PFC
continued from page 1
Project Saferide earlier this year
was the main cause of the cut.
Although Pre-Law Society suf
fered a 37.2 percent decrease in
funds, the members said they are
trying to rebuild their group, and
that they were grateful for the
#142 they received.
“Hopefully this will make a
good start to the group,” Nair said.
OSPIRG received #82,320 for
2003-04, a 31.87 percent decrease.
Beyond the three large de
"Hopefully, this
will make a good start
to the group (on the
Pre-Law Society)"
Joy Naif
PFCprograms appointee
creases, PFC increased four other
groups’ budgets.
The University Counseling Cen
ter received #271,181, a 2.83 per
cent increase. Counseling Center
representatives said they were
very happy with the increase.
The Interfraternity Council
was given #10,224, a 5.49 per
cent increase, and the Panhel
lenic Council was allocated
#10,293, a 6.93 percent increase.
The Mentor Program with the
Career Center was allocated
#75,550, a 5.63 percent increase.
The PFC tabled the Sexual
Assault Support Services budget
hearing because of missing
paperwork.
Ali Shaughnessy is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
PFC Hearing Results, Jan. 28
Croup Last year’s This year’s Percent.
budget budget change
Counseling Center $263,729 $271,187 2.83%
Interfraternity Council $9,711 $10,224 5.49%
Mentor Program $71,521 $75,550 5.63%
OSPIRG $120,819 $82,320 -31.87%
Panhelienic Council $9,626 $10,293 6.93%
Pre-Law Society $226 $142 -37.17%
Project Saferide $61,320 $42,619 -30.97%
ilbtaf
$536,952
$492,335
-8.31%
News briefs
Low-income
households to receive
energy assistance
Eligible low-income households
will receive more help with their
utility bills this winter. Sen. Ron
Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Gordon
Smith, R-Ore., announced the
state will receive $2,037,124 in
federal funding for its Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program,
or LIHEAP.
“The release of these funds will
allow the state of Oregon to meet
the needs of its citizens without
dipping into coffers that are al
ready running out,” Smith said in
a statement.
The funds are part of a $200
million nationwide allocation by
the Health and Human Sendees
Department to help low-income
households meet their heating and
cooling needs. The money was
part of the 2002 fiscal year LI
HEAP contingency fund and was
distributed by order of President
George W. Bush.
“These funds will help keep our
fellow citizens warm in a time of
great need and bitter cold,” Bush
said in a statement last Friday. “This
program is an important source of
support for millions of low-income
families across the nation.”
States were granted funding
based on the severity of weather
and the number of needy house
holds. Oregon households with a
total income of less than 60 per
cent of the average household
income are eligible for assistance
through LIHEAP.
According to Director of Housing
Mike Eyster, University students in
student housing may be eligible for
LIHEAP, however they must apply
to the program individually and
separate from the University. Be
cause University housing is not
government subsidized, the Uni
versity is not eligible to apply for
federal funding.
“What we’ve done in the past
with energy programs is we’ve
advertised them to students and
offered to help them apply,”
Eyster said. “We promote and
encourage students to apply to
these programs.”
—AimeeRudin
Committee to tackle
East Campus Area
development
The Campus Planning Commit
tee will meet on Friday from 9:30
a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Bowerman
Building, Heritage Hall, to discuss
the 2003 Development Policy for
the East Campus Area. The meet
ing will be a continuation of the
Jan. 17 public hearing.
Members of the committee will
review the development and land
use policy for the area, which
stretches from East 15th Avenue
to East 19th Avenue and from
Agate Street to Villard Street, as
well as the proposed amendments
to the Long Range Campus Devel
opment Plan.
According to the Campus Plan
ning Committee, the revisions to
the long-term plan will change the
University’s existing land use poli
cies and further aid expansion into
the East Campus Area “while
maintaining the quality of the ad
jacent neighborhood as a whole.”
After acceptance by the Univer
sity, changes to existing land use
policies will be noted in the Fair
mount Neighborhood refinement
plan and submitted to the City of
Eugene for final approval. Changes
to the long-term development plan
will not go into effect until they re
ceive approval by the city.
Contact the University Planning
Office at 346-5562 for further
information.
-Aimee Rudin
Senate hears special
budget requests
The ASUO Student Senate met
Thursday to grant special requests
to several student groups.
The Community Internship
Program, Native American Law
Students Association, Minority
Law Students Association,
Students of the Indian Subconti
nent and the Nontraditional
Student Union were all granted
fund transfers to various accounts.
CIP requested $126 be moved
from one account to another in
order to buy gifts for guest speakers,
because the group does not pay
them. The motion passed 15-1.
CIP also asked for funds from
a salary account — meant to pay
for a second director — be used
for a public relations coordinator
and a marketing coordinator,
because the group did not have
two directors. Two separate
motions for both coordinators
passed 15-1.
NALSA requested $150 be
moved from one food account to
another to buy cookies, tea and
other supplies for a reception for
the Navajo Supreme Court, who
will visit the University on Feb. 6.
This motion passed 15-1. MLSA
asked that $50 be moved from
one account to another for the
same occasion. This motion
passed 15-1.
SIS requested $100 be moved
from a cultural speaker account to
a programming account. The mo
tion passed 15-1. The group also
asked for $68 to be moved from
a film account to a printing and
duplicating account. This passed
14-2. Finally, the group asked for
$725 to be moved from a separate
programming account to a food
account for an upcoming event.
Several senators questioned
this request because the group
identified it as not being a
fundraiser, and wanted to charge
admission. This miscommunica
tion was resolved, and the motion
passed 14-2.
Finally, the NSU requested $100
be moved from an account for an
event that never took place to an
other event on Feb. 25-26. The
motion was amended because
the senate could not transfer
funds for a small food expense. By
separate 15-1 votes, $85 and $15
were transferred into different
food accounts.
Roman Gokhman
Ammo
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Around 9:50 p.m., the seven offi
cers and two managers approached
the student’s room, confiscated am
munition and other items, and
searched for firearms.
Gantman was out of town at the time,
but his roommate, freshman Tommy
Franzen, witnessed the procedure.
“They came in, saw the ammuni
tion and said, ‘Where are the guns?”’
Franzen said. The confiscated items
included a gun clip—the bullet cham
ber inserted into the gun — a rifle
scope, several empty shotgun and rifle
shells, three unopened boxes of duck
hunting shotgun bullets and 50 rifle
rounds. Hicks said the items were then
immediately placed in a “saferoom”
on the bottom level of the building.
When Gantman got back in town
on Tuesday, he found a letter in his
mailbox and called his complex direc
tor, Michael Smith. Gantman said
Smith instructed him to attend a
meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday
for further information about he inci
dent. When Gantman attended, he
found he had been invited to his own
eviction hearing.
“(Smith) didn’t tell me what the
meeting was for,” Gantman said.
“They probably should have, because
I showed up in my gym clothes.”
At the meeting, Gantman said he was
instructed to remove the confiscated
items from the premises, read his stu
dent housing contract by Feb. 3 and cre
ate a “policy bulletin board”—designed
to address common false assumptions
about the contract — to be approved
and posted in his hall by Feb. 15.
Students found with such para
phernalia are sanctioned in accor
dance with the Student Conduct
Code, Director of Residence Life
Sandy Schoonover said. She said Uni
versity officials cannot comment on
open investigations.
“University Housing is always con
cerned about the safety and well-be
ing of the students,” she said
Prior to the incident, Gantman said
he had posed a question about
firearms to a DPS officer who had
been responding to a different inci
dent in the building. After the officer
left, Gantman said he was under the
impression that only the possession of
firearms, not ammunition, conflicted
with the Student Conduct Code. But
University officials say he should have
checked his housing contract instead
of asking an officer.
“We want to remind the campus
community that firearms and ammu
nition are not allowed on campus,”
Hicks said, “even with a concealed
weapons permit.”
Contact the reporter
at caronalarab@daiiyemerald.com.
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
David Gantman shows off an empty box of ammunition in front of his dorm room in
Hamilton Complex. Gantman had several boxes confiscated by DPS on Monday night
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