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Tuesday, October 29,2002
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Volume 104, Issue 43
ASUO funding issues up for vote today
Budget exemptions, football
ticket funding and a change to
the election process fill out
today’s special election ballot
Jan Montry
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The ASUO special election ends
today, and students are being
asked to vote on ASUO Constitu
tion changes, student fee alloca
tion and funding for student foot
ball tickets for games before the
start of the academic year. Four
measures are on the ballot.
ASUO Elections Coordinator
Andrea Hall said the results will be
posted on the ASUO office window
shortly after the polls close at 5
p.m.
Ballot Measure 6.15.1 would al
low the ASUO Programs Finance
Committee a one-time exemption
of the 7 percent budget increase
limit in order to fully fund all
ASUO and EMU building and
equipment reserves for multiple
ASUO programs.
If passed, the limit would be
raised to 25 percent.
Similarly, Ballot Measure 6.15.2
would give a one-time exemption
to the Athletic Department Fi
nance Committee to fund tickets
for two football games that happen
before the start of the academic
year. The games were formerly
funded with the ADFC’s McArthur
Court fund and the budget surplus.
Since the fund is nearly drained
and the surplus is low this year, the
ADFC wants to include the tickets
in its budget.
ADFC senator Kate Kranzush
said without a contract to fund
these games, the Athletic Depart
ment could charge up to $50 per
ticket per game, which students
would have to pay out of their pock
ets. Also, student seating would not
be guaranteed because tickets
would be regular admission.
“We don’t want students to have
to pay out of their pockets for
these games,” she said.
Kranzush added the measure af
fects law students in particular be
cause law classes begin earlier in
the academic year.
Ballot Measure 6.16 would tem
porarily modify the 7 percent cap
to budget for ASUO and EMU
building and equipment reserves
Turn to ASUO vote, page 12
Special election
Ballot Measure 1: Approval
would give ASUO Programs
a one-time exemption to the
7 percent budget increase
limitation to fully fund all ASUO
and EMU building and
equipment reserves for multiple
ASUO programs in the
2003-2004 budget, The
increase would be limited to 25
percent.
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Style meets
education
Monday’s “Best Dressed Breast” fashion show
spotlighted both chic garb and the importance
of breast cancer awareness and healthy habits
Jacquelyn Lewis
Pulse Editor
It’s clear that this season’s fashion of choice is the breast
— and knowledge is the hottest accessory.
The University Health Center, the Health Education
Program and peer health educators presented the “Best
Dressed Breast,” a show as informative as it was stylish.
This week marks the end of Breast Cancer Awareness
Month and “Best Dressed Breast” was “fashioned” around
this message.
More college than couture, the presentation included
outfits donated by Cynthia’s Fine Lingerie, Buffalo Ex
change, Sweet Potato Pie, Greater Goods, Emporium De
partment Store, Folkways and REI. Each outfit was cen
tered around an educational theme pertaining to breast
cancer.
Students and community members floated across the
runway in everything from red chiffon to vintage suede.
Notable outfits included track pants and other workout
wear from REI, worn to demonstrate the importance of
physical activity in preventing breast cancer. One model
sported a bright orange wrap-around shirt and skirt with
flashy rhinestone trim from Greater Goods.
Biology and anthropology double major Kevin Blaine
showed off “functional outerwear” to remind the packed
audience that men can develop breast cancer, too.
Th6 22-year-old said he participated in the show be
cause the coordinators asked him at the last minute.
“Both my grandmas has mastectomies,” he added.
Gass Skinner, a 26-year-old post-baccalaureate pre-med
and pre-law student, modeled and helped coordinate the
show as part of a peer education term project. She said she
Turn to Fashion, page 8
Danielle Hickey Emerald
Maria Guerro models clothes to promote breast cancer awareness during Monday's Best
Dressed Breast Cara McCarthy (background) was the events emcee.
News brief
Children’s center
appeal meeting tonight
The Eugene Planning Commis
sion will hold a public hearing today
at 6 p.m. in the Sloat Room of the
Atrium Building, located at 99 W.
10th Avenue. The commission will
discuss the appeal of hearing
official Virginia Gustafson’s decision
in favor of the construction of the
University’s proposed East Campus
Children’s Center.
The commission is planning to
decide the fate of the permit on
Nov. 4; however, they may make their
deliberation sooner or later than the
scheduled meeting.
The University needs the permit
in order to begin building on the
site, which is located on the north
east corner of East 17th Avenue and
Moss Street.
Toby Grant and Jeff Osanka
filed the original appeal against
the University’s conditional use
permit on Sept. 30. The two say they
appealed because although they sup
port having a child care center, they
think the planned structure would not
mesh with the medium-density resi
dential-style housing in the area, and
building a child care center would
generate too much traffic.
The University has already begun
to prepare the site for construction by
removing houses and trees, but a per
mit is required to proceed with build
ing during the project’s second phase.
— Jillian Daley
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Today: High 55, Low 28,
cloudy chance of light showers
Wednesday: High 48, low 27,
mostly sunny and breezy
Looking ahead ;
Wednesday
Student works through school
with Saturday Market booth
Thursday
Who has the biggest pumpkin,
and how did it get that way?
County measures include new tax hike
This year’s county ballot includes a
property tax increase and funding for
new local construction projects
Oregon votes 2002
Brook Reinhard
News Editor
Student voters will have a chance to decide
Nov. 5 whether to support as much as an $88
million increase in Lane County’s property tax.
Six county ballot measures are up in the air
in November They would fund building im
provements or new construction for the coun
ty courthouse and jail, a new planetarium, a
public health building and public parks, and
update communication systems for emergency
vehicles.
Although most students don’t own homes
and therefore wouldn’t pay the potential prop
erty tax increase if the measures passed, Lane
County spokeswoman Melinda Kletzok said stu
dents should take an interest in county meas
ures because of the services county government
provides.
“Students should always be informed about
anything related to government,” she said. “It’s
important that students are aware of current
trends.”
Measure 20-59 would raise $10.7 million to
pay for Lane County jail improvements. The
addition would allow the county to add 65 beds
to the jail intake center, which processes re
cently arrested inmates and evaluates their
medical conditions.
Lane County Sheriff Jan Clements said al
though the effort to levy money for an intake
center has failed multiple times in past election
years, students should vote yes because the im
provements are needed to serve Lane County.
But Ron Chase, the director of the halfway
house for inmates from the Lane County jail,
said he didn’t think the measure was likely to
succeed.
“The problem I see with it is they don’t have
any money to operate the intake center,” he
said. “The county is operating at a $ 1.2 million
deficit, anyway.”
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