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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1995)
Students defend representation in University Senate Friedertch von Carp Osgon Oarfy f merakl The possibility of losing tuproMtiUtitm in the University Senate drew critic ism and talk of political mobilization in 1 uesday's Student Senate meeting. ASUO S'i< o President Mark Rhinnrd deliv ered a rousing speoi h to the student sena tors. who currently hold IB seats on Ixith the University Assembly and University Senate "This isn't an issue that should he taken lightly." Rhtnard told the senators "All stu dents have a vested interest in this issue If we lose our representation now. we'll prob ably never get it hack." The University Senate normally intro duces legislation to the larger assembly, which votes on curriculum issues including multicultural requirements, grading si ales, the semesters-vorsiis-quarters debate and student conduct. The Assembly usually draws less than JO pen ent ui its more than 1,000 I h uH> tiers to meetings State law requires that vot ing bodies have more than So percent of members present at meetings The Assembly Committee on Governam e Reform is likely to recommend that .1 small er body such as the University Senate replace the assembly as the primary deci sion-maker. The Assembly I » uity Adyisory Coutu ;! recommended to reduce by half the number of students on the 54-member University Senate. The assembly rejix ted that plan, but formed the ACGR last spring to reassess the problem The ACGR. which include* Rhinard. i* expire ted to deliver its recommendation to the assembly before the end of winter term 'Tin afraid that the new plan will severely limit the student voice. because we've already seen the old plan." Rhtnard said “IThe ACGR I knew this would Ih« an explo sive issue and they have their defense* up Every year, legislation comes through the assembly Tempera get heated, and a lot of times it's students versus faculty,” Rhinard said. The reason a lot of faculty think this process is inefficient is the students.” he said Student senators have been accused of voting irresponsibly and hindering prot end ings In the past, students have come lo nssetnblv committee meetings unprepared to disi uss important legislation At press lime, no faculty were available for comment Senator Martin Fisher defender! students dec tsion-making role “The problem with the University Senate is the University Senate They're complain mg about being inefficient, but they don't even have rules ” The Assembly's parliamentarian. Frank Geitnar. is I urrently in the pro< ess of > odi fying the assembly '* operating rules . week to solicit opinions from students and faculty The forums will take phu e on Jan t? from 7 to ') p m in the Oak Room of the EMU. Jan IH from 11 a in. to l p m in the Oak Room, and Ian 19 from 1 to 5 p m in thi> Walnut Room of the KMt' Rhinard urged senators to attend the forums. "There will be fatuity in these forums who w ill say. ‘Student* get in the was Stu dents make the process less efficient.' If the iAC.GRI want* to lower our representation, we can make things tough for them It wouldn't be too hard to mobilize against tins," Rhinard said "We have to prove to the fat uity that we are going to be responsible and rational about this.” Rhinard said As if to demonstrate the value of student's voice in University governance, Senator Joey Lyons unveiled a motion to revise the grad ing system It is unclear to me what the process is for making at ademir changes to University reg illations, although 1 am quite aware that it must jiass through both the University Sen ate and Assembly." the motion reads "1 fig ured the first step was to have it heard in the Student Sen lie to yet ba< king in the I 'uiver '.its Sell lie . The motion, which Lyons has said he will propose to the University Senate after fur ther dim ussion In the Student Senate, seeks to change the grading system so that stu dents wtio earn an "A" in a class for which they have registered "pass/no pass” will receive an A" on their ! ran script Lyons included a similar proposal in the platform "! lus tinsin i i-ssfu! Mtu-t ASl'O presidential < ampaign BUDGET Continued from Page 1 self supporting, not wasting mon ey fit the margins." he said. Kerims also said that a proposal made by Senate President Gor don Smith. R-Pondleton. to ( re nte an educational trust fund may also help makeup for the 15 per cent funding decrease, Smith's proposal, o $3 million educational trust to serve the needs of K-12 as well as higher education, was not available Tuesday. According to staff mem bers in the office of Sen. Tom Hartung, R-Portland, meetings will be held later this week to work out the details. Reruns said the state board had not examined the proposal, but it is clearly in the interest of high r it • ■rim atom "I think there's a lot of work that 's going to be done to support that." Koran* said. MacDonald took a more con sorvativo stance with regard to the proposal 'Wo welcome it," ho said "Wo just want to be sure higher o<iu cation is part of it." Faculty and staff compensation has become n priority for (XSSHK. Kerens said. "We are lagging behind f‘h I) granting and other regional col logos and we're not getting any hotter," Kerens said "This is especially true since the passage of Ballot Measure H." 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