ASUO initiates lobby network
By |im Moore
Of the Emerald
In an effort "designed to in
crease students' political power,"
the ASUO is creating a student
lobby network.
ASUO members are asking
students to fill out cards contain
ing information on where they are
registered to vote and which
issues concern them as well as
their addresses.
Then during an election year the
ASUO can conduct mail-out cam
paigns to inform voters of can
didates' track records on issues of
most concern to students, says
ASUO Vice-Pres. Kevin Kouns.
The system will tell which con
gressional and state represen
tative districts the voters live in so
information pertinent to only
those areas can be distributed.
Creating a powerful voting force
is a three-step process, Kouns
says. First is registering people to
vote, second is educating voters
on issues and third is actually
voting.
Students have traditionally done
a good job of registering voters,
but have been lax about the other
two steps, Kouns says.
But the network will go beyond
will increase students' power/'
Kouns says, because politicians
will take note of such a large
number of organized voters.
Some 850 cards have been col
lected so far, Kouns says. Even
some students who have not filled
out the card have become part of
the network.
'What this is, is an attempt to organize student
lobby efforts at the grassroots level'
— Kevin Kouns
the first step and inform voters,
giving them more reason to vote,
he says.
It will also give students a
louder voice — even before a
ballot has been cast.
"Just the fact we're doing this
Students who registered to vote
during the recent voter registra
tion drive, sponsored by OSPIRC
and the ASUO, are also part of the
network because their names
were placed on network cards
before the registration cards were
sealed and mailed.
The ASUO has no knowledge of
those students stands on issues
but they can still be contacted and
informed of candidates' records.
Kouns is quick to point out that
the ASUO checked with the postal
service and the county elections
board and that the same informa
tion can be obtained from the
county by paying for a list of
registered voters. By obtaining the
information from the registration
cards, the ASUO saves time and
money.
"Students can do with the infor
mation what they want," says Pat
Stuart, ASUO coordinator of state
affairs. The intent is to provide in
formation on issues so students
can decide for themselves how to
vote, she says.
"What this is, is an attempt to
organize student lobby efforts at
the grassroots level," Kouns says.
In University Senate
Vote may diminish student members
By Doug Nash
Of the Emerald
The size and shape of the Student University
Affairs Board will be determined by a faculty
vote next month, and student representives
are doing everything they can to make sure the
results are in their favor.
At issue are proposed faculty governance
rules that would give a great deal of legislative
authority to the University Senate, now an
advisory-only body. At the same time, SUAB
representation would decrease from 18 to
eight, while faculty members in the Senate
would be cut by four, from 36 to 32.
Only those measures that do not have a two
thirds majority would be referred to the much
larger University Assembly. The University
president or a group representing 10 percent
of the faculty could also initiate measures in
the Assembly.
SUAB Chairer Mike Prothe says the new
rules would mean less student representation
in the University decision-making process.
“That type of representation is just a little
too far stretched out and I think our effec
tiveness will be severely hampered," Prothe
says. “We are not trying to cut down the gover
nance proposals. We just believe that we are
effective legislators in the Senate."
journalism Prof. James Lemert, who headed
the task force that proposed the rules, says
faculty members are concerned with the
amount of power students would have in the
smaller Senate.
Some faculty are worried that students may
consistently vote in a block, and everything
would be appealed to the University Assembly,
Lemert says. “There's a real feeling that even
eight (SUAB members) is too many,” he says.
In addition, Lemert questions whether
students would really be losing any power.
7 think our effectiveness will
be severely hampered'
— SUAB Chairer Mike Prothe
were the new governance rules adopted.
"So what if you're a thirdof-an inconsequen
tial body. Isn't it better to be a fifth of a more
powerful body?”
Still, Lemert is able to sympathize with
SUAB's position.
"If I were in their shoes, I'd be doing what
they're doing," he says.
What SUAB is doing is conducting a major
lobbying and surveying effort among influen
tial faculty members in the Senate and the
Assembly, Prothe says. SUAB members will
evaluate their contacts Thursday, after which
they will send a letter to all faculty members
arguing for the importance of student
representation.
Meanwhile, Prothe is hoping a majority of
the faculty will agree with him.
"Right now, my feeling is that it's a really
close call," he says of the faculty opinion on
the issue. "We have always considered
ourselves working side by side in the Senate."
Lemert says professors may express agree
ment with students, but may vote differently in
the Assembly Nov. 9.
"It will be interesting to see what happens
when they (SUAB members) leave the
(professor's) office," Lemert notes.
Ironically, SUAB will not be able to vote on
the issue, which Lemert says makes its lobby
ing efforts even more important.
And SUAB is not unwilling to compromise,
Prothe adds. Indeed, he says he is not opposed
to a gradual change in the size of faculty and
student representation.
"I am not accepting eight students because
that is just too drastic a cut," he says. "Give the
old-style membership a chance to work in the
new system."
Correction
In the Oregon Daily
Emerald article on Monday,
Oct. 10, titled "Philippines
dilemma," Ed Comstock
was quoted as saying Philip
pines Pres. Marcos imposed
marital law in 1968. The im
position of marital law ac
tually occured in
September of 1972.
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