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Thursday, August 12,2004
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 106, Issue 16
Housing code
to be addressed
in public hearing
October's hearing will further address a
complaint-based housing-standards plan
OMIE DRAW HORN
NEWS REPORTER
The Eugene City Council voted Wednesday to send a propos
al to create locally enforceable housing standards to a public
hearing in October.
Eugene Citizens for Housing Standards — which comprises
community organizations and student groups at the University
and Lane Community College — has called on the city council
to create and implement a self-funded, complaint-based rental
housing program it says would defend low-income residents
against substandard housing conditions. Eugene's standards
would be similar to those already in place in Corvallis.
Please see HOUSING, page 3
ASUO Accounting
implements new
system for funds
Student-group finances are separated into five
funds, making it easier to track allocated money
MEGHANN M. CUNIFF
FREELANCE REPORTER
The ASUO recently implemented a new accounting system that
will improve the way student groups manage funds and will al
low the Student Senate to oversee funding allocations more effi
ciently, according to ASUO Accounting Coordinator Jennifer
Creighton-Neiwert.
The new system, which took effect July 1, will distinguish group fi
nances into five different funds: Incidental fees, restricted event rev
enue, general funds, non-event revenue and non-restricted revenue
Event and non-event revenue will no longer be grouped with
incidental fee funds, making it easier to determine how groups
Please see ACCOUNTING, page 4
Tim Bobosky Interim Photo Editor
Senior journalism and math major Christina Diss (bottom left), junior
environmental science major Carie Henderson (center), and junior
planning, public policy and management major Rosie Sweetman staff the
ASUO Controller’s Office.
A NEW CONTRACT
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Tim Bobosky Interim Photo Editor
GTFF bargaining-team members Dave Cecil (left), Chris Goff (center) and Eric Lindgren talk Wednesday in the GTFF office about recent contract
negotiations with the University.
SUCCESSFUL MEDIATION
The GTFF reached a contract settlement with the University on August 5
BEN BROWN
NEWS REPORTER
Nine months after negotiations be
gan, the University and the Gradu
ate Teaching Fellows Federation
reached a final contract settlement Aug. 5
that narrowly averted a threatened campus
wide strike by the union's 1,300 GTFs.
In the contract, which came after nine
hours of state-mediated talks, the GTFF re
ceived a $45-per-term reduction in fees for
the next two years. The University also
promised to raise GTF minimum salaries
two percent for 2005-06 if the governor's
wage freeze has ended. If not, the University
will reduce fees an additional $45 per term.
Linda King, the University's director of
human resources and chief spokeswoman
for the negotiating team, said the final con
tract settlement was fiscally responsible for
the University and fair to both parties.
GTFF President Eric Undgren, too, said
he was pleased with the outcome.
'Essentially, they gave us twice what we
asked for," Lindgren said.
GTFF organizer David Cecil said the
guaranteed compensation for the second
year of the contract was helpful in mov
ing negotiations along, although the raise
in compensation fell short of the 8 per
cent increase the GTFF hoped for.
"The economic package is the best we
thought we could get,* Cecil said.
Please see GTFF, page 5
LLC combines housing, academics
Some on campus are enthusiastic about the
LLC design while others express reservations
OMIE DRAWHORN
NEWS REPORTER
Imagine waking up on a Monday morning 15 minutes before
your first dass starts. Most students have to make the trek across
campus from their residence hall room in Bean or Carson halls,
or if they live off campus, they walk, take a bus or ride a bike.
But what if all you had to do was go downstairs for dass?
When complete, the Living Learning Center, the University's
first new residence hall in decades, will allow just that.
The new building will combine an approximately 399-bed
residence hall with performance spaces, faculty offices and a
cafe. The building will also house three classrooms: a 185-seat
lecture hall and two smaller 25- to 40-seat classrooms.
Mike Eyster, director of University Housing, thinks students
will be very happy with the LLC in the long run.
"At first, they won't know what to expect," he said, adding
that students may have reservations about having faculty mem
bers so dose to where they live.
Eyster thinks the residence hall will become very popular
because the University listened to the students' input when
designing it.
PART 4 OF 4
August 3: University Housing prepares to break ground on LLC
August 5: University removes outdoor tennis courts to make room for LLC
August 10: Parking added to East 15th Avenue to accommodate LLC
Today: Feedback about LLC's combined academics and living
"They told us what they think is important," he said.
Some students are not so sure.
"I don't think I would like it. I like to have my two separate
worlds," senior women's and gender studies major Amy Lee
said.
Megan Salsbury, junior journalism and sociology major,
agrees.
"If someone has a class at 6 p.m. [in the LLC] they aren't go
ing to want to hear residence hall life going on," she said.
Salsbury is also concerned the new residence hall won't pro
vide enough space to house incoming students because of the
classrooms and faculty offices.
'I thought they needed more room than that," she said.
Salsbury says the cafe seemed unnecessary, with the Hamilton
Complex so dose by.
Eyster said the LLC concept has been successful on other
college campuses, and students there were satisfied with
Please see LLC, page 4