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 \CR\SiS IFoSS'A 'fcEueVE ^E- B°P'5 I SYMPATHIZE TTally \NiTh You I'M 5ufe "PAT IF I Ould TP'r^ of ANY fAeAN>N6FUL PeFoPAS, oup C°N6fe5S \N0ULD OPPoSe Me/ Too/" 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