. PFC
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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.
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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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Panel discussion, "Intercollegiate Athletics and Higher Education," Room 100, Willamette Hall, 4p.m. In
tercollegiate Athletics Committee Chair Brad Shelton and Director of Athletics Bill Moos will be among
those to participate.
College of Arts and Sciences lecture by volcanologist Kathy Cashman entitled "Some Like It Hot: Chasing
Lava in Hawaii," Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall, 4 p.m.
Critical theory and transnational studies lecture by Kyung-won Lee of Yonsei University entitled “Franz
Fanon’s Postcolonial Legacies,” Room 375, McKenzie Hall, 5 p.m.
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