PFC allots $250,000 Tuesday
PFC outlines the 200405
budgets Tuesday for ASUO
Legal Services and calls
an executive session early on
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
The ASUO Programs Finance Com
mittee continued its march toward allo
cating funding for the 2004-05 school
year, approving funding for eight groups
totaling $251,428 on Tuesday.
ASUO Legal Services was the
biggest winner, receiving $ 190,295 in
funding, an 8.3 percent increase. The
extra funding will go mostly toward
pay raises of about 2 percent and the
addition of health insurance for the
assistant director position equivalent
to that which state employees receive.
Director of Legal Services Ilona
Koleszar described providing health
insurance as a matter of "conscience,"
and added that Legal Services recov
ered or saved $38,261 for students fall
term through legal action.
The University's highly successful
Forensics Program, which director Pe
ter Mohn said was founded in 1876
and is the oldest student group on
campus, received $31,462, an increase
of 10 percent. Mohn said the pro
gram, a co-curricular activity funded
by the ASUO and the Robert D. Clark
Honors College, once funded the
football team.
Mohn said the increased funding
was justified due to restrictions placed
on the program's ability to pay for out
of-state travel with general fund money.
"Any sort of state money we get is
limited to in-state travel only," Mohn
said. "I'd love to ask for smaller in
creases and that's my goal."
The ASUO Constitution Court re
ceived $4,892 for 2004-2005, a 1.3
percent decrease from this year. Al
though the court has done little this
year, it is the third branch of student
government and deserves adequate
funding, PFC Chairman Adrian
Gilmore said.
"One year nothing will happen, then
the next year for some reason there will
be a rash of constitutional issues,"
Gilmore said. "We don't want to bank
rupt a branch of student government."
The Coalition Against Environ
mental Racism, which will host the
ninth annual Environmental Justice
Conference Jan. 23 through Jan. 25,
received a budget of $13,739, a de
crease of 10.1 percent. The coalition
hopes to snare a national speaker for
its conference and perhaps for anoth
er event as well.
PFC decided to fund the Chinese
Student Association, which will hold
China Night Feb. 1, at $7,735, a 14.1
percent increase.
"We have been experiencing a very
severe budget crisis this year," CSA
member Michelle Jin said, adding
that the group had a "dire need" for
the funding.
Dance Oregon, a group that seeks
to enhance dance students' education,
received a budget of $3,114, a .06 per
cent decrease from this year's budget.
The funds will be used to lure guest
artists to campus and advocate for
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MEWS BRIEFS
Knight Law Center to hold
wildfire symposium
The University's Journal of Environ
mental Law and Utigation will host its
annual symposium, which will give a
comprehensive overview and history of
wildfire issues across the West.
The symposium, which is open to
the public and free of charge, will take
place today in room 110 of the Knight
Law Center from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Besides providing a public forum
to exchange information and strate
gies, the symposium's purpose has
been to educate participants on inter
national, national and regional envi
ronmental issues.
"We have three very different speak
ers covering a broad range of issues re
lated to current states of wildfire poli
cy," said Dominic Campanella, editor
in chief of the Journal of Environ
mental Law and Litigation.
Keynote speakers will include
Marc Fink, a staff attorney of the
Western Environmental Law Center;
Andy Stahl, executive director of the
Forest Service Employees for Envi
ronmental Ethics; and Scott Horn
gren, an attorney who has represent
ed timber companies in post-fire
timber sale cases.
Campanella said symposium coor
dinators put out advertisements for the
event in local publications to spark an
interest in the community. Although
the designated location accommodates
more than 100 attendees, he said he has
heard enough buzz between the envi
ronmental studies department and the
law school to have confidence in to
days attendance
"I think we'll have a pretty solid
turnout," he said.
— Caron Alarab
Fall-term law school flood
causes $10,000 in damage
Flooding that occurred in the
Knight Law Center the weekend be
fore fall term finals caused more than
$ 10,000 in damage Law School Assis
tant Dean of Finance and Operations
Jamie Moffitt said.
The carpet in the Wayne Morse Com
mons area and some of the wood un
derneath were destroyed, and some wa
ter may have damaged nearby hallways.
"It was custom carpet, so it was
definitely on the more expensive
side," she said.
The commons reopened this term;
however, the carpet has not yet been
replaced, and Moffitt said it could take
eight to 10 weeks to replace because it
was custom made to match the area.
She said the flooding was a minor
inconvenience to students, but the area
is a place students like to congregate.
"Luckily we don't tend to do too
many events in that area," she said.
Moffitt said this was "surprising
ly" the first time this area has flood
ed, and that excessive rainfall led to
clogged drains in the parking lot
outside the area and caused the
flooding.
"The water built up in the parking
lot and got k) a point where it over
flowed," she said, adding that falling
leaves probably caused the drains to
clog more than usual.
About a week after the flooding,
more heavy rains nearly caused the
area to flood again. But Moffitt said
students in the building saw the water
building up and called the Depart
ment of Public Safety in time to pre
vent further damage.
She said new drains for the court
yard outside the area are being con
sidered to prevent future flooding.
— Chelsea Duncan
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