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EMU: Seattle Coffee initially finished 4th ■ Continued from Page 1 Nine coffee suppliers presented acceptable bids for the contract. The EMU then graded each com pany using a 100-point scale. Coffee quality and price were the most heavily weighted crite ria, although the scale also took into account equipment needs, company reputation and training assistance. Royal Blue Organics owner Dahinda Meda said more weight should have been given to local companies and environmentally and politically responsible com panies. “We represent the political re alities of coffee,” he said. “And there’s a lot of people in Eugene who make decisions with their dollars.” Food Services also held a taste test in the EMU on March 17. About 200 students sampled the nine coffees. Cafe Orsini ended that part of the selection process in first place. Seattle Coffee placed fourth — one point behind third-place Royal Blue, which had won the taste test. The EMU’s selection guidelines said the top three companies would be invited to present their bids to the selection committee. But Food Services invited four: the top three and Seattle Coffee. Seattle Coffee was too close to the top three to send it away with out inviting it to the final review, Coleman-Kaiser said. The EMU considered it a tie for third place. But Kim Giandalia, Cafe Orsi ni’s business associate, compares the results to a soccer game. The team that finishes the game one point behind the other team is the loser, she explained. "[Seattle Coffee] lost by one goal, and yet they were invited back,” she said. “It was against the rules.” The four finalists then pitched themselves in one-hour presenta tions. Nothing in the selection cri teria said that review would be graded and could impact the re sult, Cafe Orsini owner Max Orsi ni said. “We did score the entire pro posals after the final presenta tion,” Coleman-Kaiser said. “We felt we were fair in doing so.” Selection committee members unanimously listed Seattle Coffee as their first choice after the pre sentation. Cafe Orsini protested Friday, March 27; Royal Blue followed on Tuesday. Other coffee companies have until 5 this afternoon to protest the selection. Oregon Hall is reviewing the protests and hopes to finalize its decision by Friday, said Vicki Wanner, contract coordinator with the Office of Business Af fairs. The office has received only two other solicitation protests like this in more than 20 years, she said. That does not include pub lic works contracts or grant-relat ed contracts, which are handled by other offices. The office has three options: it can find the protests invalid, it can make necessary adjustments, which could include awarding additional criteria points to other companies, or it could decide to reject all bids and start the process over. Advocacy: Office handles conduct code violations ■ Continued from Page 1 Koleszar said. The Office of Student Advoca cy, also located in the EMU, pro vides services to students who en counter conduct code violations. James Britt, director of the of fice, said they see between 130 and 200 students a year. The ma jority of students who come to them have disputes with profes sors and the University over grades, plagiarism or drinking in the dorms, he said. After an incident report is filed, a student advocacy lawyer will go over it with a student and look for any mitigating circumstances to develop a workable defense. They will then meet with Stu dent Conduct Code officers and look for a way — formal or infor mal — to resolve the dispute. “We are advocates on behalf of students,” he said. “We want to help ensure smooth matricula tion.” Because both Student Legal Services and Student Advocacy are funded by incidental fees, nei ther program can represent stu dents involved in student vs. stu dent or student vs. student program disputes because of the potential for conflict of interest. "If I give you some legal advice, you would not want me to give the same advice to someone else,” Koleszar said. Anything that occurs on cam pus that may affect a student’s ability to perform is of interest to the University, Britt said. Both of fices were chartered by the stu dent government to help ensure student retention on campus. "The University has the respon sibility to students who attend to provide an education and a rea sonably safe environment that will enable them to succeed,” Britt said. 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