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With budgets more finely parsed, it will now be possi ble to examine how much revenue an event generates versus how much a group spends on the event, Creighton-Neiwert said. "It's a better way of looking at an event and seeing what we should charge for tickets," Creighton-Neiwert said. The Senate will no longer hear budget transfer requests, Creighton-Neiwert said. Rather, groups will request from the Senate a "release of funds" from one of the five areas of their budget to another or from Senate surplus. The only problem officials have had with the new sys tem has been explaining it to student groups, ASUO Con troller Christina Diss said. How the system operates has not been put into writing, making the task of explaining the system to student groups difficult, Diss said. "There isn't any language in the Senate rules about the new accounting system," Diss said. Diss and fellow ASUO Controllers Carie Henderson and Rosie Sweetman are responsible for ensuring student groups understand the new system and are following it. This has been difficult without written documentation, but not impossible, Diss said. "Hopefully (the Senate Rules Committee) will meet before their deadline in the fall and pass the new rules," she said. Creighton-Neiwert said officials have anticipated these difficulties. "Any time you make a change or go through a transition it's going to be difficult because there's a new system to learn," she said. Because the system was only recently instituted, Creighton-Neiwert said it is too early to evaluate its effec tiveness, but she said is confident that student groups will be able to make the adjustment. ASUO Women's Center Office Coordinator Lori Brown shared this confidence. "1 think (senators) are constantly asking themselves how they can ensure student groups are using student fees responsibly and in a way that is really meeting the stu dents' needs," Brown said. Though the new system may mean that groups have less freedom in how they spend certain funds, Brown said the fiscally responsible "spirit" behind it is commendable. "It's definitely going to hold us to a higher level of ac countability," she said. Meghann M. Cuniff is a freelance reporter for the Emerald. LLC continued from page 1 the concept. Once the program was up and running, the reaction was very positive. Columbia University in New York has a Living Learning Center, al though it is somewhat different from the University's design. Co lumbia's LLC does not have class rooms; instead, students attend and initiate different educational pro gramming each month. "It's student-initiated and student driven," said Julie Beemsten, assistant director of the dean of student affairs at Columbia University. Future residents must go through an application process to get in to Co lumbia's LLC, Beernsten said. "It's very sought-after and increas ing in popularity," she said, adding that there are 260 upperclassmen spots in the LLC and between 500 and 600 apply. Beernsten said there are fewer dis ciplinary incidents in the LLC, and ideas about what programs to partic ipate in are initiated by students. But she said some would not opt to live in the LLC because it's too academic and the program require ments are not for every student. Eyster believes the University's LLC's only problem is that it will be "so popular that people are going to want me to build (more LLCs) faster than I can build them," he said. ASUO PresidentAdam Petkun thinks mixing residence hall life with learning "could be exciting," adding that the University has a need for new housing. "It's a thrill to be a part of (the LLC) and to know that students will benefit for the next 50 years," Eyster said. omiedrawhorn@dailyemerald.com (3 2004 Football Student ore go n Ticket Release Dates Students enrolled for Fall 2004 classes AND paying student incidental fees can pick up one ticket for each game at the ticket offices located in the EMU or at the Len Casanova Center.* Student tickets are funded by the ADFC through student incidental fees. Only 2,500 tickets will be available for the Indiana game - so students should act quickly. 6,100 tickets will be available for the remaining games. Any remaining student tickets will become available to students for purchase for their friends and family (maximum of four tickets) beginning Wednesday during the week of the home football game. *On first day of distribution for each game, tickets will be distributed from the South Ticket building at Autzen Stadium instead of the Casanova Center. Game Date September 11, 2004 September 25, 2004 October 2, 2004 October 16, 2004 October 30, 2004 November 13, 2004 Opponent Indiana Idaho Arizona State Arizona Washington UCLA Release Dates Monday, August 30 Tuesday, September 7 Monday, September 20 Monday, October 4 Monday, October 18 Monday, November 1 For more information, students should contact the Oregon Athletic Ticket Office at (541) 346-4461 or the ASUO at (541) 346-3724.
