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OSPIRG initiates winter campaigns ■ Renter’s rights and hunger prevention are key goals for this term By Simone Ripke Oregon Daily Emerald About 45 students gathered in Lawrence Hall Thursday night to kick off the Oregon Students Pub lic Interest Research Group’s win ter term campaigns. This winter, OSPIRG will focus on campaigns concerning renter’s rights, hunger and homelessness, clean water, earth day and elimi nating ATM surcharges. After a brief introduction by chapter chair Erin Pursell, a jun ior environmental studies and po litical science double major, guest speaker Randy Shaw, author of “Reclaiming America” and “Ac tivist Handbook” applauded stu dents for their efforts. “I think you all made a very wise decision to come here,” Shaw said. Students had a chance to break into groups and learn more specifics about the campaign of their interest. The hunger and homelessness group received the most attention with many new volunteers hoping to make a difference in the com munity. Krista Petricka, an undeclared freshman, said she was interested in working on hunger and home lessness issues with OSPIRG be cause she has been looking for op portunities to volunteer since she moved to Eugene. Specifically, the hunger and homelessness group hopes to find a way to donate wasted food and food points from the residence halls to those who cannot afford meals. Further initiatives of the group include fixing up soup kitchens and shelters and fund raisers for charity. The renter’s rights group, which works in conjunction with the ASUO housing advocate, is cur rently one of OSPIRG’s biggest campaigns, Pursell said. Greg Bae, a freshman political science major, is an intern for OS PIRG this term and heads the renters’ rights campaign. Bae said Eugene is one of the few cities in the country without a housing code. For renters, this means that they have few rights and no legal basis for fighting evic tions and claiming security de Turn to OSPIRG, page 5 Programs Financing The ASUO Programs Finance Committee has committed $2,539,182 so far this term. ORGANIZATION 1999-2000 %CHANGE 200001 $CHANGE FROM LASTYEAR FROM LAST YEAR ASUO Executive $217,821 $222,197 2.01% $4376 Coalition Against Environmental Racism $12,158 $12,158 0.00% $0 Childcare Subsity $246,861 $233,952 -5.23% -$12,909 Designated Driver Shuttle $72,872 $50,876 -30.18% -$21,996 Solar Information Center $5,007 $0 -100.00% -$5,007 Total $554,719 $519,183 $35,536 PFC continued from page 1 parently benefit all students where actually it would really benefit the people working in the ASUO Executive.” But before the PFC members ap proved the ASUO Executive budget, Mary Shope, a law student who supported the ASUO Child care Subsidy, interrupted the meeting. Shope requested that Rice tem porarily table the ASUO Executive budget to continue the hearing of the child care budget first, which was tabled at Tuesday’s meeting. Shope’s request was supported by Kathleen Workman, ASUO non-traditional student advocate, and about 40 student parents and their children who were present at the meeting. After a short discussion and de bate, PFC members approved a budget of $233,952 for the Child care Subsidy, 5 percent less than what the group requested. In addition to the ASUO Execu tive and Childcare Subsidy, the PFC approved the budgets of another three ASUO programs, including the Designated Driver Shuttle. Brian Rise, co-director of the DDS, attributed its request for a budget increase to compensation of the increased demand from stu dents and to reflect a payroll in crease so more navigators and drivers shifts could be added to the service in the next fiscal year. 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