Wednesday, January 8,2003
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 73
OSA to discuss Pilliod’s possible recall
Rachael Pilliod is defending her
position as OSA chairwoman
and is accused of partisanship
and disregarding OSAs bylaws
Brook Reinhard
News Editor
The Oregon Student Association Board of
Directors will discuss recalling chairwoman
Rachel Pilliod from her leadership position
on the board at the group’s monthly meeting
on Saturday.
Pilliod, who is also the University’s ASUO
president, represents more than 70,000 stu
dents statewide as OSA chairwoman, and is
now fighting to defend herself against allega
tions of political partisanship and disregard
ing the OSA’s bylaws.
“She’s not a fan of following the rules,”
board member and Oregon State University
Student Body President Bridget Bums said. “I
don’t think she understands the weight of her
position and the privilege she has.”
Burns, who is spearheading the charge to
remove Pilliod from her leadership posi
tion, said she has secured support to recall
Pilliod from at least four OSA-member
schools, which include the seven Oregon
University System schools and Lane Com
munity College.
Pilliod said she’s not worried about a
possible recall.
“I’m confident I’ll be board chair for the
rest of the year,” she said.
At least one OSA representative must sup
port the motion for a recall. If a motion is put
into writing and given to each OSA member,
the group will have one month to decide on a
course of action.
A recall vote would only pass if it garnered
at least a two-thirds vote. If Pilliod was re
called, she would still retain her position as
one of OSA’s 16 voting members, but would
not be allowed to serve the remainder of her
term as chairwoman.
The ASUO president said she appreciated
the “strong personalities” and different per
spectives of board members, but questioned
the timing of the recall.
“I think it’s important to hold student
leaders accountable,”
she said. However,
“whatever conversations
take place this weekend,
the thing that needs to
be prioritized is we stu
dents need to be united.
This is one of the worst
legislative sessions we’ve
ever faced.”
But Pilliod is likely to Pillinrfl
meet with a divided OSA
board Saturday. While
Southern Oregon University member
Danielle McNeill was strongly in support of
Turn to Pilliod, page 5
Theatrically speaking
Danielle Hickey Emerald
Above, actresses Ashley Apelzin (left) and Sue Schroeder-White
(right) rehearse for the play "Ruthless" on Tuesday night, which is
due to come out in three weeks at the Actors Cabaret of Eugene
on the corner of 10th and Wi I lamette.
The men on the left, of the Arena Theatre's Second Season,
rehearse for"Picasso at the Lapin Agile."
Courtesy
Staging Eugene
Actors across Eugene get ready
to showcase an array of plays
and presentations for 2003
Ryan Bornheimer
Senior Pulse Reporter
Cuckoos and mockingbirds. Bob
Fosse and Ingmar Bergman. William
Shakespeare and Steve Martin. Make
no mistake — 2003 is shaping up to
be a very interesting year on stages
across Eugene.
Students need look no further than
the University itself. Currently, the
Arena Theatre’s Second Season is re
hearsing Steve Martin’s “Picasso at
the Lapin Agile,” slated to run Jan. 15
to Jan. 25. The award-winning come
dy tells the story of an imaginary
meeting between Pablo Picasso and
Albert Einstein.
Though University Theatre Develop
ment Director Joe Gilg describes the
coming year as “business as usual,” the
season will bring special events and
landmark presentations.
For instance, “Ship of Fools,” a show
devised by students and faculty marks
the University’s 1,000th production.
The play will run at the Robinson The
atre from May 30 to June 1.
The fall staging of “One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest” will run in conjunc
tion with the University’s Ken Kesey
Symposium in November.
The University also will continue its
annual Mad Ducklings Series, a collec
tion of plays for children performed at
outdoor venues throughout summer.
Beyond the University, Willamette
Repertory Theatre artistic director
Kirk Boyd said he is especially excited
about the possibilities.
“There’s no art form that can speak
to the human heart the way theater
does,” Boyd said. “We have the oppor
tunity to reach people visually, emo
tionally, and intellectually.”
Continuing its first season as a
Turn to Theater, page 7
ASUO makes
cuts, increases
in group funds
During budget hearings Monday, the ASUO
Programs Finance Committee decided on revised
budgets and funding for student groups on campus
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The ASUO Programs Finance Committee heard five hours
of budget proposals Monday night, granting some student
groups increased funding and making severe cuts to others,
such as a 41.33 percent budget decrease for the European
Student Association.
Sara Henderson, an ASUO programs controller, said the
determining factor in reducing ESA’s budget was the group’s
lack of spending last year. PFC Chairwoman Kate Shull
added that they decided to allocate only $318 to the group
because the committee did not have accurate spending pat
terns with which to base their decision. She said in the pre
vious year, there was an unpaid telephone expenditure re
ported by the group.
Dance Oregon, on the other hand, was one of the few groups
that enjoyed a financial victory at their budget hearing. Bri
anne Groh and Lauren Bracey, two dancers representing the
group, asked PFC to give money for the American College
Dance Festival, a new expense on their budget.
In previous years, all of the group’s fundraising was invest
ed in the dance festival, and Dance Oregon would accept cuts
in other areas to raise the $200 it wanted for the event. The
group managed to convince PFC of its financial need and was
given the requested money, receiving a total budget of
$3,116, a 10.96 percent increase. Some groups fought hard
for more funding, even while privately acknowledging they
didn’t expect to get it.
PFC denied the Associated Students for Historic Preser
vation’s petition for increased funding, appropriating a
$1,090 budget to the group for 2003-04, a 15.3 percent de
crease. President Carin Petersen, Secretary Heather Good
son and Treasurer Jessica Engeman acknowledged the
group’s past difficulties, but argued ASHP is in the process
of rebuilding and needs the expanded budget to continue
improving the program.
However, PFC pointed out that in previous years the group
Turn to PFC, page 6
Weather
Today: High 47, low 35, clouds and fog
Thursday: High 48, Low 35, fog becoming sunny
Looking ahead
Thursday
Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey
tells the city what to
expect for 2003
Friday
Restaurants have cleaner
air, but how is the
smoking ban working?
Meeting focuses on child custody
A public conference Friday
will allow a discussion of child
custody issues surrounding
rights for mothers in prison
Andrew Black
Freelance Reporter
Prison is supposed to be a tough
and lonely place. But for incarcerated
mothers who lose custody rights to
their children, the loss can be more
agonizing than even the darkest
prison cell.
Women represent the fastest grow
ing prison population in the country,
and the majority of them are mothers.
The Department of Justice estimates
that more than 125,000 children in
the United States have moms in
prison. Mothers imprisoned longer
than 15 months not only lose
their freedom, but they often lose
their children.
To address child custody issues
faced by imprisoned mothers, a free
public symposium sponsored by the
Wayne Morse Center for Law and
Politics and the UO Women’s Law
Forum will be held Friday from 1 to 5
p.m. in Room 175 of the Knight
Law Center.
Turn to Meeting, page 5