EDITORIAL
Budgets rejected
by Senate politics
Politic .*» is alive* and wall on the University campus,
courtesy of the Student Senate*.
The Student Senate rejected the Programs Finance
Committee budget Tuesday evening, meaning that bud
gets for ail groups are put on hold while the Senate
plays politic s with the lives of students.
Technically, any budget can be reconsidered. But why
is it nec ess,ary for the Student Senate to c hange anv of
the budgets? The PFC has been directly involved in the
debate of the groups’ funding for the term and the* Sen
ate has not. Unless obvious injustice has been done to
a particular group for spiteful reasons, ns does not seem
evident, the work of the PFC should be respected.
Two groups in particular prompted the move to stall
the budget proc ess. Hawaii Club is seeking funding for
the first time this year. Under previous rules set forth by
the? PFC. groups are limited to seeking S300 for the first
year The controversy lies with the fact the Hawaii Club,
which ha . been a rec ognisted ASt’O group sim e I07r>,
has Lms'ii funded by members up to now
Senate president pro teni|H>re Marlin Fisher stated the
$300 rule doesn't apply to the Hawaii Club 1h*c atise of
its long University history Now senators are disagree
. ( whether 11 Wtt appropi late to send the Hawaii
Club to the Senate.
Senators also cited OSPIRC as a reason for bringing all
the budgets to a screeching halt, as some, looking for
more finam ial accountability from OSPIRC. objected to
the fat t that student funds would be disbursed in a
lump sum. thereby eliminating any leverage the Senate
would have had next year in demanding information.
Politic v. politic s Can't the Senate show a little lead
ership and get down to work?
The fact that the Student Senate vetoed the entire
budget for apparently lac kluster reasons shows Measure
4, which would give the Student Senate veto power over
individual PFC rec ommendations, is totally unneces
sary.
While voters have already made a decision on the
matter, it will be irrelevant bec ause the Senate has
demonstrated the recommendations of the PFC are of lit
tle importance to it. It will just open up the entire bud
get for review if the PFC. does something disagreeable
This year has boon a tough one for all student groups
seeking incidental fee funding, not just a select few.
There is a limited amount of money allotted to student
programs. Just like stale government, student groups are
learning they are expected to do more with less Because
most groups did not receive increases in their 1995-flfi
allocations, it's evident everyone was hurt this time
around.
No budget was intentionally maimed In foul play on
the pert *■! the PFC There'* no < ompelltog reason fot the
Senate to open up the proc ess and change the budgets
Instead, the Senate should pass the package and let
student groups have the money they need for next year.
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■ LETTERS
Indecision
Thin letter is in response to
lilt* article entitled “Some
minority students are more like
ly to leave University" (ODE.
April 17) As a fellow minority
student, I am disturbed by the
impression that Consuela K P
Z.umualf and other students
have of the University I under
stand that everyone's exponent »
is unique, but Ms /.uniwait s
approac h to the University ntnv
have been as wrong ns the Uni
versity's supposed insensitivity.
1 am confused by the criteria
that some students an* using to
selei I this school When 1 left
home to attend college, I was
already prepared to ait ept that I
would be a minority I selti ted
the University because the area
of study that interested me was
one of its strengths 1 did not
base my dei iston on whether
the professors looked like me or
would understand my experi
ence Instead. I came with the
goal of gaining as much knowl
edge as I i ould If I judged my
professors on the basis of their
skin color rather than their
knowledge and teat hing skill. I
would be guilty of dis< rim uni
lion
i hat M-. Zaimwalt wanted to
be in i lasses taught only In
"people like her" indicates that
perhaps her mol area of interest
was always Chieano studies,
and her reaction to the biology
department was simply a mani
festation of her index ision
Joseph Tufa
Biology
Couldn’t cut
|To the] Emerald, Jen
Williamson) and Zach IKeltoni,
94*95 l.xis uttve staff ('.ome a hit
closer to the page and read this
very carefully The Programs
Finance Committee did not rut
the community affairs position.
This has been iterated to the
Emerald, Kmh uttve hopefuls Jen
Williamson and Zach kelton
and the ASUO Kxecutive, but
still 1 am seeing this in ODE
print and at presidential dabUM
(most recently in Tuesday s
ODE spread of the candidates).
Truth: there has never been
funding for this position: it is
brand new However, the Tvi u
tive did request two mnv posi
tions — community affairs and
federal affairs — for next year
I In* PFC. under a tight bench
mark, was unable to fund both
positions I bis doesn't mean we
cut anything, because there
wasn't anything to cut If the
Executive really wanted this
position, they should have rec
ommended i utting other ASIJO
programs or reduc ed their bud
get in other areas to find the
money
Joey Lyons
International
Studies. Political Science
Lucky
I feel !u< kv to be alive At t
p in on Monday. April -4 I
went down the east steps of
Condon Hall and stepped onto
the sidewalk A man on
rollorbtades going about 15
miles per hour zipped between
me and another pedestrian only
three feet from me Had 1 taken
one more step forward, there
would have been a horrendous
collision, putting me in the hos
pital or the morgue
When people speed oil side
walks on wheels of any sort,
holler at them, "Slow down
before you kill somebody!"
Enough hollering by enough
people might have an offer t
Meanwhile, I'm lui kv to he
alive
William Loy
Professor, Geography
Remember war
1 have scoured the last two
days' Knwmlds (April 9. 10) for
any mention of Rotmrt Mi Name
ra's weekend revelations that
senior off it oils in the Kennedy
and Johnson administrations
knew that the Vietnam War was
a mistake at the time they were
ev a biting the war These revela
tions add poignancy and anger
to some upcoming dates May 4
will mark the 25th anniversary
of the killing of four Kent State
students by the Ohio National
Guard May 14 will mark the
25th anniversary of the killings
of two jack son State University
students by thu Mississippi
pollen These students were
protesting U S involvement in
Vietnam and Cambodia.
1 re.l11/.e most University stu
dents were not born when these
events took pla< e and student
»<tivism is at a low ebb. but the
Vietnam War and the opposition
to it on (.imposes around the
country were very important not
long ago I urge all students to
educate themselves about this
era and the role student activism
player) in it
Douglas Hintz
Instructor, Academic
Learning Services
Deceptive
The lovely sunny weather
has brought back the terrible day
when Jesse Nash, a University
basketball player of great sweet -
ness and promise, drowned
while playing ill the water
under the Autzen footbridge
There have been many sad day
for friends and family momlrers
of all the other young people
who have drowned there One
was 11 years old, and Ins body
wasn't found for days
The water safety article by
Seth Walker lODE. April 17)
was very good The surface of
that water seems to run slowly,
but just beneath the surfai e is a
fast torrent of water ready to
pull even good swimmers
under Very deceptive! And
there are people-catching traps
such as branches, bicycles and
metal beneath the water
It's hard to expect college stu
dents who have such faith in
their strength, swimming ability
and resourcefulness to think
they can’t navigate that water
Hut they can't More will drown
this spring and summer if
friends don't help friends tu
move to a safer spot Alcohol
doesn't mix with that water
either
Barbara Nicholls
Academic Advising
and Student Services
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