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OSPIRG
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proaching, Gredler is looking forward
to using the increased funding to
directly benefit University students as
well as strengthen the organization
around the state.
The group’s total budget is deter
mined by the money raised by local
chapters at the University, Portland
State University, Willamette University
and whatever is collected by
canvassing.
Allocation of these monies is deter
mined by the state board of directors,
which has nine members. Local
representation on the board is dictated
by the amount contributed by each
chapter.
Consequently, the University cur
rently has four members on the board
and is the most highly represented
chapter. The four make up OSPIRG’s
four member executive council, so
Gredler, the chair of that council, an
ticipates no opposition determining
where the monies go.
At Portland State the IFC increased
OSPIRG’s budget by about $10,000.
Students at Willamette voted to
change the procedure that determines
the amount of funding for that chapter,
according to Gredler.
Willamette students must now sub
mit a card at the time they pay their tui
tion stating that they do not want to
contribute fees to OSPIRG, otherwise
they are charged a $2 fee per semester.
In the past, students could turn the
card in at any time during the
semester.
Besides organizing support and
upgrading their staff, OSPIRG also in
tends to improve their media, which in
cludes their own newspaper Impact,
and devote time to project develop
ment this year.
It is the local projects that will
directly affect University students and
these include the consumer hotline, an
issues survey and the continuation of
local surveys.
The consumer hotline uses student
volunteers to provide advice or refer
people to the proper agency if the con
sumer has a question or problem.
Gredler says the hotline, which began
last November, has been successful
and will be continued.
Another continuing project,
business surveys, will probably be ex
panded this summer. Possibilities in
clude comparing various copy shops
and film processers, she says.
OSPIRG obtained responses to spr
ing term surveys by placing five sta
tions at various locations on campus,
similar to the ASUO voting booths, and
obtained 40 reactions to various con
sumer, social, environmental and
energy related issues at each booth.
These 200 responses will be referred
to the board of directors, Gredler says,
and those indicating the most student
concern will probably demand OSPIRG
attention.
OSPIRG’s funds delayed
By Jim Moore
. Of the Emerald
The University branch of the
Oregon Student Public Interest
Research Group has had two-thirds
of its budget allocation withheld
pending the result of an ivestigation
sparked by a University student’s in
quiry into whether the group
discriminates on the basis of
political views.
Alan Contreras, chair of the ASUO
Constitution Court, the body that
will rule on the complaint, has asked
ASUO Pres. Mary Hotchkiss not to
release all of OSPIRG’s funds for
the 1983-84 fiscal year, which
begins Friday, so that the matter
could be resolved in the fall when
the court would be at full strength.
He said if the whole budget was
granted, the court would seek an in
junction preventing release of the
money and would convene as soon
as possible to settle the question.
Three members of the five
member Court, enough for a
quorum, are available summer term,
but Contreras says the seriousness
of the inquiry deserves the attention
of the full Court.
The inquiry was made by Richard
Burr, a senior in journalism/political
science.
Amy Gredler, chair of OSPIRG’s
local Board of Directors, and Hot
chkiss agree the question should be
considered by the full court.
"I’m sorry OSPIRG’s in the middle
of this and they're having to wait,”
Hotchkiss said,"but I’m glad they’re
waiting for a full court.”
Gredler is confident of a favorable
ruling by the Court.
"As far as charges of discrimina
tion go, we’re one of the most
democratically run organizations on
campus,” she said. “As far as I
know, no other board or program
has their governing body elected by
the students.”
The University OSPIRG chapter
has nine local board members who
are elected in the general elections.
“Anyone who pays student fees
can run for a position,” Gredler said.
The question of OSPIRG’s alleged
discrimination may be moot.
Gredler said she was told by Con
treras the Court would first deter
mine whether an April vote by
University students granted
OSPIRG separate consideration out
side the membership requirements
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