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Alleged campaign errors surface
Possible discrepancies have arisen
regarding ASUO election spending,
leaving some funds unaccounted for
John B. Dudrey
Freelance Reporter
An analysis conducted by the Emerald of
ASUO campaign election spending has shed
light on questionable accounting procedures
and revealed a reluctance by both officials and
candidates to fully account for campaign funds
— as well as a discrepancy of more than $800
in campaign funds.
ASUO Elections Board reports show that
President-elect Maddy Melton and Vice Presi
dent-elect Eddy Morales raised $1,768.87 but
spent only $965.69, a difference of $803.18. At
the same time, missing expenditure reports for
Executive candidates Christa Shively and Greg
Bae stopped a similar analysis of their cam
paign expenditures from being conducted.
According to election rules, candidates were
required to submit weekly donation/expendi
ture reports beginning March 21 and continu
ing through May 2.
There are two possible accounting errors
that might explain the reason for the missing
money in the Melton/Morales campaign. First,
Melton said that $529.87 was donated to her
campaign in supplies — T-shirts and fliers, for
example — but never recorded as an expendi
ture. Second, Melton said the ASUO double-ac
counted for a single $100 donation given by her
mother.
Melton identified six separate donations that
she says should have been counted as expendi
tures as well as donations. Three of the four
donors confirmed that they did indeed make
donations-in-goods. The fourth was unavailable
for comment.
The Emerald asked accounting Assistant
Professor Angela Gore to review the ASUO’s ac
counting procedures. Gore said the $529.87 in
Turn to Spending page 6
Native American heritage
INSIDE
Tribe
members
gather
to break
ground
for new
tonghouse.
PAGES
(Above) Fancy Dancer Loren Florendo from
the Wasco Siletz tribe participates in the 35th
Annual University of Oregon Mother's Day
Pow Wow on Sunday. The powwow was
organized by the Native American Student
Union and drew64 dancers from Northwest
tribes as well as tribes across the nation.
(Right) Groundbreaking forthe new Many
Nations Longhousetook place Saturday.
Those in attendance included members of
nine federally recognized tribes and
University President Dave Frohnmayer.
Adam Amato Emerald
Oregon
goes after
fake IDs
Those attempting to purchase or
manufacture a fake ID in Oregon
may face serious consequences
compared with other states
Reporter’s notebook
Caron Alarab
Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter
He gave it a hard, quick stare before he
raised his well-trained eyes and stuffed
the card behind the register.
“Just leave,” he said. “Just go along
and get out of here.”
Six months after I purchased it on a
sketchy comer known for fake identifica
tion card dealers, my fabricated Califor
nia license got confiscated by a tall liquor
store owner in the same area code.
“What do you mean get out?” I asked
nervously. “Give me my license back!”
Turn to Licenses, page 7
MSA to host
Islam forum
‘Justice’ conference offers Islamic
perspectives about conflict, the
USA PATRIOT Act and more
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
While President George W. Bush for
mally declared an end to combat in
Iraq almost two weeks ago, members of
the Muslim Student Association say
the war between East and West is still
being fought.
“Justice: Islamic Perspectives on Peace
and War,” a conference organized by
MSA, aims to tell the community that
Iraqi people are still not free, and Middle
Easterners in the United States are still
being persecuted.
“I don’t think this war is over,” MSA
council member Mona Zubair said.
“(Bush) said the war on terrorism is go
ing to keep on for a long time.”
MSA member Hasan Kesim said com
munity members don’t have the same
News brief
package does not
contain anthrax
The FBI has confirmed
that the mysterious
package left outside the
Eugene Police Depart
ment campus station Fri
day afternoon did not
contain anthrax.
EPD officers noticed a
plastic garbage bag with
the word “anthrax” print
ed on it shortly after 4
p.m. Friday, and several
blocks near the vicinity of
East 13th Avenue and
Alder Street were blocked
off for hours white dozens
of bomb experts, EPD of
fleers, firefighters and
even FBI agents swarmed
the scene. The package
was transported to the
FBI’s Portland office Fri
day evening after prelim
inary tests ruled out ex
plosive content.
A spokeswoman from
the FBI’s Portland office
said tests were negative
for anthrax, but she did
not say what the package
Turn to Anthrax, page 4
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Boifest showcases ‘queer’ male musicians
The first-ever event at Agate Hall
featured a blend of musical
talents and aimed to strengthen
the LGBTQ community
Jacquelyn Lewis
Pulse Editor
Strains of piano, metal, punk and hip
hop poured from Agate Hall on Saturday
night. Inside, revelers celebrated Boifest
— a first-of-its-kind event the UO Cultural
Forum called “Lesbopalooza’s little bro.”
The celebration, which showcased em
cee Diva and four other performances,
was intended to strengthen the LGBTQ
community, showcase male and male
identified musicians and performers and
allow the artists to share their ideas.
The performers took the stage at
about 9 p.m. and played to a small but
enthusiastic crowd, which waxed and
waned as the evening progressed.
“This is a great idea,” one audience
member said.
UO Cultural Forum regional music co
ordinator Nathan Hazard said the festi
val was inspired by Lesbopalooza, and
the event was a year in the making. Haz
ard said he was excited about organizing
the unique celebration.
“It was exactly what I wanted,” he
said. “I don’t know of (any other show)
that is this specific in this way. I haven’t
come across anything that was queer
male oriented.”
Hazard said he had to overcome
planning obstacles such as schedul
ing conflicts, a budget of “basically
zero” and searching for hard-to-lo
cate artists.
“The hardest part was just finding the
talent — queer male musicians,” he said.
Singer and pianist Rory Merritt
Stitt, who described his music as the
ater-inspired “cabaret-pop,” said he be
came involved with Boifest after one of
the festival coordinators saw him per
form at Morning Glory Gafd a few
months ago. Stitt, who moved to Port
land from his native Alaska nearly three
years ago, performed several songs from
his recently released album, “harlequin.”
Turn to Boifest, page 5
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