PFC hearings get smoother
Following the controversy
surrounding the OSPIRG
budget, Monday's hearings
proved less complex
By Moriah Balingit
Freelance Reporter
Monday night's PFC hearings
proved to be the calm after the OS
PIRG storm, with the budgets of
KWVA, Campus Recycling, the ASUO
Executive, Assault Prevention Services,
the Lane Transit District, the Asian Pa
cific American Student Union and the
Black Student Union passing with
minimal controversy.
KWVA, the campus radio station, re
ceived $83, 941 — an 11.8 percent in
crease from last year. This increase takes
into account its new studio and an in
creased stipend for its program director.
'There's been a remarkable improve
ment overall (in the PFC process),"
KWVA General Manager Charlotte
Nisser said. "The people involved are
much more understanding."
Campus Recycling's budget received
a boost from the initial ASUO Execu
tive recommendation when PFC Sen.
Mena Ravassipour made an amend
ment to increase its training allocation.
The group received $126,500, a 2.6
percent increase from last year.
The Executive's hearing was by far
the lengthiest, spanning 90 minutes.
Two items in the proposal — the cre
ation of two stipend positions for the
newly created International Career
Networking Committee, and annual
dues to the Oregon Student Associa
tion — were topics of major debate.
Some members of PFC expressed con
cern about sending money off-cam
pus with OSA when the association
could not produce an audit, even
though ASUO President Maddy
Melton sits on the board that moni
tors OSA's spending.
Additionally, PFC was hesitant to
fund the two stipend positions because
it doesn't typically fund stipend posi
tions for brand-new organizations.
Ravassipour, however, urged the
committee to reconsider.
"As a PFC we have to look at
progress, and by funding... these po
sitions we'd be helping them grow,"
she said.
Both provisions of the proposal
eventually passed, putting the total
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Wednesday
Winter Career Fair, EMU Ballroom, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Caregiver Support Group, facilitated by the Eu
gene Regional Office of the Alzheimer's Associa
tion, EMU Board Room, noon-1 p.m.
Unity Celebration and Candlelight Vigil, Student
activists and leaders reflect on the teachings of
Martin Luther King Jr., Alumni Lounge,
Gerlinger Hall, 6 p.m.
Community Conversations, entitled “From Hit
Man to Harry Potter: Banned Books," Dyment Hall
Lounge, Walton Complex, 7:30 p.m.
UO Ensemble Concert featuring The Oregon Wind
Ensemble, Beall Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
budget at $305,689, a 5.65 percent in
crease from last year.
Assault Prevention Services then
passed its $12,550 budget, which in
cluded provisions for repairs, gas and
advertising for the new organization.
The Lane Transit District put in its
bid next, and PFC went with the Exec
utive recommendation of $583,250
— a 10.79 percent increase.
"We're getting a good deal," ASUO
Controller Mike Green said of LTD's
funding increase.
APASU received $16,682, an 11.7
percent increase to account for three
increased stipends and money to put
out its annual publication.
BSU rounded out the night. PFC al
located the student group $18,979, a
6.4 percent increase from last year.
PFC decided to allot $ 100 for the re
vival of the BSU's community
newsletter.
Moriah Balingit is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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