Bad Masat
On March 22, t attended the
Constitution Court hearing
regarding ASUO President Hob
by Lee’s complaints against the
Incidental Fee Committee I vvns
appalled at Steve Masat. the IFC
i hairman, who appeared to be
extremely manipulative.
Masat constantly was inter
rupting the court proceedings
with petty concerns regarding
his tenuous position He showed
no concern for the students'
well-being at all.
The IFC's current allocations
are causing student fees to rise
to approximately $116 per term.
This conservative estimation
reflects a Sit) increase during
the 1992-03 incidental fee peri
od and does not include possi
ble increases that would be the
result of upcoming ballot mea
sures in the general election.
If all of the measures passed it
would result in an additional
$10.19. Of course, the students
of this campus are responsible
for the latter amount, but now
the IFC has gone on to increase
the EMU's budget by 4.6 per
cent.
I was always led to believe the
IFC intended to compensate for
all student program increases
with budget cuts in the EMU
and athletic department hud
gets. The plan may hove
worked. The EMU and Athlete
Department make up S3 million
out of the $4.6 million the IFC
allocates.
At the hearing, IFC members
Anno Wagoner. Efrem Mehretab
and Ed Carson seemed to be the
only ones attempting to rectify
the current situation. Ultimate
ly . the problem as I see it is that
Masat is only concerned about
his position as the IFC chairman
and not about the general wel
fare of the student populace
Steve Thoennes
Psychology
Thanks
The ASUO would like to
thank each and every student
who participated in lobbying for
higher education March 3.
Phono banking and calling, let -
tor writing, pit kolmg signs and
rallying had a tremendous
impact at tho state Capitol Larry
Campbell, tho speaker of tho
house, called in and cried. "Stop
this1 We got the point!"
Leading up to March :t, the
legislators realized that ivo, the
students, were taking our educa
tion very seriously Via lobby -
ing, we were able to awaken
them to tho realization that any
proposed University cutbacks
and increased tuition would
face greot adversity
Unfortunately, now through
June, Oregon legislators will he
dealing with many cutback
issues affecting the University
There is no time to rest. We
must continue to pressure our
elected representatives We need
an education.
Our next opportunity to save
our education is May 14 Trans
portation will be provided to
and from Salem, where you will
personally meet with represen
tatives of your choice or respec
tive districts Letters yvill be
written to your professors
explaining the importance of
your absence.
If you are still unable to par
ticipate on May 14. please lobby
on campus by phone banking
and calling, letter writing, pick
eting signs, videotaping and ral
lying
To all students: Please make
a concerted effort to lie involved
in lobbying for your future Only
you can make a difference.
Samir Kumar
Stuart Platt
ASUO
No re-vote
The University has finally
approved the revised multicul
tural i urrlculum requirement
and now must work on develop
ing the courses that would fulfill
the integrity of the revision
But wait — a member of the
University Assembly has decid
ed that she or he would like to
change his or her vote; therefore,
the entire assembly must partu •
ipate in a re-vote Under the
guidelines of our governing
bodv. all members have ibis
right
What kind of absurd < att h in
this'
It does not seem fair for one
indiv idual to "make" us all vote
over again Those voting mem
bers that attended did so
because they were ready to vole
or wanted to hear debate and
then vote On both sides of the
issue, faculty members made
tremendous sai rifn.es to attend
It is not often that we get stu b .1
large turnout Debate was made
and the assembly moved with
resounding unity to call the
question "
Now how legitimate is it to
vote on a motion that has
already passed' Also, will that
one vote make a difference on .1
decision that won 17V 15V' We
have a flaw in the system and in
the procedure if. in essence, a
motion can possibly never puss
as long as one person wants to
change his or her mind
I am asking the Universits to
move on Let us quit our squab
bling and make this already
passed motion a quality require
ment for our students
Dick Lee
English
Get a life
I'm still trying to fathom the
motives of the four guvs who
stood outside the LGBA Pride
Dance Irving to harass and
intimidate its partu iponts
Their own explanation, from
what I overheard of their disi lis
som with a very patient Univer
sity Offii e of Publit Safety offi
cer. was that they were
exert ising their First Amend
ment rights They didn't like
faggots ' and hud a right to he
''intolerant " Although they felt
very strongly about this, they
seemed reluctant to identify
themselves to the1 officer You
1 on always tell people's 1 mil
moments to their beliefs by their
willingness to proclaim them
unonv mouslv
It was suggested that these
gentlemen might have had more
planned than harassment If this
is so. I guess thm changed their
plans once they got a look, at the
crosvd There wore some big,
strapping, muscular people at
the dame Some of the guss
score pretty tough, too
Among the would !)*' vi< tuns
of their harassment, then' seas
general agreement that it sens
pathetic these guvs had nothing
iletter to do Maybe BUx khuster
had rented out the last t opv of
Porki s II. making this their opti
mal Kriday night entertainment
value
I’ersonallv. if the f Jregon Citi
zens Alliance or some other rad
ii a! organization svith a militant
agenda had a dance. I'd proba
bly not trv to crash it. and this
isn't just liecause the idea of lis
tening to Willie Nelson eight
tree ks doesn't appeal to me I
simply have this philosophy of
live and let live
Then again, that's e.iss for me
I have a life
James Wlttanbach
Law
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