Electricity
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west will grow at an average annual
rate of about 1.33 percent, or 380
megawatts a year.
“In the long term, five to six years
out, we could get back into the situa
tion we were in before the energy cri
sis,” Harrison said. “There’s a point
where you can’t cover that growth and
you have to build more power plants.”
Jeff Kline, a research associate for
the center of housing innovation,
said the Knight Library and Klamath
Hall consume the most energy on
campus and are targeted for energy
saving modifications. Kline said con
tinued studies are being conducted
around campus to test sensor light
ing and occupancy-controlled pow
er strips that would automatically
turn off when areas are vacant. Kline
said energy conservation can be as
simple as turning off computer mon
itors when not in use.
“Just using a desk lamp and turn
ing off overhead lights will help a
lot,” Kline said. “In general, just turn
off what you don’t need.”
Contact the reporter
at andrewblack@dailyemerald.com.
PFC
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ness days to do so.
The other group to walk away without money
was the Student Affiliates of the American
Chemical Society after its budget was tabled
due to a PFC mistake.
PFC didn’t realize SAACS had an outside
account open, and PFC cannot grant money
to groups with outside accounts. However,
PFC chairwoman Kate Shull offered a quick
fix to table the budget hearing until the fol
lowing Tuesday, giving SAACS ample time to
close the account.
“We feel absolutely awful we didn’t catch this
earlier,” Shull said.
The Oregon Marching Band left its hearing
with neither an increase nor decrease in funds.
“We have asked for zero increase in our
budget,” OMB Director Todd Zimbelman said.
He continued to explain that although OMB
has grown 30 to 40 percent in size, it realized
PFC is financially strapped this year. So in
stead of asking for an increase, OMB will try to
make up for its growth with fundraising.
Two new groups presented to the PFC: the Pa
cific Wine Law Society and the Public Relations
Student Society of America. Both PWLS and
PRSSA were given the full S300 they asked for.
Of the remaining 10, the group given the
largest increase was Night Ride.
PFC hearing results, Jan. 21
Group
Night Ride
Oregon Marching Band
Pacific Wine law Society
Pre-Health Sciences Center
Public Relations Student Society of America
Quiz Bowl
Recreation and Intramurals
Spencer View Tenants' Council
Sustainable Business Symposium
*
Total
Last year’s
budget
n/a
$104,841
n/a
$320
n/a
$300
$125,727
$2,137
$5,579
$238,904
This year’s
budget
$32,098
$104,841
$300
$391
$300
$492
$150,679
$0
$5,995
$295,096
Percent
change
n/a
0.00%
n/a
22.19%
n/a
64.00%
19.85%
-100.00%
7.46%
23.52%
Night Ride is an assault prevention shuttle bus
—similar to Project Saferide, which only transports
women — that takes both men and women. Night
Ride was given 832,098, much of which is allocated
to payroll for the new group. In 2002, PFG funded
Night Ride’s activities by combining its budget with
Project Saferide and increasing that budget.
Quiz Bowl also received a large increase of
8492 — a 64 percent increase. Pre-Health
Sciences Center was given 8391, a 22.19 per
cent increase, and Recreation and Intramu
rals left its budget hearing with 8150,679, a
19.85 percent increase.
Sustainable Business Symposium also received
a 7.46 increase to $5,995.
Ali Shaughnessy is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Read more
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Reel
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Me If You Gan. ” Spielberg finally shed himself of
the insecure guise of “respectable” films like
“Saving Private Ryan,” returning to the kind of
films that make him... Steven Spielberg. His craft
hasn’t appeared this effortless since “Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom.”
It seems that critics join together annually
in a sour dismissal of movies released the pre
vious year. We’ve all heard it before: There are
too many sequels and movies based on televi
sion shows. Opening weekend grosses are all
that matters anymore.
We’ve heard about the demise of quality
movies since “Jaws” put the term “box-office”
on the tongue of every man, woman and child.
The fact is, big-budget Hollywood garbage isn’t
going anywhere. But when you look beyond
the heap, you find that there are great things
happening in movies.
If the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences recognizes the possibilities, this year’s
Oscar ceremony could truly rise above the usu
al self-aggrandizement affairs of the past.
Contact the senior pulse reporter
at ryanbornheimer@dailyemerald.com.
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eminent put in place and removing them,” he
said. “If you remove them, the economy will
run on its own.”
If Measure 28 passes, the income tax rates
r
for single and joint filings would increase to 9.5
percent from 9 percent. Corporate income tax
rates would increase to 6.93 percent from 6.6
percent. The money generated would replen
ish $310 million in cuts to schools and other
state programs made in September.
College Republicans Chairman Jarrett White
said taxpayers should not have to pay more just
because the Oregon Legislature is unable to bal
ance its budget.
“I don’t think, in human civilization ever, that
raising taxes in a recessionary economy has
helped in the long run,” he said. “What they are
trying to do is just a short fix. ”
White added that higher education is fu
tile in a floundering economy with high un
employment.
“A diploma is useless if we don’t have jobs,”
he said.
Contact the senior news reporter
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
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