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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Tuesday, May 13. 1986
Fugene. Oregon
Volume 87, Number 151
IFC approves increase
in funds for the Record
By Sian Nelson
CM I hr hmef «trl
The Incidental Fee Committee
unanimously approved a 7 percent
budget increase Thursday for the ASUO
publication, the Kecurd. but plans to
place conditional publication re
quirements before releasing the entire
amount of money.
The increase request was justified
simply because students shouldn't Ik;
forced to have only one publication on
campus, said Have Herman, editor of the
Record. The Record reports on issues not
covered by other campus publications,
he said.
The Record will receive $8.107. of
which $5,101) is for publication costs.
The remaining $:i.(H)7 will pay eight
month stipends for editor, assistant
editor and advertising manager
positions.
The Record plans to publish two
issues a term next year as part of its con
tractual agreement.
In regard to the student-defeated ballot
measure in the ASUO general election.
I lerman said the absence of boxes to vote
in on the Record measure was "certainly
a contributing factor" in its outcome.
"(The Record) tried to do more than
they possibly could," said ('ai11i n
Cameron. ASUO vice president-elect.
Representing next year’s ASUO ad
ministration. Cameron said the focus of
the paper will Ire more on ASUO and
other student programs. In-depth and in
vestigative reporting will lx; continued,
hut will not play the dominate factor it
did this year, she said.
"If (the Record) can’t pull it together
next year. I don’t ever want to see it
again." said IFC member Ahrea Sum
mer.
"If (the Record) is going to do it. it will
have to be on time." said IFC Chairman
lames Randall.
The IFC and representatives from the
Record will meet Thursday to draw up
the terms of the contract and the obliga
tions of the paper.
In other business, the Athletic Depart
ment contract was finaii/.ed with one
correction. The IFC traded the Athletic
Department student seating in section
I.L. which is ground floor seating in the
southwest corner of MacArthur Court,
for section FF. An additional 21 student
seats were given up in the process.
The IFC also appropriated the Student
liar Association $7f>2 to pay for an unex
pected cost overrun in phone hills.
Olum condemns violence
University President Paul Olurn
released a statement Monday con
demning disruptions and violence at
two (lay Pride Week events last week.
A film was disrupted In’ hecklers
Thursday night and a group of peo
ple physically confronted gay and les
bian protesters Kriday afternoon
following a rally.
"This campus is a place for the
open discussion of issues and opi
nions It is not a place where violence
.uid hara. nent by those who hold
differing views can lie permitted."
the statement says.
When appropriate, the University
will suspend or expel students who
violate the Student Conduct Code, it
says, and will notify civil authorities
and "cooporate fully in any criminal
prosecution of students and others
who break the law."
Olum asks the community to iden
tify those involved in the incidents to
his office, the Office of Public Safety,
tiie Student Conduct Coordinator or
the Office of Affirmative Action, and
adds that anonymity will he
preserved.
Olum writes. "The safety of our
students as they participate in Univer
sity life and student activities is of
paramount importance. Incidents
such as these simply cannot be
tolerated at the University of
()regon."
A hand against hunger
President Paul Olum lends his hand and checkbook on Monday to
“Hands Across America." a project designed to raise money for the
hungry. On May 25. organizers hope hands will be linked from southern
California across the nation to the Past Coast. People were encouraged to
make a donation and draw the outline of their hand on a 75-foot banner
which will be sent as a proxy for Oregonians who cannot make the trek to
Arizona.
Photo by Harvey Young
EMU Board to fight elimination of program consulting
By |»seph Menzel
Ol I hr Kniridlit
Claiming they were being “punished”
by the Incidental Fee Committee, the
KMl1 Board of Directors decided Monday
to apical the IFC's decision to eliminate
an EMU program. The board will appeal
the five to two vote to University Presi
dent Paul (Mum's office.
The appeal centers on the IFC's deci
sion to eliminate funding of the EMU's
Program Consulting Office and the pro
gram's faculty advisor. Substantial cuts
were also made to other EMU programs
such as Club Sports, the Outdoor Pro
gram and the Craft Center.
"The entire matter is a question of
representation. This body was not in
cluded in the decision to do away with
Frank Celtner's position (faculty advisor
of the Program Consulting Office.) This
decision of the IFC's is totally unaccep
table.” said Mark Nallia. chair of the
EMU Budget Committee.
A key portion of the appeal reads.
"This action is not merely one act of
humiliation. It is the produc t of unin
formed decision-making, antithetical to
the functions of student leadership, and
a defiant abuse of the purpose of the
EMU Hoard and the governance
document.”
‘The entire matter is a
question of representa
tion ... This decision of
the IFC’s is totally
unacceptable. ’
— Mark Nallia
The EMU is governed by different
regulations than the IFC. thus the lFC’s
action is an abuse of EMU rules, said
Nallia.
"What they (IFC) did was out of their
jurisdiction." he said.
lames Randall, chairman of the IFC
and an KMU Hoard member disagreed.
"The KM l I Budget Committee and ll't.
agreed two weeks ago that their budget
would not exceed a 5 percent increase.
Instead, the budget called fora 7 percent
increase. The KMU budget Committee
acted totally irresponsibly with meeting
the criteria.”
The committee "knew that their
budget would not be approved and they
forced the IFC to consider budget item by
item." he said.
Oregon State law mandates the IKC to
allocate all incidental fees, he added.
At the meeting. Nallia said the KMU
Hoard should take the appeal directlv to
the president's office. Randall advised
the KMU first go through the IKC's ap
peal process.
"By going directly to the president's
Office, you (KMU Board) are working
away from process, not with process.”
Randall said.
"I think it (the appeal to president's
oftice) is needlessly confrontational.”
said faculty tMi.ird member l)<>n Lytle.
The II I! appeal process should la? used
before appealing to the president, he
said.
lamra Romano, chairwoman of the
KM11 Hoard, said. "doing bar k to the I Ft!
will la? a waste of time." A majority still
favored appealing to the president
The KMl! Hoard also decided on a new
(|uote to la? painted in the lobby of the
KMl I — one taken from a passage written
by Thomas Jefferson about the freedom
of the human mind.
Student Senate member Donna
[awrencD plans to contest the use of this
quote, recommended by President
Olum
"I don't think the EMU Hoard
understood that it violates the whole
idea of the senate contest." Lawrence
believed the senate should have been in
cluded in the judging of the winning
quote. About 75 quotes were submitted
by students in the contest