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. PFC continued from page 1 funds cannot be used to assist a particular candidate or political party, but confusion abounds re garding how they can be used in the political arena. University President Dave Frohn mayer, in his former capacity as state attorney general, wrote an opinion paper in 1985 on the sub ject, which Gilmore quoted at the meeting. "When (the incidental fees) sup port advocacy outside of the univer sity environment, in official legal or political arenas, it is more difficult to make the case ... that the collective interests of the class of people pay ing the fees is directly benefited," Frohnmayer wrote. "State adminis trators should, before approving funding for such advocacy, be satis fied that the program or activity will ... serve the collective interests of students as a class." v Frohnmayer, who has to approve PFC budgets, declined to comment, but Melton indicated that Frohn mayer supported PFC funding of the USSA. Andries moved to defund the USSA but received no second for the motion. After more discussion, PFC decided to table the matter until it could get more information about the USSA. "We have to have USSA come and "It's really a visionary program. 1 don't think many universities have the vision to help students with their own legal problems." Hilary Berkman Director of Student Advocacy explain some stuff," Gilmore said. Melton expressed frustration at PFC's initial refusal to fund the USSA. The matter will be taken up again at PFC's Jan. 27 meeting. The Oregon Student Association, in contrast, had little trouble push ing its budget through PFC. The OSA, which provides legal services to students, landed a budget of $135,977, a modest 3.9 percent in crease over last year. "It's really a visionary program," Director of Student Advocacy Hilary Berkman said. "I don't think many universities have the vision to help students with their own legal problems." The Oregon Marching Band re ceived a $111,656 budget, an in crease of 6.5 percent. Todd Zimbel man, associate director of bands, said the increase was necessary due to increased travel expenses and to compensate for the depreciation of musical instruments. "This funding is critical to our or ganization," he said. The Philosophy Club was defund ed because no one showed up to rep resent the group. Contact the campus/ federal politics reporter atchuckslothower@dailyemerald.com. INTL continued from page 5 influenced. However, the University's Nation al Foreign Language Resource Cen ter does receive most of its funding under Title VI, said Carl Falsgraf, di rector of the Center for Applied Sec ond Language Studies. But because the program focuses primarily on language, it would probably not be targeted by the proposed advisory board. "It's unlikely that it would have a practical effect on us, but it could," Falsgraf said. "As a language resource center, we only deal with language. We don't directly deal with political and social issues." Falsgraf said national resource centers, which deal with area stud ies, may be targeted more by the board because they study other mat ters besides language. Junior Judith Friedman said she thinks international studies programs are important tools for allowing stu dents to gain broader perspectives. "I think it would be horrible if there were a committee that was cen soring professors' material," she said. Friedman said she understands that some consider teaching curricu lum a sensitive issue, especially at schools like the University, where professors in the program tend to be more liberal. "I think that it's hard to talk about that area of study without establishing some kind of bias," she said. While Wooten said initial concerns about the government trying to con trol programs are subsiding, he is troubled that the issue was raised in the first place. "I'm concerned about it on a broader level," he said. Wooten said the University is "well-positioned" in the debate of in ternational studies and that it is a popular program on campus, both for students and faculty. "They eat it up," he said. "They want to enrich the perspectives they have." Contact the higher education/ student life/student affairs reporter atchelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com. DUCK U continued from page 1 year of production, these auditions have become increasingly impor tant, and more people have turned out to audition for parts as show hosts, sports and news reporters, and behind-the-scenes people. Now that the staff of "Duck U" has made it past the first year of op eration, they are concentrating on improving the programming, lengthening the show and spread ing the word to the public about "Duck U," Co-Director Jesse Hard ing said. "Last year was basically just trying to get the system in place; it was kind of getting the ball rolling," Harding said. "It's working out those little kinks and bugs in the be ginning that's the hardest part." Harding said one of the things they're working on is expanding the show from 30 minutes to an hour. Before they jump into that, however, they want to improve the quality of their current show, he said. To do that, they are trying to recruit more talented individuals. Junior Ebba Corleto was hoping to become one of those individuals. She went to Monday night's audi tion looking to land a part in front of the camera, and she tried not to let her nerves get the best of her. "It went pretty well," she said af ter reading a news story in front of the panel. "I didn't really know what to expect. I thought maybe they'd ask more questions. The board was likable; I enjoyed being up there." Senior David Larson, who worked with the show last year do ing interviews on the street, came to audition to be a host. Larson said the show is trying to build on its momentum from last year, and he hopes to get involved to set a stan dard for "future casts to live up to." "I wasn't nervous," he said. "That's one of the reasons I like being in front of the camera; I can be myself without being nervous. I have tremendous confidence in my abilities." Harding explained that this year's programming will include many of their past segments, which include sports, news, music and movie reviews, an animated show and an on-the-street inter view segment. To build on last year's programming, they will be including a dating game show seg ment, hosted by co-producer and on-screen talent Jordan Sandler. Sandler, who will be the anchor and producer of the show, said he envisions getting residence hall oc cupants on the show in an effort to incorporate more of the audience into the programming. After that, anything's possible, he said. Harding said securing more funding is another goal of the group this year. Currently, "Duck U" doesn't receive money from the University or from students not involved in the program, he said. But, organizers are talking about getting advertising for the • show, possibly from student groups on campus, to help fund the constructioaof new sets. Cur rently, no one on staff is paid, and the School of Journalism and Communication provides use of the equipment and facilities. Harding said they hope to begin shows in a week. "Duck U" airs on Channel 23 at 10 p.m. Wednesdays and on Channel 14 in the residence halls at 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the meantime, Corleto and Larson are hoping to be some of the talent students tune into this term. "I think it's great experience and will definitely help me decide what I want to do with my career," Corleto said. Contact the people/ culture/faith reporter at jaredpaben@dailyemerald.com. 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