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ASUO Senate funds Night Ride
The ASUO Student Senate voted
10-6 on Wednesday night to transfer
$300 from surplus funds to Night Ride,
a new University service which will of
fer rides to both men and women. Pro
gram director Nikki Fancher said the
money would be used for outreach and
program publicity costs.
Debate among senators centered
not on the use of the money, but on
the validity of Night Ride. The pro
gram was created in response to a
federal Office of Civil Rights investi
gation, which found that the Uni
versity service Project Saferide dis
criminated against men by offering
rides only to women.
Sen. Andy Elliott, who voted
against the motion, said he did not
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film. After some fim suggestions from
the audience, a consensus was
reached that the subject matter of the
movie would be the late Ken Kesey —
to be played by Robert Redford.
This kind of specificity was said
only in jest, as astrology is not an ex
act science. Mitchell said it is more
like philosophy than anything else.
Still, looking back on the events of
Sept. 11, Mitchell expressed a certain
regret about occasionally being right.
At last year’s reading, Mitchell
predicted trouble late in the year.
Eugene resident Rosanne Raymond
recalled that Mitchell had specifi
cally mentioned the strong possi
bility of war for October 2001.
“I thought she had really missed
the mark. The country was doing so
well that war seemed a long way
away,” Raymond said.
Fellow astrologer Gary Rabideau,
who was in attendance for “profes
sional support,” said the predic
tions made during astrological
readings should be taken as sugges
tions, like a weather report.
“You can tell someone it’s going
to rain tomorrow, and they’ll still go
out in a swimsuit,” he said.
Mitchell takes an active stance in
the community, which is why she
organizes this annual event as a
fundraiser for Food for Lane Coun
ty. Wednesday’s reading raised
$700 for the charity.
E-mail senior Pulse reporter Mason West
at masonwest@dailyemerald.com.
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sue at two meetings and tabled de
bate for the second time in early
November.
Lombardi, who could not attend
Wednesday’s meeting, said he was
disappointed the board put finan
cial concerns before concerns about
student health.
“I think it’s a travesty (the board)
voted to (continue selling tobacco)”
he said. “To me, it’s unbelievable
that the UO would share in the
profits of Philip Morris and use that
to support students.”
Williams said he sympathized
with the difficulty of the EMU
board’s situation because of the fi
nancial importance of tobacco sales
to Erb Essentials. Tobacco sales’
small financial impact on the book
store made it easier for the book
store board to focus on the moral is
sues involved, he said.
Few customers have complained
about the new policy so far, book
store main floor cashier supervisor
Chris Boyd said.
“I’ve had more positive com
ments than negative,” he said.
“(People) read the memo, and go
‘all right, it’s about time,”’ he said.
E-mail student activities editor Kara Cogswell
atkaracogswell@dailyemerald.com.
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Footbridge and using the same type
of shuttle buses used by Lane Tran
sit District’s Breeze program.
“We’ve got a (transportation)
problem here, and we have to start
considering unique and creative so
lutions,” Torrey said.
Councilor Betty Taylor was
adamantly opposed to Torrey’s plans
to run vehicles down the footpath.
“I think it’s an unacceptable idea,”
she said. “It would do a lot of dam
age to the wetland area down there.”
The mayor also expressed con
cern about the tax base lost with
companies such as Symantec and
PeaceHealth moving to Springfield,
but he said their decision to remain
close to their old homes saved jobs.
Torrey said he will gather all
Lane County elected officials soon
and attempt to combine services
and streamline budgets, in hopes
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that any money saved will mean
lesser cuts to schools.
Although Kelly and Taylor said
Torrey’s attempt is a good idea, nei
ther thought much would come
from it. Taylor said a better idea
would be to combine the 4J and
Bethel school districts and save
money by streamlining that admin
istration.
E-mail community reporter Marty Toohey at
martytoohey@dailyemerald.com.
support the creation of Night Ride
because he believed it would be
more efficient to incorporate the
new program into Saferide.
Night Ride “makes absolutely no
fiscal sense,” Elliot said.
Senators voted unanimously to
transfer $4,000 from surplus funds
to the Student Insurgent. The mon
ey will be used to pay a speaker at a
conference sponsored by the group.
Senators approved a special re
quest by Asian-Pacific American Stu
dent Union to transfer money within
the group’s budget. A request by the
International Student Association for
$100 of surplus money for program
ming was also approved; another re
quest by the ISA was tabled.
Senators also voted to table a $500
request by the Multicultural Center
for retreat expenses because a date for
the retreat had not yet been set.
Senate President Peter Watts an
nounced the resignation of Pro
grains Finance Committee senate
Eddy Morales. Morales said in a let
ter he resigned because he was nt
longer attending the University.
Senators unanimously voted to ap
point freshmen Andrea Hall and Mery
Kusyk to the ASUO Elections Board.
—Kara Cogswell
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