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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1996)
Volunteers to gather signatures toward minimum wage increase ■ INITIATIVE: VWunieofs will large! htgh-frattic areas such as grocery stores and libraries By Sherry Rainey Gaewwey tea* The Minimum Wage Coali tion will sponsor n signature gathering him on Saturday fur the ballot initiative to inrmtve the minimum wage The initiative would raise the minimum wag" in *i»p* from it* Gtmenf level «»f $4 ?*» per hour to Sft 50 per hour by i<yn The first public event for the coalition wilt begin and end at the International Awn i talion of Mai hinists/VVood worker* Local 24ftW Union Hall. Illft S A Street. Springfield (ram 10 a m to 2 p m this weekend The coalition ha* been planning for thi* event *mce November, said John G«m. i m«mb*i of tH«r Minimum W age Coalition "Were toady lo go mil and do come real work for the rampeign.* Gavar Mid Volunteer* wilt gather at the union hall at to a m end receive (mining in cignature gathering and location alignment* Actual Cigna - turn gathering will take plate from about i t am lo t p m at high-trank location*. curb aa major grot ary ctoraa and public hbrartec Volunteers will return to the union hail to return petition* and chare their e*p*rtem:*c The event will conclude by 2 p m The state coalition hac cat a goal of 105.000 signature* by the July deadline for placing the initiative on the Novem ber ballot For more information, call Joy Marshall at 144 6005 or John Over *1 4*5-8409 Senate adds four members to its board ■ ASUO: Senate Mis openings and transfers $600 to OSA account By Asfvtey Bach SMIir* tenwott*# Th# ASUO Sl«d«ei Stun added Mur new member* lo it» board and approved a rpecial twuueet by tb» Offi< * of Student Advcxac y during H» meeting on Wednesday nigbl in lb« EMU Board Room Alter multiple neugnaftan*. the lit member Senate wa* abb to fill all l«» openings, confirming lb« choir** of ASUO Vice Proudeni Zach gallon, who headed th* long apnlit ntion pnw «** tne four «*ndid#ie*. *e«ilttr* Treaty Bumwde. Chad (xuchley. Brian ScJtamp and frethman Jtebera* Suubte. «m«ted from a field of JS applicant* for five pewit ton* Junior Hart Aleaander wu appointed in the other po*c lion, a Program Finance Com mittaa at large member, at Mon day'* PPU meeting ■‘There four people are the mewl qualified and mot) dedicated applicants far tha poalttarw and I Wrongly wrownmd you «ndone» tham umtght." Return mud Tha applicant* aach briafly da*t«b*d their reasoning for applying lor ihe omit ion* and fielded question* man (he rm« nl (ho board Sthamp, who has served a* AS IK) Comptroller »nd on the KWVA Board ol Directors in pre view* Mid ho fait a duty to apply far tha position since ha already know atudant govern moot no wait “I fait torn* obligation to apply because I did Hava tha aspart ame." ha said Schamp originally applied far tha WC position but was appotnied as a finance senator In Kalton. which moan* ha will *ayvt on both tha Senale and tha finance committee. Tha other three positions fillad ware *< ademu senators in tha areas ol Art* and Letters/lour nalism (Burnside). Undeclared (Starbie) and Science (Ouchley) The Senate also approved a transfar of $V)0 to (ISA's account cm Wediswday Mary Uwt». Q$A Administratis# Assistant Dirac tor. said the nwnn was needed to hir* a n*v» student assistant who had no work study "W# simply want to mow money iron) on# student employ ew (mount to another." she Mid After a 2Sminute recast, the Senate Rules Committee turned down a motion to repeal a Sen ate law which bars (he hoard from sending voting representa tives to the University Senate, the body which holds legislative power at the University The law was passed bat spring in response to the University Assembly's resolution to limit the number of student mpreaantativea on the University Senate from ttt to five Martin Fisher. Student Senate president. Mid the nine academic senators will attend the University Senate meeting on Fob 14. but will not vote. “Nine people will be showing up and voicing their opinions and that will weigh on the (Uni versity) Senate in the future." Senator Doug Baker said Low Prices To Lots Of Places Every Day. Greyhound makes it so easy to get there with low fares everyday on every bus Just walk up anti buy your ticket We can take you to over 2400 destinations around the country To find out about low fares ami convenient schedules, call l 800 231 2222 fit* is ItsAagdes Iff 150 fa&Mi SI 3 S»taK»» I5f gWGo Greyhound. Wjm an) tarn# tv efriwy to u» tm > *mm w t+w+a %mm* , Student shares in experience of new Guatemalan elections ■ CHANGE: As an ©lections official. Joel Rea experienced the violent revolution first-hand By Doug Irving Suae* Aepttam &&*** Recent Guatemalan election! have given the country "the first real chance at democracy." hut a "shadow of a doubt" still exists. University student Joel Rea Mid Wednesday night. Speaking to about 20 student! in the Multicultural Guntur. Rea discussed hi* trip to Guatemala at an elections official "They gave us a really good political overview." he Mid "We were loaded with informa tion * On Nov 12. IMi. Guatemala allowed it* first democratic elec tion in 3S year*, a dramatic change in Guatemalan politics "Usually, the army has strict control over the government," Rea Mid. "This is a complete, tSO-degree turn from that " However, Rea warned the audience that the elections do not necessarily mean an end to the country’s political unrest "There are some hard liners who are very reluctant to give up control." ha Mid "It's very Kble that they will arrange to certain people done away with." He expected prominent military officials to be potential targets for violence There are also some concerns with the actual voting protoss Shortly after midnight on Nov 13. most of the country experi enced a complete loss of elec tricity. Some of the ballots were still being counted and the pos sibility of fraud is very real. Ren said. "People are scared in that country." he explained. After the power outage, many ballot counters may have abandoned their ballots, leaving open the possibility of theft "The blackout cast a shadow of a doubt on the peace protoss, which cast a shadow of a doubt on the new government." he said. Tension from the elections exploded into some isolated incidents of violence A U.N office was "sprayed with machine-gun fire." and there were some other protests, Rea said "These were real minor things, considering the history of Guatemala," he said Rea and 40 other Americans acted as supervisor* during the elections. Their main duty was to patrol certain precincts and prevent fraud The Guatemalan people usually did not mind the outside election* officials "You just don't find gringos wstking around small towns on election day," he said. For more information about the University's involvement in Guatemala, contact the Ore gon/Guatetnala Sister University Project at ststeruttgladstune (tore gcm.edu. IT AIS MISCELLANEOUS National Student Exchange hat awScseons erasable m Room 164 Oregon Hal unfit Fab <6 For more mtormason, cad 346-3311 A800 and Associates Stu dent Presidents Advisory Com mittee wrd sponsor a torum today at 3.30 p m. m the EMU Ben Un der Room For more information, cad 346-0629 Oregon Humanities Center and Coleman-Ouitteau Proles eorshlp «nd sponsor a pubec lec ture by Jayne teens t<ued 'La ton tame Among me Ladies Fatses m Translation from Anne Fmcti to Mananne Moors* wim a reoepaon toaowng today at 4 p m m me EMu Maple Room For more information. cat 3*6 100? MEETINGS A atanPaci tic-American Stu dant Unton w* maal today bom 6 to 6 p m in the Mutacuttufal Can tar For mora mtormaaon, cat 3*6 SAM EMU Board of Otractor* witl maat for • txtogat haanng today bom 5 to 6 30 p m tn EMU Cantu ry A For mor# information. C*8 3*6-3/20 Program F inane* Commtn** «n# m*«t for * budget hearing today at 6 p iw m the EMU Board Room For mor* information, cab 346-0823 USA wM maal tonight bom 6 to 8 n the Multicultural Cantor For mor# information, cad 3*6-4207
