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PFC increases funding
for most student groups
Back-to-back PFC meetings
presented most student
groups with increased funds
for next year
Aaron Shakra
Pulse Reporter
The third Programs Finance
Committee meeting got off to a sig
nificantly warmer start than the
previous two days. The back-to
back meetings, which took more
than five hours in the EMU Rogue
Room, went off without a hitch,
with most groups receiving raises
for the 2003-04 academic year.
First up was Hawaii Club, whose
two representatives requested fund
ing increases for advertising,
postage and a booth at the Lane
County Fair. PFC approved an in
crease of 8.84 percent, sending the
group’s yearly budget to $6,120.
The African Student Association,
which arrived with five members,
requested increases for posters and
three planned discussion groups.
PFC granted an increase over the
group’s recent budget year, dilating
its spending power to $854.
There was much deliberation
concerning the budget for the lin
guistics group, GLOSS, represent
ed by two members and ASUO
controller Sara Henderson. The
group’s budget requested increas
es in postage and travel fees to
bring speakers to its colloquium
series of events.
After an initial motion to increase
the group’s budget by $256 failed,
Henderson urged PFG to remember
that its funding decisions would set
a precedent for other fledgling stu
dent groups. PFG eventually ap
proved increases of 60 percent — a
total of $480.
Campus gadfly Bruce Miller made
his presence well-known through
out the evening, especially during
the International Law Students As
sociation presentation. At one point
he questioned the validity and exis
tence of the ILSA’s law publication.
The group requested budget in
creases to increase campus aware
ness of the publication. In the end,
the group received a 26 percent
funding increase for a total of
$1,187. PFG members told the
group to focus its fundraising efforts
on the student community as a
whole, not just on the law school.
Miller echoed these sentiments.
“When you’re on the open market,
put your finger in the air,” he said.
Other groups receiving funding
increases included the Constitution
Court, which was granted a 21.94
percent raise for a total budget of
$4,957. The Athletic Department
Finance Committee’s budget in
creased 20.18 percent, to $2,953.
The Latino/Latina Law Student As
sociation budget was enlarged by a
slight 6.14 percent to its new total
of $311.
The Committee for Musical Arts,
and its sole representative Matthew
Svoboda, saw no funding changes,
and will receive the same $4,905 it
received last year.
Only two groups received funding
decreases during the course of the
night. House of Film, whose lone
representative Bryan Buck request
ed a decrease for the group, said
that past funding for the student
group had been misappropriated.
The group’s funding was dropped
67.27 percent to $90.
Finally, the Korean Students As
socation lost 3.21 percent of their
funding in the last hearing of the
evening. It will receive $1,510 for
the coming school year.
Contact the Pulse reporter
at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com.
PFC Hearing Results, Jan. 9
Group
African Student Association
Athletic Department
Finance Committee
Committee of Musical Arts
Constitution Court
GLOSS
Hawaii Club
House of Film
International Law
Students Association
Korean Students Association
Latino/Latina Law
Student Association
Last Year’s Budget
n/a
$2,457
$4905
$4,065
$300
$5,623
$275
$940
$1,560
$293
This Year’s Budget
$854
$2953
$4905
$4,957
$480
$6,120
$90
$1187
$1,510
$311
Percent change
184.67%*
20.19%
none
21.94%
60.00%
8.84%
-67.27%
26.28%
-3.21%
6.14%
^Percent increase from most recent year African Student Association was funded
Alumnus
continued from page 1
enrolled at the University, graduat
ing with a Spanish major and an
economics minor in 1997. Gibbs
moved to New Mexico in 1999 to
pursue his education as a commer
cial airline pilot.
“He loved traveling and seeing
anything and everything about dif
ferent places,” said Matt Kershner,
a fellow University graduate and
college friend of Gibbs.
Kershner and Gibbs shared a
love for flying and each wanted to
become a pilot. Oftentimes, Kersh
ner said, he turned to Gibbs for ad
vice about piloting.
“There was nothing he loved
more than to share his flying sto
ries with me,” Kershner said.
Both students pursued Spanish
and economics degrees at the Uni
versity, and traveled with other stu
dents to Madrid for six months
while studying abroad.
“It is always amazing traveling
with someone who just loves to see
and notice differences in other cul
tures,” Kershner said, “and he was
amazing at that.”
Gibbs was a very sociable col
league, Kershner said, one who
even held several parties at his
house to help his fellow Spain
bound students get better ac
quainted.
“He loved it over there,” said
Luis Verano, the Department of Ro
mance Languages’ director of Un
dergraduate Programs. Gibbs took
two advanced courses taught by Ve
rano, who remembers the student’s
presence well.
“He was very enjoyable in class
and kept everyone laughing,” Vera
no said.
Looking back, Kershner said he
is thankful to have had so many ex
periences with his college comrade.
“Jonathan was a wonderful
friend and his death will be a ter
rible loss to many people,” Kersh
ner said.
Flight 5481 was operated by Air
Midwest, a carrier owned by Mesa
Air Group, and operated under a
marketing agreement as US Air
ways Express.
In a recent statement, US Air
ways President and GEO David
Siegel said the airline doesn’t know
and cannot speculate about what
happened to Flight 5481, which is
under investigation by the National
Transportation Safety Board. Inves
tigators are likely to focus on the
engines and the plane’s elevators —
the horizontal panels on the tail
that make the plane climb or de
scend. The board will try to deter
mine whether the plane had an el
evator malfunction that made the
plane pitch up so sharply.
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