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Local Boy Scouts (from left to right) Andrew Mitchell, David Robinson, Daniel Bodily, Aaron Nelson and Thomas Pickett.
4J nears decision on Scouts
■ An advisory board voices
concern that the Boy Scouts
isn’t open to everyone
By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Though official recommenda
tions have yet to be made, a 4J
School District advisory board is
working toward a decision that
could strip the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica’s access to the district.
“We’ve heard from a lot of people
since our first meetings in Novem
ber, and there have been a lot of
people with statements about the
good the Boy Scouts have done,”
said Gretchen Miller, chairwoman
of the Equity Committee and ad
junct professor in the University’s
Planning, Public Policy and Man
agement program. “But there is
concern among the community that
those good things aren’t open to
everyone.”
The committee will likely recom
mend barring the Boy Scouts from
using the school facilities for free
and banning individual schools
from sponsoring troops, assistant
superintendent Jim Slemp said.
The district is addressing the is
sue after the Supreme Court’s deci
sion to uphold the organization’s
standing as a private organization
that can set its own standards for
memberships, specifically limiting
homosexuals from serving as troop
leaders.
The Bethel School District was
the first in Oregon to react to the de
cision, and stripped the Scouts'll
extra privileges in the district.
However, the district rescinded the
decision before it took effect. Since
then, Eugene’s 4J School District
has also been reviewing the issue.
The committee stressed that its
goal is not to decide the value of a
program like the Boy Scouts of
America, but to decide how a pro
gram not open to all students fits in
Turn to Scouts, page 6A
Programs Financing
The ASUO Programs Finance Committee has committed $1,806,982so far for next year's program budget. That represents
a 6.6 percent increase over last year’s funding — slightly more than the PFC’s 3 percent benchmark.
%CHANGE $CHANGE
ORGANIZATION2001-02 2000-01 FROM THIS YEAR FROM THIS YEAR
University Theatre$26,250_ $25,0005%$1,250
UO Literary Society $5,406 $5,368 0.7% $38
Co-op Family Center $249,195 $195,217 24.29% $53,978
ASUO$228,056 $222,197Z6%$5,859
Korean Student Associationj>0$1,830 n/a-$1,830
Pocket Playhouse_$2,018$1,958 3%$60
OR Marine Students Association $4,790 $5,577 16.43% $787
Total $515,715 $457,147 13% $60,142
PFC approves Executive budget
■Six program budgets are
approved without much
fanfare during Monday’s PFC
hearings
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
In sharp contrast to last week’s
tense Programs Finance Commit
tee budget hearings that caused
anger and confusion among sever
al groups, Monday’s meeting sat
isfied most associations, with the
ASUO receiving an allocation of
$228,056- the amount requested.
The PFC approved the budgets
for six groups, which received al
locations close to their requests,
while the Korean Student Associ
ation was de-funded because it
failed to appear at its budget hear
ing.
ASUO members spoke about
the organization’s campaigns this
year, which include Voter Regis
tration, the Special Party Fee Or
dinance, and Renter’s Rights.
“This is a very sustainable and
successful program,” ASUO Presi
dent Jay Breslow said.
The Co-op Family Center re
ceived the highest percentage in
crease of about 24 percent, which
will mainly go towards teacher
benefits.
“I think it’s imperative we have
services like this for student par
ents,” PFC member Lawrence
Gillespie said.
PFC Chair Mary Elizabeth Mad
den said 10 groups have appealed
so far and she expects about 15-20
to appeal overall.
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