Who’s Who
continued from page 1A
the PFC because “it’s probably the
most critical position on campus —
period.”
Week, a 28-year-old junior from
Eugene who is planning to major
in biochemistry, has spent a lot of
time volunteering for the ASUO,
from interning his freshman year
to setting up the Web pages for the
Student Senate and the PFC. He
sat on the PFC last year, but re
signed because of grades and
budget disputes.
“In the beginning it seemed
easy, but then it got really very dif
ficult for everyone,” Week said.
But this year, “I knew what to ex
pect and how to plan for exces
sively long budget meetings.”
Week said he encourages groups
to come up with and implement
new and refreshing ideas. He also
said he is in favor of funding any
thing that is legal — that is, any
thing that falls within the guide
lines set by the University and the
state.
Sen. Jackie Lynn Ray, 19, is a
sophomore public relations major
and political science minor from
Hermiston who joined the PFC be
cause she was interested in where
the incidental fee money was go
ing.
“College is the last time that
you’re going to have this many op
portunities to become involved and
to see how many different mindsets
there are,” she said.
Expressing strong ties to the
Greek community, Ray is also a
Freshman Interest Group leader
and a student administrator for the
child care subsidy. Like some of the
other PFC members, Ray said one
of the biggest problems she’s seen is
that many programs are starting
new each fall, and don’t have
enough time to adjust before the
budget process begins.
PFC Vice Chair and programs
representative Randy Newnham
said that communication and con
tact with the student programs has
been the rockiest part of his PFC ex
perience so far, and he said most of
it is due to the high turnover inher
ent in the groups.
Newnham, a 25-year-old senior
anthropology and linguistics major
who grew up in Kentucky, is a co
coordinator for the Survival Center.
He joined the PFC to speak for stu
dent programs, which are vital, he
said, because they add a whole new
level of discourse to the University.
“Too often student government is
run by resume-padders and other
wonks,” Newnham said. “I signed
up because [it is] so important that
someone who has the programs’
best interests in mind should be on
the PFC.”
C C College is the last time
that you ’re going to have
this many opportunities to
become involved and to
see how many different
mindsets there are.
Jackie Lynn Ray
sophomore
public relations
Sen. Marie Brink ran for the PFC
because she wanted to understand
what the programs on campus are
about, but, she said, she had no
idea what she was getting into. The
20-year-old sophomore pre-educa
tion major from Seattle, who partic
ipates in various club sports and
loves the outdoors, said the PFC
members have worked very well to
gether.
But she still has some com
plaints.
“I definitely think the meetings
are running too long,” she said.
Brink added that it is also frus
trating not having an authority
present during the budget hearings
to make sure the committee is dis
tributing the right amounts of mon
ey.
The most recent addition to the
PFC, Arlie Adkins, 20, is a junior
history major from Salem who just
returned from an internship at the
state department in Washington,
D.C.
Adkins’ experience has included
involvement in everything from the
Honors College Student Associa
tion to the College Democrats, and
last year he worked as both an ex
ecutive projects coordinator and
state affairs coordinator for the
ASUO Executive.
Everyone on the PFC con
tributes, Adkins said, and there has
been some good discussion. But he
has one major issue with the
process: The new stipend model
being implemented this year.
Stipends are being standardized
for all programs during this year’s
budget process, which means that
the money some groups give to
their stipend positions is increasing
while others are decreasing — and
the groups don’t have a choice in
the matter.
“I just don’t think it’s very finan
cially responsible,” Adkins said. “If
you have a group that wants to
have more of a volunteer position
as their director, then they should
n’t be forced to pay more money.”
Executive appointee Lawrence
Gillespie, a 26-year-old junior psy
chology major from Pasadena,
Calif., came to the University after
attending Lane Community Col
lege. In fact, it was his successful
appeal to get LCC incidental fee
funding for the Black Student
Union — one of two groups at LCC
that now receive fee money — that
sparked Gillespie’s interest about
how the budget process works at
the University.
But as of last week, Gillespie has
found some problems with what he
has seen.
Explaining that he sees the pro
grams finance system as flawed
and unfair, Gillespie said there
needs to be a way to ensure that
personal biases don’t interfere in
the judgment of budgets.
“It’s like, seven students who ul
timately have the deciding fate over
a group’s budget,” he said. “So
much power is in our hands that
it’s just incredible.”
WRC
continued from page 1A
“I’m optimistic about it; most of
the concerns have been ad
dressed,” he said.
Matt Dyste, University director
of trademark licensing, said the
University has maintained commu
nication with the WRC in the hopes
of resolving the legal issues. He
said Nova’s involvement with the
organization is a good sign.
“Hopefully, it will jump start
their monitoring,” he said.
According to statements released
by the WRC, it already has started
its monitoring efforts with its inves
tigation into the labor dispute in
Mexico. A preliminary report re
leased by the organization states
that the contracted factory, owned
by the Korean company Kukdong,
violated both the University’s code
of conduct and various Mexican la
bor laws.
About 800 workers went on
strike on Jan. 8 after management
reportedly refused to pay Christ
mas bonuses.
The Associated Press has report
ed that multiple sources in Mexico
confirmed the company paid less
than minimum wage, refused to
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provide maternity benefits and
served rotten food that sickened
several employees.
In light of the labor situation, the
WRC has issued a statement calling
on affiliated universities to work to
resolve the situation by seeking the
rehiring of all the workers fired for
their involvement in the strike.
Nike spokesman Vada Manager
said Nike has played a role in the
situation right from the start by
sending a negotiator to the scene as
soon as possible. Manager said the
mediator has been responsible for
clearing the way for 500 of the strik
ing workers to return to their jobs.
He said in addition to Nike’s own
efforts to resolve the situation, the
company has worked with other
groups such as the Fair Labor Asso
ciation and Verite, a Massachusetts
based monitoring group. While
many efforts have been made to de
termine exactly what went on in
the factory, Manager said it has
been difficult to ascertain who is
right and wrong.
“The facts have been elusive on
several fronts,” he said. “It’s very
premature to say what is false and
what is true.”
Virus
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Symptoms of the virus usually set
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inated, and continue for 24 to 48
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thing really damaging.”
Two people were reported as
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Though symptoms only last 24 to
48 hours, a person can still carry the
virus for a few days after symptoms
subside.For those who do contract
the virus, Coots said it’s important
to replace the body’s fluids by
drinking lost of water and getting
plenty of rest.
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