PFC urges one group to let students vote on funding
■ BUDGET: The committee
recommends SETA go to the
ballot after approving three
other groups’ budgets
By Dana Williams
Multicultural Issues Reporter
The ASUO Personal Finance
Committee (PFC) approved three
budget increases and recom
mended that one group let stu
dents vote on their budget.
The Students for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (SETA)
asked the PFC for a 1386 percent
increase totaling $6,624. PFC
members did not create a 1997-98
budget for SETA, blit offered to
recommend that the Student Sen
ate put SETA’s budget request on
the next ballot.
The PFC felt that SETA’s bud
get request was reasonable due to
their activism, but they did not
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
Groups receiving increases for their 1997-98 budget:
ORGANIZATION _AMOUNT
% CHANGE
FROM LAST YEAR
Oregon Commentator
$12,996
House of Film
~AAFAC/AdTeam
$300
$4,817
+0.5%
+100%
+18.7%
feel comfortable allotting the high
percentage increase without the
student body’s input.
Committee members expressed
support for tile group’s work on
campus and offered to help them
get on the ballot.
Veganism education is one of
the reasons for SETA’s requested
budget increase. The group would
like to offer vegan cookbooks and
health workshops for students.
SETA also wants to bring in
speakers for the Environmental
EMERALD
Law Conference and World Week
for Lab Animals.
The group's activities last year
included a 100-hour vigil with
students in ap;- suits caged on the
University’s lawn. SETA mem
bers also sponsored a protest op
posing animal testing on campus.
The group is currently planning a
tour of the animal research labs
on campus.
The AAFAC/ Ad Team re
ceived $4,817, an 18.7 percent in
crease from last year’s budget.
The PFC did not meet the group’s
request of $6,421 because the
committee felt that the selection
process for the Ad Team was ex
clusionary to some students. The
Ad Team spokesman said the ap
plications are available to all stu
dents and that the chosen team
members should not be penalized
for being “the best of the best."
The committee suggested the
team add students as well as fac
ulty to their team selection com
mittee. The AAFAC/ Ad Team
plans to bring in professional ad
vertisers from San Francisco to
speak to students and conduct in
terviews.
The newly funded House of
Film received $300 as requested
for 1997-98. The House of Film
plans to create an independent
film making community within
the University. They plan to pro
vide an avenue for students to
showcase independent projects.
The group is currently sponsor
ing two documentaries and one
student project. The House of
Film says it will offer its services
to other groups on campus.
The Oregon Commentator re
ceived a 0.5 percent increase to
taling $11,441 after two hours of
debate. The Commentator re
quested $12,996 to increase pro
duction from 12 to 15 issues a
year.
The PFC decided the Commen
tator did not need the large in
crease that they requested be
cause the magazine lowered its
cost of production by using a less
expensive printing company. The
Commentator’s hearing drew sup
porters and critics of the maga
zine’s proposed budget.
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Police break up three
parties over weekend
Eugene police had to break up
three area parties on Sat., Jan. 25,
which resulted in numerous
charges, including assaulting a
police officer.
“Lots of drunk and disorderly
people” along the street alerted
the police to the first party on
19th Avenue and Ferry Street at
12:30 a.m., said Sgt. Dave Poppe,
Eugene police department.
One person attending the party
interfered with the officer’s initial
investigation and refused to leave
when asked. After repeated at
tempts to remove the individual
failed, he was charged with as
sault.
“When responding to a disor
derly party call you need to take
control efficiently, and this guy
was obstructing these efforts,”
Poppe said. “It was impossible to
take control or investigate any
one.”
According to a police report,
the person who was renting the
house was charged with prohibit
ed noise.
Two other parties were broken
up by Eugene police officers. One
party was on E. 14th Avenue at
about 11:30 p.m. and resulted in
three people being charged,
Poppe said. The host of the party
was charged with furnishing alco
hol to minors, and two others
were charged with being minors
in possession.
The last party was on Oakway
Road, where one of the hosts was
charged with noise disturbance.
The Eugene police department,
according to Poppe, receives a list
of kegs purchased each day and
often stops by the houses that or
dered them to alert the hosts that
they will be patrolling the area.
The purpose of this is to dis
courage illegal behavior and to in
form the hosts that if a problem
comes up they should contact
OPS or the Eugene police, Poppe
said.
If illegal behavior is going on
and the police or OPS are not no
tified, the host is liable, Poppe
said.
Police arrest two for
parking lot break-ins
The Eugene police department
arrested two people for breaking
into cars parked in the University
overnight parking lot Sunday at 3
a.m. on 15th Ave. and Agate St.
According to Sgt. Dave Poppe,
of the Eugene police department,
the two suspects admitted to
breaking windows and damaging
door locks to gain access to the ve
hicles. Once inside they caused
damage to the dashboards while
trying to remove the cars’ stereos.
When OPS officers were per
forming a routine parking lot
check they noticed a group of five
people in the lot and stopped to
investigate what they were doing.
As the officers approached the
group they positioned their vehi
cle in front of the suspects’ vehi
cle to prevent them from leaving.
Three of the suspects in the ve
hicle then fled and jumped over a
nearby fence. The officers then
called for backup from the Eugene
police department. By the time
Officer Steve Williams arrived on
the scene, the suspects had been
detained.
The driver, who was not one of
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the people who fled, apparently
cooperated with the officers,
Poppe said. He explained to them
that he didn’t know for sure what
his friends were doing and gave
the officers permission to search
his vehicle.
No charges were pressed
against the driver even though,
upon searching his vehicle, the
officers found two stereo units, a
speaker block, numerous com
pact discs, and a portable disc
player.
Two individuals who fled the
vehicle later admitted to being in
volved in breaking into cars and
stealing property. Both of them
were charged with unlawful en
try, criminal mischief, and Theft
1.
According to police reports,
one of the individuals already
had a warrant issued for him. The
other, who admitted he was re
sponsible for actually removing
the stereo equipment, was also
charged with Theft 2.
The exact number of cars bro
ken into is unclear. Two vehicles
were known to have been tam
pered with by the suspects, but
“additional cars showed signs of
theft; we are still investigating,”
Poppe said.
The two other individuals asso
ciated with the thefts were
charged with breaking curfew reg
ulations.
— compiled by Ryan Maughn
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