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Senate fills position
for Constitution Court
The Student Senate also
approved requests from
MEChA, the Multicultural
Center and a tenants council
Dave Goldberg
Freelance Reporter
The ASUO Student Senate met
Wednesday to approve appoint
ments and hear special requests
from MEChA, the Multicultural Cen
ter and the Westmoreland Tenants
Council.
Meghan Madden’s appointment to
the Constitution Court was ap
proved by a senate vote of 12-2.
Also, campus radio station KWVA
asked that a representative of the sen
ate be appointed to its board of direc
tors. The senate approved Eric Bailey’s
appointment to this position 13-1.
MEChA requested $150 from the
surplus to cover technology fees for
their Dia de los Muertos celebration
on Nov. 2. The senate approved the
request 8-6.
The MCC requested $1,000 for six
members to attend a youth leader
ship in Baltimore, to take place Nov.
8 through 10. The senate approved
the request 9-4.
The Westmoreland Tenants
Council requested $2,303 for its
general budget. The council lost its
funding previously because of a fail
ure to deliver a budget report in the
spring. Currently, the council con
sists of only a volunteer chairman,
as there is no money to pay for
staffing. Council elections are
planned for Nov. 15.
After hearing the council’s re
quest, the senate debated whether it
was fair to punish this year’s council
for mistakes made last year. An
agreement was reached that the
council deserved a reinstatement of
funding. However, adjustments were
made in the stipend amounts for po
sitions that will not begin until Nov.
15, as well as the amount for office
supplies and incidental costs.
Eventually, the senate unanimously
passed stipends of 5600 for council
chairperson, 5375 for vice chairper
son, 5188 for secretary treasurer, 535
for payroll assessment, 515 for office
supplies and 5100 for equipment
rentals and decoration.
The Senate also approved 5640
for child care and 554 for printing
and duplication costs by a 13-1
vote. The total amount approved
for the Westmoreland Tenants
Council was 52,007.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, Queer Alliance deliv
ered a presentation aimed at remov
ing any questions or concerns re
garding its use of funds, specifically
in regard to the Queer Prom that was
held earlier this month, co-hosted
with Lane Community College’s
Queer Resource Center.
There was some controversy over
whether LGBTQA had used the sur
plus funds approved by the senate
for a prom intended to raise money.
LGBTQA assured the senate that
the prom was never intended to be
a fundraiser.
However, LCC’s Queer Resource
Center, an organization with a 850
budget, did view the event as a
fundraiser. This means the LGBTQA
could have indirectly violated a
Green Tape Notebook rule forbid
ding surplus funds being used for
fundraisers.
To make amends, LCC’s Queer Re
source Center has written a formal
apology to the students of the Univer
sity and agreed to return half of the
proceeds it made from the event.
Senate members complimented
the LGBTQA members for the com
pleteness of their presentation, and all
parties were relieved to put a confus
ing and contentious chapter to rest.
Dave Goldberg is a freelance writer for
the Emerald.
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ent energy. Then they call down the
feminine deity. Members of the cir
cle may call up a question, or per
haps request to speak to the de
ceased. When the ritual ends, they
say farewell to the goddess.
Sophia Sanctuary’s ritual is
scheduled to take place Nov. 4,
on lunar Samhain, which is
the closest day to a full moon or
“dark moon.”
Samhain takes place at different
times, depending whether people
choose to celebrate Oct. 31 or on old
Halloween, which usually falls two
weeks into November. Pagans deter
mine the date for old Halloween using
the ancient Julian Calendar.
A three-day celebration from Oct.
31 through Nov. 2 is also common.
In addition, many pagans celebrate
Samhain at any time during those
three days, which are often referred
to as All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’
Day and All Souls’ Day.
The holiday is traditionally a
meat-eating festival, where people
slaughter cattle and harvest the last
of the vegetables to prepare for the
winter, so it’s a good opportunity to
cook a feast.
“It’s a very important part of our
rituals,” said Norma Joyce, the
priestess for the Eugene chapter of
Women in Conscious Creative Ac
tion. “After it’s over, we eat.”
Another ritual is eating Dumb
Supper, a dinner prepared and eaten
in silence for a time of introspection.
Many pagans and Wiccans focus
on other elements of Samhain.
“Most strongly, it’s a fire festi
val,” said K.C. Anton, proprietor of
the pagan supply shop Woodhart:
Ways of Olde.
He said fire guides the good spir
its to the doors of living relatives and
keeps the bad ones away.
“That’s where a jack-o’-lantern
comes from,” Anton said.
However, people didn’t always
carve pumpkins — they used to
carve turnips.
The Celts used large orange
turnips more like modern-day
rutabagas, said Deborah Snavely,
who works part-time at Woodhart
and is Anton’s domestic partner.
However, at the heart of all the
traditions, from pumpkin carving to
circle rituals, Samhain is a time for
family, friends and quietude.
Dennis Duvaul, who publishes a
directory of local pagans, plans to
eat a vegetarian meal at home Oct.
31, perhaps do a short ritual, and
then pass out candy to the trick
or-treaters.
“I’m definitely planning on having
a quiet evening at home with my
partner honoring our ancestors,”
Duvaul said.
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necessary medical services to all
residents. It would also change
the current workers’ compensa
tion system and create additional
income and payroll taxes.
Proponents of this measure say all
Oregon residents should have ac
cess to health care, even if they can
not afford to pay for insurance. Ac
cording to the voters’ pamphlet,
"It's a widespread
reality that the current
system [of health care]
is crumbling"
Marc Shipiro
Area director for the
Yes on 23 Committee
thousands of Oregonians do not
have access to health care, and
many employees who aren’t provid
ed with health care by their employ
ers cannot afford to pay for it on
their own.
“It’s a widespread reality that
the current system is crumbling,”
said Marc Shipiro, area director
for the Yes on 23 Committee.
Shipiro said this is a realistic
next step because there are no pro
posals for an alternate solution. He
said the 11.5 percent tax to em
ployers will be on a sliding scale
and will not be much higher than
the taxes currently being paid.
John Thomas, president of
Pacific Benefit Consultants, wrote
in the voters’ pamphlet that
Measure 23 could cost his
employees $25,000 more each
year. He added that even backers
of the measure say it will cost as
much as $20 billion per year
to implement.
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