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as the LGBTA and WisPIRG—Wis
consin’s version of OSPIRG—was
in violation of their First Amend
ment rights to free speech.
The students have based their
case on a complex group of court
decisions, including a case in 1977,
which established that free speech
includes both people’s right to
speak and their right not to speak.
Southworth sees the students’ obli
gation to pay the fee as a form of
compelled speech and a violation
of their right not to speak.
But their case goes beyond just
political and religious groups.
Southworth also claimed students
shouldn’t have to fund other groups
like women’s centers and multicul
tural forums unless they want to.
But the case currently has every
one at the University in the dark.
Students and administrators alike
disagree with whom the court will
side and the ramifications of either
decision. They aren’t even sure
when the court will hand down a
decision. It could come as early as
Tuesday, but it could be as late as
April or May.
In the meantime, there isn’t
much to do but wait.
ASUO President Wylie Chen
said the executive is working on a
campaign to let students know
what the fee actually funds.
The executive “is running a cam
paign to educate people on what
the fee is all about.” he said. “Right
now, that’s really all we can do.”
Chen said letting students know
exactly what the incidental fee
does is the key.
“People don’t, realize how much
was created by incidental fees. The
Rec Center, ASUO programs, Mac
Court, the bookstore ... all were
built with student fees,” he said.
EMU Director of Student Activi
ties Gregg Lobisser said he’s looked
into some minor changes into the
University’s fee system but agrees
with Chen that the EMU—and the
University in general — can’t pre
pare much until the court decides.
“It’s kind of difficult to prepare
for something when you don’t
know what exactly is going to hap
pen,” Lobisser said.
Jay and Holly
continued from page 1A
Q^What experience do you
♦ have that makes you a wor
thy candidate?
A# [JB] Right now I’m the coordi
♦ nating intern of the U of O di
versity program, which stems from
the sit-in last spring and then the
10 internships that ran last sum
mer. This year I have gained in
credible experience working from
the [University] president’s office
... And then my one year as the
program coordinator for the Multi
cultural Center, and then my soph
omore year as the program organ
izer which is also one of the
co-director positions.
[HM] I have never been directly
involved with the ASUO before,
but I think that we can see that as a
positive. I have done a lot of com
munity outreach, involving myself
mentoring at-risk youth. I’m the
current panhellenic delegate for
my Greek house, and I also served
on the judicial board last year.
04 What sets you apart from the
♦ other presidential candidates?
A4[JB] I would say one of the
♦ biggest ones is perspective.
Neither one of us has ever been di
rectly involved with the ASUO. I
think we come in unbiased; we
don’t carry any grudges, and as far
as we know nobody carries any
grudges against us.
Q^Why did you choose Holly
♦ as your running mate?
One group of students, howev
er, has made a class project out of
predicating how the court will de
cide Southworth. Some students
in political science 484/584: U.S.
Supreme Court have spent the
term researching and deliberating
the case. Students take on the roles
of the actual justices and lawyers
in the case, research the people
and the previous cases influenc
ing Southworth, then deliberate in
a mock trial.
Last week, they voted 6-3 in fa
vor of Southworth.
ASUO University Affairs Coordi
nator J.R. Fitzpatrick played Justice
Sandra Day O’Conner in the mock
court. He believes the real Supreme
Court will vote 6-3 in favor of
Southworth as well. But Oregon
Student Association Executive Di
rector Ed Dennis, who has watched
the case closely and helped prepare
one of Wisconsin’s lawyers, said he
is confident the court will vote 5-4
in favor of Wisconsin.
“All the court watchers think the
institution is going to win,” he said.
Senior political science major
Scott Austin, who is a teaching as
sistant in the class, said he thinks
the court will outlaw student bal
lot measures, even if the court
rules for Wisconsin.
“If a certain group is popular on
campus, they could win money by
a popular vote through a student
ballot,” Austin said.
Some of the Supreme Court jus
tices seem to agree that funding
ballot measures would be a viola
tion of free speech.
“The First Amendment is sup
posed to protect views that are un
popular. Yet under this mecha
nism, the money could go to only
liberal groups, which are popular
on [the Wisconsin] campus, but
not to the conservative organiza
tions that are not popular,” Justice
Stephen Breyer said in the Nov.
10,1999, issue of The Commercial
Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.J. But Lo
bisser said he thinks the Universi
ty still might not be affected, even
if the court rules for Southworth,
because the University’s fee is allo
cated differently than Wisconsin's.
Namely, WisPDRG receives fee mon
ey it can use toward political ac
tivism and OSPIRG can’t.
A# [JB] Holly is incredibly intel
ligent and very enthusiastic,
and she has a lot to learn. But she
is learning it really, really fast.
Q^What do you consider the
♦ two most pressing issues at
the University? What plans do
you have to address those issues?
A4 [HM] ... Faculty compensa
tion. ... We are paying, I be
lieve, 18 percent less than other
[peer] colleges and universities, and
we may say that this isn’t a problem
for the students, but it is. Because
when teachers do not get paid a lot,
they don’t want to be here, we won’t
get quality education.
[JB] And number two is encour
aging students to get involved. We
are student activists, and we want to
facilitate activism in all of its forms.
So we need to find what students
want to be active about and try to
find ways for them to be active.
What are the strengths and
♦ weaknesses of the University?
[JB] I think one of our
♦ strengths is that we do have a
lot of strong student leaders. U of
O student government has always
been a powerful thing.
[HM] But I also think, on the
same point, we do have a lot of
students that are very passionate
about what they do ... but we
don’t have enough. So I really
think that may be a weakness.
0^ Critique Wylie and Mitra as
♦ ASUO Executive.
A# [JB] When this election is over,
♦ there’s going to be a lot of
rollover in the Student Senate, and
“Groups like OSPIRG are sepa
rated between their political lob
bying and educational campaigns.
The political lobbying doesn’t get
any fee money. That will make our
case stronger,” Lobisser said.
Other political programs such as
College Democrats and College Re
publicans don’t receive fee money
here as well. They are supported
by donations and fund raising.
If changes do occur, Lobisser is
certain they won’t happen this year.
“Once the Supreme Court deliv
ers its decision, it doesn’t instantly
become the law of the land,” Lo
bisser said.
He said the Ninth Circuit Court,
which has jurisdiction over Ore
gon, will look at Southworth and
see where it has relevance to the
LIniversity’s fee system.
“The [Supreme] Court didn’t
enjoin the two cases. [But] it does
n’t mean we’re separate from any
influence,” he said.
But Dennis worries a vote for
Southworth will give Oregon legis
lators the grounds to pass a bill lim
iting student control over the fee,
which has happened before. In
1997, HB 3644 attempted to limit
the power students have to allocate
the fee at the University. If it had
passed, it would have outlawed
spending fee money in support or
opposition of any candidate, ballot
measure or political committee.
Dennis said the bill went
through more than 20 amend
ments to pick up extra voters be
fore it finally died by a 26-31 vote.
He said that while the Ninth
Court interprets the decision, Ore
gon legislators might try to push
through another bill like HB3644.
“In 1999 [the incidental fee] was
not talked about at all. But if
Southworth wins, the legislature
will probably take another run this
session,” he said
While he waits, Lobisser said he
is growing worried about the future
of the student groups.
“I’m very concerned. If there’s a
ruling [in favor of Southworth],
some things may change. There
may be a period of transition
where we’re not as effective in cre
ating a sense of community,” he
said. “And it may take a couple of
annual cycles to get it right.”
there’ll be a new administration and
we’ll be able to get together and talk.
...I think [Chen and Anoushira
vani] have done a good job.
0^ Could you critique the diver
♦ sity issue on campus? What
changes, if any, would you make?
[JB] Right now we are in the
♦ process of putting together
an institutional plan for diversity,
which will set the goals for the
next five years. Short-term, long
term goals, what we want the Uni
versity to be like. ... There’s a lot
of energy coming out of last sum
mer, that’s kind of slowed down a
bit, so we need to bring the energy
back up, somehow.
Q# How would you represent the
♦ University at the state level?
A^[HM] I think it’s important
♦ that we represent ourselves
at the state level because we are
the largest university in Oregon,
so obviously we have the largest
pull and strength in numbers is
definitely something I believe in.
Definitely financial aid is a big is
sue there.
O^How do you see your rela
tionship with the adminis
tration being?
A4 [HM] I think we’ll definitely
♦ be in contact. Jay obviously
has a good relationship working
directly with the administration,
but we need to be run by the stu
dents, not by the administration.
This is the fourth in a series of stories
profiling the ASUO Executive candidates.
The Emerald will profile all of the candi
dates before the ASUO primary election.