Wednesday,January 30,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103,Issue 85
“We have been offered an opportunity and we must not let it pass.
We choose freedom and the dignity of everyday life. ” — President George W. Bush
President
stresses
security
■Tuesday’s State of the Union
Address centered on stabilizing
the economy, domestic policy
and the war against terrorism
ByJodiEnda
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON (KRT)—Pres
ident Bush asked the American
people Tuesday night to stay the
course in the war to root out ter
rorism, not only in Afghanistan
but around the globe.
In his first State of the Union
Address, Bush made clear that
the war that seemed so straight
forward in Afghanistan is about
to get more complicated. White
House officials said intelligence
reports show that as many as
100,000 terrorists were trained in
Afghanistan and many have
moved to other countries.
Riding a high tide of popularity
since the Sept. 11 attack on
America, Bush used his address
to lay out three priorities for his
second year in office: winning the
war on terrorism, protecting the
homeland from further assaults
and reviving the economy.
"What we have found in
Afghanistan confirms that, far
from ending there, our war
against terror is only beginning,"
the president said, according to
excerpts of his speech that the
White House released. U.S. spe
cial forces already have been de
ployed to the Philippines and are
expected to fan out to other trou
ble spots in the months ahead.
America will be "steadfast, pa
tient and persistent," Bush said,
Turn to Bush,page 4
President Bush spent an hour Tuesday evening addressing the nation on issues ranging from terrorism to
volunteering in the Freedom Corps, advising patience and persistence.
Bush’s
words to
America:
“We begin to
think less of
the goods
we can
accumulate
and more of
the good we
can do.”
“Our progress
isatributeto
the Afghan
people and
to the might
of the IXS.
military.”
“Our cause
is just. Our
country will
never forget
those who
gave their
lives for
freedom.”
“I am a proud
member of
my party...
but we must
act first and
foremost as
Americans.”
"Whatever
it costs to
defend our
country we
will pay."
“Even in
tragedy,
especially
in tragedy.
God is near."
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For more in-depth coverage *
of local opinion of the president’s
State of the Union Address, turn to
the community reaction story inside.
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Local reactions to the president’s speech
I
PETER DEFAZIO
U.S. Representative
"l was pleased to
seethe President
emphasize the need
tor economic
stimulus and job .
creation. Congress
must pass a real
economic stimulus
bill to bring
(real) relief.”
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JIM TORREY
Eugene Mayor
“Ayearagolwas
very concerned
abouthis ability to
express himself and
lead as a speaker
He’s much better
today —through
having to
deal with the
terrorism situation”
“He got a lot of
claps, but fie
didn’t outline the
details of bow
we’d get out of a
recession ...He
didn’ttalkone
whit about
campaign
finance reform.”
RON WYOEN
U.S. Senator
“lam anxious to
work with the
president to get
Oregonians back
to work, and to
fill holes in the
safety net on
health care and
prescription
drug coverage.”
EMU Budget
Committee
eliminates
SARO funding
■ The EMU program was cut
due to a lack of available funds
as well as the conclusion that
it wasn’t serving students
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
The EMU Budget Committee vot
ed unanimously Tuesday night to
cut all funding for the Student Ac
tivities Resource Office but main
tained funding for its former parent
organization, the UO Cultural Fo
rum.
Budget committee member
Christa Shively said she wanted to
end the “political B.S.” that plagues
SARO so a new leadership program
could start from a clean slate.
“I just don’t see a success story
for this program in the EMU ...We
would have to give (SARO)
$100,000 to make it successful and
we don’t have that kind of money,”
she said. “It’s a mediocre program
that isn’t serving students.”
The SARO 2001-02 budget is
$77,614. The program will be de
funded in 2002-03.
Committee member Andy Elliott
said he had already spoken with
student leaders and administrators
who are interested in creating a
new leadership program — one that
could be funded from another
source, such as from a grant or from
the ASUO’s over-realized fund.
SARO coordinator Debra Martin’s
contract ends in June 2002. EMU
Director Dusty Miller said he does
n’t know at this point what will
happen to her position, but said he
plans to meet with her to discuss it.
Martin said she agreed with the
board’s decision.
I have a lot invested in this pro
gram and I've worked really hard to
make it work,” she said. “But I have
always been personally conflicted
that it isn’t student-driven.”
SARO has been recognized as a
distinct program by the EMU since
splitting from the Cultural Forum
two years ago.
The budget committee also voted
on the 2002-03 Cultural Forum
budget, setting it at $179,810 — a
10.8 percent increase.
Most of the increase came in
transfers from the SARO to the Cul
tural Forum budget for an office
manager position as well as other
administrative expenses.
The Cultural Forum requested a
monthly stipend increase from $150
to $225 for most of its student coor
dinator positions, but the commit
tee voted 5-2 to keep the stipend at
the current level.
SARO and the Cultural Forum
originally presented budgets to the
board Jan. 22, but the committee
tabled both budgets because pro
gram coordinators presented budg
ets that differed from those submit
ted by EMU administrators.
Turn to Forum, page 3