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Councilman Pat Farr said that after going through one crisis af ter crisis another, he was truly impressed. “We are going through a major overhaul,” said Farr, who be lieves that local government has historically received a lot of criti asm. Councilwoman Nancy Nathanson said she felt the prob lem was one of communication. “This city hasn’t clone a good job of communicating to its citi zens,” she said. “[Information] doesn't filter out about most ac tions, much less the reasons be hind them, which never filter out.” In regard to the recent resigna tions within the city, Elmer ad dressed public concerns that the city was spending a lot on sever ance pay. Mayor Jim Torrey, however, reminded the council that it was not an appropriate time to evalu ate the city manager, adding that the scheduled evaluation is Feb. 25. “With the structure that we are working with, there’s got to be a consensus to back the city man ager,” Lee said. “Six votes one way or another.” He continued that if there was a tie, he thought there would be power plays within the council. “I don’t want to spend the rest of my term in that situation.” But Councilwoman Betty Tay lor disagreed: “I am dismayed. This is a routine evaluation. Why do we have to fire someone or not? “Let’s see what’s improved and how things are going. After less than a year— unless a crime has been committed — I can’t imagine deciding whether or not to fire [Elmer].” Senate: Cultural Forum gets funds ■ Continued from Page 1 Guevara answered. Senator Michael Olsen suggested cutting project ed EMU costs such as the UO Card program ($20,000), which will allow students to purchase food in the building with University identification cards, and a building lock change ($20,000), which Guevara said is necessary for the safety of people in the building at night. “I feel it’s wrong of the student senate to micro manage the EMU Board to tell them not to rekey the building," she said. Senator Dan Reid suggested finding a cheaper way to make the room that houses the Multicultural Cen ter and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Al liance handicap accessible. The board reviewed that issue last week, Guevara said, and decided not to un-allocate any MCC fund ing "Right now, 1 don’t think it’s right to go back on a promise we made to the MCC,” she said. Wasson defended the board’s request. 1 his project will benefit a lot of student pro grams,” she said. “I don’t think you can expect the EMU to fund every single need.” Senate President Michelle Johnston recommend ed using overrealized funds instead of the senate’s surplus account. “I don't want to penalize groups that want to do bigger and better programming because the building isn t up to code,” she said. Using overrealized funds will keep the surplus account, which had a $ 10(i,af>0 balance after Wednesday’s allocations, from drain ing quickly. The senate’s decision will not be costly to the board, Guevara said. “Having it postponed for a week is not going to in jure us permanently,” she said. "I would sincerely hope they would approve it [next week], and I would hope they would approve it at $33,000, which is the total cost." The senate denied the meeting’s first request from the ASUO Executive for $4,493.76, which would have paid the starting costs for a fund-raising dinner with ASUO alumni. "Our vision for this is that it will be an annual event. We are more than willing to give back the money,” fundraising coordinator Kelli McCartan said before the decision. The executive has been planning this project for two months, she said. The senate also considered allocating partial fund ing for the project and considered giving a $1,000 loan, but both motions were denied. Tentative plans by the executive were to charge about $75 per plate to alumni and less for current ASUO participants. “Youre gonna get your people who are gonna show up once, and they're not gonna show up again,” Kriegel said. “Why go half-assed into this when it’s going to be big?" The student senate also decided to allocate $5,000 to the Cultural Forum for Willamette Valley Folk Festival unexpected costs, including a new power system and a extra security. The Cultural Forum was also allocated $850 for new window shades in the EMU Art Gallery. The Oregon Humanities Center Presents: The 1998 Robert and Beverly Lewis Lecture in the Humanities Cornel West Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Afro-American Studies Harvard University “Restoring Hope” Devoting this year’s Lewis Lecture to a celebration of civil rights in honor of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Oregon Humanities Center presents Professor Cornel West of Harvard University, author of Race Matters and the just released Restoring Hope, in a free public lecture followed by a reception, book signing and sale. The Office of the President, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education, the School of Journalism and Communication, and the Center for the Study of Women in Society are co-sponsors of this event. Additional contributors include: the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, Department of English, Visiting Scholars Fund, Ethnic Studies Program, the ASUO, Multicultural Center, and the UO Bookstore. 4 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 1998 EMU Ballroom THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR MORE INFORMATION. OR FOR DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS CALL LESLIE WRIGHT AT 346-3934.