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Journal of Environmental law and Litigation
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Forensics Program
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Debate team’s arguments
win budget hike from PFC
■Groups previously tabled
are heard and approved
at PFCs appeals hearings
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
In the fourth session of budget ap
peal hearings, the Programs Fi
nance Committee approved eight
budgets Monday evening, giving
the largest increase to the Universi
ty Forensics Program.
Rick Peacor, the director of Inter
collegiate Forensics, said the group
hasn’t asked for many significant
increases in past years, but this year
the organization doubled in size, re
quiring a sizable budget increase.
The group requested a budget in
crease for 2001-02 of $13,279 from
its 2000-01 budget. Even though the
group didn’t receive the amount re
quested, it still came away from the
PFC meeting with a $23,450 budget
for 2001-02.
PFC member Aaron Week said
aside from the merits of the Foren
sics Program, which has been on
campus since 1876, he supported
the group’s budget increase because
of the group’s growth in size and re
tention.
The group’s boost in membership
has already stretched tne limits ot
the Forensics Program’s budget this
school year, and it has come before
the ASUO Student Senate two
times for more money.
“I would not be surprised if we
ask for more,” Peacor said.
But Peacor also said the group
makes sacrifices, including driving
instead of flying to speech and de
bate tournaments nationwide, to
conserve money. Members of the
group raised about $10,000 in funds
last year, primarily from a high
school debate tournament they fa
cilitate spring term.
“We still have to find a way to
make more money,” Peacor said.
“But we will always run our pro
gram the same way. We will always
be open to all students.”
The Panhellenic Council and the
Interfraternity Council were tabled
at their first hearings on Jan. 18 and
Jan. 22, respectively. But at last
night’s PFC meeting, IFC President
Kevin Gelbrich and PHC President
Amy Stanton cleared up the earlier
confusion about their groups’ budg
ets.
PFC Chairwoman Mary Elizabeth
Madden said there was a perception
that checks written by the various
Greek chapters were being made
out directly to ir l, ana me, instead
of to the Greek Life Office.
“It really makes sense to have
checks written to the Greek Life Of
fice,” Madden said.
Gelbrich and Stanton also clari
fied IFC and PHC membership is
sues that previously caused the
groups to be tabled. Both officers
said the Greek system and its vari
ous related events are open to all
students.
Gelbrich said the officer transi
tion process will be better handled
in the future so this situation does
n’t arise again.
Patricia Hachten, the chair of the
Student Parent Association, said
SPA was satisfied with the PFC’s ap
proval of the group’s small $300
budget.
“We didn’t ask for more [money]
because we feel we need to prove
ourselves and manage our budget,”
Hachten said.
Hachten said SPA, a group advo
cating for student parents, hopes to
at least double its budget through
fundraising this year.
The Returning Students Associa
tion’s budget was tabled until 8:30
p.m. Feb. 15 to allow Madden to
contact the Office of Student Finan
cial Aid for budget clarification.
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