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
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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.
After discussing the DDS budg -
et for more than an hour, PFC
members approved the $50,876
budget. Last year, the group re
ceived $72,872, which was ftind
ed solely through a ballot measure.
The budget for the Coalition
Against Environmental Racism
will remain unchanged in the
coming fiscal year.
At the end of the meeting, PFC
members voted to hear the appeal
filed by KWVA, to not fund Solar
Information Center and to recall
the budget of the Athletic Depart
ment Finance Committee. Be
cause of the long delay, the budget
hearing for Students for Choice
was rescheduled for next week.
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