Student Senate elects 2002 officers
Student representatives also
heard requests from campus
groups at Wednesday^ meeting
Jan Montry
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The ASUO Student Senate met
Wednesday for its weekly meeting,
hearing special requests and voting
for senate officers.
Jackie Lynn Ray, Seat 13, was
elected senate president over Eric
Bailey, Seat 12. Ray hopes to work
with the ASUO Executive on a close
basis, as well as make students more
aware of the programs and services
available to them.
Kate Kranzush, Seat 7, ran unop
posed and was elected vice presi
dent. Kranzush hopes to work with
Ray to implement goals set at a fi
nance retreat.
Andrew Elliott, Seat 18, was elect
ed ombudsman, beating Tex Arnold,
Seat 16, and Levi Strom, Seat 14. El
liott said he will work to have an effi
ciently-run senate and read a poem
to express his platform.
Michael Linman, Seat 17, ran unop
posed and was elected treasurer. Lin
man said he will use his finance knowl
edge to efficiently run the position.
The Black Student Union made
two special requests for their fall re
ception Oct. 17 — an event open to
ail students to meet and get to know
one another.
The first request was to release
8200 from the group’s food holding
account to pay for food at the event.
The second request was to transfer
the remaining 850 from food to pay
for a trip to Skateworld after the
event. Both requests passed 14-1,
with one absent senator.
During the food transfers, the sen
ate debated whether a PFG request
last year to refrain from moving funds
from food accounts to other accounts
should be taken into consideration.
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Many senators argued that since it’s
3 been two years since senate rules have
v been updated and they don’t reflect
PFG’s request, it would be unfair to
s keep groups from doing so.
£ The second special request was
from “GLOSS,” a linguistics group on
r campus. The group is sponsoring a se
f ries of talks, speakers and workshops
2 with the theme “language endanger
, ment and language revitalization. ”
Due to discrepancies on the spe
cial request, the senate tabled it until
t next week, where GLOSS will submit
s an amended request,
s The Executive requested $24,418 to
create two new receptionist positions:
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one student and one nonstudent.
According to the Executive, the two
new positions are needed because of
extra duties that ASUO office staff
must undertake, as well as the enroll
ment increase, which means more
people are visiting the ASUO office.
Both requests passed 14-1.
The senate also voted 14-1 to
move $3,195 from the surplus to the
Kultura Pilipinas. The senate voted
in favor of the request last week, but
because it included money for food,
had to recall the request.
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that the school is serious in its ef
forts to deter grade inflation.
“This is not a request,” Meeske
said. “This is a ‘You do it or else.”’
But for James Terborg, who fre
quently teaches MGMT 321 — a re
quirement for all business majors —
the grading guidelines are recom
mendations and nothing else.
“This is the case where it is a
guideline and not a requirement,”
said Terborg, who has been at the
University since 1980. “That’s my
interpretation.”
The guidelines, which have not
previously been made public to stu
demic commitment, Dean Tim Glea
son said officials work to monitor
grade inflation on a quarterly basis,
but haven’t implemented any writ
ten policy to prevent its existence.
Gleason wouldn’t comment di
rectly on the business school’s
guidelines, but did say that as an in
structor, he believes evaluation
should reflect the quality of work.
“I think it’s important that there
be distinctions,” he said.
The business school’s dean, two
assistant deans and five department
heads — known as the Executive
Council — voted this summer to im
plement the new standards. Previ
ously, there was no such written pol
icy on grading, although King said
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school, were imple
mented to preempt
potential problems.
While King said grade
inflation hasn’t been a
significant problem in
the college, it is some
thing that has been
monitored. Citing a
rise in GPAs at some
of the nation’s most
"This action was to
prevent some of the
problems that occur
at other schools "
Ray King
business school
associate dean
partments with
in the college
had guidelines.
The council
first notified fac
ulty and gradu
ate teaching fel
lows about the
guidelines Sept.
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tributed within
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prestigious institutions, King said
the new standards should create a
sense of authenticity to academic
merits given from the University’s
business school.
“This action was to prevent some
of the problems that occur at other
schools,” he said.
Unsure if the decision to imple
ment such standards is a pioneering
achievement at the University, King
did say he wouldn’t be surprised if it
was a University first.
At the School of Journalism and
Communication, the University’s
most similar college in size and aca
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— that is, the trend of privatiza
tion,” he said.
The meeting, which is usually a
forum for members to debate poli
cies and vote on issues, was largely
an opportunity for speakers such
as McLauchlan, Vice President for
Academic Affairs Lorraine Davis
and Professor Lowell Bowditch to
share ideas and issues to consider
during the year.
Presentations varied from a
discussion of a higher education
reform act currently being con
sidered by the Oregon University
System to ways to advertise for
academic departments during
Duck football games.
Bowditch, reporting on the
results of the senate’s annual
leadership caucus, encouraged
faculty to consider all possible
ways to raise funds for depart
ments on campus.
“We shouldn’t let assumptions
of what donors might or might
not give shape our goals,” said
Bowditch, adding that perhaps
donors would be just as happy
giving money to the sociology
department as the music .school. .
the letter, the council recognized
that variation in student abilities
does exist, but noted the guidelines
should be broad enough to accom
modate objective grading.
“One of the most important roles
students and society expect of teach
ers and educational institutions is
the evaluation of student learning
and achievement,” the letter said. “If
we fail to make these useful and im
portant distinctions, our contribu
tion and value will be debased.”
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She added that a senate com
mittee was considering recom
mending a possible “donor tax” so
money to the Athletic
Department or football program
would be taxed and a part of it
used for academic programs.
As the meeting wound to a
close, campus gadfly Bruce Miller
walked in and asked if he could
speak during the meeting.
McLauchlan, with the advice of
former senate President and cur
rent Parliamentarian Paul
Simonds, determined that Miller
could speak if it was an announce
ment and if he made it brief.
“Because of a horrible lobby
ing effort, this University has lost
$20 to $25 million in funding in
the last nine to 12 months,” said
Miller, blaming all the
University’s current budget woes
on political inaction in Salem.
McLauchlan told Miller the meet
ing wasn’t a forum to make accusa
tions against the University, and
eventually convinced the commu
nity crusader to stop speaking, and
the meeting came to a close sever
al minutes later.
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