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SPRING WORKSHOPS
Groups seek progress
in PFC fee procedures
The ASUO Programs Finance
Committee worked to better its
communication and
professionalism this year
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
Money-strapped students are fa
miliar with the fine art of asking oth
er people for cash, but student
groups and programs that request
funding from the ASUO Programs Fi
nance Committee face a much more
difficult process.
This year PFC distributed nearly
#5 million in student incidental fees
to more than 100 programs affiliated
with the University. Each group
must still attend the mandatory Pro
grams Council Meeting today at 4
p.m. in the EMU Ben Linder Room,
however, to receive information that
will affect all student fee-funded pro
grams in 2003-04.
Representatives of various student
groups said the current PFC is a cut
above last year’s committee, but
some student groups still encoun
tered difficulties with the fee alloca
tion process this year.
Last year’s PFC had to conduct a
series of recalls because of an ac
counting error of more than
$500,000, and the committee was a
campus favorite. Complaints about
last year’s committee included every
thing from personal bias among PFC
members, to a lack of communication
between the committee and student
groups, to PFG tags not meeting with
programs to help them prepare their
budget requests.
“There was a lot of frustration last
year with the way programs were
treated,” said Jackie Ray, the presen
ter of last year’s Panhellenic Council
and Interfratemity Council’s budget.
“I felt a personal bias in my hearing in
regards to the greek community.”
PFC Chairwoman Kate Shull said
this year’s committee members were
well aware of the problems student
groups voiced at the Programs Coun
cil Meeting last year, and made seri
ous efforts to be more professional
and helpful to student groups. Shull
said the committee tried to present
a friendlier demeanor this year be
cause PFC had been perceived as
uncaring and rude in the past. She
added the committee improved
communication with student groups
by making sure PFC tags met with
program leaders prior to their budget
hearings and explained how the stu
dent fee allocation process worked.
However, the PFC did not alter its
bylaws to address the complaints
student groups had last year. Shull
said committee members simply
tried to change the way PFC inter
acted with fee-funded programs.
John Branam, co-director of the
Black Law Student Association, said
committee members were much
better this year at communicating
with his group about the concerns
PFC had with BLSA’s budget request.
He added that this made the process
run smoother, and helped his group
be better prepared for its hearing.
Ray said she also felt PFG main
tained closer contact with student
groups this year, adding that tags
were used more efficiently and she
met multiple times with her tag to go
over her group’s budget request.
Still, many people feel PFG must
continue to work on a number of
problems to make the budget
process fair. Ray said she felt the
biggest problem this year was that
student groups did not understand
the reasoning behind the ASUO Ex
ecutive Recommendations.
“I still don’t feel that a lot of pro
grams understand the budget
process,” Ray said.
Jeff Johnson, co-director of the Pa
cific Wine Law Society, said his group
experienced some frustrations with
the fee allocation process. Johnson
said the group’s tag made the effort to
meet with Pacific Wine Law Society
leaders and answer the questions they
had about the budget process, but he
said the tag gave them inaccurate in
formation about what the group was
allowed to purchase with its fee allo
cation. He added there could be a
problem with PFG members not
knowing their own rules, and the
budget process could be improved by
making sure tags are better acquaint
ed with the rules.
Contact the senior news reporter
atjenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.
Health
continued from page 1
Health Plan and Medicaid, as well as
the high costs of private insurance
and prescription drugs, have left
many without adequate health care
coverage. Officials are looking for
methods to raise revenues to estab
lish new programs, such as a possi
ble 1.5 percent payroll tax increase
to employers for universal coverage
for children.
One of the concerns associated
with a payroll tax increase is the
possibility employers will cut exist
ing benefits to employees to meet
the costs of the mandatory tax.
Mark Shapiro, Lane County chair
man of activist-group Health Care
for All, added that the public’s re
liance on employers to provide
health coverage is one reason that
taxpayers are reluctant to lend
their support to the system.
Speakers at the community forum
explained that as the costs of cover
age increase, more and more employ
ers, especially small firms, are drop
ping coverage and leaving employees
without adequate health care. Litera
ture at the forum stated that in 2002
there was a 12.7 percent increase in
insurance premiums for employer
sponsored health care.
Lynn Marie Crider, AFL-CIO Re
search and Education director, said
two-thirds of uninsured families
have a member working full time.
Shapiro said Measure 23’s fail
ure in the polls last November was
a troublesome defeat for those
Adam Amato Emerald
Sen. Bill Morrisette, D-Springfield, speaks about issues in Oregon health care at the
First Methodist Church on Wednesday night
who support a universal health
care system. An effort to bring the
initiative back to the ballots, he
said, would be costly and time
consuming. Instead, Health Care
for All members want to work
with state legislature and health
care professionals to establish
other workable programs.
Jessica Bradley, a recent Uni
versity graduate, spoke at the
event about her experiences with
out health care coverage. Though
she holds a college degree,
Bradley said she was unable to
find a job that provided her with
health care benefits.
Bradley’s fear and frustration could
be a reality for many college gradu
ates who assume they will always be
able to access the health care system.
According to 2001 information from
the Census Bureau, 41.2 million
Americans are uninsured, an in
crease of 1.4 million from 2000.
“This is unconscionable — as
wealthy a nation as we are,”
Morrisette said. “ We are betray
ing ourselves.”
Contact the reporter
atlindsaysauve@dailyemerald.com.
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