Editorial
Three IFC choices
best in limited Geld
Tweedle dum and tweedle dee. For the most part, that is
the choice facing voters in next week's primary election for
one-year Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) seats. But this
dearth of candidate experience should not discourage stu
dent voting for one of the most powerful bodies of campus
government.
Of the ten aspirants for the three one-year positions,
there are but two choices we can recommend in good faith.
Katy Howard and Ron Muniort are outstanding candidates,
and both would significantly improve the governing ability
of the fee committee.
Of all the candidates. Munion’s knowledge of the IFC
funding process appears to be the most thorough. In
essence, his candidacy is conservative. His presence as an
articulate voice for fiscal restraint will facilitate a careful air
ing of the merits of any budget request.
Recognizing the need for "diversity of thought” among
student groups. Munion emphasizes the importance of
groups raising a significant portion of their budgets*
Howard’s diverse background — her experience as a
business owner, social worker and member of various
boards of directors — presents a solid record of managerial
know-how.
She is both reasoned and articulate, and would offer a
rational voice to a funding body often marked by acrimony
rather than reason. She has the distinct ability to get along
well with people, a trait vital to the successful operation of
any governing body.
Of the other candidates, only one has elaborated a plat
form worthy of student support. David Karp has wisely
. • stated his determination to fund groups only after critically
examining the particular benefits of each budget request. He
has experience in fraternity budgeting and recognizes the
limited resources available for student groups.
The remaining candidates either suffer from a lack of
understanding of the IFC process or voiced an unwillingness
to fund groups that represent a minority point of view.
In the past, the IFC has been accused of being the only
governing body that has a mandate to pick students'
pockets. An exaggeration, no doubt, but for all practical pur
poses. the group does decide where student fee money is.
spent. For the 1985-86 academic year, this amounted to
more than $2 million. ‘
Such a sizable sum deserves to be wisely spent, and on
ly after an open and vigorous debate. IFC members need to
be in touch with student opinion and display a willingness
to overcome ideology in deciding funding questions.
Given the power of the IFC and the size of its allocation,
voters should make their choices with caution and skep
ticism. Promises of reform in the budget process, if realized,
will only come through the dedicated efforts of IFC members
and students determined to see their money used prudently.
Overzeaious attempts to reduce funding for the sake of
reduction may succeed unless students vote to ensure the
representation of minority and divergent views.
This year only twelve candidates filed for the five open
IFC seats. Because the two candidates for two-year seats are
unopposed, we make no endorsements in that race.
The IFC race attracted over 30 candidates in the early
1980s. We hope that this level of interest will soon return
and that the new ASUO administration will act to boost in
volvement in the electoral process.
Letters
Misunderstood
I can't believe what I read.
The ASLJO shuttle bus is now a
pick-up point for lesbians crav
ing innocent sweet little girls.
Imagine all this time I have ,
walked around at night
avoiding dark streets, dark
alleys, in fact, almost avoiding,
going out alone at night. And
all that time I kept my doors
locked during the day and night
was in vain because I
misunderstood the whole thing.
Well thank you. Darrel
Rothauge, for setting me
straight (HA! HA!) Imagine all
this time I thought it was men
who raped; sodomized and
brutalized women, but it
wasn’t. It was lurking lesbians.
Holly Hutton
Student
Make my term
I'd like to say a big public
thank you to Sean Axmaker for
his brilliant work at the Cultural
forum in bringing us so many
fine, intelligent, imaginative
films this year.
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If you don't have your film
schedule yet. for .this term, rush
down to the Cultural 'Fonini.of
fice in the lower level of the
EMU. annex and pick pneup.
Thank you, especially, Sean. for .
.“Querello,” !Lifeboat,"
."Thieves Like. Us.” ahd "l|Ciss
of the Spider Woman V
•, And for the future, let me say:
Go ahead. Sean, make my term.
|«mh) Ledgerwood
Post-Masters Counseling
Dirty money
Two stories in th« Bygone
Register-Guard's April 4 issue
stood in heartbreaking contrast
On the one hand, Willamette
industries barged ahead with
the cutting of the ‘'Millenium
Grove” containing 700 to
«MM)-year-old Douglas fir. Litiga
tion was still pending, but like
Sacred Heart Hospital in the
case of the Mayflower Theatre,
the corporation did as it bloody
well pleased
On the other hand, back in
Section B. an obscure Blue Star
Memorial Highway marker on
route 00, commemorating the
armed forces of World War U. is
the subject of an extensive cam
paign for relocation,
It is shamefully symptomatic:
of our society that we will, work
hard to save a mere sign, a thou
sand of which could be produc
ed in a day, but we will.destroy
an irreplaceable monument to
that unspoiled beauty into
which our nation was born for,
ascribing the best motives, a
few man-hours
I have worked in a sawmill,
and I know what being laid off
feels like. Hut Willamette In
dustries’ executives are not in
danger of being laid off; they
could have cut somewhere,
anywhere else As Hob Dylan
once sang, ‘Money doesn't
talk, it swears."
Bill Homans
Journalism
Thanks, Bill
While I realize that I'm suppos
ed to la; obsessed with terrorism
(as defined by the Reagan
government). somehow my
mind continually wanders to
Susan (’.amphell Hall and to the
august office of Hill iaimman.
Vice-Chancellor of the State
System of Higher Education.
For thosu of you who don’t
recognize his name. Hill l^em
man is that friend of white
South Africa who ordered Paul
Olum to put a freeze on student
fees designated for the divest
ment lawsuit. Thanks. Hill. It
appears that Hill doesn't think
students should use their own
money for lawful masons — as
in courts of law. Or dorrs he?
When the ASUO's lawyers
threatened oP Bill with a
lawsuit (for breach of contract),
our friend Bill used $18,000 (of
student fee money!) to settle out
of court. All of a sudden he likes
the idea of spending student
money for lawful reasons — like
saving his own nock.
Nice guy. Bill is. lie tries to
torpedo divestment, tries to
bankrupt the ASUO’s lawyers,
gains control over student fees,
then uses our money to buy his
way out of a lawsuit dealing
with his own outrageous
actions
So my mind wanders over to
Susan Campbell Halt, and I
think about the advisability of
the ASUO suing Bill I tinman
for illegal use of student fees I
think of the Emerald (someday)
throwing the spotlight on this
guy, and one of the student
body visiting his office and tell*
ing him what we think of him
Koscoe Caron
Education