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IFC endorsements
The Incidental Fee Committee allocates more than
$2 million in student fees each year. Next year's commit
tee will be as powerful as ever, particularly if impending
budget cuts due to declining enrollment trends prove
true.
The Emerald endorses the following candidates
because we feel they have the fiscal and/or political
awareness to deal with the budget and the student
groups:
Laurie Abraham, Julie Davis, Lois Day, Leslie
Dewson, Mary Shrauger, Marc Spence and Eric Stillwell.
These candidates show an awareness of the IFC pro
cess, advocate a prepared board with understandable,
strong criteria for funding eligibility and they seem to
possess the ability to compromise.
Laurie Abraham, Julie Davis, and Lois Day, all law
students, see the need for an IFC that supports cultural
and social issue-oriented groups.
Mary Shrauger, endorsed by the Greeks, is a current
member of the committee, the EMU Board and the EMU
budget committee. She will lend continuity and ex
perience to the board.
Marc Spence, endorsed by the Greeks and the law
students, Impressed the Emerald editorial board with his
knowledge of the fee process. He does his homework.
Eric Stillwell, a somewhat conservative independent,
has organized a professional campaign based on non
partisan lines. He advocates a freeze on fees.
Leslie Dewson, a member of the student advisory
committee of Recreation and Intramurals, shows promise
in her dealings with the IFC and the ASUO this year.
opinion
Close vote
Mary Hotchkiss has to face
David Gibson in the general
election on a petty (yet legai)
technicality. The Webster’s
Dictionary defines “majority”
as “the number greater than
half .” Hotchkiss got 49.85 per
cent of the total votes cast.
Gibson got 49.23 percent and
the remaining 25 votes went to
write-in candidates.
Hotchkiss did not get ma
jority by 15/100 of a vote. Why
so picky?
Paul Rudinsky is the ASUO
executive vice president in
charge of elections. He also
was part of the Greek system.
He legally supports no can
didates, yet looks for ways out
of a close election in which
the “other” candidate comes
up ahead by 17 votes. Does
that upset you?
Do you think it is right?
Whatever your answers are is
fine with me; just don’t forget
to vote on Wednesday or
Thursday.
Brian Lewis
political science
Uninformed
I worked in a booth last
week for the elections and I
was amazed and annoyed at
not only the small number of
students that voted, but at the
number of uninformed
students that voted. I listened
to many students say they
didn't know who to vote for, or
they voted for someone they
didn't know a thing about.
Why?
Each of you pays $52 a term
to ASUO, so each of you
should be concerned — or at
least curious — about how
your money is used. Obviously
most of you can throw away
$156 a year, since only 18 per
cent of you voted for the peo
ple who allocate and distribute
Election reminder
The Emerald reminds students that Wednesday and Thurs
day are the ASUO general elections. Students need to vote, if
they are to be effectively represented.
The Emerald endorses Mary Hotchkiss, the SPA candidate
who received the most votes in the primary, for ASUO president.
Students should vote Yes on ballot measure No. 1 which
calls for a nuclear free zone, ballot measure No. 2 which gives
OSPIRG $1 per student per term to rekindle their flame and
ballot measure No. 4, which surveys the students on their sup
port of recent petitions to enforce affirmative action in the
ROTC program on campus.
letters
Appreciated
I am writing in response to
the many letters of support for
OSPIRG's funding that have
appeared in this column
recently. The letters have urg
ed students to vote in support
of reinstating the traditional
$1 per student per term fund
ing. We appreciate the sup
port we have gotten; however,
students may not be aware of
the support that is already out
there.
During winter term, OSPIRG
ran a petition drive and within
two and a half weeks, approx
imately 3,200 students and
more than 120-faculty
members signed in support of
OSPIRG and the reinstitution
of its funding.
We hope that student will
show their support in the up
coming elections.
We are aware that many
students are still uninformed
as to the activities of OSPIRG.
We encourage students to
stop by the OSPIRG office.
Suite 1, EMU with any ques
tions about the organization or
the upcoming referendum.
Remember, it's an important
to exercise your right to vote.
Participate in the University
elections. The general elec
tion dates are April 20 and 21.
Amy Qr»dl»r
OSPIRG
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that money.
College is more than a time
to party and prepare for a job.
It’s a time to prepare for life, to
become a better adult. That
entails learning about all
aspects of adult life and
becoming involved in the deci
sion making processes that
dictate your life. Apathy just
doesn’t fit well in the real
world.
Take an interest in your
future. Don’t let a few
students dictate where your
money should go or what stu
dent services should be of
fered to you. Most of you are
here for one or more years, so
you should care about the
government that will run
things on this campus.
Don’t be fooled, your vote
counts. It’s not too late — vote
on Wednesday and Thursday.
ASUO is close by, they’ll hear
you.
Educate yourself and vote.
Randf Thompson
senior, Journalism
Experience
As we return to the polls on
Wednesday and Thursday of
this week, let us think con
sciously about why we are
voting for the ASUO presiden
tial candidate of our choice.
Surely it's not because she is
a woman or because he’s a
Greek. These are by no means
the qualities we should be
looking for in the better can
didates for such an important
position.
Experience and practical
leadership should be the
focus of our attention. As
usual, many students are ad
vocating change, which in fact
can be very healthy. David Gib
son represents the best
kind... change with
experience.
Having worked within the
Balfe administration, Gibson
stands head and shoulders
above Mary Hotchkiss in hav
ing the knowledge and ability
to choose which new steps to
take and which old ones not to
repeat. Gibson has an un
disputed track record in direc
ting his leadership and ad
ministration toward financial
efficiency while preserving the
best interests of all students
and ASUO programs
It's not the Greek male
stereotypical ASUO executive
image which stands to justify
a vote for David Gibson, it’s
his high standard of ex
cellence and overwhelming
sincerity and concern for what
is best for all students of the
University. The choice is clear.
Practical leadership. David
Gibson.
Gary Peiss
junior, computer science
Ill-conceived
Many wild and unfounded
rumors have surfaced concer
ning my recent EMU Board
campaign. I take this oppor
tunity to answer these
allegations.
First, it has been suggested
that I am opposed to women’s
rights; in fact, the label
"woman-hater” has been us
ed. This is completely
ridiculous and far from the
truth. I am in favor of equal
pay, day-care centers for work
ing mothers and the ERA. Last
year I signed a Women’s Law
Forum petition in support of
the ERA. I read, understood
and agreed with the women’s
rights portion of the Students
for a Progressive Agenda
platform.
I am very much in favor of
women's rights and am in no
way a “woman-hater.”
Second, it has been sug
gested that I “infiltrated” the
SPA in order to discredit their
campaign. Again, this is com
pletely untrue i sought the
SPA endorsement since I
sincerely believed in their
“message;” i.e. that a serious
change in student government
was (and is) the only way to
cure student apathy. I still
believe this. I was disap
pointed when I lost their en
dorsement (and when my
money for their advertisement
was returned), but I can
understand why.
Finally, I admit that my cam
paign literature was
outrageous , but it was design
ed to create controversy and
attract attention. Why?
Because 82 percent of the
voters failed to vote last week.
Why? They’re apathetic. Why?
Because nothing stirred them
up. My literature did stir them
up, and caused them to
evaluate the EMU Board race.
My actions were perhaps un
wise or ill-conceived in doing
this, but certainly not immoral,
unethical or repugnant as
some have suggested. It was
never my intention to "buy"
the election — just to attract
some attention to a largely ig
nored campaign race.
Steve Pesante
law