EDITORIAL
Keep EMU money
in students’ control
Tho management of student fees has been under ques
tion for quite some time. A proposal by University Pres
ident Myles Brand has encouraged the change of control
of more than $2 million in student fees.
Currently the Incidental Fee Committee allocates funds
to the EMU. These funds make up the total budget avail
able to tho IFC, which is in the neighborhood of $4.5 mil
lion dollars. Brand has asked that the EMU Board of Direc
tors oversee its own budget. In the best interest of the
students this proposal is a good one — as long as tho vot
ing voice remains that of the students, whether through
the IFC or through the EMU board itself.
Tho problem stoms from
an ongoing conflict of inter
est between student orga
nizations. Much of this is
caused by tho overlapping
of student affairs.
Tho main concern is tho
loss of i ontrol of student
foes bv the students. The
The main
concern is the
loss of control of
student fees by
the students.
EMI1 board is made up of a
mixture of interest groups, the IK land the Student Sen
ate included, so therefore the student voice is obviously
still there, but the voice should not be overrun by the
voice of the administration.
Traditionally, the IFC has allocated funds to the EMU
board. From there the funds wore allocated to the 12 ser
vices and programs that make up the EMU. Once the
lump sum of the money was designated as EMU funds,
it was left up to the EMU board to disperse funds on a
line-item control basis. This method of disbursement
makes good sense. There is a student voice overseeing
the money initially disbursed and also a strong student
voice overseeing the line-item control. The EMU board
is just that — the EMU. so it only makes sense that it over
see the money allocated to it.
The most important point that must be addressed is
the control of the money. The students of the Universi
ty must maintain their right to oversee their funds. If the
lFC and the EMU board can distinguish a working rela
tionship with a distinct line separating the two. the funds
will be spent accordingly.
The traditional way of disbursement is in the students’
best interest. That, coupled with the reorganization of
tho IFC, puts control of the EMU line-item budgat in
the hands of the EMU board as long as the voting pow
er remains in the hands of the students.
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LETTERS
No to Measure 1
Before you broke college stu
dents jump on the bandwagon
with Stephanie Sisson and lube
Swenson to vote yes on Ballot
Measure 1. consider the possible
and probable consequences a
new tax imposes Also ask your
selves. "Is this absolutely the
best solution, and will higher
education really benefit? How?"
According to Swensen. '‘Higher
education was excluded from
the measure because that option
was most appealing ..." (Ol)K.
()< t. 2H)
Also rememlter the frustrated
homeowners desperate for tax
relief who quickly passed 1990’a
Measure 5. which appeared
promising. Now they ask,
"Where is all the money going?"
(Wegister f.oord, Oct, 24).
Now ask yourselves. "Where
will all the tax dollars go if Mea
sure 1 passes?" The outlook for
higher education is dismal In
addition, committees will be
created to oversee the taxation
process ... how do you think
they will be paid?
Finally, as Sisson pointed out,
the district cut 7H certified
teaching positions, 32 classified,
and only six administrative this
year [ODE. Oct. 27). Who are
administrators teaching? Per
haps a better solution would be
to cut more administration and
less education. Rethink the
alternatives, students . vote no
on Measure 1
Shannon Greer
Biology
Unanswerable
The editorial regarding the
demise of the supercollider
[ODE. Oct. 27) missed a few
points. The author claimed that
"science is an endless quest of
money requests ... to answer, in
this case, the unanswerable.”
Previously unimaginable
things now sit on our desks.
Education is also an endless
quest of money requests. Budget
decisions need to be made on
long-term costs-benefits analy
ses. As manufacturing jobs go
elsewhere in this global econo
my. this nation needs to focus
on strengths, and high technolo
gy has the potential to provide
us with stablo, high-paying jobs
How can wo prepare our coun
try to seize high technology
potential? Research and educa
tion.
Fermi National Accelerator
laboratory in Illinois, predeces
sor to the supercollider, has
made numerous contributions to
si ienne. high-technology manu
facturing, and medicine. The
supercollider would do the
same Contrary to the opinion of
the author, the supercollider
was "scrupulously researched
prior to the disposal (sir.) of
funds.” Upon what was that
opinion based?
The author was correct in
another statement, though; sci
ence is a long-term investment.
So is education, so is career
preparation.
As for the politicians who vot
ed down the supercollider: A
politician looks to the next elec
tion; a statesperson looks to the
next generation. The budget
deficit certainly needs to he
reduced. Let's find ways to cut
the budget that do not short
change the future of this nation
and jreople This ridiculous and
expensive debacle points out
that research projects need to be
financed like most public works
projects: in advance and guaran
teed.
Daniel J. Baker, Pti.D.
Faculty
College of Education
Warped speech
The language spoken by stu
dents has been reduced to talk
full of insecurity and fear.
In the 1980s, we, as teen
agers, were expected to Obey
and Shop, not Think, Learn, or
Speak our minds. A fruit of this
is the "rising intonation," that
is. every statement becomes a
question. As if we seek affirma
tion? As if the listener is to say,
"Your statement is genuine”?
Simply to make a statement is
offensive. The insistence on
"openness and tolerance" has
planted intellectual fear, so
another aspect of our speech is
warped. Rather than make a
direct statement or anything, a
qualified or hesitant statement
comes out. A static of likes,
y'knows. sort ofs, kind ofs, etc.
grates the car; impose that on a
rising intonation and the speak
er comes off as not knowing
what lie's talking about, not car
ing, not believing. Rather than
offend, and perhaps appear sex
ist, racist, lookist, or classist,
you cower verbally. P.C. speech
is sinister: Everyone else must
be "affirmed,” so your own
opinions are irrelevant.
Our language has been dena
tured and weakened. That so
many students are talking like
nervous bureaucrats afraid of
reprimand shows a sophisticat
ed herd mechanism oiled and
cranked by academics and
activists.
Turn your tongue from the
current diseases in American
English. Naturally, they do not
want you to, because society is
becoming nicely open to agree
ment and tolerant (of approved
opinions). Your speech is
already marked. Act now to pre
serve the way you think
Andrew Shaffer
Eugene
Food adulterers
My letters have, if published,
established that the biggest lie in
America is the U.S. Constitu
tion's First Amendment. The
syndicate's reply is that the
dairy industry will illegally
spend $28 million on a cam
paign next year to get people to
drink more of their cooked
white water that's deprived of
enzymes.
I'll trouble the pool further
and proffer that the manufac
tured food industry may be
responsible for the AIDS epi
demic by reducing the effective
ness of people's immune sys
tems to combat diseases that
attack the body I don't accept
that synthetic vitamins and min
erals are as good as natural ones.
To restore the physical and,
consequently, the mental health
of people, we need to be set free
from the food adulterers who are
only interested in profit: shelf
life. appearance, etc. It means
we'll grow our own food or help
with community farming in
returning to the dust of Gene
sis/Revelation 3:19.
John-WayneJohnson
San Diego, Calif.