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Legislative
Council
At Friday’s meeting of the
Legislative Council, members
organized a petition drive for a
tuition freeze to be circulated on
campus during the next two
weeks.
With the help of the Student
University Relations Council,
the group also decided to begin
an information and involve
ment project with Lane County
Oregon Alumni on concerns of
the current student population.
The project is designed to coor
dinate support from the alumni
living in the county.
Scott jones, ASUO assistant
state affairs coordinator,
reported that public hearings on
Oregon Student Lobby bills will
be held at the Capitol during
April.
Jones also announced that the
first issue of the Student Lobby
Network information newsletter
will be distributed this week.
Designed as a summary of the
legislative issues, the newslet
ter will be sent to the 200
members of the network as well
as concerned student groups.
Students interested in receiving
a copy of the letter can sign up
in Suite 4 EMU.
The council, a group of
students who actively par
ticipate in the Legislature for
student concerns, meets every
Friday.
ASUO State
Affairs
Two members of the ASUO
Executive attended the Oregon
Student Leaders Summit
meeting Saturday at Lewis and
Clark College in Portland.
Rebecca Roby and Scott Jones,
ASUO coordinator and assistant
coordinator of state affairs, say
the 40 student representatives
from private, community and
state system colleges and
universities organized a
statewide postcard campaign.
Students Organized Against
Reductions, a new group from
Lewis and Clark that arranged
Saturday’s meeting, designed
the cards, which state that the
undersigned student opposes
any cuts in financial aid.
More than 200,000 students
from campuses statewide —
5,000 from the University —
will be asked to sign the cards,
which will be sent to senators
and Congress members nation
wide by the first week of April.
EMU Board
At Monday's meeting of the
EMU Board Budget Committee,
the EMU Child Care Center’s ex
pected 1985-86 total revenue
was projected at $187,351.
On Tuesday, the subcommit
tee allocated $3,200 to the EMU
Main Desk, which is expected
to incur a total deficit of
$10,000 next year. The Craft
Center was granted $14,350 for
its 1985-86 budget at the same
meeting.
No funds will be allocated to
the EMU Food Services because
the service is expected to ac
cumulate a profit of $46,798 in
the next academic year.
At last week’s meeting, the
Budget Committee was inform
ed that the EMU Recreation
Center expects profits of $9,883
next year, much greater than its
expected profit of $600 this
year. Thus, the center also will
not receive EMU funding. Last
year the center had a deficit of
$10,000; $20,000 the previous
year.
The EMU Outdoor Program
also received funds of $20,860.
IFC
Six groups were allocated in
cidental fees during the In
cidental Fee Committee's hear
ings last Monday. Most ap
parently were satisfied with the
amount of money they received;
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however. Women in Com
munications was disappointed
with its $426 allocation.
WIC initially requested a
1985-86 budget of $1,337, but
the committee gave the group
$426. IFC members voiced con
cerns that the organization
benefits only a small number of
students.
Committee member Lloyd
Athearn characterized WIC as a
"professional group.. .chiefly
concerned with preparing
members for future careers
rather than providing benefits
to the student body.”
Other hearing activity is as
follows: the Women’s Referral
and Resource Service was given
$4,458; Women in Transition
received $2,473; American In
stitute of Architectural Students
was budgeted $1194; AVENU,
the architecture department's
publication, was granted
$2,450; and the American
Society of Interior Designers
was allocated $361.
Tuesday's hearing session
resulted in the Oregon Com
mentator receiving $6,800 with
the stipulations that the paper
provides libel insurance and
adds an ASUO-appointed
representative to its board of
directors. Last year, the Com
mentator's funding was vetoed
by previous ASUO President
Mary Hotchkiss.
The IFC voted to allow the
Oregon Daily Emerald to seek
its request of $87,732 in student
subscriptions on the spring
ballot. The committee also
agreed to reserve $82,000 for
later negotiation should the
Emerald fail on the ballot.
The IFC also approved $531
for the YMCA and $518 for the
Prehealth Sciences Center.
Discussion on the budget re
quest of People and the Oregon
Coast was postponed for a
future meeting.
The IFC granted nearly
$150,000 at Wednesday's hear
ing to the ASUO Executive’s
1985-86 budget, as well as the
ASUO Executive coordinator.
Office of Student Advocacy and
Legal Services division. Other
approved allocations include
$75,392 to the Executive;
$15,840 for the Executive coor
dinator position; $20,290 to the
advocate's office; and $36,855
for the Legal Services branch of
the ASUO.
During Thursday’s hearing,
the IFC allocated $371 to the
Masters of Business Ad
ministration. The IFC pared
down the group’s original re
quest of $794 because of fears
that it was going to use a por
tion of the funds to pay for the
entertainment of conference
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