EDITORIAL
Qualities sought
in IFC candidates
At times this year, the Incidental Fee Committee
has looked more like an adult version of Romper Room
than an elected panel doling out millions of dollars in
student fees.
Petty insider squabbling, immature stomping out
of hearings and a lackadaisical approach to the budget
process has stagnated the IFC at a time when Universi
ty students can least afford it Because of Measure 5
money crunches, the 1991-92 IFC needed to be one of
Obviously, it is time for a change. As could Ik? ex
pected, many students have filed for the IFC — 19 to
lie exact, for six seats. With this year's problems in
mind, the Enwruld set out to look for candidates who
would put aside past political leanings and get on to
the business of responsibly allocating student monies.
The endorsement panel was looking for:
• Professionalism and a hard work ethic. Candidates
who expressed a desire to spend the time needed to
make honest and fair decisions were preferred.
• Specific and clear ideas for changing the status quo
of the IFC.
• Some experience in either budgeting or leading a stu
dent group.
• An expressed purpose of working as part of a team
• Actual attendance of an IFC hearing. It is surprising
how few of the candidates had been to even one
Those were the main points the board was looking
for Those endorsed, in most cases, simply stated their
plans more clearly than did other candidates
Here are the ijntr.ilil IFC endorsements for the
April 22 A.St'O primary (dec lions
Starting with the two-year seats (two are open).
Steve Masai was bv lar the most qualified candidate in
the field Mas.it, who is the current budget analyst for
the IFC. has the most experience and the best ideas fur
turning the IFC into a smoother running organization,
liis plan to prioritize budgets (spending more time on
the bigger requests) is plain common sense, vet none of
the other two year candidates expressed the same idea.
For the second seat, Steve Suarez gets the nod A
lavs student. Suarez's idea of having a "presumption
against funding” lias merit As an IFC member. Suarez
said he would ex pet t groups to do more fund raising
before coming in front of the IFC In a time of dimin
ishing funds. Suarez's idea makes fist nl sense
In the IFC one year seat rat e (with lour openings),
four candidates stood out more than the others
First, Kfrani Mehretab has experience and an un
derstanding of w hat the li tdocs He has .1 long history
of group involvement .it the University, and gave con
crete examples of what he would ilo as an 1Ft member.
Mehretab’s plan for scrutinizing the athletic depart
incuts budget, and possibly charging a user fee for
tickets, is both innovative and unique
l ike Mehrctal). Barbara Rodgers also has budget
and leadership experience. Rodgers is co-director of
Saferide and expressed a need for getting more stu
dents working at the KMU thus paring back the
budget (by canceling and combining some salaries) and
increasing student involvement.
Kd Carson has seen the IFC from a different per
speetive. Carson. .ls a reporter for the Oregon Commen
tator. wrote about the 1FC this year, and came into his
endorsement hearing with an insightful understanding
of how the committee works, and specific examples of
how it could be improved. He emphasized fund raising
to take some of the burden off IFC funding, and like
Masat, realized the importance of prioritizing groups.
Finally. Chris Bauman rounds out the Emerald
slate. Bauman Iuls an impressive background of in
volvement on numerous University committees, and
would bring an exuberance and desire to work hard to
the IFC. Her idea to cut funding to groups which dupli
cate other organizations’ contributions is one that, so
far, has been mostly unexplored
Ail of the IFC candidates demonstrated merit and
experience, but with this many candidates running, the
Emerald editorial board picked those who stood out
from the crowd.
Best of luck to all the candidates
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COMMENTARY
Ads offensive despite disclaimer
By S' .s' Mn," Dtr’-i
As 1 iitis unifier .1 limnerv
patron nor .1 victim ni
homupholn.i. ! c.1 until
1 I.11111 firsthand expert cse in the
f.aiernfer W/H urt 1 nflee
house contrmeisy [01)1. April
Jl) However, I have been perns
tug 1 he /ave/n/er Ve/nnrk pub
lii .ilmn lor a long lime .mil
re,1 il 1 ng .linin' the rei enl
He.tilery s.ig.i in the i.mrrnkl as
well -is tile l,.llell.lcr VeMvork
lias inspired me to share some
of in y nil semi lulls a n il
thoughts
Yes indeed, those phone sey
advertisements or .is I prefer
Id 1 .ib ! he in d 1.1: a- hu nk .ids
.ire rm . h hi hi t primary hone id
contention lor smie heterosex
,1.11 1 uslomers and perhaps
even lor some homosexual
li vs it s hard !.■ imagine lli.it
there aren't any lilierated leshi
are. m oar PC s alley who don't
i liege a; the leVii sal ot expi.il
tateai tin iesyd. nts eiiihody
A i mipe i t y 1 11 s f 1.1 x it
h. r/.e.l my mind to think sup
pos,oily liberated women could
,1SS, .1 I,ite themselves yvrtll a
maga/me that prints such ad
y ti r 11 seme n t s , hut then it
daw lied ■ m me what a gi aid
sou ri ■ ol revenue sm li ads
must tie and my wonderment
dissipated
Beside-, up until the Mars h
issue (at leas! in recent
months], those ads m-re
hunched in the all male pull
out section. and that might
have afforded some the women
some sense id separatum from
the questutriable product being
marketed Last lime I looked,
the ads had been moved from
the ; enter o! /.averiifer Vefivnr/f
to the bar k pages Perhaps fur
tiler distant mg'
I11 any ease I still am per
plexed hv l.uvi-tuirr \clwork
The ads and some
written portions
are trash and
detract
considerably from
the otherwise
good, quality copy
Lavender Network
produces.
publisher Ronald Xabn’s eorn
■ i.! til l! they ion'! publish
pur r; igtuphv >r erot ice at all
OK so it .nn't 1'rnttunisr and
tia- suggestive pictures arc
tt aa of men who either art*
depicted as saving naughty*
things : wini have tlicit geni
tal s - ':alegirul I v ( overeti
A i. : ■ i a sii.i I hiderose VU
ti a.b ts might no! have read
the In,) print when Big Sister
gave advice on how to maintain
me s restraining devices lor
sain 111.isix instil pleasure seek
mg icier ember 'll) or when she
addressed the matter o( vibrator
use tor sexual pleasure (March
uj)
I ruali/e that in this day and
age stii h examples may t>e re
gariied bv many as only moder
ately olfttnsive i’ersonally. 1
i an relate to a more traditional
interpretation of such a
phenomenon The ads and
some written portions ere trash
and detrar t considerably from
the otherwise good, quality
copy- I iivrthlrt \rtwork pro
d Ul es
1 am not suggesting a city
wide censorship of the stufl,
but 1 i an relate to objei lions in
some establishments and facili
ties For instance, I was up
palled to find it accessible in
COMMENTARY POLICY
The Oregon Daily Emerald welcomes commen
taries from the public concerning topics of interest to
the University community.
Commentaries should be between 750 and 1,000
words, legible and signed, and the identification of the
writer must be verified upon submission. The Emerald
reserves the right to edit for grammar, style and length
if necessary.
tin* periodical section of the bu
gene Public Library In fad, 1
hied a Request lor Reconsidera
tion ol Librar\ Materials with
the M'inor librarian Iasi fall.
W’lirn all was saitl and dom
ain! 1 received an official re
sponse from ( its Librarian (airl
Mddi'brand. my concerns were
clearly alien to the committee
and stall involved in the Kecon
sideration Request The re
spouse was polite, but the hot
tom line was that regardless ol
how tasteless some portions ol
the publication admittedly are.
Us overall value to the commu
nttv supersedes the Issue ol de
i ni \ Though what the ads
promote (note call-in lines lor
those over Iti ) could be legal
lv obs< one the ads themselves
are supposedly not
Not being a practitioner of
doublespeak, 1 was flabbergast
ed It will he interesting to see
what the up and coming de.
t laimer alroul 'potentially ol
tensive content' i OUL, April T1
w ill amount to Will it only he
tor Liwm/rr .Network at the
Beanery, or will it be included
with all distributed copies?
I have to agree with Z.ihn on
one count, though our views on
<iil ohsi emt\ vary widely The
dis< hiimrr does sound pretty
silly A disclaimer may afford
some legal protect ion tor par
ties involved in making the
publication accessible to the
public , and it ruav serve as a to
ken apology to people who ob
ject However, the source of the
debate will remain as it was
offensive to many
What kind of accord is that?
Sounds lopsided to me
Star Holmberg Is a Eugene
resilient arid mother at tw o
CORRECTION
In an article in Friday's
Emerald, the wrong date was
given for the International
Night celebration. The ovent
takes place Sunday, April
20
The Emerald regrets the
error and any confusion it
may have caused.