EMU board reviews operating budgets
The EMU board discussed
EMU’s purpose, existing costs
before approving operating
budgets for EMU programs
Andrew Shipley
Freelance Reporter
The EMU Board of Directors ap
proved 2003-04 operating budgets
for three EMU programs Friday
evening, and discussed ways to fi
nance groups that need more mon
ey in the wake of the recent mini
mum-wage increase.
The board reviewed budgets for
EMU Event and Technical Services,
EMU Scheduling and Information
and EMU Administration, allocating
the three groups a total of
$1,308,384 for next year.
EMU Event and Technical Ser
vices, the first budget approval at
Friday’s meeting, received $187,646
for 2003-04.
Department manager Mike
Kraiman explained that Event and
Technical Services provides students
with a good value because they rent
out equipment and services at prices
far below “fair market value.”
However, ASUO Vice President
Ben Buzbee, the student body repre
sentative on the board, questioned
whether the group could charge stu
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being forced to move, Madeline
Jaross came to the hearing to find
some concrete answers.
“I am not into fighting the Univer
sity ... I am really only here to find
out when I have to move,” Jaross
said. “I have a baby on the way and
my notification said something about
February ; in February I’m going to be
eight months pregnant and it’s going
to be pretty difficult to move. So I’m
just wondering, is it going to be Feb
ruary? April? September?”
Jaross had to work in November
when the University Planning Com
mittee held their initial workshops,
which included public involvement.
She said she was not informed of the
Planning Committee’s goals for her
neighborhood, nor was she consult
ed about the development.
The East Campus development
plan includes the area from Agate
Street to Villard Street, and from
East 15th Avenue to East 19th Av
enue. Currently, the University’s
new child care center is the only
project under construction.
However, if the University Plan
ning Committee’s long-term plan is
accepted by the city, the area will see
substantial change in the next 20
years. The development would re
quire the destruction of two-thirds of
the residential homes in the area,
homes primarily occupied by Univer
sity students with families.
“My main concern is, where are
you going to put us if you put us out?”
East Campus resident Michael Sakell
asked. “Are we going to be able to find
reasonable student housing that we’re
going to be able afford?
“What kind of a notice are we go
ing to be given? Thirty days is not
enough; I don’t even think 60 days
is enough. Those are my concerns
because I have a family, because my
wife is a full-time student and has
been accepted to the master’s pro
gram. We need to know a timetable,
we need much more information
that we are just not getting, and
that’s my concern.”
The Advisory Planning Committee
had hoped to vote on the acceptance
of the revised development policy for
the East Campus area at the hearing,
but committee Chairman Michael Fi
field delayed the vote until more dis
cussion could occur.
“I think that there are some issues
coming up that have not been consid
ered by the University,” Fifield said.
Fifield said three areas that need
ed addressing were adequate notifi
cation for residents, suitable devel
opment proposals, including plans
to control traffic and parking for the
area, and alternative housing op
tions for students with families.
“The mission of the University is
to try to provide the best facilities
available for everyone involved in
the University,” he said.
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of a male bleeding from his
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A public hearing was held Friday, where the University Advisory Planning Committee and community members met to discuss
development plans for the East Campus area
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