EDITORIAL
IFC windfall should
benefit all students
If the University administration wants to stay on
Santa's “good” list, it had better ensure the IFC re
ceives $337,000 in its stocking, and the sooner the bet
ter.
The money is accumulated interest earned from
student fees, but had been lost until this past summer,
when the EMU budget office discovered it.
The administration offered to distribute the money
to the EMU. ASUO and the athletic department, but it
has no authority to do so. The interest was earned with
student fees and should be distributed by the IFC.
Who should receive the money and how much
thev should get is are IFC decisions. (How the IFC alio
cates the funds will be
closely watched, howev
er.) The administration
based its allocation recom
mendation on the assump
tion that it was KMI),
A.SUO and athletic depart
ment accounts that goner
atud the interest.
Exact ownership of
the money is unclear. The
The interest
came from
student fees, not
the EMU, and
should be treated
as such.
(.lark Document, which gives the I PC its authority,
Hoes not specify how interest earned on student fees is
to be classified.
Presumably, such funds could be considered ;ln
carried over from past years. In that case, the money
would revert to the IFC, not the groups whose princi
pal may have generated the interest.
The 5337,0(H) amounts to about 7 percent of the
IFC*s S4.6 million budget The IFC should avoid tin*
temptation to allocate the funds to any specific group
or groups. Such an action wotdd only create controver
sy and raise charges of political favoritism.
Tht.’ EMU. ASUO and athletic department will like
ly argue that because their accounts earned the interest,
they should get it. EMU Director Dusty Miller said the
EMU should receive about 40 percent of the money,
citing "the general accounting practice where interest
follows principal."
Following the principal, however, leads back to the
IFC. The interest came from student fees, not the EMU
(or anywhere else), and should be treated as such.
The money could he used to offset next year's
budget cuts. It could he put into an emergency fund or
every student could receive a 521 refund. Whatever
happens to the money, it should benefit as many stu
dents as possible
This is the I EC’s first chance this year to prove it’s
not the puppet of special interest groups by distribut
ing the money evenly across the hoard, lad’s see if it's
up to the task.
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Forum gap
This is in regards to the col
umn "Write Annies' written by
Tammy Dutey (Ol)L', Dec 7)
It seems Dutey doesn't real i/e
she was not the only Caucasian
at the Asian Amencan/Afrit an
American relations forum I loo
attended the same forum us
Batev. although I have heen
wondering if we was at the
same forum after reading both
her arte le and column
Daley and myself were the
only Caucasians attending the
forum, yet no one questioned
my presence or asked me to
leave Several people did ex
press thut they wore very un
comfortable having a member
of the press there They did not
say they were uncomfortable
with liatey as a person, just the
fat l that she was a reporter
Considering this, I find the arti
cles Batey wrote in poor taste
She did a great Job of making
the fears of those who opposed
media coverage a reality
i iiiki it very msturning mat
ilali.'V (Enirruld Assoi late Edi
tor) made reference to a woman
attending the forum in her
opinion column even though
this person preferred not to be
identified Furthermore. Haley
didn't even mention any of the
actual issue-, that were dis
cussed. and those she did men
tion were twisted beyond rec
ognition
How did Batev get the idea
lii.it people at the forum
thought she was armed and li
censed to kill when nothing of
the sort was ever mentioned?
She should check her notes
again.
Finally, why didn't Hatey
take credit for the article she
wrote on the forum (Dec. 3)?
Julie Jones
Korean Student Association
IFC alone
I don’t know why University
administrators think they have
any right or jurisdiction over
the distribution of student fees.
The students at the University
paid these student fees, and
therefore the money belongs to
the students The fees are sub
ject. just like any other student
fees, to I PC distribution.
It is the IFC’s responsibility
to make fee recommendations
to the stall; Board of Higher Ed
ucation, and this is sot out in
tlio ('.lark Document (which 1
would bo happy to make avail
able to anyone). The IFC exists
to servo the interests of the stu
dents at the University, and do
so by allocating student fees to
the many valuable campus or
ganizations that enrich life here
at the University.
Let s stop arguing over some
thing that is obviously under
the jurisdiction of the IFC.. This
money not only belongs to the
students, but it can be used to
help offset the proposed cuts in
levels of funding due to the de
crease in enrollment. The Uni
versity administrators should
step hack and let the IFC do its
job
Braden D. Kelley
Student Senate
Closed mind
As an Asian American. I was
vary disappointed with Tammy
Dairy's column (ODE. Doc.7)
about tiic Asian-Amorican and
African-American forum on
Doc. 2
She at mo to the forum with a
closed mind to the idous and is
sues that wore being dealt with
I believe everyone should know
forums like this are going on,
and 1 was excited about the
coverage by the media
But the next day, when ini
tially looking for some mention
of the forum, I could not find it
1 eventually found it, stuck way
in the back of the paper amid
the classifieds (ODE, Doc 3).
I he article was also very short
it would have been impossi
ble for anyone to do justice to
the intense and emotional
three-hour forum that took
place
I became even angriur when I
read her column She got al
most a full page in the front of
the paper to "defend” herself 1
don't deny her right to be there,
but how can anyone who was
at the forum now say that her
presence was good?
She has no idea as to what
the forum was all about, and
obviously has not a clue on
how racism affects minorities
She never will understand how
we feel If the Enwralii is going
to send a reporter to the next
forum, send someone who can
empathize with minorities.
Only then can forums, and the
sensitive; racial issues con
tained within them, have a
chance to be properly repre
sented in tin: Emerald, or any
other paper for that matter.
Jan Harada
Undeclared
Wide concern
The current situation In So
malia was uplifted to an new
level of international crisis by
the United States' announce
ment that it will send combat
forces to tile region
Tile official purpose is 1 N -
sponsored protection oi relief
shipments to the areas of most
need. from rival clans fighting
for control of regions ol Soma
lia. At the time of the an
nouncement. the United States
ulready had 1.HOO Marines
waiting oil tile coast with at
least that many on standby
ready lor operations in the the
ater, not to mention logistical
support. Those are ull Ameri
can personnel
As a U N operation, this
seem* pretty lopsided. Bui in
fact there have been 500 Paki
stani troops in Somalia. They
have been very ineffective,
however, and have been virtu
ally held hostage at their en
campment
The question is. whose re
sponsibility is it to deal with
the mess left over? Thu mentali
ty of President Bush's "New
World Order" is to lie I i eve the
United States is the only avail
able nation with enough fire
power to persuade the smaller
nations to peace.
This, however, is not the
right idea, For any nation to
have that much power and in
fluence over the rest of the
world is too dangerous Any
force going into an unstable re
gion to end a conflict, or set a
truce, should be an actual rep
resentative force of world con
sensus through the United Na
tions. not the U.S armed forces
with the United Nations rub
ber-stamping American foreign
affairs.
sUrantud. somebody has to
stop the suffering, but
shouldn't the relieving force be
representative of world con
cern?
G. J. Schoenstein
Undeclared