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- Vendors Continued from Page 1 minutes ODE The Oregon Daily Emerald board of directors voted unanimously to change the paper’s affirmative action policy Thursday night. The previous policy included a line stating "women and minorities are encouraged to ap ply" within the ODE classified ads informing the public of an ODE opening. Also, the ap plications state that the ODE is an equal opportunity employer and instructs people where to file a complaint if they feel that they have been discriminated against. The new policy will not eliminate any of the current practices, but will add a service. Now. before applications are closed for a: ODE position, all AS! O-recognized campus minority groups will receive a form letter in their ASUO office mailboxes. The form letter will identify which ODE department has the opening, the position that is open, the application deadline, and where prospec tive applicants can get a more detailed job description. The letter also states that the ODE is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women and minorities to apply. Doug Pyle. ODE board member, believed that the ex isting policy was inadequate and suggested a new system. The. board reviewed his pro posal and adopted it after clari fying what, minority, groups will receive the letters and changing the-deadline to deliver the form letters from five days before a positon is filled to before the closing of applications. SUAB At the Student University Af fairs Board's Thursday night meeting! members considered a proposal , by Registrar Herb Chereck to shorten the add/drop option's deadline from three to two weeks following the start of a term. George Prior, SUAB represen t a t i v e f r o m t h e business/economics depart ment, said about 80 percent of the SUAB members opposed Chereck’s plan as it would not allow students enough time to evaluate a course. Moving the add/drop deadline up a week also would be unrealistic as students often cannot tell how they are doing in a class until after the first ex am, which is usually held dur ing the term’s third week, Prior added. The accounting, writing and computer sciences departments have shorter deadlines for drop ping or adding courses. Prior said, but he could see no real reason of Chereck's to change the deadline. "It’s a real nebulous proposal," Prior added. The proposal will be discuss ed at the University Senate meeting on April 3. The board also filled three department vacancies at the meeting. Appointed were: Ar thur Daret as the "undeclared’’ representative; Leslie Vike, physical education represen tative; and Dean Sidwell, representing planning, public policy and management. Constitution Court Members of the ASUO Con stitution Court unanimously agreed Tuesday that the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group's budget request must be placed on the spring ballot every, two years for student ap proval to receive incidental fee originated funding. The Incidental Fee Commit tee allocated $42,775 to OSPIRG’s 1985-86 budget March 11. although members of both groups were unsure as to •whether OSPIRG's request must be voted on by students in April, or.if the two-year referen dum in Section 6.11 of the Con stitution was designed as a •check of student support. Court member Jon Folkestad says OSPIRG probably will seek the repeal of that section. Need A Change? 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But Wilson believes the vendors have helped the problem. “If anything we are forc ing pedestrians to use crosswalks,” he says. University Bookstore manager Jim Williams says that the extra people con gregating around the busy comer is unsafe. He is concerned that the combination of bicyclists, pedestrians, automobiles, buses and now. the vendors has created an extreme safety hazard in the city’s busiest place for foot Williams and other merchants also believe the aesthetic quality of the area is deteriorating because of the vendors. In a report prepared for a presentation to the the mayor last week, restaurant owners ex pressed their frustration about the increase in litter and the negative appearance of the carts. “Since the presence of the street vendors, trash on the streets has increased con siderably,” the report states. And the carts are "too large and have a carnival or flea market appearance.” This is especially frustrating to merchants who have made efforts to keep the area nice, McBumey says. “The city requires us to maintain street lights and trash receptacles, and we must adhere to a strict sign ordinance,” McBumey says. Vendors believe they don’t detract from the atmosphere, but add to it. “The carts aren’t tacky,” Wilson says. "People like looking at them.” But it is up to the city to draft a new or dinance. And that’s not easy, says Susan Smir noff, economic diversification development director. A public forum to discuss drafting a new or dinance will be held 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. SPRING BREAK FILM SALE!! 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