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Honesty
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fees for off-campus programs and
campaigns.
The Honesty campaign, which
formed when OSPIRG went to the
ballot for funding two years ago, is the
group advocating for students to vote
against funding the group.
But Melissa Unger, OSPIRG state
board chairwoman, called the griev
ance absurd and unnecessary be
cause OSPIRG members removed the
extra posters as soon as they were dis
covered.
She said other posters covered
their originals, so they added more.
But when the other posters were torn
down, the bulletin board had dual
OSPIRG fliers visible.
Unger worked as campaign man
ager for C.J. Gabbe, who lost last year’s
election to ASUO President Jay Bres
low. She said both Gabbe and Bres
low accidentally broke postering
rules last year, but the two candidates
talked to each other to rectify the
problem instead of filing grievances.
“I take the rules very seriously,”
she said. “If we made a mistake, we
remedied the situation immediate
ly-”
But Beutler, who is also the editor
of the Oregon Commentator, said his
grievance is part of a larger picture
about what OSPIRG does.
“Fve always contended that OS
PIRG is acting in bad faith. Here’s the
ASUO Elections Board
ruling:
The board gave OSPIRG a verbal
warning for postering violations.
The board is investigating a griev
ance filled late Tuesday by vice pres
idential candidate Jeff Oliver against
his opponents Bret Jacobson and
Matt Cook, accusing them of illegal
ly distributing campaign fliers in the
residence halls.
The elections board is still investigat
ing Oliver’s grievance and hopes to
make a decision late today.
The ASUO Primary Election contin
ues today and ends Thursday. Stu
dents can vote via computer on
Duck Web.
The ASUO general election is March
5-8.
SOURCE: ASUO Elections Board
perfect example,” he said.
Unger said she also thinks the
grievance represents a bigger issue:
OSPIRG opponents’ using election
rules to keep the group’s budget from
coming to a vote.
But Unger could not be reached for
comment about the decision itself.
Last week, Executive candidates
Bret Jacobson and Matt Cook accused
their opponents Eric Bailey and Oliv
er of tearing down Jacobson cam
paign posters on campus. Bailey, in
turn, said his posters suspiciously
disappeared.
Photo courtesy of Bill Beutler
OSPIRG campaigners received a verbal
reprimand for placing multiple posters on
bulletin boards, such as this one
outside Chapman Hall.
Now, Oliver has accused Jacobson
and Cook of distributing campaign
fliers in the residence halls, which
would violate election and Universi
ty Housing rules, and has asked the
board to remove the candidates from '
the ballot.
Rice said the board needs to inves
tigate Oliver’s grievance further be-"
fore reaching a decision.
The board will have to make a
quick decision, as the two tickets are
currently squaring off in the primary
election, which ends at 5 p.m. Thurs
day.
Guild
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and Patterson, a Nashville, Term., law
firm, to serve as the paper’s legal
counsel in the contract negotiations.
Guild releases have labeled Zinser a
“union-busting attorney.”
Prozanski said that The Register
Guard usually has lawyers represent
ing the newspaper during bargaining
sessions, but the move to bring an
outside “union-busting” law firm
into negotiations is a detour from tra
dition.
“It’s not just us that label him [a
union buster]Prozanski said. “He’s
very proud of his record — he labels
himself that.”
The law firm’s Web site lists many
“significant victories” achieved in
National Labor Relations Board cas
es, along with other state and federal
cases. According to the Web site,
“ZINSERANDPATTERSON limits its
practice to the representation of man
agement in the law of Labor and Em
ployment.”
According to Prozanski, the time
and location of bargaining sessions
are withheld from the guild’s lead ne
gotiators until the day of the negotia
tions. Prozanski reiterated that the
guild believes the management has
been negotiating in bad faith.
Contract disputes are not uncom
mon in the industry, said Tim Glea
son, dean of the University’s School
of Journalism and Communication,
citing recent strikes and dissent at
Seattle and Detroit newspapers.
Gleason said that issues of law and
“good faith” are two separate areas,
and while both sides claim to be in
the right, each side has a biased opin
ion.
Issues that the guild is focusing its
efforts on include salaries, base wage
pay freezes, freedom of expression
and personal e-mail use.
WISTEC
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quire more parking lots to accommo
date the greater number of seats.
The University has offered a little
more than $200,000 in compensation
over the next seven years, an offer
WISTEC has yet to accept.
WISTEC’s threat to close after the
January City Council decision was
later reversed, and the museum is
now searching for ways to stay open.
City Councilor Scott Mesiner
voiced concern at Monday’s meeting
about the inconsistency of WISTEC’s
decision to remain open. He said a
well-developed business plan must
come from WISTEC if the council is
to trust the museum with the leases.
“If WISTEC doesn’t meet their de
mands, they could go out of business
with a debt that could fall on the city’s
shoulders,” Mesiner said. “We want
to protect WISTEC, but my first pri
ority is to be the protector of the city. I
won’t give away this lease without
protections.”
That’s where the city comes in.
Glen Svendsen, the manager of the
city’s facility management division,
manages most city buildings. He and
the city manager have been working
with WISTEC to develop a plan that
will earn the council’s approval.
“They asked for this building a
year ago,” Svendsen said. “There was
some talking, but the process was put
on hold. When the Autzen situation
came up, we began meeting regularly
with WISTEC to help them get the
council’s approval for the leases. ”
Trendler said WISTEC will contin
ue to develop a business plan with
steps devised to acquire funding.
“As any business or non-profit or
ganization, we have been constantly
re-evaluating our plan so as to have the
most successful plan,” Trendler said.
City Councilor Gary Rayor point
ed out that the city would continue
to support WISTEC.
“It’s never all or nothing for any
body,” Rayor said. “We’ll do what we
can to help WISTEC stay open. ”
Johnson said WISTEC should be
ready to approach the council with a
successful plan by March.
WISTEC History
1995—The University gives WISTEC
the use of the Autzen Stadium park
ing lot so the museum can generate
revenue from parking during foot
ball games.
Jan. 19,2001 — Eugene City Council
gives the University clearance to
build a bus transit station on the
Autzen Stadium parking lot to com
pensate for the additional seating
being added to the stadium. WISTEC
loses possible revenues from the
parking Jot for the next seven years.
Jan. 23,2001 — WISTEC refuses
$200,000 compensation offered by
the University for the next seven
years. WISTEC says it will close.
Feb. 1,2001 — WISTEC reverses its
decision to close and begins search
ing for ways to stay open.
Feb. 26,2001 — WISTEC receives ap
proval from the City Council to con
tinue developing a business plan
that will allow the museum to ac
quire its building and land leases.
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