Oregon Daily
THURSDAY. APRIL 28. 1994
Warren/Rhinard grab presidency with 990 votes
Vote: Incidental fees to
increase, programs
receive more funding
Tasha Elchenseher
Oregon Omfy f/wr^dd
Leslie Warren and Mark Klu
nord received 64 percent of oil
votes cast for president/vice
president candidates and will
b«i;ome tin1 next ASUO top
executives
Warren nnd Khinard defeated
Owen Hrennen Rounds and Jake
Berg by 426 votes in the ASUO
General Elections.
"I'm excited and I’m ready to
get to work," Warren said "I
want to thank everyone who
helped us."
Brennen Rounds and Berg,
whose goal was to motivate peo
ple to go out and vote, were sur
prised to re< eive so many votes
They collected 564. Warren and
Rhinard received 990.
"The apathetic masses didn't
turn out to vole and we repre
sent the apathetic masses, so
therefore we won." Brennen
Rounds said.
"It made us laugh and it made
a lot of other people laugh It
was fun," said Berg "We started
this campaign drinking beer and
we'll end it drinking l>eer."
Still on the ballot from last
week's primary elections were
candidates for ASPAC At-Large
Members one-year seats and
candidates for seat three on the
Student Senate. Amy Hilyeu and
Kris Cornwell will be the new
ASPAC members The senate
seat will he filler) by Sarah
Keech, who received 17 more
votes than her opponent Lisa
Khan.
law student and w rite-in can
didate Martin Fisher, who
requested a recount of primary
elec tion results, did in fai t
receive seven votes for Student
Senate seat 1H and c an choose to
fill this position
Also voted on in the general
elections were 16 ballot mea
sures Eleven of these measures
passed
The proposed rec \cling plan
will receive the largest increase
in funding, from 50 cents to $2
per student, per term 1‘his will
total approximately SlQO.OQG for
the 1994-95 fiscal year This
money will pay for an expanded
recycling crew and more equip
ment This measure eliminated
the Student Recycling Program
and introduced a Campus Kecv
Mark Rhlnard and Lesie Warren celebrate their election Wednesday night to the top ASUO executive posi
tions. They had nearly double the votes ot their run-ott opponents
cling Program, which will work,
with the University mimitnstr.i
tion.
It is required by the ASUO
Constitution that every two
years the funding level for the
Oregon Student Public Interest
Research Group he determined
for the following year OSI’IRG
asked for a 25 cent increase per
student, per term for I tie 1994
95 academic year This measure
passed and funding fur OSPIRC
will ho increased to $1117,775.
raising the fee to $2 75 per term
Multi* ulturnl Center funding
for 1994 95 was also approved
f he center will receive $ 15,400
for the next academic year This
will cost 15 cents per student,
per year.
Also approved was the con
tinuation of a United States Stu
dent Assoi iation chapter at the
University However, students
voted HUH toti24 against the pro
posed USSA funding
The proposed plan to reinstate
$75,000 to the Athletic Depart
ment. by (barging students
SI 50 per term did not pass
This means there will continue
to lie a S2 charge for football and
men's (jasketlwll games
v»Cma*i vnNiii t hi iww
Janet Curts, publicity coordinator lor ASUO elections board, runs bal
lots through an electric counting machine Wednesday night.
RESULTS
PRESIDENTIAL
Warren, Rhinard - 990
Brennan Rounds/Berg -564
ASPAC
Amy Bilyeu - 433
Samir Kumar - 431
Bne Sunshine Malarky - 429
Kris Cornwell - 307
STUDENT SENATE
Sarah Keech - 395
Lisa A. Khan - 358
BALLOT MEASURES
1. Safende
Yes-1165 No -507
2. OSPIRG
Yes-926 No-719
3. Recreation Center *
4. Recycling
Yes-1175 No-464
5. LTD
Yes-1197 No-421
6. Family Center
Yes-1215 No-366
7. Multicultural Center
Yes-852 No-737
8. Mentor Program
Yes-861 No-700
9. Sale Run
Yes-1027 No-562
10. Athletic Department
Yes-742 No-855
11 USSA Membership
Yes-886 No-628
12. USSA
Yes-808 No-624
13. EMU Charter*
14. Constitution Court
Yes-671 No-453
15. SHIC Deletion
Yes-733 No-337
16. Family Housing
Yes-352 No-856
* ballot not counted
Competition fierce at College Bowl finals
Tournament: University team
finishes last at Florida invitational
By Lori Bettineski
Oregon Qdrfy Cnmakl
After making it to finals five years in a row, Ore
gon's five-member College Howl team was aiming
to win the big one this year.
The team had won the University College Bowl,
the Northwest Kegionals and had traveled more
than 12 hours in a plane to Florida for the Nation
al Invitational College Howl Tournament.
But perhaps it just wasn't meant to lie
I.ast weekend, Timothy Blackman, Stephen
Conser, Robert Farley. Stephen Israels and Jon
Tucker competed against students from 15 col
leges and universities at Florida State University
in Gainesville.
lodging from Oregon's 0-15 last-place finish,
competition was obviously fierce.
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GOOD MORNING
► The University's Race Task
Force has invited all students to
discuss racism at a public hear
ing at 4 p.m. today in Room 142
Straub
Task force members are
encouraging hearing participants
to share personal stones of
racism and how racial harass
ment can be prevented. People
are asked to talk about how they
reacted to racist remarks and
hate crimes.
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"We're raising more aware
ness on this issue." said Sho
Shigeoka, a Race Task Force
representative "Our mission is
to build a coalition among stu
dents."