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Executive making efforts to please ince we began our tenure in office, we have been work ing on the issues promised to you last year, during our campaign, as well as issues that you've brought forth as students. We have incorporated our two campaign themes, outreach and accountability, into everything we've done. We feel that, as the ASUO Exec utive, it is our responsibility to be accountable to students, not only with what we spend the inciden tal fee on, but also how the fee is maintained and used throughout the year. For outreach, we have re cently created an outreach plan, in which you will see our entire staff tabling at different places around campus for the rest of the term, giving class raps or showing up to various program's meetings to dis tribute information. If you see us around, please feel free to talk to us about your issues, as we'll have a few to share with you, too. One of our top priorities this year continues to be the issue of diversity. We must not let the mo mentum from last spring's student protest that addressed the press ing concerns of diversity dimin ish. Our Executive office has worked closely with students, other ASUO programs, faculty, staff and administrators to imple ment many of the recommenda tions of the Summer Diversity In tern positions, which were formed as a result of the spring protest. For instance, we worked closely with the Multicultural Center on their successful proposal for a di rector. We have supported the push for a Diversity Institute to help train facilitators to open up dialogues; we led the search for the new Diversity Coordinator po sition, planned the fifth annual Weaving New Beginnings Recep tion and worked with the Office of Student Academic Affairs on a calling project to outreach to high school students of color. We antic Commentary Wylie Chen Mitra Anoushiravani pate furthering our efforts and support for the remainder of our time in office. Aside from the ongoing efforts of the diversity initiatives, we also have two major campaigns planned for this term. The first campaign is a renters' rights cam paign working in coalition with other student groups, like OS PIRG. We're working to create a housing code, which currently does not exist, for Eugene to pro tect students and community members from harmful and poten tially dangerous living environ ments. Our second campaign is Access 2000. In conjunction with USSA we are seeking to increase federal financial aid by increasing the Pell Grant allotment by $400, and in creasing aid to student parents and grad students. We are also working on anti hate crime legislation. The USSA Legislative Conference is ap proaching, and we are currently accepting applications for anyone who would like to attend. With elections upon us, our elections board is ready to go, en thusiastically waiting for candi dates to file. There are a myriad of seats available, and we encourage anybody and everybody to inquire in our office about running for po sitions for the 2000-2001 year. The deadline for filing is this Friday, January 28th. The ASUO Executive is com mitted to our main campaigns, but also to other campaigns being planned and researched: getting American Sign Language as a sec ond language, creating a better and more efficient student profes sor evaluation system, increasing student voter registration, protect ing students through education about credit issues, building a per manent student/EPD relations committee, working to empower RHA within the housing commu nity, working with other student groups to create increase volun teerism and create a social action center, increaseing campus light ing and helping to maintain inter national students' tech-fee. Aside from the current cam paigns and projects, we have also had victories for students during this past summer and fall terms. Through OSA, we helped keep students on the Oregon Health plan, when the legislature threat ened to cut them this summer. In student leadership development, we have had several opportunities to outreach to students. We first recruited students to attend the Northwest Student Leadership Conference, at which students from all over the Northwest gath ered to network about student ac tivism. We also brought a USSA sponsored Grassroots Organizing Workshop (GROW) about affirma tive action to our campus. We worked extensively around Hal loween, building coalitions, plan ning events, and creating a "Know Your Rights" campaign that can vassed university-area tenants. We have supported the creation of the Student Parent's Association, and brought child-care subsidy into our office. With a little over four months left in our tenure, we look forward to advocating for students with the remainder of our time in the ASUO. As your representatives, our office is truly your office, and we encourage you to use it as such. As always, we will listen to anything you bring to our desks, as we appreciate all of the feed back and ideas we receive. Wylie Chen is the ASUO president. Mitra Anoushiravani is the ASUO vice presi dent. Their views don’t necessarily rep resent those of the paper. SO. VOU HIV VOU WflliT TO U J) Willtt? Prove it. Write for the Emerald. Here is the perfect chance for you to perfect your writing skills, get published in a respected newspaper, and participate in bringing new ideas for stories that are important to the campus community. 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