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014297 SALE SALE 30V. off All Books $ 1995 or less Emerald City Fine Books 1044 Willamette • 684-9057 FOOTWISE THE B1RKENSTOCK STORE 181 E Broadway Downtown Eugene 342-6107 Mon-Sat 10-6 and Sun 11-5 Simple To earn a 4*00 in Brewology all you need to know is STEELHEAD* □ 9 Award-Winning Micro-Brews □ Soups, Salads n Ribs n Fresh Pizza □ Sandwiches n Pastas n Burgers □ Spirits n Home-Made Rootbeer TAKE A BREW HOME IN STEELHEAD'S BOX O' BEER Steelhead Brewing Company 199 East 5th Avenoe Eugene, OR Phone 686-2739 | Eugene, OR - Burlingame, CA - Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA - Irvine, CA ASUO plans for campaigns, upcoming special session ■ Rachel Pilliod, Ben Buzbee and the rest of the summer staff are hard at work making plans for the coming months By Kara Cogswell Oregon Daily Emerald In their first few weeks on the job, ASUO President Rachel Pilliod and Vice President Ben Buzbee are get ting to be known as the early-rising executives. Most days, Pilliod is in the office by 6 a.m. Buzbee’s usually in by 7 a.m. With an upcoming legislature special session, a long list of cam paigns to plan for and just six staff members for the summer, the stu dent government leaders are going to need that energy during the next few months. On Friday, the leaders met with Provost John Moseley, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Anne Leavitt and other administra tors to discuss what the University is going to ask for during the next legislative special session, expect ed to be called this month to re assess the 2001-03 budget. Pilliod said student leaders at the meeting, including State Affairs Co ordinator Adam Petkun, who will be on staff this summer, listened to administrators but decided “to hold their cards” until they know what’s going to be on the table. “Because there are so many things that are going to come into play, we were not yet ready to speak on behalf of students,” Pilliod said. “Until you know what the cuts are, you don’t know how many students are going to be adversely affected. ” She said University administra tors, who “feel like their hands are tied,” are planning to ask for a 1 per cent tuition increase for every 1 per cent cut from the budget. They’re also talking about slowing growth by raising admission standards. As more information about the special session comes in, ASUO lead ers will continue to talk with admin istrators and representatives from the Oregon Student Association to de cide what they will lobby for. If a spe cial session is held, they plan to bring groups of students to the state capital to meet with legislators. “Even though we’re breaking for the summer, we still want to have a really strong presence in Salem,” Pilliod said. Along with the special session, another issue that’s taken priority for ASUO in the past couple of weeks is the proposed increase in alcohol fines currently being con sidered by the Eugene City Council. ASUO opposes mandatory mini mum fines and supports the use of diversion programs. Pilliod said ASUO staff members have organ ized students to testify at the coun cil meeting today about their experi ences with diversion programs and the court system. ASUO staff are also planning campaigns for the coming year, in cluding the “red flag for safety” campaign. Pilliod said the concept for the campaign is that drivers of University vehicles will keep in touch with each other, and when an incident reported to the Department of Public Safety occurs, each vehi cle will put out a red flag. Students who see the red flag will know that an incident has occurred and they can check an as-yet-to-be established source such as a phone hotline or the DPS Web site to find more information about the inci dent. Pilliod said this system, which they hope to have in place by the fall, is intended to get informa tion to students quickly and make attacks well known. “The awareness it raises will hopefully deter crime to some ex tent,” she said. As a first step in the campaign, Locally owned LUBE, OIL, FILTER DOWNTOWN 1320 Willamette 485-2356 2975 West 11th 3444)007 OPEN Sundays*^* • Chassis Lube • New Oil Filter • Up to 5 Qts. 10W-30 Kendall Oil • Clean Front Window • Vaccuum Front Floor Boards No m ~ Kendall Appointment necessary Most light cars & trucks 3/4 or 1-ton & Extra Cab Trucks Additional they have arranged for DPS to add the ASUO Executive to the list of ad ministrators and University depart ments that receive e-mail bulletins about incidents that occur, allowing students to receive information di rectly from the department. ASUO staff are also planning a big push to increase student voter turnout in the general election with the fall Get Out the Vote campaign. During the summer, ASUO staff plan to go to community events as well as freshman orientation sessions to be gin registering students to vote. Although multicultural advo cates Eduardo Morales and Madeleine Melton won’t be on staff for the summer, during the past few weeks the executives have been working with them to develop plans for a campus diversity education campaign. Buzbee is finishing up contracts between the ASUO and fee-funded groups and is continuing to work on plans for the new leadership devel opment program. With a limited budget, they only had money to pay for six summer staff positions. Five students they’ve hired for next year will work this summer. Megan Hughes, the 2001-02 Community Outreach Coordinator, is also staying on for the summer to fin ish work on an ASUO renter’s guide. If contract issues with the publisher of the guide can be settled in time, ASUO expects to have the publica tion out by the end of the summer. ASUO Accounting Coordinator Jennifer Creighton, who has seen several student administrations come and go, said it’s difficult to predict what incoming leaders will achieve, but Pilliod and Buzbee have a talented staff and the poten tial to succeed. “It’s always hard to know how things will shape up until fall hits,” she said. “But it certainly seems like they’re going to spend a lot of the sum mer planning, which should help them a lot when it comes to the fall. ” E-mail student activities editor Kara Cogswell atkaracogswell@dailyemerald.com. News brief Frohnmayerto present Presidential Medal University President Dave Frohn mayer will present Bernice Ingalls Staton with a Presidential Medal dur ing a pre-commencement brunch Saturday at McArthur Court. Staton wins the high honor for making a $10 million commitment to helping needy students attend the University. It’s the largest scholarship donation in the Uni versity’s history. “With one stroke, she is helping 100 young people each year trans form their lives, allowing them to pursue and even enlarge their own visions of what they might be able to accomplish in their lifetimes,” Frohnmayer said in a press release. “Her gift and her example will enrich the lives of the entire community. ” Staton herself only attended col lege for two years because of finan cial hardship, so she said she wants to help those who couldn’t attend without such aid. Staton’s donation has already helped pay for 100 students’ ex penses this year. Past winners of the Presidential Medal are Thomas Autzen, Earle M. Chiles and Charles H. Lundquist. The University awards the medal to people who have demonstrated a commitment to higher education through extraordinary support. — Serena Markstrom
