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Monday
February 28,2000
Volume 101, Issue 106
Emerald
VOTE! On ASUO ballot measures...
The following are the Emerald editorial board’s endorsements for the ASUO ballot measures that students will vote on Wednesday
and Thursday. The editorial board encourages you to make sure your voice is heard. Get out and vote!
MEASURE #1
Do you support continuing the Associated Students of
the University’s membership in the United States Stu
dent Association for $50,223 per year, which is approxi
mately $1.00 per student per term, for a period of two
years, to begin fall term 2000?
VES It just makes sense to continue supporting im
portant student issues on the national level, and the
USSA is one of the best organizations working for our
interests.
MEASURE #4
Shall it be resolved that the students of the University
formally request the University adopt the code of, and
join with, the Workers’ Rights Consortium, in financing
all membership fees through profits from University li
censing contracts?
YES Though this is virtually the same statement be
ing considered by the Licensing Code of Cond uct Com
mittee, it's an important ethical pronouncement in
support of workers’ rights, and it’s always important to
reinforce those values.
MEASURE #5
Shall student incidental fees be increased by approxi
mately $1 per student per term for a period of two years
to generate $50,000 per year to allow the Office of In
ternational Education and Exchange to purchase books,
periodicals, suppliesand equipment, to staff an Inter
national Resource Center within the International
Lounge in the EMU?
N O The resou rces offered by this program are re
dundant for those in the University system, especially
the highly esteemed Knight Library. The Programs Fi
nance Committee already turned this project down.
MEASURE #2
Shall the following section be added to the ASUO Con
stitution and the subsequent section be renumbered
accordingly? 15. Grievances. 15.1 Any grievance filed
by a member of the ASUO against an ASUO Program,
exctuding the ASUO Executive and ASUO Student Sen
ate, must be filed first with the ASUO Programs Admin
istrator. Any resolution to a grievance filed with the
ASUO programs administrator may be appealed to the
ASUO president within seven business days. Decisions
made by the ASUO president may be appealed to the
Constitution Court within seven business days if the
grievance falls under the jurisdiction of the court pur
suant to section 10.2.
¥ C3 This measure will be a good way to streamline
the arduous grievance process by offering one more fil
ter to examine concerns before the Constitution Court
or Student Senate must waste their time on often in
significant process problems.
MEASURE#?
Shall student incidental fees be increased by approxi
mately $0.35 per student per term to generate $16,843
in addition to the Programs Finance Committee's allo
cation of $63,157, to fund the ASUO Designated Driver
Shuttle in such a manner that the service will be able to
operate a multiple vehiclesduring peak weekday and
weekend shifts?
YES Again, the Designated Driver Shuttle is an im
portant service and should be funded whenever a rea
sonable plan is put forth, such as this fund ing for in
creased operating time.
MEASURE #3
Shall student incidental fees be increased by approx
imately $0.52 per student per term to generate
$25,000 to enable the ASUO Designated Driver Shut
tle to purchase a replacement 15-passenger van, for
increased service during peak weekend operating
hours?
YES
The DDS is an important safety resource
around campus, and its fleet needs to be updated.
This measure would replace one of the grizzled vans.
It’s not much money, and the investment is a wise
one.
MEASURE #8
Shall a student incidental fee be established at ap
proximately $7,29 per student per term for the 2000
2001 academic year to generate $365,000 and ap
proximately $7,52 per student per term for the
2001 -2002 academic year to generate $375,000, to
fund unlimited bus service for all currently registered
University students? Law students would pay approxi
mately $10.94 per student per regular semester for
the 2001-2002 academic year. Other students would
pay approximately $7.29 per student for summer se
mester for the2000-2001 academic year and approxi
mately $7.52 per student for summer semester for
the 2001*2002 academic year.
YES
The inexpensive LTD bus service is a boon to
many students and should continue because there is
no better alternative mass transit plan for such a
great price.
MEASURE #6
[Paraphrased for length] A list of ASUO constitution
changes that would require a review by the Constitu
tion Court of all proposed ballot measures and their
wording before they would be considered by voters.
YES This ballot would ensure that a measure
passed by students will not be overturned later and
will allow any problems to be fixed in early stages.
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OLD SCHOOL
SITCOM ON
THEWS.
(SINGLE SKULL
RAISING TWINS).
SKULLNILLA ICE
&ANGSTA’
SKULLY
Thumbs
To increased voter
voice
With a final tally of
1.942 students vot
ing in the ASUO
primaries, up 341
from last year, vot
ers got out this
year to vote for
their favorite can
didates and ful
filled a responsibil
ity of a healthy
democracy.
To the hilarious
stupidity of'The
Bull’
Mafia-hit-man
tumed-state-in
formant Salvatore
"Sammy the Bull”
Gravano was ar
rested last Thurs
day on drug distri
bution charges.
The Bull originally
escaped the wrath
of justice of 19 ad
mitted mu refers by
turning on former
Mafia don John
Gotti and now
faces charges on a
ring of Ecstasy dis
tribution in Ari
zona and New
Mexico. Anyone
who’s seen “Good
fellas” knows the
irony is sickening.
To Tonya just be
ing Tonya
Portland native
and world-infa*
mous ice skater
Tonya Harding was
back in the news
again last week for
an issue of vio
lence, She pleaded
innocent to do
mestic assault
Thursday after al
legedly heaving a
hubcap at her
boyfriend and re
peatedly punching
him in the face.
To the quiet de
bate
Only eight out of
28 ASUO Student
Senate hopefuls
showed up to a de
bate last Tuesday.
There were 16
open seats.