Kouns, Balfe debate twice Monday
By Dana Claussan
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ASUO presidential candidates C.J. Balfe
and Kevin Kouns lashed out at each other
over the issues of student government lob
bying and ASUO involvement in interna
tional issues during two ASUO-sponsored
debates Monday.
Balfe, a psychology junior, and Kouns, a
junior in sociology and women s studies,
met first at an EMU debate for all students.
Monday night, the two met again at a debate
Kirin Kouns
for non-ASUO-sponsored organizations
that took place at Gilbert Hall.
Balfe, currently an administrative
assistant to ASUO Pres Rich Wilkins, and
Kouns, currently co-director of SEARCH,
are the finalists for ASUO president The
two will appear on the general election
ballot this Wednesday and Thursday.
At the EMU debate. Batfe highlighted
lobbying. ASUO programs, and a better
working relationship with the University
administration during his opening
statement. Kouns pressed for an ASUO
open-door policy.
“For too long the student government has
remained isolated behind the doors of Suite
4,“ Kouns said in his opening statement. He
called Balfe “part of the status quo.”
The Students for a Progressive Agenda,
on whose platform Kouns is running,
"represents the broader political interests
of students,” he said.
It is not feasible for the Oregon Student
Lobby to represent all eight institutions in
the State System of Higher Education, Balfe
said. The OSL must train University
students to go to Salem and lobby on behalf
of the student body, he said
Balfe said lobbying in his administration
would get "people involved — not only in the
Legislature, but in the issues that the
students have control of."
Student government lobbying should not
consist solely of "slick” presentations by
the Oregon Student Lobby, but rather
massive student involvement, Kouns said.
"One of the things we need to recognize
is that students alone” can't affect the
Legislature, he said, adding that ASUO
lobbying efforts should involve contact with
labor unions, the Graduate Teaching Fel
lows Federation and the community.
Kouns said there should be greater
student government involvement in national
and international issues and that University
students had much to do with the United
States stopping its involvement in Vietnam.
"The only thing the ASUO did in an entire
year was putting on the National Security
Conference,” he said.
Balfe said it is student government's role
to inform students on national and
international issues — not dictate to them
what they should think. Keeping students in
school must be a higher priority for student
government than trying to affect change
nationally and internationally, he said.
"The ASUO should have staff people in
the Executive that have ties to the
programs,” Balfe said, while admitting that
recent ASUO administrations have had little
direct contact with student programs. He
said he would correct the situation.
“C.J. has talked about more involvement
in programs. We (SPA) are the programs,”
Kouns said, adding that he would recon
vene the council of program directors,
which hasn't met for two years.
Elections board ousts three candidates
Use of EMU tables and chairs
for ASUO election campaigns
will not be permitted in the fu
ture, according to an ASUO
Elections Board decision
announced Monday by Gus
Paimitessa. ASUO executive
vice president and elections
director
Use of tables, chairs and
equipment for ASUO
campaigns, used by the
Students for a Progressive
Agenda during the past weeks
— will be illegal because an
election rule states that “no
ASUO funded resources will be
used in any campaign," the
elections board's statement
says.
It continues that, “The EMU
tabling privilege and the EMU
equipment are both funded re
sources. The equipment is
funded by the ASUO through
incidental fee dollars. . The
privilege is a limited privilege
available only to recognized and
registered student programs
and groups and various Univer
sity departments
The board also made a final
decision to exclude IFC
candidates Mike Cross, Eric
Stillwell and David Ridenour
from the general election bee
ause they failed to file campaign
finance reports by the deadline.
Cross won a-spot on the general
election ballot, and Stillwell and
Ridenour were the two
candidates with the next highest
number of votes.
Mark Spence, who received
the seventeenth highest
number of votes in the primary,
will be on the general ballot
Wednesday and Thursday.
Grads may
lose raise
The University has
asked the Graduate
Teaching Fellows Federa
tion to re-open its contract
so that a salary increase
scheduled (or this Sep
tember may be "deferred”
until March 1983.
The GTFF, the only
graduate fellows’ union in
the nation, was asked last
week by Ed Kelly, the
University's negotiator, to
re-open the article of
salary increase contained
in the contract ratified last
October, GTFF Pres.
Brenda Cochrane says.
"Part of the (leal is that
they will guarantee that no
GTFs will be laid off if we
accept the postpon
ement,” she says. “Our
main concern is that they
come through with what
they’re saying. We’re in a
vulnerable situation.”
University Pres. Paul
Olum first introduced the
idea of postponing faculty
and staff salary increases
at a convocation on
March 3. The idea has met
opposition from most
representative groups.
The University branch
of the Oregon Public Em
ployee’s Union was asked
to reopen its contract as
well, although those
requests came from
“human resources and
higher ed. executive
departments," says Becky
Bragg, past OPEU pre
sident.
"We discussed it, but
the request was denied,"
she says. “They had five
postions to eliminate —
two were part-time. That’s
just not enough to justify
re-opening the contract.”
A meeting is scheduled
for tonight at 7:30 in Room
238, Gilbert Hall.
Back your
favorite
Quacker. . .
VOTE
TOMORROW!
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BOOKSTORE, INC.
University of Oregon Students, Faculty, and Classified Staff
From: Jim Williams
General Manager of UO Bookstore
Re: Bookstore Annual Meeting for the membership
Salutations!
As members of the Bookstore, you are invited to the Bookstore’s
annual meeting. Inventory’s been taken and it’s time we reported to
you on the current operations and success level. At the annual
meeting the officers of the Bookstore will give the annual report
and will be seeking your comments and suggestions.
The Bookstore prides itself on being responsive and guided by the
University members. Six positions on the Board of Directors are
open for nominations:
Two sophomore positions for two year terms
One student at large position for a two year term
One graduate position for a two year term
One faculty position for a two year term
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April 20, 1982
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