Torch
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States boycotted the games. After
learning his Olympic dream had
ended, Scott moved to Rome with
several members of his church and
worked for three months building
houses after an earthquake.
Sandy Serpas of Eugene said she
is “overwhelmed” by the opportu
nity to carry the torch.
“It’s amazing to see so many peo
ple show interest in this,” Serpas
said. “It’s amazing to know I’m part
of something so big.”
Serpas’s parents died when she
was young, and doctors have told
her that she probably had a stroke
when she was born, leaving her
with a speech disorder and occa
sional motor skill difficulties with
the right side of her body.
She has worked for U.S. Bank for
23 years, and is currently a district
operations manager. She was also
single while raising her daughter,
Christy, now 31.
“Those people are what the relay
is all about,” Walker said. “They
represent what it means to sacrifice
and inspire.”
The torch itself represents “a
fiery icicle in motion,” Walker said.
The torch is 33 inches long, weighs
3.5 pounds and is made of glass,
copper and silver.
The torch’s fire is enclosed in
glass, in keeping with the theme of
the games, and Walker said rain
will not extinguish it.
“We took it through a torrential
downpour in Louisville (Ky.),”
Walker said. “We should be able to
handle the rain in Oregon.”
Torrey said relay organizers as
sured him rain would not extin
guish the torch, but if the rain
threatens the flame, “we have great
umbrellas here.”
Last year, prominent members of
the International Olympic Commit
tee received criticism when inves
tigators discovered the members
had accepted bribes, such as cash
and scholarships for children, from
Salt Lake City officials in exchange
for choosing the city to host this
year’s Winter Olympics.
Despite the controversy, the
torch has lost none of its luster, Tor
rey and Walker said.
“The manner in which Salt Lake
City acquired the games has caused
the image of the IOC to lose luster,
but the torch has and continues to
rise above those things,” Torrey said.
“Our focus is on the torch, the
games and the athletes them
selves,” Walker said. “The torch is
still the symbol it’s been since it
was created. We’re hoping for an
Olympic Games as fantastic as the
relay has been.”
E-mail community reporter Marty Toohey at
martytoohey@dailyemerald.com.
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Hindi/Urdu, Thai, Swahili,
Turkish, Portuguese, Cantonese
and Nepali. The Arabic program
has the largest enrollment this
term of the self-study languages.
Chris Holman, an instructor for
the program whose experience
with Arabic includes serving in the
U.S. Army as an interrogator and
Arabic linguist, said that while the
sudden increase in Arabic study is
partially due to the events of Sept.
11, there are additional reasons stu
dents participate in the program.
“I'm part Lebanese,” senior
Gabrielle Kary said. “My family
is in Lebanon, and I want to be
able to communicate with them.
I've always wanted to learn Ara
bic, so this term I enrolled in
the program.”
With increased interest in Arabic
language courses, Middle Eastern
and terrorism studies and Islamic
religion classes, the University and
OSU are expanding their ability to
accommodate students.
• O’Connor said the University is
planning to hire an Islamic scholar
who will teach Islamic Religious
Studies.
• International studies Professor
Anita Weiss is currently teaching a
seminar on issues relating to the at
tacks. “In the Wake of September
11: Issues and Concerns” explores
Profile
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new members to decide budgets
based on the group’s previous
spending patterns and to remember
“the big picture” — how the budg
ets they set affect the incidental fees
students will pay next year.
“We need to keep in mind that
the decisions we make affect stu
dents’ pocketbooks,” she said.
“And in some cases even their abil
ity to go to college.”
Executive appointee Erin Foote
Pursell, 21 and a senior political
science and environmental studies
major, is vice chairwoman of the
committee. She said she likes being
a member of PFC because she is in a
position to help groups achieve
their goals.
Pursell has volunteered as a driv
er for Project Saferide and has led
campaigns for OSPIRG.
She said people shouldn’t be con
cerned that her budgetary bias will
lean toward those groups. She said
she cares about those programs and
wants them to manage their money
well, and she is likely to be harder
on them than other members.
When deciding budgets, she said
she tries to balance the group’s past
spending with what the group
needs to achieve its goals.
“I have noticed myself being fur
ther to the left than other members
— just in terms of taking a chance
on groups,” she said.
Member-at-large Russ Tkebucha
va, 21, spends a minimum of 15
hours a week in PFC budget hear
ings, works 30 hours a week as a
cashier at ShopKo and is taking 16
class credits this term.
He said the extra time he spends
in PFC is worth it to him because
he wants “a hand in how our mon
ey is spent.” The experience will
help him prepare for a career relat
ed to accounting and economics.
Tkebuchava said he has attended
many group events and meetings
but does not consider himself a
member of any program included
in the PFC budget.
“When (a hearing) starts I kind of
disregard any past relationship I’ve
had with the group and look objec
tively at the budget,” he said.
“We’re accountants.”
Programs appointee Joe Streck
ert, 21, said he decided to join PFC
because he wanted to work in stu
dent government and “thought PFC
would most directly involve me
with the most number of students.”
As a member of Model United
Nations, the junior political science
major prepared the group’s PFC
budget request. In high school, he
worked for a bankruptcy lawyer,
preparing debt documentation.
Streckert, who was elected to PFC
by the ASUO Programs Council,
said he is “always willing to give
groups the benefit of the doubt.”
PFC Senator Nadia Hasan has
been involved with several ASUO
groups, including the Muslim Stu
dent Association and Students of
the Indian Subcontinent. Last year,
she was an ASUO intern.
The 19-year-old sophomore busi
ness major ran for PFC because she
wanted to improve the relationship
between the ASUO and the groups
it governs, she said.
“A lot of students feel like the
ASUO is out to get them, and I
guess I just wanted to see what it
was like from the other side.”
E-mail student activities editor Kara Cogswell
atkaracogswell@dailyemerald.com.
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On Tuesday, MEChA members
requested a nearly 15 percent in
crease for 2002-2003. But based on
the group’s past spending habits,
PFC instead voted to decrease
MEChA’s budget by 0.24 percent.
PFC cut the group’s Ganas ac
count, which funds MEChA’s mid
dle school mentoring program,
from $400 to $200. Earlier this year,
the group acknowledged mis
spending funds from the account
last year. Receipts from a June 2001
end-of-the-year Ganas party
showed the group spent money on
food, which is not an approved ex
pense for the account, as well as
games and a $22 set of golf balls.
During the hearing, PFC mem
bers also questioned the group’s
spending from the films account,
which is meant to be used for pur
chasing documentaries and other
educational videos, video rentals,
and film development costs. A re
ceipt dated June 8, 2001, showed
the group made a $117 purchase
from Face the Music with some of
the money from its films account.
“If I had seen (the receipt), I
would never have approved it,”
ASUO Accounting Coordinator
Jennifer Creighton said.
Sibley, who was an ASUO con
troller before joining the Commen
tator staff, approved the purchase.
PFC kept the funding for the
films account at $75, the same
amount allocated for 2001-02. PFC
members said they did not want to
penalize the group for a mistake
made by a former member.
The Minority Law Student Asso
ciation received the largest increase
in last week’s PFC hearings, jumping
from $1,616 in 2001-02 to $2,463 for
2002-03. PFC increased funding for
MLSA partly because the number of
minority law students has in
creased. MLSA is also adding a new
co-director position and expanding
its events and programs.
Black Women of Achievement
received the sharpest budget cut
last week. PFC members voted to
cut the group’s budget from $4,499
for 2001-2002 to $3,809 for 2002
2003 — a decrease of 15.34 percent.
Madden said the group had signifi
cant budget rollovers in previous
years, and members had asked for a
funding decrease in some areas of
the budget.
Hearings scheduled for Tuesday
include the Interfraternity Council,
Jewish Student Union and Recre
ation Sports. Groups scheduled for
Thursday include the ASUO
Women’s Center, the Student Insur
gent, Project Saferide and the new
Night Rideprogram. Saturday’s
hearing schedule includes the Uni
versity Counseling and Testing
Center and the International Stu
dent Association.
E-mail reporter Danielle Gillespie at
daniellegillespie@dailyemeralci.com.
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topics including the causes of the
attacks and the history of the
Arab/Israeli conflict. There are
more than 80 students enrolled in
the seminar.
• Oregon State University's phi
losophy department is implement
ing an Islamic Religious Studies
course beginning spring term, and
there is an expected increase in the
number of students who will par
ticipate in the Arab and French
study-abroad program, OSU histo
ry Professor Jon Katz said.
University political science pro
fessor Jane Cramer , who participat
ed in the “After September 11”
teach-ins fall term, is teaching a
class called “Terrorism, Weapons,
Mass Destruction and Non-Prolifer
ation” spring term. Cramer said that
while Islamic studies have not been
a top issue, the focus has shifted
since Sept. 11.
“There is an overwhelming in
terest to study these subjects,”
Cramer said. “Islamic and Middle
Eastern studies are receiving
greater national interest by both
students and faculty.”
Katie Ellis is a freelance reporter for the
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