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Decision continued from page 1 But more than the FLA or the WRC itself, Frohnmayer said Tues day’s decision was made to ensure effective compliance with the Uni versity’s Trademark Licensee Code of Conduct, which sets standards for the conditions under which Uni versity apparel is made. “The code of conduct remains our central focus,” Frohnmayer said. “The sub-question is how to monitor compliance. ” For now, that question will be an swered by the FLA and the WRC, both of which monitor labor condi tions in factories producing apparel sold through many universities. The University will have simulta neous membership in both groups, a plan that about 15 other schools are currently trying. Frohnmayer admitted at the press conference that he considered join ing both groups last spring, but said the FLA has recently made great strides to change its practices, in cluding a new university advisory committee. He added that he re viewed student input from last year about both groups and decided the FLA had changed enough to war rant University inclusion. “The FLA is not the same organi zation that existed in spring,” he said. Both the FLA and WRC have their critics, but the administration and the student activists who fought last spring for the WRC are at odds about which group is best. The WRC had its first national meeting in July in New York City, and is not as far along in the organization process as the FLA, which is closer to being able to monitor the work ing conditions in factories. But stu dent leaders adamantly disagree with Frohnmayer’s statements that the FLA has changed and removed the apparel industry’s influence on the FLA board, the primary com plaint about the organization. “The FLA cares more about facto ry owners than factory workers,” ASUO President Jay Breslow said. The University president’s deci sion was also prompted by an inter im report compiled this summer by the University Senate Review Pan el, which was appointed to oversee committee concerns with member ship in the WRC. The report, pre sented to the president on Monday, recommended that the University not bind itself to one organization. The review panel comprises four faculty members and no students, but the licensing code of conduct committee that recommended Frohnmayer join the WRC last year had student representation. Frohnmayer said the addition of the FLA would help to enforce the conditions of the licensing code of conduct and “not lose momentum by betting on one horse.” He made his decision to join the WRC last spring after almost a year of recommendations from the li censing code of conduct committee and the University Senate and a 10 day student protest on the Johnson Hall lawn. A week after Frohnmay er signed on, Nike President and CEO Phil Knight, a University alumnus, pulled his personal dona tions from the University. Frohnmayer said Tuesday that he made a courtesy call to Knight to in form him of the FLA decision but it remains unclear whether Knight will give money to the University any time in the future. Kirk Stewart, vice president of corporate commu nications at Nike, said the FLA deci sion does not change Knight’s phil anthropic association with the University. “The FLA has made dramatic moves in monitoring issues,” said Duncan McDonald, University vice president for development and ac ademic affairs, who attended the WRC’s national meeting in New York City earlier this summer. The next WRC national meeting is scheduled for Oct. 2. In Tuesday’s press conference, Frohnmayer also stressed that the change doesn’t signal the beginning of the end for the WRC’s ties with the University, and Breslow agreed. “This decision [to join the FLA] will remain on an entirely different track,” Frohnmayer said. “It was not meant to undermine the University Senate review process [of the WRC] The choice to join the WRC and Knight’s reaction brought national attention to the University. In con trast, Tuesday’s decision came quickly and with much less publici ty, although Frohnmayer stressed that he took the recommendations from the past weeks and months un der consideration. Many who sup ported the WRC last year were also vocally against joining the FLA, and Frohnmayer said he reviewed those comments again before making his decision. But he also made it clear that, ulti mately, the choice to join was his to make. “At some point, the buck does stop at my desk,” he said. Reaction continued from page 1 commonplace for the new student body president every time another development breaks with the work er’ rights issue on campus. Members of the Executive defi nitely know what they’re angry about — the decision itself, the tim ing of Frohnmayer’s sudden an nouncement before the entire stu dent body was on campus and the time it will take away from other projects — but they aren’t exactly sure what the next step is. “Since it was dropped on us, it changes everything,” Breslow said. “We need some time to decide.” Breslow was one of hundreds of students who spent the start of spring term last year protesting in front of Johnson Hall for Frohnmay er to join the Worker Rights Consor tium, a newer group similar to the FLA that monitors factories where University apparel is made. In con trast to the WRC, the FLA has gained credibility because it has been established longer. For Breslow, the lack of a dia logue in Frohnmayer’s decision to sign on with the FLA has been the biggest disappointment. He said students were not directly involved with the decision to join the FLA, even though Frohnmayer wrote in a March 29 Emerald column that the answers to the labor issue “must be found by all of us, working to gether.” “All of a sudden, ‘ding,’ we were with the FLA,” Breslow said. “But there’s a key piece left out and that’s students.” Frohnmayer said he looked at previous complaints with the FLA from last year and thought the group had changed enough since then to warrant the University’s approval and inclusion. Breslow was also critical of the president’s decision to announce the University’s membership with the FLA before the fall school term began and while student activists are busy with other projects. “He could have announced this earlier in the summer or in one week,” he said. “There is no press ing issue that dictated us signing on with the FLA this week.” Both he and Magner admitted they are worried about the impact Frohnmayer’s decision will have on relations between the offices of the student and administrative presi dents. “It’s very difficult to work with someone you’re frustrated with,” Magner said. The FLA decision has diverted her attention from the on going voter registration campaign for the November election and from educating students on local and na tional issues. Magner said the Executive cannot take a stance on the various politi cal issues so they have to work with the administration to get as much information to the students as possi ble. “We’re all working together as a coalition and this is derailing the entire project,” she said. The FLA decision has also left the Executive office to better define its Turn to Reaction, page 18 I I I i i i Notice of student position opening Fall 2000 Student Programmer/Computer Support Office of Resource Management DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: > Experience in Web programming and design. I Experience with Microsoft IIS Web Server. I I Experience using Active Server Pages (or similar process) ! to interact with Access databases. j I Excellent organizational abilities and attention to detail. I DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: j I Primary responsibility will be assisting with website ! development. 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