Senate gives Crisis Center funds
■ Senate approved the ASUO
Crisis Center’s request for
funds to buy a new futon
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
During one of its shorter meetings
Wednesday night, *he ASUO Stu
dent Senate handled just one spe
cial request, allowing the ASUO
Crisis Center to rest a little easier.
What the center wanted most was
money for a new futon. After some
debate, that’s what it got - plus a lit
tle more.
“It’s been there seven years and
it’s been used every day,” said Mau
reen Morrison, the Crisis Center
representative who presented the
special request. “The futon is used
day and night, and I think we’ve had
our wear and tear. ”
Senate granted the group the
$649 it needed to purchase the fu
ton along with a few other items,
such as new lamps and a new show
er curtain.
But the approval was not without
a fight.
When Sen. Jackie Ray asked how
much money was in the center’s
other accounts, Morrison replied it
had “less than a hundred dollars.”
Senate President Peter Watts,
however, pointed out that the cen
ter had $2,832.35 in its fundraising
account. A precedent Senate set this
year dictates that groups should try
fundraising before approaching
Senate for more money.
After consulting Crisis Center Di
rector Alison Lusk, Morrison ex
plained that the more than $2,000 is
used to prepay keynote speakers
and to reserve rooms in the EMU.
Lusk said it will also help pay for
the center’s Crisis Prevention con
ference, which is coming in Febru
ary.
{ i The futon is used day
and night, and I think
we ve had our wear and
tear.
Maureen Morrison
ASUO
n
However, some senators stuck by
the precedent and urged the center
to raise funds first and ask for sur
plus money second.
“This is a good cause and stuff,
but what we’re trying to say is this is
a last resort,” Senate treasurer Greg
Zimel said.
But Morrison said the Crisis Cen
ter staff is composed of volunteers
who work 15-hour shifts, so she
thought it was inappropriate to ask
them to come in for more hours to
raise money.
“We’ve tried that route before and
it hasn’t worked,” she said.
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When asked if the center would
spend its fundraising money on the
futon if it d’d not receive its special
request, Morrison said it would not.
Rather, the center would wait until
after the conference because it did
not want to put itself in a position
where it did not have enough mon
ey to pay for its event.
Voicing his support of the re
quest, Sen. C.J. Gabbe said that “it’s
the kind of thing where we have all
this money available, and there’s
this program that does this really
great work ... It’s important to look
at precedent, but it’s important to
look at programs, too. ”
At the beginning of the meeting,
Senate’s surplus funds available for
the rest of the term were $38,701.
The request — passed with 10
senators in favor and five opposed
— covered the cost of the futon as
well as those of new lamps, a new
shower curtain, and an updated
desk reference to replace the cen
ter’s current reference, which dates
from 1990.
Morrison said she understood if
Senate was not willing to cover the
lamps, the curtain and the refer
ence. But, she said, “the bed is our
most important resource that we
need right now.”
In other business, Senate updat
ed its special request form and lis
tened to a presentation about seven
ballot measures on the November
ballot.
Linman, who tackled the stress
of midterms combined with the
lack of sleep associated with cam
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all again in a heartbeat because
he is helping people realize that
their votes do make a difference.
Linman said students don’t rank
voting high on their list of priori
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said. “I would like to see people
our age vote, and while of course
I would love it if they voted for
A1 Gore and our ideals, I would
rather see a 90 to 100 percent
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