WRC
continued from page 1A
bound by Oregon law as to what
and who it can and can not make
payments to. An organization that
Grier said is neither incorporated
nor has non-profit status is an insti
tution the University can not pay.
She said that the WRC may have
filed for a certificate of incorpora
tion and non-profit status, but she
still thought that the group was in
the process and had not officially
received either designation.
“My understanding is that filling
a certificate of incorporation is one
step of incorporation,” she said.
“You’re not a non-profit entity un
til you’ve been told you are.”
“You can’t just pay public mon
ey because you feel like it,” she
added.
Not only does Grier find fault
with the WRC’s legal status, she
said the University is also con
cerned about the issue of liability of
the WRC.
In her statement Grier argues that
the WRC and its by-laws “provide
no protection at all for ‘members’ or
for those who pay ‘membership
dues’ or ‘affiliation fees.” She then
states that because the “nature of
the University’s relationship with
the WRC is so uncertain, this ex
poses the University to potential li
ability for the actions of the WRC.”
All of these reasons has Grier
saying the University’s hands are
legally tied when it comes to pay
ing the WRC its membership dues.
“Right now the way things are is
there’s an invoice and we can’t pay
it,” she said.
She added that if the situation
does resolve itself the University
will continue to work toward a re
lationship with the consortium,
and cautioned that she wrote her
opinion a few weeks ago and the
situation may have changed. She
added that the University had re
ceived no correspondence from the
WRC about its status.
Roeper would not make any oth
er comment on why the University
would not pay the dues aside from
citing that the University has ex
pressed the most concerns about
the WRC of any school that has
joined the organization.
"They’ve certainly been the most
vocal school in writing letters and
raising more issues than anyone
else,” she said.
She added that the University’s
doubts about the WRC stand in
contrast to the dozens of other uni
versities that have already sent in
their dues. She said Brown Univer
sity, all nine University of Califor
nia campuses and nearly a dozen
other schools have sent in their
dues.
To join the WRC, each school is
required to send in an amount
equal to 1 percent of its merchan
dising contract; Roeper did not
know what the exact amount the
University would owe the WRC for
membership dues, but it has been
previously reported to be approxi
mately 83,000.
Steinem
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pro-choice. She spoke about one of
her main concerns that the next
president will be appointing two to
four Supreme Court justices, and
that while Bush has signed 15 anti
abortion bills in Texas and has ex
pressed support in overturning Roe
v. Wade, Gore has said he would ap
point pro-choice justices.
Steinem also emphasized her be
lief that Nader “isn’t running for
president,” but “running for funds
for the Green Party.” But Maureen
Britell, executive director of Voters
for Choice, the event’s co-sponsor of
the event along with the Hillel Jew
ish Women’s Collective, said
Steinem has a close history with
Nader and respects him.
Britell said that Steinem has cam
paigned with Nader, traveled with
him, and done rallies with him. She
said Steinem calls Nader her “par
allel person,” especially after they
were both voted non-parents of the
year by Zero Population Growth, a
national organization that works to
slow population growth. But
Steinem’s vote still goes to Gore.
“She appreciates the work he has
done, but she recognizes the dan
gers of his campaign right now,”
Britell said.
Heidi Grant, senior environmen
tal science major and Nader sup
porter, said that many of Steinem’s
points were difficult to swallow.
“I’m afraid of Bush getting into of
fice, it keeps me awake at night,” she
said. “But even though I know Nader
isn’t going to be president, I want to
see the Green Party endorsed.”
Steinem also raised the issue that
many people don’t vote due to the
skewed notion that there aren’t
many differences between the two
candidates. She said these kinds of
representations are especially pro
moted by dominant groups who
want to deter others from voting.
She said that one of the big prob
lems has been that conservative
groups usually vote 70-80 percent
of their memberships and progres
sive groups fall behind because not
as many of them vote.
Steinem also said young people
especially need to change politi
cians’ expectations and also get out
and vote, a reason for her touring so
many college campuses this fall.
Chris Bowling, senior computer
science and math major who falls in
the large Oregon swing voter popu
lation, said that Steinem’s speech
was informational and helped him
see different sides of the election.
He said that although he’d consid
ered voting for Nader to contribute
to the 5 percent of the vote Nader
needs to increase his party’s fund
ing, the speech shed more light on
reasons to vote for Gore instead.
But Steinem said that even if Gore
wins the campaign, communities
still need to work hard to pressure
him to work towards progressive
objectives.
ASUO Vice President Holly Mag
ner said that though Steinem’s
speech was thought-provoking and
fair, it didn’t cover all of the issues
people were expecting to hear
about.
“A lot of people came expecting it
to be a speech about feminism, but it
ended up being more of a political
rally and I think that was a surprise to
them,” she said. “But she still did a
good job of connecting and tying it in
with women’s issues.”
Prior to Steinem’s address, State
Representative Vicki Walker and
State Senator Susan Castillo also
spoke about election issues. And a
few students took the podium to
discuss ballot measures that would
affect the University and communi
ty including measures 91,81,88,98
and 9.
Steinem ended her speech by en
couraging everyone in the room to
vote, and especially to support the
“rights women have worked so
hard to obtain.” But she also said
she didn’t want to tell anyone what
to do.
“Feminism is about the power to
make our own decisions,” she said.
“But even if we don’t feel personal
ly connected to the election, we
have an obligation to support those
who are affected by it.”
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