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www.dailyemerald.com An independent newspaper Waters’ Edge * The Queer Film Festival pinnacles with a visit from filmmaker John Waters. INSIDE SECTION Waging the war State Rep. Bill Morissette suggests a raise in the min imum wage to $6.87. PAGE 3A Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Thursday February 15,2001 Volume 102, Issue 15 Weather today MOSTLY CLOUDY high 50, low 35 Laura Smit Emerald University alumnus Matthew Hasek, 31, who has cerebral palsy, works with his fiancee and caretaker, Tyra Bramlett, to open a subpoena de livery service in Eugene. Bramlett said she regrets that many employers cannot see past Hasek’s disability and offer him a job. Limited capacity, limitless success Former University student Matthew Hasek hasn’t let his cerebral palsy interrupt his ambitions By Brooke Ross Oregon Daily Emerald University alumnus Matthew Hasek’s 31 years of life have been filled with challenges, but today he is busy preparing to start his own business, spending time with his fiancee and help ing other people with disabili ties live more comfortably. Hasek, who has cerebral pal sy, graduated from the Universi ty in 1997, double-majoring in history and political science. During his time at the Universi ty, he served on the ASUO Stu dent Senate and the EMU Board of Directors, and because of his efforts, a ramp was installed in the student section of Autzen Stadium. Determined to succeed Hasek’s determination was evident by his time spent at the University. He put himself through school with the aid of student loans, and despite hav ing to rely on notetakers to assist him during class, he did not struggle academically. “Learning wasn’t difficult,” he said. “It was just about trying to apply myself and study.” In addition to studying to complete requirements for two majors, Hasek was also in volved in campus activities, such as the EMU board. Jim Long, senior instructor in chemistry, worked with Hasek Turn to Hasek, page 5A Student Senate approves increase for EMU, but cuts ‘growth’ projects Senators dole out a 6.4 percent increase in the EMU budget, minus $11,433 of the requested amount By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald In its longest and most con fusing meeting of the year, the ASUO Student Senate passed a budget for the EMU, giving it a 6.4 percent increase over this year’s funding — but it was still $11,433 less than what the EMU want ed. The senate budgeted the EMU $2,866,416 for next year, but math questions spurred a lot of confusion and argument. There were two numbers that the 6.4 percent increase ap proved for the EMU earlier this year could have been based on, and the question was which one it was. The EMU received $2,694,000 from the senate last year but later realized the amount was not enough to maintain its current service lev el. It returned to the senate last fall and asked for $10,745 from surplus. Budget increases for one year are generally calculated off of what a group received the past year. Several senators said the original $2,694,000 was the ap propriate number to work from because that was included in last year’s budget packet. The EMU believed that be cause the special request in the fall was for maintaining current service level, that it should be added onto the EMU’s original budget for the 2000-2001 school year — essentially al lowing for a larger increase of 6.82 percent. Some questions were posed regarding the fiscal responsibil ity of the EMU, with the sena tors divided over such respon sibility. But those questions were only a small part of the larger debate over whether the EMU should receive a 6.82 per cent increase, or whether it should stay at its 6.4 percent benchmark as recommended Turn to Senate, page5A New bill aims at giving guns to DPS officers ■The University’s Department of Public Safety, the state education board, a vice president at OSU and ASUO President Jay Breslow are all opposed to the Oregon Senate bill Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald Both the head of the Uni versity’s Department of Pub lic Safety and the ASUO Ex ecutive oppose a bill introduced into the State Leg islature which would give campus security officers the same privileges as police of ficers. Senate Bill 135, intro duced at the request of a group of campus officers, would allow the Oregon Uni versity System to commis sion officers to carry firearms and also make arrests. The University plans to commis sion some of its officers in April, but currently the com missioning would only allow officers to make probable cause arrests and stop and frisk suspects. Tom Fitzpatrick, director of the University’s Depart ment of Public Safety, said he could not support the way in which the bill was intro duced into the Legislature. He said he supports cam pus security officers carrying firearms, but not the manner in which officers have broached the subject. “This was not the time and the place to approach this is sue,” he said. Fitzpatrick said he did not support the idea of employee groups imposing their will on their employers, and he couldn’t understand why of ficers persisted with the issue when the OUS has repeated ly shown it is opposed to changing its campus’ securi ty-officer status. Campus safety officers from Portland State Universi ty went to the State Board of Education last year with the same request but were voted down, and the OUS has shown no intention of sup porting the recent bill. In light of this, Fitzpatrick said he would wait to sup port arming campus officers until all the university ad ministrations decide to make the move. “I’m a team player,” he said. ASUO President Jay Bres low said the bill didn’t have much of a chance of passing without the support of the ed ucation board, but despite not expecting the bill to pass, he said he was still con cerned about the concept be hind it. “Something like this should definitely have stu dent input,” he said. “It would be really dangerous, [and] it would really affect the way public safety officers work with students.” He said there was an “in timidation factor” that would increase with officers carry ing firearms that could make situations more dangerous then they need to be. While Breslow understood that officers at PSU are in a more urban environment that could be more dangerous, he said their desire to carry firearms could induce a “domino thing” that would result in officers carrying Turn to Guns, page 5A in memorium Separate memorials in Milwaukie, Ore., and Eugene are planned for freshman Jill Dieringer, who died Feb. 9. of meningococ cal disease. The first service will be 11 a.m. Feb. 17 at Christ of the King Catholic Church in Mil waukie. The church is located at 11709 SE Fuller Rd. A reception will follow next door at La Salle High School, which Dieringer at tended. University members are also planning a service in Eugene, although the date has not been set. DIERINGER
