Oregon Daily
monDaV. May 24.1993
IFC members remove chairman from committee
Steve Masat
□ Members say Masat brought
the committee into conflicts
By Chester Allen
Oegcv> {Xpfy ErrmrsM
The Incidental Fee Committee voted Fri
day to remove its chairman from the com
mittee during a meeting marked by
emotional outbursts and name-calling
Saying they believed Chairman Steve
Masat's actions during the past nine months
had severely reduced student control of inci
dental fees, IFC members Anne Wagoner, I d
Carson. Kfrem Mehretah and Bobtn
voted to expel Masat from office
Masat attended the committee's meeting
but left the room when it became apparent
the IFC planned to discuss ins removal from
office.
"The issue here is whether I'm being
screwed.” Masat said "This is an utter juke
and complete insanity."
The door was opened for Masai's ouster
when the ASUO Constitution Court met Kri
da\ and lifted an injunction filed bv lustre
Michael O'l-eary that prohibited the IK! from
sus|x-nding its own internal rules in order to
remove Masat from offii e
I he i ommitteo memliers said Masat s lead
ership of the IK! had brought it into unnet
essarv i'.onflit t with other branches of
student government, causing University
President Myles Brand to remove the com
mittee's control of $2 2 million of student
fees allocated to the EMU each year
"Actions taken bv Masat have lessened
student control of student fees." Mehretab
said. "I believe we have to lessen the damage
tluil (on Id he done next year if Masat
remains in office ”
Masai was the only moodier of this scar's
committee whoso term extended through the
next si liool year
taiinmitteo memliers Hd Carson and Hohhy
l.ee said Masai's conflu ts with other hram h
es of student government amounted to a sen
ous dereliction of duty and justified Ins
expulsion from tile il l
" f ills is not a politically motivated at t,
Carson said People from a wide spectrum
of political beliefs have problems with Mr
Mas,it's work as chairman of this t oinnut
tee "
Masai supporter |ason Moore, associate
editor of the Stmirnt Insurant, angrily
denounced the « ornmittee's actions as unde
Turn to IFC, Page 3
Committee studies
3-cluster system
j Chairman believes system needs to
be more understandable for students
By Jackie Larson
hx the Oregon D*vty Errwaid
It is imperative that the University drop its cluster
requirement system, the chairman of the Academic
Requirements Committee said Thursday.
John Nicols said the University's general education
requirements need to he more comprehensible for stu
dents, especially because academic advising offices will
l>e cut back
Professors don't even know all the requirements and
n»ly on the academic advisers to explain the difficult sys
tern, Nicols said.
Nicols said the cluster sy stem is a problem for the Aca
demic Requirement Committee, which hears more than
700 student petitions per term, mostly relating to mis
communication about cluster requirements
One professor will tell students they are set for gradu
ation. but when those students apply to graduate they are
told by another stuff or faculty member that certain cours
es that would fulfill clusters are still missing. Nicols said
"Whether or not a course fulfills department cluster
requirements is arbitrary, depending on who you ask."
said Teresa Nash, a history peer adviser for a year
Although Nicols is one of the major proponents of the
( luster sy stem, he said all discipline has left the current
sy stem and change is vital to the sanity of students and
staff.
Nicols is asking the curriculum committee to propose
the change next spring.
However, associate professor in telecommunications
and film Deanna Robinson insisted changing the system
to at commodate confused students and faculty is pure
laziness.
''Students and professors must become more flexible."
she said.
Robinson suggested an on-line bank of computers with
Turn to CLUSTERS. Page 3
Just folks
O) W> Pi»l0y
Bill Dwyer and his son Jack, age three, listen
and dance to the music along with others Sun
day afternoon at the Willamette Valley Folk Fes
tival. which took place this weekend on the EMU
lawn
WEATHER
Mostly sunny today with
im nosing douds in the after
noon and evening. Highs near
80 degrees
Today in History
In 184-4 Samuel F.B. Morse
transmitted the message, "What
hath God wrought!" from
Washington to Baltimore as he
formally opened America's first
telegraph line.
FROM
THE
PAST
On Mas 30, 18‘H,
Memorial Day serve *s
were m Villard Hall on
Campus. The building
standing behind Villard
Hall is Deads Hall
AicTuvg PUcto
SPORTS
The Emerald softball team crushed learns Irom ihe
University administration and the ASUO Sunday In the first
game of the three-game round robin tournament, the adminis
tration defeated the ASUO 10-1 Then the Emerald stepped in
The Emerald demolished both teams in the nest two games.
5-3 over the administration and 20-1 over the ASUO A team
from the EMU Board failed to shuvs up for the tournament
Highlights of the second game included a grand slam by the
Emerald's Matt Bender in the 10-run third inning The
Emerald is now 2-0 on Ihe season aim wiii lake any chal
lenges Bring it on!