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Join us for the 2001 ruhl Lecture SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON School of journalism and Communication "Spies, Wars, and Massacres: The Ethical Dilemmas of a Foreign Correspondent" Nick Kristof Associate Managing editor, The New York Times Pulitzer Prize Winner MONDAY, MAY 7 Gerlinger Lounge 4:00 P.M. cRliM • Symposium This lecture is made possible by The Robert and Mabel Ruhl Endowment. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALI. (541) 346-3819 AT THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED IF REQUESTED IN ADVANCE BY MONDAY, MAY 7, 2001. r Labor in a Global Economy A conference exploring the history, politics, and local impact of globalization, and its challenges for working people. 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Raschio continued from page 1 tices have either been exceptionally good or exceptionally bad about ful filling their office hours, the court is unsure whether its office space is completely its own, and the only things the court has dealt with all year have been election-time grievances. “Student government is this big, big experiment,” Raschio said. “It’s the first time most young people get a chance to touch power. ” But this year, the ASUO student government has not been running as it should, he said. Having student government set up in three branch es is a good idea because, just like a real democracy, it provides for checks and balances, Raschio said. But the problem is that this year those checks and balances have not been happening, he said. “I don’t think the Exec paid any at tention to [the court] this year,” Ras chio said. “It just kind of feels like we’re all down our own separate tracks. We don’t check each other. ” ASUO State Affairs Coordinator Brian Tanner, however, said the inter action between the different branch es of the government is what one makes of it. Tanner said the court’s duty is to rule on grievances and to make sure that programs and groups are behaving in accordance with the Green Tape Notebook, which con tains the rules governing the ASUO. “I understand there was some bad communication between the court and the ASUO Executive,” Tanner said. But Raschio has “got that op portunity to step in with [ASUO President Jay Breslow] and say ‘you need to do this and this.’” While there have not been any significant violations this year, Ras chio said, certain provisions of the Green Tape Notebook were ignored — especially things such as time lines. Breslow has had trouble ap pointing students to open student government spots in time, which led two students to attempt a recall of the ASUO president late fall term. Raschio blamed much of the complications on late starts. But he added there are other problems in volved with the running of this year’s student government. “It just seems like there’s this gen eral lack of commitment to the idea of student government,” Raschio said. “There’s a lot of committed people in student government, but ... it seems like everybody’s running on their own agendas without con cern for the institution.” Tanner, however, said that was not an accurate description. “We worked together as a team all year. It would have been nice if Rob [Raschio] had spent some time in the office,” he said. “I didn’t see any court justices at all until the elections.” The problems were not always among branches of government, Raschio said. Toward the end of last term, the court began to face prob lems of its own. Internal conflicts developed on the court, Raschio said, in the form of two factions professing different ideologies. Eventually that turmoil led former justice Richard Jameson to resign late in winter term after writing a letter in which he called the court a “kangaroo court.” Raschio also said there were huge personality conflicts on the court, contending that “people came in with a very specific agenda” — and point ing directly at Justice Alan Tauber. Tauber stopped the ballot meas ure election after the first day of vot ing when five senators filed a griev ance against the Multicultural Center’s measure. Raschio said such “behavior was unacceptable. ” Tauber could not be reached for comment before press time. Raschio, however, maintained that meddling with the referendum system, which was what he said Tauber was trying to do, was not something the court should do. Soon the court divided in two, with Tauber and Jameson against Raschio and future Chief Justice Sara Pirk, Raschio said. Justice Ah san Awan remained in the middle, he said, acting as mediator. Awan said while he considered himself a swing vote on many issues, he was unwilling to comment on the presence of factions within the court. “There are obviously differing viewpoints,” Awan said. With Jameson gone, Raschio’s res ignation and Awan’s graduation mak ing his resignation “highly expected,” Tauber and Pirk may soon be the only two justices still around, Awan said. Tanner said it is Breslow’s duty to appoint new justices within the next few weeks he has remaining in office. If he does not, Tanner said, incoming executive leaders Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair will have 30 days to do so. Awan said he hopes confirmations to the two open justice positions will come during the next ASUO Student Senate meeting. He added there is al ready one candidate who has im pressed both Breslow and senate President Peter Watts. Although no one could say for sure, Tauber may also be facing po tential removal from the court be cause he has not enrolled in a suffi cient amount of credits this term. Pirk will be the perfect starting point to kick the court’s momentum back into gear, Raschio said. “She’s a good person to build the court around,” Raschio said. “She’s far smarter than lam.” Tanner said he hoped Brooklyn and Nair learn to improve commu nication between next year’s court and the Executive office. Awan said he was confident the two can start off on the right foot. “I think the next court will do a better job of keeping it together,” Awan said. “And I think the next student government will do a better job of bringing people [to the court] that can work together. ” Professor Alley, a professor in the Robert D. Clark Honors College, is a recipient of the University of Oregon Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching. Dr. Alley is a noted scholar of George Elliot and an author of several novels and short stories. In the years since tlge award and promotion to full professor, Dr, Alley has continued to earn strong reviews from his students. There are distinct patterns in •• their narrative comments, including praise for his rigor, insight, and dedication. His students commend his tutorials, in which he meets with each student in his 100-level sequence to help provide individual instruction in composition. This course'is open to all University students, you do not need to be an Honors College student to enroll. American Fiction Since 1960 ■ Fulfills Honors College Arts and Letters requirement ■ Fulfills Modern British and American Literature requirement for English majors You do not have to be in the Honors College to take this class. It is open to all students with sophomore standing or above. We will be studying representative authors from each of the four decades, 1960s, 70s, '80s, and '90s: Ken Kesey (1960s), Alice Walker (1970s, 1980s), Raymond Carver (1980s), Toni Morrison (1990.) The course will define recent literary trends in our country, some of them as they are happening now. There will be discussion, some lecture, along with assigned paper. We will also see a few video segments and listen to some tapes. We will spend some time talking about the evolution of popular as well as literary culture. HC 311 ■ Arts and Letters ■ CRN 42960 « 4 Credits Meets June 25-July 20 Monday and Thursday 2:30-3:20 307 Chapman Professor Henry Alley Oregon Daily Emerald P.O.Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the Uni versity of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. 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