Promises
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One of their biggest plans for the
year, Access 2000, is working to
complete three of campaign goals at
once. With the help of the United
States Student Association, the
ASUO Executive has been lobbying
and enlisting the help of congress
for increased federal financial aid,
child care and graduate student aid.
They have also created a plan to
improve dial-in modem access for
students who live off campus.
Chen said the executive plans to
decrease paper waste in the EMU
Computing Center and use the
saved money to buy more modem
lines for students without access
to the high-speed Ethernet hook
ups in the residence halls.
“Right now there are only four
lines for students, faculty and any
one connected with the Universi
ty to use,” Chen said, “If we’re go
ing to put everything on-line we
need the services to back it up.”
Anoushiravani said she and
Chen are also proud of their im
proved relations with the Eugene
Police Department, especially
during the Halloween holiday.
They have found, however, that
they simply cannot accomplish
some of their campaign promises,
including starting a film school at
the University, installing covered
bike racks on campus and gaining
a tuition freeze.
“The OSA Board of Directors
voted not to have a freeze,”
Anoushiravani said.
They also have not been able to
increase flexibility in the resi
dence hall housing contract. Cur
rently, students in the residence
halls who break their contract and
move out during the year must
pay a $9 fee per day for the re
mainder of the year.
Chen, Anoushiravani and Hous
ing Director Mike Eyster said hous
ing simply can’t afford to give stu
dents more flexibility in their
contracts. As a separate department
from the University, housing re
ceives no incidental fee money and
must be completely self-sustaining.
But Eyster said the demand for
housing hasn’t existed this year
like it has before, a trend he credits
to returning students moving into
new apartment complexes such as
Duck’s Village and University
Commons.
“If someone moves out of a
dorm room, we can't just lay off a
custodian,” Eyster said. “We still
have to pay our workers whether
the rooms are full or not.”
But despite what he can’t get
done, Chen said he isn’t disap
pointed. He said the goal of his
and Anoushiravani’s campaign
for the executive was to address
many student concerns, not just
one or two major ones.
“The whole point was to ad
dress many issues and see how
feasible they were,” Chen said. “In
that sense, I’m not disappointed if
we found we can’t move on some
thing.”
But both Chen and Anoushira
vani said they have been frustrat
ed this term by the University ad
ministration’s reluctance to act on
some of their projects.
“We came in very willing to
work with the administration and
were optimistic we could create a
harmonious synthesis,” Anoushi
ravani said.
Instead, Chen said they have en
countered bad communication
and a host of other problems.
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“I realize and sympathize with
President Frohnmayer’s health,”
Chen said. “But there were many
times last term where I just wanted
to see someone make some action
and make an executive decision.”
Frohnmayer suffered a sudden
heart arrhythmia in October while
attending a National Institutes of
Health conference in Bethesda. Md.
Anoushiravani agreed she
wanted to see more action from
the administration.
“We’re here for one year, and
we can get tangible things done,”
Anoushiravani said. “They are in
tenured positions. Where’s the ac
tion? Where’s the accountability?”
Chen said he met with Frohn
mayer last week and is now more
optimistic about the administra
tion’s commitment to students
and student government.
Executive Assistant President
Dave Hubin said he feels the ad
ministration is accessible to stu
dents, but it’s a problem that needs
to be addressed if Chen and
Anoushiravani feel like they are
not being heard.
“If they feel that way, that in it
self is significant, and we should
redouble our lines of communica
tion,”Hubinsaid.
Both Chen and Anoushiravani
said some of the best things to
come out of the ASUO office this
year aren’t specifically on their
campaign list but still reflect their
success.
“We’ve increased accountabili
ty by cleaning up the red tape,
making sure people follow
through on the issues and creating
a more professional atmosphere
on our staff,” Anoushiravani said.
She also praised their renter’s
rights campaign, the Student Par
ent Association and improving
professor evaluations.
Overall, Anoushiravani and
Chen said they are proud of the vi
sion they’ve set forth for the year,
are optimistic for the next half of
their campaign and will continue
to work to be effective and efficient.
For the rest of the year, the exec
utive will continue working with
their Access 2000 and renter’s
rights campaigns, as well as safety
concerns like improving lighting
around campus. They also hope to
improve birth control in the resi
dence halls by giving resident as
sistants access to birth control for
their residents.
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