Elections
continued from page 1
The pair hosted an International
Coffee Hour, for which they paid for
the refreshments and provided po
tential voters with materials about
their campaign. Student Sen. Jen
nifer Greenough claimed they vio
lated elections rules by offering a
“thing of value” with the campaign
fliers, and the decision whether to
remove Gabbe and Larson from the
ballot eventually went to the ASUO
Constitution Court.
The pair were allowed to remain
on the ballot but were defeated
soundly by Breslow and Magner.
Rice said she hopes that to help
avoid a repeat from last year, candi
dates will communicate better
among each other and with the elec
tions board.
Rice said the board members she
hopes to hire won’t be afraid to con
front candidates and hold them
strictly to the rules.
“The people we’re looking at aren’t
afraid to call somebody when they do
something wrong, ” she said.
Students can also begin writing
ballot measures now. The deadline
to file a ballot measure by initiative
is Jan. 31, and all wording has to be
approved by the Constitution Court
to be clear and free of bias.
Rob Raschio, Constitution Court
chief justice, said he hopes people
will not wait until the last minute to
file measures so the court has
enough time for review and to give
suggestions to the authors.
The Executive usually places a
handful of measures on the ballot as
well. Breslow said he currently is
n’t sure whether he and Magner will
write any measures, or if so, what
they will detail, but he realizes the
deadline is approaching.
“We’re going to have to do it pret
ty soon,” he said.
One measure for certain on the
ballot will be funding for OSPIRG,
which goes to the ballot every two
years for incidental fee funding.
Register-Guard
continued from page 1
these lengths to bust the union. ”
With several important issues yet
to be addressed, Register-Guard rep
resentatives have told the union
that they are approaching a final
proposal. If the company continues
to dig in its heels, union members
can choose to accept or reject the
proposal, Prozanski said. If the
union rejects it, The Register-Guard
can post conditions, and then a
strike might occur.
The following are the issues that
the union believes should be ad
dressed in a future contract, Prozans
kisaid:
Management clause
“If someone quits, they could di
vide that job between a manager and
a part-timer or freelancer rather than
hire a guild member,” Prozanski said.
If accepted, the clause could erode
the number of family-wage jobs,
Prozanski said. With this proposal,
the newspaper could decrease the
number of people working full-time
with benefits. Currently, there are 155
employees in the union and almost
an equal number of part-time em
ployees. The union tried to get part
time workers covered in its proposal
to The Register-Guard but was again
rejected, she said.
Base wage pay freezes
The advertising department is fac
ing a base wage pay freeze. When the
economy isn’t doing well, advertis
ing employees rely on base pay rather
than commission, Prozanski said. If
the proposal goes through, base
wages will be frozen for 10 years.
“The Register-Guard is at the bot
tom line regarding economic issues,
hinting they won’t budge,” Prozans
ki said. “Issues like new ad commis
sion rates have not even been talked
about.”
E-mail
“Register-Guard employees are not
allowed to use their e-mail accounts
for personal e-mails,” Prozanski said.
Roe v. Wade
continued from page 1
many said they feel is threatened
now that Bush is president and
John Ashcroft will most likely be
confirmed as attorney general in
the next few weeks.
“It’s very timely,” Thoenes said
of the anniversary falling so close
to the inauguration of George W.
Bush. “We’ll take every opportuni
ty we can to raise awareness about
contraceptives.”
Sara Poynter. one of the event’s or
ganizers and a member of Students
for Choice, said she hoped the event
would remind students that a
woman’s right to choose is still in
jeopardy.
“Many students don’t see it as a
pressing issue,” said Poyner, a sen
ior general science major. “I hope
this motivates and activates stu
dents to get involved.”
Some EMU patrons said no to
cake but took advantage of the free
condoms, grabbing them in hand
fuls.
Anyone who approached the
table could get a quick history of
Roe v. Wade and its significance.
“A lot of people feel very help
less now that [Bush] is in office,”
ASUO Vice President Holly Magn
er said. “He’s a bit too conservative,
and people are afraid that women
may lose the right to choose. ”
Though political talk laced con
versations, it was mainly a light
hearted party to celebrate an im
portant breakthrough in history.
Similar celebrations also took
place at two other Oregon universi
ties with the idea that the anniver
sary is a good time to remember that
birth control prevents abortion.
Along with the multi-colored
condoms and temporary tattoos
reading “Keep the Choice Yours,”
information about the Family Plan
ning Expansion Project was also
available.
The project is the result of a five
year federal grant that enables low
income women and men to receive
free or reduced-cost birth control
supplies. The program was imple
mented at Planned Parenthood in
1999 and expanded to the Univer
sity last summer.
The guild has argued that it is an
employee right to use e-mail for per
sonal communications.
Freedom of expression
Wearing arm bands as a silent re
minder of union-member rights is an
other area where The Register-Guard
has cracked down on employees,
though not uniformly, Prozanski
said. After The Register-Guard man
agement told a circulation employee
not to wear arm bands outside of the
building, staff received a letter ban
ning controversial, political or union
insignia worn while in contact with
customers.
“In this case, [the customers] were
newspaper carriers, independent
contractors,” Prozanski said. “People
have worn arm bands during inter
views [without reprimand].”
Salaries
The Register-Guard management
has also outlined in the contract a de
crease of the district manager’s salary
by 4.5 percent, Prozanski said. The
union had proposed 5 percent in
creases for all staff, but The Register
Guard said the bottom line is a 2 per
cent maximum increase.
With the union’s issues yet unad
dressed and the Register-Guard nego
tiation team seemingly unwilling to
budge for any major compromises,
the outcome of contract negotiations
has yet to be determined, Prozanski
said.
WISTEC
continued from page 1
The council narrowly passed that
amendment but also approved 5-3 an
alteration, proposed by Councilor
Gary Rayor, that withdrew the three
city lots from Bettman’s proposal. In
effect, the revenue the city could allo
cate to WISTEC was slashed.
“(Bettman’s amendment) could
have worked,” Trendler said after the
vote.
Councilors who supported Ray
or’s change to the amendment said
that taking away University control
of the lots would have unfairly
changed an agreement between the
University and the city. Also, they
suggested WISTEC more vigorous
ly pursue fund raising.
“I think WISTEC would be miles
ahead if they went out knocking on
doors and doing the hard work we
all do (to fund raise),” Councilor
Gary Pape said.
But Trendler said WISTEC has al
ready been doing as much fund rais
ing as possible.
Earlier this month, the University
and WISTEC considered a proposal
that would have placed a transit sta
tion on the edge of Alton Baker Park
and allow WISTEC to continue sell
ing parking passes on the lots that the
University gained access to use Mon
day night. But that proposal would
have set the stadium expansion far
behind schedule and incur unaccept
able changes to the park, Eugene sen
ior planner Allan Lowe said.
^YEmEn/TA^Y CHiLDILEu in
/^Otv-iN/COMf AMrAf AMF
/lEA£)/n/G TH/lEE G£A«DEr BEHimD THEiIL
f^u^Aw PEE/*Y.
L/^ £WfEf f THi ILb G^ADEPY & EG An/ THE VEA/L THAT PA/L BEHinD. In Qn/E
VEA^; PH E f CAUGHT THEM UP An/D PUT THEM ON/ A LEvEP PpAY/n/G p/EPD.
V\F NffO Mctf L/<L OvVYFtf
INFORMATION SESSION
Wednesday, January 24, 2001 • 6:00 p.m.
University of Oregon
246 Gerlinger
All MAjotr Weuome.' Pou. fA(_A/Lr & EWerm
TEACHFOI AMERICA