ASUO candidate Angelucci
plans changes in government
By Alexander Halo^h
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ASUO presidential candidate Ramon
Atigelucci Mys he believes student govern
ment'* first responsibility should be to repre
sent the entire student lardy — "but only in
areas that the students should be
represented."
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Uncontmversial, apolitical issues such as
the improvement of University facilities ami
educational quality, for example, are areas stu
dent government should.concentrate on, he
says. •. •
Angelucci, a junior pre-business major,
says he is interested in working in student
government because he disapproves of the pre
sent administration’s agenda,and wants to see
it changed He says he strongly objects to stu
dent activism by Students for a Progressive
Agenda, a campus political party.
Activities Angelucci seeks to change in
clude the ASUO Executive's divestiture
lawsuit, which he views as a '/failed, wrong
cause" because it claim* to represent the opi
nion of the student body.
Another change would occur in 'Hie
Record, the ASUO Executive’s publication,
which he says provides a forum for left-of
center views, he says. A periodical of this
nature is fine, Angelucci says, but if it remains
the official ASUO publication, it should pro
vide information pertinent to campus rather
than Central America or "whatever trouble
spot is bothering them at the time."
Regarding the Riverfront Research Park
project’s progression, Angelucci says he sees it
as being up to the University administration to
decide. The student government should not
play a role in determining whether or not
classified research should be allowed, he adds.
Angelucci says the role of the ASUO presi
dent is to advise the Incidental Fee Committee
on the funding of groups. Also, he would like
to see a less ambiguous and less subjective set
of funding criteria applied to the committee's
guidelines.
Angelucci says he would use two
guidelines in determining funding: the
group's provision of services to the overall
University student body and the group's effi
ciency in using its allotted funds.
in all cases. Angelucci says he wants a
"responsible budget without waste." To en
force this policy. Angelucci would seek to
limit funding of student groups that are nar
row in scope and whose only premises are
politically, ethnically, religiously or sexually
oriented These groups have a right to be on
campus, but they should receive funding only
for such basics as rent and a phone, he says.
Angelucci emphasizes that he does not
sunk to eliminate the special interest groups,
but will merely "cut the fat” from their
budgets. The social functions of the limited
appeal groups will be cut, he says.
These groups should try to bring in funds
through outside fund-raising activities, with
the IFC providing limited matching funds, he
says.
Student groups that provide services for
students as a whole, on the other hand, should
be budgeted, he says. These groups include
student publications such as the Oregon Daily
Emerald, The Record and the Oregon Com
mentator. Angelucci says The EMU, the
Athletic Department and the University Mar
ching Hand also should be funded, he says.
Legal rights father than moral obligations
should decide whether certain groups such as
KOTO should be allowed on campus, Angeluc
ci says. I Iqwever .students should'not be forc
ed to fund these independent groups, he says.
If a proposal to remove the ROTO from campus
arisen again, Angeluicci says he will seek to
defeat the resolution.
Ramon Angelucci
Angelucci would like to remove the
AStlO constitutional amendment that requires
the University to fund the Oregon Student
Public Interest Research Group. He says fun
ding for OSPIKG should be optional because it
is a high-pressure political lobby group and
doesn't support the entire student body.
A consensus approach to student govern
ment is preferable to a more hierarchical one,
Angelucci says, adding that he would not
dominate his administration. Because he
believes ability and background am more im
portant than political beliefs, Angelucci says
he will appoint people on the basis of their
abilities and backgrounds.
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