PFC designates over $383,000
in funds for 9 student groups
The Co-op Family Center
received the highest
200405 budget when
RFC allotted funds Tuesday
By Lisa Catto
News Reporter
The ASUO Programs Finance
Committee considered the budget
proposals of nine more student
groups Tuesday night and allocated
a total of $383,568 for the 2004-05
school year.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Ad
vocates received $300, the maximum
allowed for a group requesting funds
for the first time. A large portion of
their budget will go to their media
tion competition held in the spring.
The Korean Student Association
received $1,405, a 6.95 percent de
crease. Their budget for the previous
school year had a $775 deficit.
KSA accountant Bitnara Park ad
dressed the deficit, saying there is not
a big Korean community in Eugene so
they had difficulty fundraising.
The Interffatemity Council received
$ 10,756, an increase of 5.2 percent.
Outgoing IFC President Jonah Lee
explained the major change in its
budget proposal was an increase in
funding to pay for speakers.
"The increase for speakers is be
cause nowadays speakers are asking
for more money," he said.
The IFC spends between $2,000
and $4,000 for most speakers.
The largest budget request of the
night was for the Co-op Family Cen
ter, with a majority of its budget de
voted to payroll. The center asked
for an increase in the teacher equity
line item to compete with other
wages in its market.
Co-Director Alisa Stull said the or
ganization provides high-quality
child care to University students, fac
ulty and staff.
Several parents came to the PFC
meeting to show support for the cen
ter, including parent Aaron Lemchen.
"(The Co-op Family Center is) the
only place in town we would leave
our infant child," Lemchen said.
"She's in a social environment."
PFC awarded the Co-op Family
Center $263,170, a 2 percent increase.
The International Resource Center
had the second largest budget request,
receiving $55,571, a 1.2 percent in
crease from its previous budget.
Representatives of the IRC low
ered certain line items of their budg
et because they found that they had
not spent as much in 2003-04 as in
previous years.
Interdisciplinary Students for the
Progress Arts was the second group
asking for first-time funding, and it
also received $300.
The Crisis Center received
$24,627 from the PFC, a 24.5 per
cent increase.
Crisis Center Co-Director Karen
Paez said most of the increase will
go toward staffing more shifts so
they can accommodate increased
calls from the efforts of the Suicide
Prevention Task Force.
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans
gender Educational and Support
Services Program received $18,810
from the PFC, with an increase in
funds allocated to work study. That
was a 2.7 percent increase from the
previous budget.
The final group to go before the
PFC was the Journal of Environmen
tal Law and Litigation, which has
366 subscribers and produces two
journals per year.
JELL's Business Editor Ivan
Gardzelewski explained to the PFC
what the organization aims to do.
"We provide a forum for unbiased
articles in environmental law," he said.
Tuesday's PFC meeting was rela
tively free of controversy, but
tonight's meeting will include the
budget hearing for OSPIRG, an
event that has created a lot of con
troversy in the past.
The Oregon Student Public Inter
est Research Group hearing is sched
uled to take place in the EMU Rogue
Room at 8:30 p.m.
Contact the crime/health/safety
reporter at lisacatto@dailyemerald.com.
University ’s Asian students gather
to greet the Year of the Monkey
Asian international students
celebrate the Chinese New
Year among friends because
their families are far away
By Jennifer Sudick
Freelance Editor
As freshman Kaya Yuki squeezed
onto a couch in the International Stu
dent Association lounge Wednesday
evening, she was greeted with a hug,
laughter and greetings for the new year.
"It's already the new year there,"
she said.
And as Yuki and students from
Japan, South Korea, China and Viet
nam gathered, friends and families in
their native countries had already be
gun to usher in the Chinese New Year.
Although there are no events at
the University today to celebrate the
Year of the Monkey, those following
the lunar calendar have started a
new year — many celebrating with
family and friends.
"All the families get together like dur
ing Christmas," senior Min-Gyo Han
said. "Kind of like a family reunion."
Han, a native of South Korea, said
it is traditional for families to get to
gether during this time of year.
"Even though it's called
Chinese New Year, a lot
of other cultures
celebrate it."
Georgia Mu
Sophomore
"The relationship with the family is
really important," he said.
Sophomore Georgia Mu said much
of China and Southeast Asia acknowl
edge the holiday.
"Even though it's called Chinese
New Year, a lot of other cultures cele
brate it," she said. "The Vietnamese
call it Tet, and in Korea they celebrate
it too."
Mu said that traditionally, older
family members give younger rela
tives a red envelope with gold Chi
nese characters because red is a sign of
good luck.
Sophomore Ryohei Ishii said that
in Japan, the envelope is called the
"red pocket," adding that he usually
eats rice cakes on the holiday in addi
tion to a large meal.
Sophomore Runshan Yuan said
food is a prominent part of the new
year's celebration.
"We eat all the time," she said of the
day. She added that in China, fish and
sweet red rice cake are widely eaten
during the day and that many of the
dishes have a symbolic meaning.
Yuki shared similar sentiments.
"In the eve we eat a lot" she said. "On
that day we just eat and eat and eat."
In addition to a large family dinner,
Yuki said that in China, the new
year's celebration includes a gam
bling game called Majiang and the
lighting of fireworks at midnight.
"It's a cultural symbol," she said.
"We make noise to let the bad spirits
go so we will have a brand new year."
Contact the freelance editor
at jensudick@dailyemerald.com.
ABORTION
continued from page 1
"Many women died or were severely
injured when they tried self-induced
abortions," she said.
Now, when a pregnant woman
walks into a clinic, she can get a multi
tude of services.
"First, we make sure they're preg
nant," University Health Center Direc
tor Tom Ryan said. 'Typically, we'll dis
cuss options with them. Sometimes
(students) will come in with their mind
made up about what they want to do,
but certainly we give them all the op
tions. Abortion/termination is one of
those So is adoption."
Ryan said students often come to
the health center seeking advice
about abortion.
"It's not a terribly unusual situation,"
he said. "Of course that's why we em
phasize contraceptive solutions."
Ryan added that abortion providers
in Eugene are few and far between.
"Many times, (students) need to go
out of Eugene to access abortion servic
es, "he said.
According to the Oregon Depart
ment of Human Services, 1,107 abor
tions were performed in Lane County
in 2002.
History Professor James Mohr, who
has written a book and testified twice
before the U.S. Senate on abortion, said
it is an issue that provokes passion on
both sides.
"(Because) it's so emotionally
charged, involving questions of life it
self, it has become a lightning rod for
questions that people have a hard time
considering separately (such as
women's rights and the status of
morals)," he said.
The standing of the decision itself
has received renewed attention re
cently given the makeup of the
Supreme Court.
"Roe v. Wade is more in danger now
than it's been since it was put in place,"
Piercy said. "We have a national admin
istration in office right now that is try
ing to take away a woman's right to
choose. It's a very dangerous time for
these very important rights."
Mohr agreed that abortion rights
may be modified, but he said they will
not likely be eliminated.
"The current court seems to be
pushing back the dividing line away
from a choice position," he said.
"But I don't see even the current
court eliminating the basic right. 1
think the debate will continue to be
in the middle by matters of degree."
Contact the campus/
federal politics reporter
at chuckslothower@dailyemerald.com.
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