EDITORIAL
IFC in violation of
ASUO Constitution
The Incidental Fee Committee's 1992 resolutions
are clearly unconstitutional and should be revoked.
The new language in the IFC's resolutions is an at
tempt to usurp power from the ASUO Executive Office.
Whether that was the IFC's intent remains to be seen
and will be determined by its willingness to rewrite the
resolutions.
Three IFC resolutions are constitutionally un
sound: Resolutions 92,8, 92.12 and 92.16. Resolution
92.8 requires the approval of the ASUO and the IFC be
fore a group can spend more than $1,500. It also re
serves the right of the IFC to “permit the expenditure
of any amount without" ASUO approval.
The first part of 92.8 is in direct violation of Sec
tion 6.7 of the ASUO Constitution, which prohibits IFC
involvement after funds have been allocated to a
group.
Every IFC funded group must submit a line-item
budget to the IFC that accounts for every dollar re
quested. A lump-sum expenditure of more than $H(X)
already requires the approval of the ASUO. The IFC
has no authority to permit or refuse the spending of the
money once is has b«x:n allocated. That responsibility
falls exclusively with the ASUO.
The second part of 92.8 is a gross violation of the
constitution. Again, once funds are allocated, the IFC
has no further control over bow the money is spent,
nor can it simply approve whatever expenditures it
chooses.
Resolution 92.12 allows the IFC to "alter, restrict
the title, use and amount of any incidental fee funded
line item." This violates Section 6.7 of the ASUO Con
stitution, which reads in part: "Onee allocated, there
shall be no attempt to attach any further conditions or
policies concerning the use of such accounts."
This means the IFC has absolutely no right to alter
a group's funding once it has been approved.
The third, and most dangerous attempt to usurp
power comes in the form of Resolution 92.16. which
attempts to enforce a 1983 Constitution Court ruling
and impose penalties on the ASUO for failure to act on
tne runng.
The resolution restates the court's ruling, requiring
the ASUO to freeze the budget of any IFC funded or
ganization that violates any part of its line item budget.
The IFC is attempting to write the court ruling into
its resolutions, and threatens that the ASUO's failure to
follow the ruling will be taken into consideration at the
ASUO's budget hearing.
The IFC is not the enforcement arm of the Constitu
tion Court and has absolutely no business threatening
the ASUO’s funding. The court ruling that the IFC at
tempts to use as justification for Resolution 92.16 actu
ally forbids the IFC from carrying out any of the three
resolutions.
The ruling specifically states that the ASUO. and
not the IFC, has power of enforcement for ail IK. ap
proved budgets.
The IFC should remember that the principle of
“checks and balances" applies to it as well as the
ASUO. and that it is not the guardian of student gov
ernment.
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Poor taste
First, i want to thank you for
running the story about the
young woman who died after
tier apparently suicidal jump
off of Pl.C [ODE. Nov 17)
There wore many rumors, and
I'm glad the facts are being told
But I'm very disappointed in
your show of pcxir taste and ir
reverence by running the ca
daver story along with it
Although it was an interest
ing story, to |iut it on the same
page twice is of very poor
taste, especially showing the
picture of two people examin
ing a body right below the sui
cide story on Page -t For a briel
disgusting moment, I thought
you had published a pic ture of
the woman's body
I enjoy your paper Please
don't make any more of those
Journalistic "faux pas " It was n
very large oversight and
shouldn't have happened
Please have a little compassion
and sympathy for those who
saw it happen or those who
knew tier
Kim Jallum
Psychology
Thinking man
To adopt the Hitler quotation
with which Martin Fisher Intro
duced his opinion column of
Nov. it) "What luck for news
paper editors thiit men do not
think."
In his column. Fisher raises a
serious charge He alleges'‘the
true OCA" is controlled by
four or Five people" with an
agenda th.it “seems to lie one of
power, pure and simple.”
But Fisher neglects to name
these people and offers little
evidence that a thirst for power
rather than a concern for con
viction governs the leadership
of the OCA. The label ' opin
ion” is no excuse for sloppy
journalism and character assas
sination.
Howard Klllion
Eugana
Stop the silence
How much more evidence of
Serbian brutality do world gov
ernments need before they lake
some action? AIK' showed that
the Sorb forces are shooting
children Serbian forces have
even attacked a funeral proces
sion and busses carrying peo
ple.
After World War II, tho
world’s major governments
agreed to prevent a second hoi
oc.au si The way thn Bosnian
Muslims arc being exterminat
ed is reminiscent of the begin
ning of the Nazi Holocaust.
The inability of the so-called
Islamic: governments to take ef
fective measures to help Bosnia
have both helped the vicious
Seri) forces continue their inhu
man behavior and allowed the
United Nations to maintain a
hypocritical stance
The Islamic Republic of Iran
is the only Islamic nation that
is effectively helping Bosnian
Muslims while the Saudi
King and the Kuwait Sheik
spend Muslims' money for
things contrary to Islam.
According to the C.1A, the
Serbs have IKK) tanks. 200 ar
mored personnel carriers and
between 700 and BOO pieces of
heavy artillery, plus a massive
air fort <• The Bosnian defend
ers only have two tanks, two ar
mored personnel carriers and
less than two dozen artillery
pieces
The world continues to
shamefully block Bosnian ac
cess to the international arms
market Indeed the world is
telling Bosnians to die quietly
and lose every trace of human
dignity Thi* is a humiliation
for the world. The world na
tions. with their silence, give
Serb forces a "license to kill "
Silence is not the answer.
The world should stand up for
peace and justice
Ali Koyhan
Graduate Student
Urban & Regional Planning
Potential offense
Continuing in its. tradition of
publishing offensive ads, the
Emerald offers up this gent
"livery man is a potential rap
ist."
As men. we find the label of
"potential rapist" possibly even
mom offensive than "potential
sex object ” If the Emerald ad
vertising department showed
poor judgment in running Lolli
pops ads, certainly it has done
so again
As a matter of fact, we never
even saw the Lollipops ad until
it was pointed out in the Letters
to the iiditor suction. This ad,
on the other hand, is bigger
than any of the actual news on
the page The only purpose this
ad would seem to accomplish
is the alienation of half of po
tential supporters of this group.
Following the ad's line of
reasoning, the group Men
Against Rape is rife with poten
tial rapists and all the women
should beware.
It seems to us that the lack of
good judgment has reached epi
demic proportions around here.
Jon Egging
English
Paul Taylor
Japanese
Observe
As a new student I find my
self experiencing new things,^^
from voting rallies to pnlitica^K|>
protests However, on VVednos^^
day. Nov. 11, we went without
There wore no ceremonies, no
banners, nothing
Then to hear that we cele
brate Dr. Martin Luther King
)r.'s birthday and not Veteran's
Day surprised me. Granted, this
college is quite liberal. But to
celebrate one holiday and not
another is disappointing. I be
lieve (laying tribute to our vet
erans is just as important as
honoring King.
To shun one holiday duo to
its lack of popularity on cam
pus is unjust. Just as constitu
tional rights are guaranteed and
observer! to and for everyone,
holidays too should be recou^fc>
ni/ed by students, much ies^j^
state universities
Not to say everyone need
agree with them, just respect
them.
Christopher Lancefield
Pre-Business Administration
In response to Friday’s ODE
article on the? ASUO/1FC (Nov.
20), 1 find it frightening that the?
IFC is expanding its power to
control any aspect of the
ASUO. This ine[>t group can
barely take care of itself, lot
alone tell the ASUO how to
handle matters.
This is a group, in one fund
ing fiasco, that didn't know if it
hud St 1, $110 or $1,100 to allo
cate. Yet it finds qualified to ex
ercise even the most minor
control over the ASUO?
I realize the IFYi has only the
right intentions in its attempt
After all. thanks to the mighty
Oregon voter, wo ure suffering a
severe shortage of funds Great
er budgetary constraint is re
quired by all lF'C-funded organ
izations However, extra-consti
tutional means are not the way
to achiovo this.
Duka Shapard
Political Sclanca