fee
Organizations facing budget cuts should
be able to plan their own budget
reductions, he said, adding that he
believes he has the ability to listen to
others and deliver what students need
Business sophomore Devin Wale said
the incidental fee will have to be increased,
but there should be a ceiling placed on the
hike
This year's IFC successfully laid a
foundation for future years, he said, adding
that a radical change in the incidental fee
process would cause "fiscal havoc." The
IFC should have a link with the University
administration, involve more students.
allocate funds by cost-benefit ratios and
gradually wean the athletic department
from ASUO subsidies, Wate said
Mark Spanca, a junior in political
science and international studies, said the
ASUO must learn to reduce its dependency
on incidental fees, but that he supports the
referendum to raise incidental fees for the
benefit of Recreation and Intramurals
Department
The ASUO should get out of the
ticket-selling business, he said
Bob Maad, a computer and information
science sophomore, said the current IFC
successfully balanced the books but
established some "arbitrary
across-the-board fiscal policies.”
Mead cited as examples IFC resolutions
curtailing travel, food, and lodging line
items He said these caused several
organizations to become “crippled” or "a
program only the wealthy can afford ” This
IFC should have been "up front" about
cutting academically-oriented programs
and paid more attention to goals, Mead
said
English sophomore Doug Rappoport
said he isn't afraid to make necessary
radical decisions to cut through the "red
tape and squabblmgs" and follow up with
ideas and programs
Mary Allca Holmes, a psychology
sophomore, said the current funding
process is an "assembly line” that
dehumanizes programs and program
directors Holmes, another SPA supporter,
added that the IFC must evaluate student
needs and wants
Incidental fees should not be raised, and
should be allocated through policies that
"truly reflect student needs," she said
Women's groups are currently
underfunded, she added
Political science junior Mary Catharine
Shrauger spoke about the differences in
funding levels, saying said some student
programs are "fat” while others are
"skeletons ” She added that all students
should benefit from incidental fees
Shrauger said she would emphasize
working with and investigating programs
and more effective uses of incidental fees
An investigation of better uses of incidental
fees should be held before any decision is
made raise the fee, she said.
A representative for journalism junior
BetzyFry, said the she would reevaluate
current expenditures and advocate cutting
programs that are not benefiting the
student body at a certain level.
Fry also says she believes that alt worthy
groups, including the athletic department,
have a right to incidental fee revenues, the
representative said
By Dane Claussen
1 hey don t run for money or fame
The large field of candidates for student offices reflects
the high level of competition for diminishing incidental fee
dollars, says Alan Contreras, ASUO vice president of program
administration.
The competition is especially tough for Incidental Fee
Committee positions, where 35 candidates are competing for
seven spots, he says
"In times of plenty, there’s no incentive to run because
programs can get what they want no matter who’s on the
committee — generally," Contreras says
One example is the forensics team, whose budget
request was pared nearly 50 percent by the IFC. Out of the
three program members running for an ASUO office, two are
running for the IFC, and all say the forensic budget hearings
initiated their quests for office
Although she says she isn’t seeking revenge, SUAB
candidate Lori Lieberman adds that she was "really
unhappy" about the forensics budget decision. The three
speech team members' candidacies are coincidental and not
a result of a coordinated plan, she adds
The Students for a Progressive Agenda coalition is an
organized reaction to IFC decicions, presidential candidate
Kevin Kouns says
“I was somewhat up in arms about the goal hearing," he
says
The coalition also helped one EMU Board candidate
decide to run
"Being part of an already existing system was not
motivating," Mary Hotchkiss says. "Perhaps getting in with
people who wanted to make the same changes did motivate
me.”
Hotchkiss says her experience with the IFC, through a
daycare program, caused her concern “It seems the people
on IFC and in ASUO possess no experience outside of
academia," she says.
Because of complaints from many groups, including the
Crisis Center, IFC candidate Clarke Ireland says he decided
to run to investigate the charges and determine the allot
ments.
"I myself wasn’t so much dissatisfied with the way the
money was distributed," he adds.
One presidential candidate says he was motivated to run
because of the presence of special interest groups.
“I don’t buy this special interest crap,” Jeffrey Houston
says. "I’m upset about the fact that you have to buy this
office.”
Most student government office holders are paid a
stipend of $75 to $250 per month, but many candidates say
they were unaware of the monetary reimbursement.
Among the candidates who knew the positions are paid,
the monetary incentive was belittled.
"If there was a monetary incentive involved I’d be
working somewhere eise for ten times more," Balfe says.
"If I were looking for a job to pay me, looking on campus
is the wrong place to look,” IFC candidate Tim Jones says.
The motivation to run because the title would enhance
their resume was an insignificant factor as well, several
candidates say.
Because of his experience working in the Oregon
legislature and working for state senator Richard Bullock, "I
don’t need this," IFC candidate David Lesser says.
Houston says he plans to emigrate after graduation to
join the Israeli military and doesn’t need resume filler.
“Anybody who says that it’s not part of the reason is a
liar," Balfe says. "I’d pay $1,000 to someone who wouldn’t put
that down on their resume ’’
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