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IN BRIEF
Student Senate allocates
funds for group trips
The Student Senate unanimously
made two sizable allocations during
its meeting Wednesday night, ap
proving $1,140 in surplus student
funds for the United States
Student Association and $900 for
Dance Oregon.
USSA will use the funds to send
about five students to the annual
National Grassroots Legislative Con
ference from March 19-22 in
Washington, D.C.
ASUO Federal Affairs Coordinator
Ashley Rees, who made the request,
said USSA had raised $1,395 since it
started fundraising over the
summer but had exhausted its
potential donors.
Rees said USSA recommends the
University send nine representatives
on the trip, but fewer are slated to go
this year as a cost-saving measure.
Dance Oregon received funding to
send representatives to the Ameri
can College Dance Festival, a four
day event allowing students and
professional artists to collaborate.
Also at the meeting, Senator Toby
Hill-Meyer introduced a revised res
olution stating the Senate’s position
against University sports teams play
ing teams with “indigenous mas
cots,” such as the University of Illi
nois’ Chief Illiniwek. The ASUO
Constitution Court rejected a
previous resolution because of
vague language.
Parker Howell
Programs Finance
Committee
Campus Recycling
among six UO
programs funded
BY SHELDON TRAVER
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
The Programs Finance Committee
allocated more than a quarter million
dollars Tuesday night in a five-hour
push to fund six programs for the
next school year.
Campus Recycling received
$165,670, a 31 percent boost in its
budget to help pay for rising wages
related to Oregon’s minimum wage
laws and to help meet future needs
for new recycling vehicles and a stor
age building. Recycling Program
Manager Karyn Kaplan said the in
crease was vital not only to preserve
student jobs but also to maintain cur
rent levels of recycling on campus.
ASUO Controller Rosie Sweetman
agreed with Kaplan and urged the
PFC to accept the budget for the
recycling program.
“We fund events and conferences
that don’t include all students,’’
Sweetman said. “Campus Recycling
is here every day and they do a
good job.”
The International Resource Center
received $78,244, a 40.8 percent in
crease from last year’s budget. Inter
national Resource Center Coordina
tor Anne Williams will leave the
center in June and requested addi
tional funds to pay for her replace
ment. Williams said between 15,000
and 18,000 students have used the
center every year since it reopened
in 2000.
One point of contention between
PFC members was whether to fully
fund the center’s International
Education Week, held in November.
PFC Senator Khanh Le argued that
this would be the first year a funding
request was put in for the event and
therefore only one-half of the event’s
budget should be financed according
to PFC guidelines. This is standard
practice for new line items, he said.
“I don’t want to set a precedent
with this decision,” Le said.
PFC Chairwoman Persis Po
howalla noted the IRC had receipts
from November’s event and wanted
to see it fully funded despite the
first-year rule.
In the end, the PFC funded just a
little more than half of the event
costs, allocating $957 for event costs
and food.
The Community Internship Pro
gram was allotted $15,213, an 8.2
percent decrease. The group uses
funding for events such as the Flying
Feathers 5K Walk and Run and
staff stipends.
The Athletic Department Finance
Committee received $1,815, a 39.6
percent decrease due to fewer
planned events for the coming
school year.
The Constitution Court received
$4,870, a 0.4 percent decrease in
funding to pay stipends for the
court’s four justices and chief justice.
The Journal of Environmental
Law and Litigation received $8,771,
a 1.68 percent increase from last
year’s budget.
The PFC tabled the Crisis Center’s
budget hearing to allow the group
more time for budget preparation.
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