New staff
continued from page 1
have full jobs in the office.
While much of the staff is new,
several executive office interns
and volunteers will be returning
with positions.
“We’ll have a little bit of conti
nuity,” Breslow said.
Two former student senators,
Dave Sanchez and Helen Stock
lin-Enright, are going to continue
their government involvement by
moving their attention to execu
tive responsibilities. Breslow and
Magner picked Melissa Unger,
campaign manager for executive
runners-up C.J. Gabbe and Peter
Larson, for legislative organizer.
They also selected Chad Sulli
van, a member of the Human
Rights Alliance and active partic
ipant in the Worker Rights Con
sortium protests, for University
affairs.
But the end of the hiring
process was just the beginning of
another' — getting everything
ready for next year, including the
staff.
“Life is so hectic, and it’s so
busy around here,” Magner said.
Staff members are in the
process of adjusting themselves
to both their recently acquired
positions and to their new co
workers.
“It’s a lot like a puzzle,” said
Brian Tanner, a junior political
science major and the new
ASUO state affairs coordinator.
“Like, how do you interact in an
office environment with people
working on different campaigns
and different issues?”
While staff members will each
be pursuing their own projects
throughout the year, Breslow and
Magner have expressed a desire
to see everyone start off with the
same objective. In an earlier in
terview, Magner said they hope
this will create a less segmented
office and encourage mutual sup
port of individual goals.
“We [want to] not start our in
dividual projects so early, but re
ally rally the entire staff around
team issues [such as] voter regis
tration,” Magner said.
The biggest goal in sight at the
moment is voter registration. The
goal is to register 5,000 addition
ASUO staff
2000-2001
International Student Advocate
Daniel Valle
Multicultural Advocate
Nilda Brooklyn
Non-Traditional Student Advocate
Kathleen Workman
Safety Advocate
Lauren Bennett
UO Housing Advocate
Jeff Oliver
SOURCE: ASUO
Executive Office
al students before the November
elections.
Tanner said that this also
means promoting a high voter
turnout even after people have
been registered from the 18-34
age group, which traditionally
has the lowest turnout of all the
age groups.
New ASUO Housing Advocate
Jeff Oliver, a junior political sci
ence and journalism major, said
one of his biggest objectives for
next year is improving the way
the ASUO is viewed on campus.
“The biggest goal that we
should have would be to change
the perception of the ASUO in
the students’ minds,” Oliver said.
These goals are just a few of
many that Breslow, Magner and
their new staff are looking toward
for the upcoming year. Concerns
now, however, are focusing on
making sure that everyone is pre
pared for what is to come.
Transition of the new staff fell
behind because the hiring
process was pushed back to ac
commodate for more applica
tions, so organizing a retreat to
orient the staff has been difficult.
The tentative retreat scheduled
for this past weekend did not
happen because it was on too
short of notice, Magner said. That
doesn’t mean it won’t happen,
however, and efforts are being
made to fit something in soon.
“We really want our staff pre
pared by the time school starts,”
she said. “Definitely one of the
most important parts of starting
the year off right is starting out
with a great staff retreat.”
Latino youth
continued from page 1
said.
Renesa Tucker-Fair, who will
graduate in June with a degree in
communication disorder sci
ences, will volunteer for the
event because she said it is im
portant for students, particularly
seniors, to reach out and help.
It is also important that stu
dents of color volunteer for
events such as the Latino Youth
Summit so the younger students
of color can see older students as
campus leaders, she said.
r.
Consuela Zumwalt, academic
advisor and a University alumna,
said the summit is a good oppor
tunity for students to share what
they have gained by attending
the University.
Zumwalt added that it is a
privilege to attend college and
though it is understandable that
students focus on themselves
during the school year, the sum
mer months are a good time to
give something back.
Anyone interested in volun
teering for the Latino Youth Sum
mit can contact Patricia Lopez at
346-5946.
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