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Senate
continued from page 1A
suit in one student earning more
than another for the same job.
Sen. Lindsay McLean argued that
work study is different from
stipend positions; she herself has
both.
“A work study position is a job,
you go there for employment. A
stipend position is a lot different
from that.. .The reward is included
in the work.”
Other senators disagreed.
“I think it’s a huge access issue,”
Sen. C.J. Gabbe said. “And I think
all of us want to make sure that
leadership positions are as accessi
ble as they can be.”
The second issue revolved
around what Watts described as a
“three-percent kickback.” To cover
insurance costs, payroll assess
ments and other fees, he said,
someone has to pay three percent of
what a student on work study has
made throughout the year. The
question that arose was who would
pay that three percent.
While in the end most of the sen
ators agreed that work study is a
good program that allows those
who otherwise might not be able to
be involved in campus leadership
activities, some were worried about
the kickback and just where the
money would come from.
“There needs to be some kind of
accountability and responsibility
for the three percent,” Sen. Mary
Elizabeth Madden said. “It should
n’t just be a gift to them from the
surplus. They need to figure it out.”
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some kind of accountabili
ty and responsibility...It
shouldn’t just be a gift to
them from the surplus.
They need to figure it out.
Mary Elizabeth Madden
ASUO Student Senator
After over an hour and a half of
debate, the senate finally decided
to make student groups responsible
for covering the “kickback” if they
choose to employ students through
the work study program. It also de
termined it would take the year to
fully work out the details.
As part of the grandfather mo
tion, Senate also decided to form a
committee that would look at how
stipend and work study positions
are structured and funded.
The Women’s Center, the first to
benefit from the Senate’s decision,
successfully transferred $900 from
its leadership to its work study
fund. It said that it would be able to
cover the costs of the kickback. The
YWCA, which transferred $494
from its leadership to its stipend
fund wasn’t sure, so it will have to
return to the Senate within the next
two weeks and present an explana
tion for where the money will come
from.
Finally, the senate ended the
evening with nominations for sen
ate positions. Three of the four
were actually filled Wednesday as
the nominees ran uncontested. Sen.
Eric Bailey garnered the vice-presi
dency while Sen. Greg Zimel won
for treasurer. Sen. Skye Tenney was
elected Senate ombudsman. Next
week, the Senate will decide be
tween Sen. Watts and Sen. McLean
for president.
Voter rally
continued from page 1A
“Every vote counts,” she said.
State Rep. Vicki Walker (D-Lane
County) zeroed in on ballot Mea
sure 91 in her address, saying it
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and you don’t vote, you
can’t complain about the
way things are going
Nathaniel Martin-Long
freshman
would put a stranglehold on stu
dents hoping for tuition freezes.
She further emphasized the impor
tance of student voters setting an
example for others.
“In 1992, this campus registered
more students to vote than any
campus in this whole nation,” she
said. “In the year 2000, we want to
surpass that. Help us get there.”
Students seated in the am
phitheater and some who stopped
and stood on the sidewalk at the
corner of 13th Avenue and Univer
sity Street applauded after each
speaker and seemed attentive to
the speeches. Only one outbreak
occurred during the event, when a
student, who was responding to
the pleas of Castillo for students to
vote, yelled: “The Democrats and
Republicans won’t let Ralph Nad
er speak!”
One ' University freshman,
Nathaniel Martin-Long, said he
just turned 18 and will vote in his
first presidential election this No
vember. He’s registered as a Demo
crat, but said he’s dissatisfied with
the two major parties and will
probably register himself in the Pa
cific Green Party soon. But despite
Presidential election voting for 18
to 24-year-olds (numbers in thou
sands):
1964 50.9
1968 50.4
1972 49.6
1976 42.2
1980 39.9
1984 40.8
1988 36.2
1992 42.8
1996 • 32.4
Source: US. Census Bureau
his dissatisfaction, Martin-Long
said it’s important for those who
care about public policy to vote.
“If you’re not registered and you
don’t vote, you can’t complain
about the way things are going,” he
said.
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