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I Senate appoints open seats, discusses stipends oy cmiiy busi Oregon Daily Emerald With unanimous approval from the senators, undeclared freshman Susan Shauger took over the last open spot on the ASUO Student Senate on Wednes day. “I have a lot of friends who are un declared,” Shauger said. “And even though they don’t know what they want to do, they still need to have a voice on how our money is spent.” Vice President Holly Magner strongly supported Shauger, who worked as a University affairs intern in the ASUO office last term. “She’s done wonderful, wonderful things for our office,” Magner said. Student Senate President Peter Watts added that Shauger is a com mitted and organized person. “She clearly cares about student government and wants to be in volved,” he said. The senate also confirmed senior math major Ken Best to the ASUO Elections Board voter education po sition — a position that had been filled two weeks ago but has since been vacated. Best, who was Elections Coordina tor last year, is joining the board just weeks before the primary election. “I think I can help the process move a little more efficiently in the time we have,” Best said. “I’ve been there.” In other business, the senators were closely divided when they vot ed to turn down a $3,107 request from the United States Student Asso ciation for an upcoming legislative conference in Washington, D.C. Forced to abstain were the senators who applied to go to the conference. With a total of five abstaining, the re quest narrowly failed by a vote of 5-6. The funds were for travel expens es, ASUO Federal Affairs Coordina tor Kawezya Hutchinson explained. Because the USSA isn’t getting the money, it may only be able to send 5 to 8 students instead of the 12 it had originally hoped for, she said. And at the end of the night, an old issue revisited the senate. When the senate approved a re quest from the Returning Student As sociation two weeks ago, it allowed the group to use one of its students’ stipends to pay two other non stipend students positions. Through out the hearing, Watts argued that do ing so was against an agreement be tween the senate and the Programs Finance Committee not to create any new stipend positions this year while it implements a new stipend model. It turned out that the RSA’s recorder had actually been receiving the monthly stipend meant to pay for the two positions, and the request didn’t go through. As a result, the RSA will have to come before the senate again with a revised request that takes into ac count the new information. At that time, the senate decided, it will deal with the complexities of the issue. Eatw'flh your head ■ If what they’re saying is true, then you could use BALANCE GOLD! It has a 40-30-30 ratio of carbs, protein and dietary fat which provides your body with energy. And who knew there are 23 vitamins and minerals in all those peanuts, caramel and rich chocolate flavor. To learn more, log on to Balance.com.
