Senate brief
Senate denies special
funding requests
At Wednesday night’s ASUO
Student Senate meeting, two recog
nized student groups that aren’t
funded through the ASUO— a hip
hop group and GLOSS — each re
quested a $300 startup fee.
But Sen. Mary Elizabeth Mad
den pointed out a rule in the
Green Tape Notebook that sena
tors had overlooked. The rule pro
hibits the senate from allocating
money to groups that hadn’t gone
through the Programs Finance
Committee.
Some senators said they were
concerned that allocating money to
a group not yet funded would set a
dangerous precedent, and students
might begin to take advantage of
senate special requests.
“We’re moving into a dangerous
area,” Sen. Andy Elliott said. He
said allocating money to the hip
hop group is “saying that we’ll just
give $300 to any group. They
should go through the PFC
process.”
Elliott also questioned whether
the $300 startup money allocated to
Night Ride should be recalled,
since Night Ride is also a new
group that didn’t go through last
year’s PFC process.
In other senate business, the Ath
letic Department Finance Commit
tee requested a 7 percent increase
— totaling $1,169,159 — for the in
cidental fee contract with the Ath
letic Department. The increase
would pay for next year’s student
tickets for football and basketball
games — including tickets released
for football games played before
school begins. Until this year, the
Athletic Department had covered
the cost of student tickets for pre
school games.
ADFC members said they wor
ried the Athletic Department will
demand more money. But the 7
percent increase is the maximum
increase student senate can imple
ment without first asking the stu
dents for permission.
“The bottom line is, we don’t
have $45,000 for the preseason tick
ets,” Sen. Dave Sanchez said. “We
need to (meet) with the Athletic De
partment and say, ‘This is all the
money we have to work with. ’”
— Diane Huber
Tower
continued from page 1
Kulby said Sprint did not conclu
sively show a 120-foot tower to be
necessary. The city has historically
refused to site large towers in town.
Verizon’s tower was denied last year
and was only approved after the com
pany agreed to shrink it to 80 feet.
Sprint has been trying to get a
tower constructed in the campus
area for the past several months.
There are currently no locations
available for siting on campus, Uni
versity planner David Barta said.
Barta has been working closely
with the company to find a site on
campus to give students better cell
phone reception.
E-mail reporter Brook Reinhard
atbrookreinhard@dailyemerald.com.
Russell Weller Emerald
Amtrak
continued from page 1
Amtrak officials believe the dual
responsibility of providing nation
al rail service and making profit is
impossible, according to spokes
woman Deirdre O’Sullivan.
Lloyd Flem, the executive direc
tor of the Washington Association of
Rail Passengers, said a radical re
structuring may not be necessary. He
said Amtrak leadership has made
poor decisions in the past, and he
supports “some measure” of restruc
turing, but “not significant changes.”
He said the restructuring proposal
has only become necessary because
the government does not spend
enough money on rail systems.
“We’ve virtually starved our pas
senger rail system in the past 40 or
50 years,” he said. “Getting money
for the rail system is like pulling
teeth without Novocain.”
Under the proposal, the federal
oversight committee could open
railways outside the Washington,
D.C.-to-Boston corridor to other en
tities, including state governments
and private corporations. Chapman
said he hopes Oregon and Wash
ington will jointly create a North
west rail system.
Rail service use in the Northwest
has steadily increased in the past
two years. In 2001, Eugene saw a
nearly 50 percent increase from
1999, partly because of the addition
of two routes, according to the
Washington association. In the
Northwest, 16 percent more people
rode rails in 2001 than in 1999.
Washington and Oregon already
contribute funds to Amtrak’s west
ern railroads, and if they create a
new rail system they could offer in
centives to freight companies to lay
more railroad tracks. The extra
tracks would free existing ones for
passenger service, Chapman said.
E-mail reporter Marty Toohey
at martytoohey@dailyemerald.com.
Addictions
continued from page 1
as well as addiction experts and a
tobacco executive.
The interviews were memorized
by the cast word-for-word and
turned into dramatic literature.
Some of these interviews were
conducted just days ago at the
University, bringing the issue
closer to home.
“Putting the campus culture into
the play definitely made it more
real,” said Sheryl Eyster, associate
dean of student life.
Cast member Ginger Legon said
there was a definite connection be
tween the people on stage and
those in the seats.
“I really felt a relationship
between the actors and the audi
ence,” Legon said. “They respond
ed to the situations that they could
relate to.”
Another sold-out audience is ex
pected for tonight’s performance at
7 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom. As of
5 p.m. Wednesday, nearly 100 tick
ets were left for the show. Students
can attend for free, but they*must
obtain tickets from the UO Ticket
Office. University faculty and staff
admission is $5 and general admis
sion is $10.
E-mail reporter Marcus Hathcock
at marcushathcock@dailyemerald.com.
Adam Jones Emerald
Josh Koenig performs Wednesday night for
the Quick Fix Project to raise awareness
about drug addiction.
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