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Saturday & Sunday 1711 Willamette Hearing Results: Pre-Health Science Center First Hearing $372 Reconsideration $293 Pre-Dental dub First Hearing $455 Reconsideration $350 Oregon Marine Students Association First Hearing $5,577 Reconsideration $4,827 Oregon taw Students' Public Interest Fund First Hearing $2,143 Reconsideration $2,068 Model United Nations First Hearing $3,444 Reconsideration $2,955 Multicultural Center First Hearing $75,535 Reconsideration Tabled Returning Students Association First Hearing $7,044 Reconsideration $6,468 Korean Student Association First Hearing $0 Appeal $2,545 PFC tables MCCappeal hearing ■ A conflict of interest and low attendance by PFC members forced the committee to postpone its decision By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald In its sixth night of reviewing group budgets Thursday, the Pro grams Finance Committee tabled the hearing for the Multicultural Center, an organization that had ig nited heated debate at its first hear ing. During the session, PFC Chair woman Mary Elizabeth Madden re alized she had a conflict of interest regarding the MCC’s budget, and PFC members decided she had to abstain from voting. Only four PFC members attended the meeting, and PFC rules require that at least four committee members vote. Since Madden couldn’t vote, the PFC chose to postpone the MCC’s hearing. The conflict arose because the MCC had asked for an increase in its advertising budget, which would include purchasing an ad in the Mortar Board planner, and Madden is a member of the Mortar Board planner committee. Prior to the decision to table the MCC, Erica Fuller, the organiza tion's director, had expressed con cern for the MCC’s lack of advertis ing funds, which will be discussed further at the next hearing. She said that advertising is a vital part of making students aware of the MCC’s existence. “We represent a large body of stu dents,” she said. “A student could go through an entire four years and not know what the MCC is. We want a name recognition, and we don’t even have that... To cut advertising would be detrimental.” The budget for the Returning Student’s Association also created some serious discussion. The PFC cut the RSA’s work study funds be cause the group didn’t have an ap propriate supervisor to ensure that students worked scheduled hours. Instead, the PFC put the RSA un der a stipend model, which will pay students a flat rate by month in place of the hourly wages that had been provided through work study. RSA Co-director Marie Pickard said she was disappointed by the PFC’s decision because it will dras tically lower students’ salaries, and she plans to appeal. “This cuts my ability to have someone there to work,” she said. But Madden said other groups had also experienced the same problem, and the PFC dealt with them in the same way. India continued from page 1 want the campus to be enriched with the beauty of Indian culture.” With this event, the members of SIS hope to help the student body avoid seeing Indian people for just their race by understanding what makes them Indian. Organizers said they also want stu dents to have the time of their lives. Entertainment will include a fashion show and various skits and dances, which include everything { ( / enjoy my culture and want the campus to be enriched with the beauty of Indian culture. Edwin Prasae Pre-business from traditional to classical. There will be a variety of craft booths as well, featuring henna painting, a jewelry sale and an art exhibition. Non-Indian students are also playing an active role in the pro duction of UTSAV. Nicole McFad den, an English major, wrote the script for a skit to be performed to morrow. She said she developed an admiration for Indian culture through her best friend, who is orig inally from India. McFadden’s skit portrays a some what culturally American, but In dian woman who attends the Uni versity. In the skit, her education is interrupted by a trip back to India to find a husband. The main goal of the skit is to reach out to both Amer ican and Indian cultures by com paring traditions anecdotally, Mc Fadden said. UTSAV 2001 will take place on Saturday in the EMU Ballroom. The dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased at the EMU Ticket Office or at the door prior to the event. All tickets are $8. Laura Smit Emerald Shruti Shah, president of the Students of the Indian Subcontinent, will dance on Saturday for the Indian cultural night called UTSAV 2001.
