Executive
continued from page 1A
criticism to their executive staff
and being fair and just in their de
cisions.
However, the president and vice
president candidly said that their
relationship with Frohnmayer, the
ASUO Student Senate and the
lack of public relations in the exec
utive office kept them from getting
more accomplished.
Goals set, problems met
When Chen and Anoushiravani
began campaigning in the spring
of last year, they complied a list of
17 campaign goals, many of them
specific and tangible, based on
student input. They said their
plan, above all, was to be an execu
tive that was responsive to stu
dents’ desires.
In reality, only a handful of
Chen and Anoushiravani’s goals
have been met. The Athletic De
partment Finance Committee se
cured student seats at Autzen Sta
dium for the next 10 years. The
executive office sponsored more
programs and speakers on top of
their annual events than before,
including cartoonist John Calla
han and social critic and diversity
speaker Tim Wise.
“Tim Wise kicked ass,” Chen
said. “He totally shook up the ad
ministration ... and said what
we’re not doing.”
There was also a handful of
goals they discovered they simply
couldn’t accomplish. The Oregon
Student Association Board of Di
rectors voted not to enforce a tu
ition freeze. After the decision,
there was nothing Chen and
Anoushiravani could do.
They also wanted to increase
the amount of student representa
tion on the University Senate, but
doing so, Chen said, would re
quire a full meeting of the Univer
sity Assembly, which he said they
received little help in doing from
the administration. Anoushira
vani added that at the same time,
student senators who have the
right to be on the University Sen
ate stopped attending meetings as
well, with the exception of Sen. Je
reme Grzybowski.
“I’m not the Student Senate
president, and I can’t make sena
tors go,” Anoushiravani said.
They encountered similar prob
lems with University Housing
when they tried to make the stu
dent housing contract more flexi
ble. Currently, students have to
pay $9 a day if they break their
housing contract. But housing di
rector Mike Eyster said more re
turning students have moved into
new campus apartment complex
es such as Ducks’ Village and Uni
versity Commons. As a separate
business from the University, the
housing department does not re
ceive any fee money.
Chen and Anoushiravani also
failed in their attempt to increase
birth control accessibility in the
residence halls. However, they
found the plan unsustainable be
cause each resident assistant from
year to year would have to agree to
keep them in the dorms.
They also had less outreach
through campus media than they
would have liked because their
public relations representative
quit early in their term, and they
decided to take on the PR role
themselves.
Promises kept, meetings left
Most of Chen and Anoushira
vani’s success occurred in the
campaign promises they began
work on and have secured to con
tinue into next year’s executive.
Specifically, they improved rela
tions with the EPD, OPS and the
administration. Anoushiravani
said the coalition between stu
dents, law enforcement and the
community during Halloween to
prevent violence around campus
helped improve communication
between the groups. Also, a ride
along program, where students ac
companied officers on patrol,
helped students see first-hand
how the EPD operates.
While EPD hasn’t been asking
for their advice very much,
Anoushiravani added that they
have communicated, which is an
important first step.
“At least they are felling us what
they are doing,” she said.
OPS director Tom Fitzpatrick
agreed that Chen and Anoushira
vani helped lay the groundwork
for better relations in the future.
“They are very focused on what
they want to accomplish. The op
portunity has been created to im
prove even more,” he said.
Similar communication has
been established with the admin
istration, with the disappointing
exception on Frohnmayer, they
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1999-2000 ASUO Executive goals
ASUO President Wylie Chen and Vice President Mitra Anoushiravani went into their term in office with a daunting list of
17 campaign platforms. While some succeeded (A) and some didn’t (▼), many got off the ground and will be up to next
year’s executive to continue (♦).
Quicker Internet dial-in access
♦Better, brighter lighting on cam
pus
▼Freeze tuition for everyone: in
state, out-of-state, and interna
tional students
▲Create accessible, more afford
able child care for student fami
lies
^Increasestudent representation
on the University Senate
More financial aid grants
▲Retain student seats at McArthur
Court and Autzen
a Sponsor more campus events
▼Increase ASUO outreach through
the Emerald, newsletters, and
general publicity
▲Strengthen all programs with
personnel and resources, and
the re-establishment of programs
that students support
rlmprove housing contract flexi
bility
♦Better relations with EPD and
OPS
♦Better relations with the admin
istration
^—Advocating for a film school
* Advocating for American Sign
^^Language as a foreign language
▼Tlncrease birth control accessi
bility on campus
▲More computer and printer
availability
♦
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