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
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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
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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
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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."
Measure 8. approved by voters
in November, requires public
employees to contribute six per
1
util! of their salaries to their fx’li•
sions Mam public: employe*"*
view tins «s a f> percent pay
decrease
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strongest arguments in OSSHK's
favor
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