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Diversity
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see how prevalent this attitude is
and what steps can be taken to
ensure every voice is heard. She
said doing so will make the cam
pus a better place for everyone,
not just minority students.
“Once a climate is good for those
who stand out in class, it’s typical
ly better for everyone in class,” she
said.
Anne Leavitt, associate vice
president of student affairs and
dean of students, said the survey,
which will cost approximately
$15,000, will be more accurate
then other surveys because it will
“over-sample” under-represented
groups to gain specific data on
those groups.
She said this gives the Univer
sity administration better infor
mation on how to implement
plans for its new institute to
study diversity and it will also
help “clarify enrollment and re
cruitment goals.”
B rooky In
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Although this year the ASUO has
committed itself to fighting for a tu
ition freeze, a housing code and the
preservation of the student inciden
tal fee — issues that affect all stu
dents — Brooklyn and Nair said
many people still do not feel direct
ly impacted by the group.
This is why one of the candidates’
main goals is to bring the ASUO out
side of its office and onto the cam
pus streets. With plans to make
campaigns more visible on places
such as 13th Avenue, the candidates
hope the ASUO will bring informa
tion to students and not just wait for
students to come to them. They said
that although visibility may seem
like a simple thing, sometimes that’s
all it takes to make students aware.
The candidates added that signs of
student apathy, such as the 9 percent
voter turnout in the primary election
and lack of student involvement,
does not necessarily mean students
do not care about campus issues.
But students need to know why
they should care, they said.
“Often times, people don’t get in
volved with things they don’t feel
are directly relevant to them,”
Brooklyn said. “It’s one thing to go
out there and do things, but we also
need to make sure people know
how this is a part of their lives.”
As the controversial student inci
dental fee issue simmers on the hot
plate nationwide, some students
may not even know what the fee is
and how it benefits almost every
student on campus, the pair said.
For example, many students may
not know that the fee pays for com
puter lab access and free bus rides. As
a result, the candidates have consid
ered putting up posters that show
people what services the fee provides.
Dawn Liu, a senior general sci
ence and psychology major, agreed
that students are not aware of every
thing the incidental fee entails, and
that posters would be a good start.
“A lot of people assume that it’s
just for student programs,” she said.
“Raising awareness of what the stu
dent fee actually affects is a great
way for students to begin to under
stand everything it does.”
Jennifer Greenough, a senior polit
ical science major, also agreed that
many students do not know much
about the fee, but that it may take
more than posters to spread the word.
She said there have been posters
telling students that football and bas
ketball tickets are subsidized by the
fee, yet some still are not aware.
“It would help students realize
somewhat more, [but] I don’t know
how effective that would be,” she
said. “There’s still a general lack of
knowledge about the incidental fee.”
Brooklyn and Nair also hope to
keep the ASUO’s relationship with
other groups, such as student unions,
the administration, the Eugene Police
Department and the Eugene City
Council, as close as possible.
“Our collaboration is what makes
us a strong organization,” Brooklyn
said.
The two women also hope to work
with the administration in making di
versity more of a priority on campus.
One of the more obvious problems
in regard to diversity on campus, the
candidates said, is the lack of faculty
and students of color. They said that
if students do not have mentors and
are not learning in a diverse atmos
phere, it will be a shortcoming when
they graduate and have to enter a
competitive workplace.
And as tuition hikes approach,
the pair said, students need to ask if
they’re getting their money’s worth.
“You’re paying all this money for
a university that doesn’t get you pre
pared, and more students need to
question that,” Brooklyn said.
More than any platform objective,
the candidates hope that spreading
the ASUO’s messages to students who
are not involved outside will show
them what power the ASUO has and
encourage them to get involved.
“One of the biggest things we’re
going to do for students is listen,”
Brooklyn said. “We’re really excit- ^
ed to do this job, but we’re not at all
experts. We’re hoping to vocalize
questions and see who has the an
swers, and keep the office open to
anyone with ideas ... that’s the best
thing we can do.”
Jacobson
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son said. “We want all students to
think that their student government
is not only relevant, but also respon
sive to their concerns. ”
A major policy Jacobson and Cook
are pushing is what they call an
ASUO “public relations hub,” which
would aid student groups that need
or want help publicizing their events.
The idea came to the pair as they
visited a number of student groups
while campaigning. Jacobson said
the programs were planning a lot of
wonderful ideas — from film festi
vals to culture nights — but that
those ideas did not seem to be reach
ing the bulk of students on campus.
“Very few students who just go to
class know about these events,” Ja
cobson said.
To remedy the problem, the pair
decided that within their executive
office, they would create a public re
lations service for student groups.
One staff person and a team of pub
lic relations and advertising major
volunteers would help programs
with everything from press releases
to poster designs — with an aim of
piquing the interest of students and
community members.
Jacobson added that messages
about program events would focus
not only on campus, but on the com
rnunity—and possibly the state—as
well. Targeting the greater communi
ty would be a first step in improving
campus-community relations, which
have encountered rough times lately,
Jacobson said, pointing out problems
with the Eugene City Council and the
Eugene Police Department.
In order to let students know about
the available service, Jacobson said,
the public relations service coordi
nator would visit each student group
at the beginning of the year.
Dawn Liu, a senior majoring in gen
eral science and psychology, said get
ting student groups to use a public re
lations resource may not be as easy as
it seems. As former co-director of the
Asian Pacific American Student
Union, Liu said promoting an event is
often less of a priority compared with
all the planning a group must do.
“Ideally it sounds like a good
idea,” Liu said, but “realistically it’s
not as plausible as it sounds.”
Jacobson said he and Cook would
also like to create a “projects coor
dinator” position within the ASUO
that would help student groups
“plan, fund raise and implement”
their various projects.
Many student groups face difficul
ties when approaching the Student
Senate for money, Jacobson said, and
oftentimes they don’t know or under
stand the proper procedure. But hav
ing a coordinator whose sole job is to
help them through it would make the
process a little easier.
The coordinator would spend
most of his or her time outside of the
office, meeting with student groups
and finding out what they need help
with. The position itself, Jacobson
said, demonstrates the fundamental
difference between his view of stu
dent government and the view that
currently reigns.
Right now the ASUO is “fairly re
active,” Jacobson said, and it bene
fits only a small group of people. A
“cliquish nature” and a “tendency
toward small-mindedness” plague
the ASUO, Jacobson said, but he
and Cook could fix sucK problems
by exhibiting a professional and civ
il demeanor.
“Matt and I think we can go out
and talk to average students and
speak their language and explain
why the student government is im
portant,” Jacobson said.
Senior political science major
Jennifer Greenough, who supports
Jacobson and Cook’s campaign, said
that because the pair hails from out
side the ASUO, they can relate more
easily to students not involved in
student government.
“I think they have the most poten
tial to represent the students as a
whole on this campus,” Greenough
said. “They’re willing to work hard
[and] they’re not doing this as much
for themselves as they are for stu
dents.”
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