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Law student Russa Kittredge said the new 70-unit complex — created exclusively for single graduate students — is ideal for older students who are serious about their studies, especially considering they don’t have many reasonable options close to cam pus. “It’s a great idea. The University needs to do something to accom modate graduate students,” Kit tredge said. “I’m sure it will fill if the price is reasonable,” The apartments, scheduled to be completed by fall 2001, will be located just one block from the Knight Law Center between Moss and Villard streets on East 15th Ave. “This is really exciting,” Uni versity Housing Director Mike Eyster said. “We need a better va riety of products to offer single graduate students.” The Campus Planning Commit tee and University President Dave Frohnmayer recently approved the project, which, if approved by the State Board of Higher Educa tion on June 18, will be the first campus housing project in four decades. The final approval must come from the Legislative Emer gency Board, which allocates state dollars when the full legisla ture is not in session. Eyster said he is confident the project will get the go-ahead and construction will begin on time. Damon Martichuski, a junior international studies and political science major who will likely at tend the University for graduate studies, said an on-campus apart ment for graduate students is a great idea. “It is good to create alternative housing other than just the dorms,” he said. “So many stu dents look for apartments [off campus] because they have no other options.” The apartments will offer one bedroom and studio units, all with kitchens, and have the same high speed Internet access stu dents in residence halls enjoy. Additionally, the rooms will be quieter than most apartments be cause materials that restrict sound transfer will be used in construc tion, Eyster said. If approved, the complex will be financed with state bonds, which would be repaid with rev enues generated by rental fees. Preliminary estimates put the rental rates around $600 to $700 a month, but that price may be a lit tle high, Eyster said. While the ex act rental fees have yet to be deter mined, they will be below market rates, he added. Eyster also said residents would not necessarily need a car if they lived in the new complex because of the location. The addition of the new gradu ate complex may set the stage for several other new housing proj ects on campus, Eyster said. “Clearly something needs to be done,” he said. “We need to either replace or renovate the residence halls because frankly, the rooms are too small for two people.” Council continued from page 1A The protest in April that called for membership in the Worker Rights Consortium also stirred discussion about shared gover nance on campus and allowing students to have more power in voting on issues such as the WRC. Giving the Programs Council a say in the ASUO is one of the first steps toward this goal. The Programs Council compris es more than 90 representatives from both recognized and regis tered student groups on campus. Recognized groups receive fund ing from the incidental fee and act as voting members within the council; registered groups do not receive funding and cannot vote. At current operation — before the changes take effect — the council is only able to discuss is sues and recommend things to the ASUO Executive. It does not have the authority to act upon any of its recommendations. Human Rights Alliance member Randy Newnham said it is definite ly a first step toward the goal of sharing power around the campus. “It diffuses power from a few people to many, and I think that the Programs Council is a good place to start,” he said. “Most peo ple that are really, really con cerned about student govern ment, and how the University is run in general, are in programs.” Former ASUO Programs Admin istrator Sydney Abbate said the council was very excited about the prospect of more authority. “There’s always this issue of what is our purpose here,” she said. “Programs Council has the opportunity to be a very strong governing body on this campus.” With the three new options open to the Programs Council, they will be able to begin exerting more power on campus. Next year, the Programs Council will be the newest method to place measures on the ballot. Currently there are three ways to propose ini tiatives. The measure may go through student senate or the exec utive office, or someone may peti tion by gathering student signa tures. For the Programs Council to authorize an initiative, they must vote two-thirds in favor of doing so. The second power granted to the Programs Council is that of as sisting the Executive in making ... it will really give students a whole other voice to kind of speak to the campus. Sydney Abbate former ASUO programs administrator appointments to various Univer sity committees. There are more than 50 committees around cam pus, Chen said, many needing students to participate. Before the job of placing those students rest ed solely on the Executive’s back. It was a big job that sometimes the Executive could not complete. “All of those student seats that need to be filled come through the ASUO,” Chen said. “A lot of times, they don’t all get filled.” Letting the Programs Council work hand in hand with the ASUO University Affairs coordi nator will lessen the workload for the Executive which will in turn make sure more seats get filled. “It ensures that the ASUO and the Programs Council work to gether to make appointments,” Chen said. A third power is policy change. There are specific guidelines gov erning the ASUO as a whole that the Executive has jurisdiction to change. With the revisions of the Green Tape Notebook, the Pro grams Council will have the op portunity to change the same rules as the Executive. However, Chen said, rules are ever rarely changed. Allowing the Programs Council to have the same access to changing policy as the Executive is not a huge push for power; rather it is more of a symbolic action. “It’s more of a respect given ... to a certain council, such as that one, in order to give them more power,” Chen explained. Although the Executive still has the opportunity to veto any policy changes, the Programs Council may override the veto if four-fifths of voting members vote to do so. Ideas about changing the struc ture of the Programs Council be gan forming winter term, but they were not written until spring term. When the Green Tape Note book comes out this summer, the rules will be in place and thus be effective. “Once it actually becomes as similated into the running of stu dent government, I think it will be successful because it will really give students a whole other voice to kind of speak to the campus”’ Abbate said. PO. 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