ASUO Student Senate elects Watts president
■ Sen. Peter Watts is focused
on student safety and an
expected budget surplus
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
A new hand secured leadership
in the ASUO Student Senate
Wednesday night as members se
lected Sen. Peter Watts to be the
body’s next president.
Watts’ opponent in the presiden
tial race was Sen. Lindsey McLean,
the summer Senate president.
Touching on issues ranging from
the budget process to ASUO ap
pointments, Watts explained his
concerns for the year and offered
what he saw as possible solutions.
One of the larger issues Watts ad
dressed was what would happen
with a more than $500,000 surplus
expected at the end of the year.
The surplus will come from a 2.5
percent increase in the number of
students from the number project
ed last year. Watts said the Senate
should start thinking about the sur
plus early so that when the end of
the year comes, it knows where it
wants to put the money.
ASUO President Jay Breslow
pounced on the issue by asking both
candidates to state their ideas for us
ing the extra funds.
Safety arose as a shared concern
between the candidates. Watts said
campus lighting was a huge issue,
especially around the graveyard.
“I think that any area of campus
that:s dangerous to students should
be our top priority,” he said.
McLean agreed, adding that she
would like to see programs such as
Saferide expanded so that they
could accommodate everyone who
needs their assistance.
“They want to have the capacity
to help people and they don’t,” she
said.
Because the surplus is the stu
dents’ money, Watts said, he wants
to take the issue to the students and
find out what they want to happen
with the funds.
In special requests, Gabrielle
Hendel of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Transgender Alliance successfully
transferred $900 from the LGBTA’s
stipend account into work study.
By transferring $179 from Dance
Oregon’s guest artist account to its
fund-raising account, Senate fixed
an accounting error in the group’s
budget from last year.
Senate transferred $1,440 out of
the Childcare Subsidy’s holding ac
count so that it may use the funds.
Finally, the Multicultural Center
received its request to transfer $138
from its cultural account to an ac
count for food. The money will be
used for food this weekend during
the MCC Open House.
MCC opens doors of acceptance
■ The Multicultural Center
welcomes students of all
ethnicities at its open house
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
At the Multicultural Center Open
House on Friday, visitors will be ex
posed to more than just information
about the student unions — they
will also have the chance to meet the
new faces joining the MCC and the
International Student Association.
The MCC and all the student
unions on campus will open their
doors to students, faculty and visi
tors from the community Friday
from noon to 4 p.m. in the MCC.
Students can receive food from
Subway by visiting the various stu
dent unions and collecting posters
at each stop.
Brandy Alexander, a junior jour
nalism major and the public rela
tions coordinator for the MCC, said
the informal event will allow stu
dents to come and see the MCC in a
relaxed state. Alexander said she ex
pects more than 500 people to visit
the open house throughout the day.
The MCC offers students of any
ethnicity the opportunity to hear
speakers and to attend workshops
and presentations that focus on is
sues of race, gender, sexuality and
different cultures.
Alexander said the open house is
a chance for the various student
unions to plug their meetings and
social events for the year. The MCC
events fall term range from the Dr.
Coleman Speaker Series to the tail
gate party before the Homecoming
football game. Students will also be
informed of MCC services such as
free computers and printing for stu
dents, information about jobs on
campus, internships, travel abroad
programs and scholarships geared
toward all students of color.
“The MCC has helped students
get accustomed to campus and
know the services that are provided
for them and take advantage of
those services,” Alexander said.
Alexander said that in her second
year working at the MCC, she has
seen improvements in the facilities
and services the MCC provides.
Multicultural Director Erica Fuller
is a new addition to the MCC staff.
“The staff has provided a unique
atmosphere for students of color,”
Alexander said.
Annie Lo, a senior journalism
major and international student
from Taiwan, is working at the MCC
for her first year as resource coordi
nator. She said the event will pro
vide an opportunity for her to meet
and become closer to the people
who frequent the MCC’s lounge.
“All of us are having events, and
this open house provides the min
gling space necessary for the people
of this hallway,” said junior theater
arts and Spanish major Darlene Es
pinoza Dadras, who is an MCC pro
grams advocate.
While the ISA will be participat
ing in the MCC Open House on Fri
day, they will also offer students an
official ISA Open House on Oct. 10.
The ISA, led by two new co-di
rectors, has a handful of exciting op
portunities planned for the year to
bring together both international
and American students.
“We just want to let students
Multicultural Center
Open House:
When: Oct. 6 from noon to4 p.m.
Where: Room 33, EMU
International Student
Association Open House:
When: Oct. 10
Where: Room 206, EMU
For more information contact the
MCC at 346-4207 or the ISA at
346-4387
know we are here,” ISA Co-director
Andreas Georgiades said. “Every
one is welcome.”
Georgiades, who came to the Uni
versity from Cyprus, said he hopes
the ISA will promote an interest in
internationalism and diversity
through the different events they
have planned for this year.
Bai Yu, a sophomore economics
major, is serving as the other co-di
rector. Yu, who came to the Univer
sity from China, said that this year
the five ISA officers, each from dif
ferent countries, have come together
with a positive outlook for the year.
“We started off working together
through summer not knowing each
other,” Yu said. “We now feel com
fortable working with each other,
which is important in communica
tions and working as a team.”
Yu said that she and Georgiades
share their position as co-workers
and friends.
Upcoming ISA events include a
traditional Halloween Party on Oct.
28 and a coffee hour every Friday
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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