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The Oregon Daily Emerald is always looking for young writers who want to learn and grow at a real newspaper. for information on how to freelance for the Emerald call 346-5511. Programs Financing The ASUO Programs Finance Committee has committed $15,088 so far for next year’s program budget. That represents a 44% percent increase over last year’s funding—slightly more than the PFC’s 3% percent benchmark. % CHANGE FROM THIS $ CHANGE 2000-012001-02 YEAR (TO NEAREST %) FROM THIS YEAR ORGANIZATION Arts and Administration Student Forum ASUO Constitution Court Outlaws $605 $703 16% $98 $1,894 $4,578 142% $2,498 $3,443 $2,684 38% $945 Singapore Students Association $3,153 $3,685 17% Philosophy Club $1,037 $532 Pre-Health Science Center $2,007 94% $970 $308 $372 21% $64 Gaming Club $0 $300 n/a American Institute of Architecture Students $1,010 Total To^oiT $300 $0 n/a -$1,010 15,088 44% 4,583 ASUO budgeting begins ■The Programs Finance Committee considered allotments for eight groups at its first meeting of the year By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald The ASUO Programs Finance Committee kicked off its annual budget process Monday night, ap proving budgets for seven groups and denying another any money for next year. Throughout January, the seven member committee will divide about $2.3 million among more than 100 ASUO programs — mon ey that comes from the incidental fee University students pay each term. Last term, the PFC received per mission to spend 3 percent more in next year’s budgets than was spent this year. One night into the budget hear ings, the PFC has allotted an aver age of 44 percent more. Some of the biggest increases stemmed from the new stipend model approved by the ASUO Stu dent Senate last year. Following the new format, stipend amounts — the money some students receive for their work in ASUO programs — are standardized for all groups. That means similar positions in differ ent programs will now be given the same stipend. Although no new stipend posi tions will be added this year, the model had a large effect on the stipend positions already in exis tence. The changes more than dou bled stipends for the ASUO Con stitution Court justices, increasing their pay from $30 a month this year to $75 a month for next year. On the other end of the scale, the American Institute of Architec ture Students failed to appear for its budget hearing. As a result, the PFC voted not to give the group any money for next year. The biggest contention of the night came from PFC member Aaron Week, who thought that the constitution court should not re ceive $650 to pay for a clerk posi tion that is as yet unfilled. “It’s been here for three years and it’s never been utilized,” he said. Chief Justice Robert Raschio, however, said that the court would need all the money to hire some one, which could prove the clerk position was worth funding. “I’m just asking you to have a lit tle faith in us, I guess,” he said. In the end, the PFC showed it had faith in the court by giving it the entire $650 for the clerk posi tion. All groups have five business days to appeal the budgets ap proved for them by the PFC. The appeals process will commence af ter the initial PFC hearings have been completed. Legislature opens with promises By Brad Cain The Associated Press SALEM — The Oregon Legisla ture opened its 71st biennial ses sion Monday with the new House and Senate leaders and Gov. John Kitzhaber pledging to avoid a re peat of the highly partisan 1999 session. Those pledges of bipartisan co operation will be put to the test in the coming weeks and months, as lawmakers are called upon to make difficult choices on the budget and other areas. And almost as if to underscore that point, the Senate got into a par tisan tiff on the session’s first day when Democrats tried unsuccess fully to force the majority Republi cans to adopt a rule prohibiting senators from accepting campaign money during sessions. Still, Senate Majority Leader Dave Nelson said afterward that he and the leader of the Senate De mocrats, Sen. Kate Brown, “are still speaking on friendly terms.” That dustup aside, everyone around the Capitol seemed intent Monday on getting the 2001 ses sion off to a harmonious start. The House convened with a swearing-in of the 60 representa tives and an opening speech by newly installed House Speaker Mark Simmons, who urged law makers to “put the past behind us” and to work for bipartisan coopera tion. “We have nothing to gain with harsh words and unjust criticisms,” the Elgin Republican said. “By treating each other with respect we will strengthen this body.” The Senate heard a similar ex hortation from Senate President Gene Derfler. “We have been given the tools to make this session a success,” the Salem lawmaker said. “Let’s all work together to make it happen.” If that happens, it will be in marked contrast to two years ago, when battles with Kitzhaber and infighting among the majority Re publicans produced a tumultuous session that ended up being the third longest on record. Besides a large crop of freshman lawmakers, Monday’s opening drew hundreds of lobbyists, elect ed officials, political well-wishers and other hangers-on to the House galleries for the start of the first ses sion of the new millennium. The highlight of Monday’s cere monies was Kitzhaber’s opening address, in which he made another pitch for his budget proposals to help young children, bolster read ing programs and keep the Oregon Health Plan afloat. This will be Kitzhaber’s final ses sion as governor, and the popular Democrat is hoping it will provide him a chance to re-establish his cre dentials as a bipartisan leader and end his governorship on a high note. At a news conference Monday, Kitzhaber said he is confident that he and the Legislature can avoid the finger-pointing and recrimina tions of two years ago. “It doesn’t have to be that way,” Kitzhaber said. Still, there will be plenty for Kitzhaber and the Legislature to ar gue about in his budget plan, which proposes making cuts in public safety and human services programs to make more money available for young children and education programs. Simmons said Monday he has serious doubts about Kitzhaber’s plan to delete funding for a pro gram that provides in-home sup port for low-income seniors to help keep them out of nursing homes. “We cannot forget those seniors who have worked so hard,” the newly installed House Speaker said. Oregon Daily Emerald P.O. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the Uni versity of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates independently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is pri vate property. 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