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Programs Financing The ASUO Programs Finance Committee has committed $2,497,112 so far for next year’s program budget. That represents a 4.35 percent increase over last year’s funding — slightly more than the PFC’s 3 percent benchmark. ORGANIZATION 2001-02 %CHANGE $ CHANGE 2000-01 FROM THIS YEAR FROM THIS YEAR Muslim Student Association $5,838 $0 Multicultural Center $5,838 $75,535 $70,349 7.37 Oregon Future Lawyers Association $5,186 $4,057 $300 1,352.33 Total $85,430 $3,757 $70,649 20.92 $14,781 MCC budget stirs debate ■ Discussion of payroll expenses and fiscal responsibility dominated the group’s PFC hearing By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald The Programs Finance Commit tee approved the Multicultural Cen ter’s budget after more than an hour of debate over the group’s request for a sizable increase, including more money for payroll expenses. Erica Fuller, the MCC director, „ said the salaries for MCC staff posi tions should be granted as request ed. Otherwise, Fuller said, she would not be able to pay her staff for * their summer work. “It hinders my ability to get the students started,” Fuller said. But according to a new stipend model the ASUO Student Senate implemented this year, monthly stipends for ASUO groups such as the MCC are being standardized. “The Senate created the stipend model to have everyone consistent across the board,” PFC member Lawrence Gillespie said. “I don’t feel as if we are in the position to make special circumstances for one group.” The PFC reached a compromise by providing two MCC positions with 10-month stipends, instead of nine-month stipends, so that some students can be paid for their sum mer work. “We haven’t done that before, “ PFC Chairwoman Mary Elizabeth Madden said. “But we also were not as prepared as we usually are be cause there were completely new job positions.” Members of the PFC said the MCC wasn’t fiscally responsible last year because it reimbursed a stu dent directly for $224.30. “It is a standard controller policy that there are no reimbursements,” Madden said. The PFC also approved budgets for the Muslim Student Association and the Oregon Future Lawyers As sociation. The PFC has received six appeals to its budget hearing decisions so far, and Madden said the PFC expects an estimate of 15-20 appeals overall. CAER continued from page 1 Banfield said CAER requested LaDuke’s presence partly because of her influential speech at the confer ence in 1997. He added that her per sonal struggles with environmental racism in Native American commu nities give her a strong background to speak from. “She touched a lot of people,” he said. “I remember what a powerful message she had to share.” Law professor and CAER co founder Robin Morris-Collin will also speak tonight. One of her main concerns is President George W. Bush’s new administration, which •^Morris-Collin said is promoting to top positions people who are com mitted to “representing corpora tions that make profit out of extrac tion and pollution.” “This conference can help build networks that will strengthen la bor, environmental justice and civ il rights coalitions,” she said. “We can learn from one another and be supportive for the coming years. ” Morris-Collin, who has written many articles related to “sustain ability and equity,” added that the toxins corporations produce cause health problems that everyone should be concerned about. “Pollution doesn’t just affect na ture, it affects human beings,” she said. “Toxins pollute the water we drink and air we breathe, and we’re getting this from cumulative expo sure.” Along with speakers, the confer ence will include panels, work shops and films to demonstrate en vironmental racism issues and explain ways people can make a dif ference. Panel sessions will have discussions on related topics such as the Bush administration, chil dren’s health and environmental justice, and sovereignty and Native American treaties. “When we’re talking about envi ronmental justice, we’re talking about equality and justice for every one in this country,” Banfield said. Conference Itinerary Friday: 6 p.m. Opening Address, EMU Ballroom 6:30 p.m. Robin Morris-Collin, EMU Ballroom 7:30 p.m. Winona LaDuke, EMU Ballroom Saturday: 9 a.m. Opening Remarks, Room 175, Knight Law School 1:15 p.m. Panel Discussion on “Risk Assessment and the Bush Administration," Room 184, Knight Law School 7p.m. Dr. Robert Bullard * Room 150, Columbia Hall Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Breakfast with Dr. Bullard, Gerlinger Lounge 6 p.m. Closing Remarks, Bob Collin, Room 150, Columbia Hall For a full schedule of panel discus sions and events, call 346-4168. 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