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EXECS Continued from Page 10 to the principle's office, bo ( auso wo wore pretty much slandering the teachers and principals who wore doing a lousy job I've always boon this way It's not some now thing that 'developed when I came to the l 'Diversity of Ore gon I think I've just sort ol changed the focus When 1 was in high school, I liad an anti apartheid day and this is in Coos Ray-. Oregon, which has a into running for the il C. ami i wont ahead ami (iiii it. but I didn't know wh.it I was gutting into. And I was liku, Well, Andy. I won, now what do I do?” And anyway. I got in thorn and did Ihn iiost ! could and then jon sm kod mo into tins one Really, I liku to go plan’s whore I'm needed and I think nvv presence is needed and. I 'don’t' moan to bo oo< k\. hut I think people apprei sate nio for the little things i do ODK: What am the nmn . sues and problems that the ASUO.will deal with tins year' tlv housing I want gays and lesbians who have dornestii partnership agreements, and also heterosexuals who have domesth partnership agree merits, to be allowed into hous ing That's a clear issue of tits ( riminntion and I think, the ASl 'O is going to fight that one My other goal is that v e.t know, when I look around at other universities. 11 of O reallv has a lot We bitch about never having enough, but we have a lot of wonderful programs that other universities don ! have What i want to do is set up a population Ol poop In of col or of .ibotit 2 |i iti.i' n t <i 11 (i in o s t people didn't I'vcn know what (apart heid) was VV h i.' n I ourrin to the University of Oregon i was involved with It's really strange sometimes to realize that I'm now in a position that I always used to go up against. Now I'm the one i who s trying to quiet people down who are rallying and screaming, ana that's where I used to be. — Jennifer Bills r * ” . where people \vilh ( omnion agendas, sin h .is higher i'(l u< al ion .ind ;i( cess to rdu i. ii 11 on, t: a n conic togeth nr, and thill s die I’rogratns ('inililinn Hr init tii.it together and (the tiay. and Lesbian Alliance) and working on issues in feminism and women's rights, And then I he c ame the director of GALA, and that was ,1 great experience for me. I did (everything wrong that year. Anything that you could pos sibly do to screw up an organi zation, 1 did But that was a really great learning experience for me. And then I became ( hair of the National Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Cau cus and I'm the chair again this year That was great because I started to network with lots of people in other areas of the na tion who were doing the same sort of work that 1 was doing, that I was frustrated with do mg, and they were showing me ways of suci ess I ran for the IFG primarily be cause I was a program director and I thought it would be great to have someone who's a pro gram director track on the IK. And I also firmly believe that you should have people of col or, lesbians, women in posi tions of power Plus, I thought I could do a better job than ev eryone else that was doing it, which is win I ran for presi dent as well. I mean, I've al ways been committed to grass roots activism It's really strange sometimes to realize that I'm now in a po sition tb.it I always used to go up against Now I'm the one who's trying to quiet people down who are rallying and screaming, and that's where I used to be But it gives me per spective 1 know where they're coining from. JoSonja Watson: Andy Clark (the 1989-90 ASUO president) sucked me into all this. The year before lust he talked me JB . ( Inr of the biggest i . lilt' !.i( I til'll our trillion sky rocketed unci will probably continue to skyror ket anil tli.it students who really haven't boon [laying attention through out the entire Ballot Measure S proi ess are going to come lm< k ami are paying close to SHOO in tuition and they're going to go into shellshock over that 1 think we'll be dealing with that, trying to figure out wavs to lessen the burden That's one issue. ODE: What kinds of ways will you deal with it? JB: Well, working on trying to get people more aware of the financial aid that's available lor them There's a bill that’s in Congress right now It's a bill that would public i/e the avail.i bility of financial aid Instead of "Be all you can he, lie in the Army.” It's "Be ail you can be. get a Bell grant or get a Stafford loan " It's to let people know that they can do that Lobbying on the federal level is another thing we re planning on doing |W: Everything that’s going to he a biggie, it all revolves around our theme during our campaign, which was access to higher education We're going to follow through on our prom ises and make sure that aei essi bility is a little bit easier ODE: What are your goals lor the ASUO? JB: One of my goals is to deli nitely get the student-parent or gani/.ation set up on this cam pus, because of the changing demographics on this campus so when people who have been pioneering this group graduate, that the organization will not die with them leaving The other thing is the issue of domestic partnerships and fain Are there any real solutions to world problems? NORTHWEST REGIONAL YOUTH MEETING OCTOBER 25 ■ 16 • 27 ■ 1991 Come to this regional youth meeting and consider the spiritual solutions to pollution, loneliness and lack For young people age 12-30 of all or no denominations at the University of Washington Cost: $20.00. Sponsored by the Christian Science Church For information call 344-0924 or 344-3524 making M strong, itwould he a incredible lobbying tori t- on this campus We're irving to got it then1. In grl it autonomous. to make sure that it will outlnst am [>resi ili'iit anil be a strong lori e at thi' 1 tnv I'rsitv ol t Iregon Mv goal is also to rttm.tin sain* and gr.idn.itt; at the end ol tin1 your ODE: What will hr dillrri'nl or unique about tho AStJO this year' JH: I think we'll hr action orl ented JW: Wii want to be pro active rather than reactive JH: 1 think a lot of us in the ASllO are committed to setting stuff up tliat will last fur awhile DDK: Sunil as' JH: Sm h as the Student Par ent Association and also our Student Coalition, which is the d efu net I’rogr a in s Council tfiat's lining revamped JW Closer networking with programs, just overall belter or ganization JH: The ASf'() is al ways hav ing to put out small lires that Turn to EXECS. 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