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Senate: Ex-senators raise
questions about neutrality
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budget calculations during
the meeting.
“That was a clear example where
it was our fault,” he said. “The ma
jority hadn’t looked at the budget to
say whether it should be approved
and at what levels.”
Hart said he also lacked the neces
sary time to do the job well, which is
why he resigned.
“I’m not trying to absolve myself,”
he said.
Hart said he was also concerned
with a lack of viewpoint neutrality in
the student government. He said PFC
members’ attempt to defund the Ore
gon Commentator in December un
settled him.
“That bothers me, where it became
clear that the PFC was making a deci
sion on mission statements when
they didn’t really understand the
breadth of the reach or review they
can engage in,” he said.
He said some senators seem to
have different standards for matters
such as food requests, making some
groups come back a week later.
“I guess my inclination is not that
there is a clear standard the Senate
follows every time in the decision
making process,” he said. “I do
feel different groups have been
treated differently.”
Moreno-Villamar agreed, saying
some groups continue to receive un
equal treatment.
“In a sense that there is discussion
... on viewpoint neutrality regarding
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said contentious issues always come
up at Senate and are not
generally a concern.
“The Executive generally monitors
tensions such as this,” he
said, adding that he didn’t think the
Executive was concerned at
this time.
Hart added that some senators do
not make the best decisions because
they are just trying to get by.
“A lot of people are just going
by what people are saying,”
he said. “They just hear something
that sounds good and go with it.”
Moreno-Villamar said the Senate
has an unusually high number of
new senators because of elections
and resignations, but the new mem
bers are improving.
“It’s been a learning process for
everybody I think, especially the
newer people,” he said. “They’re ma
turing their skills very rapidly, and I
don’t see that as much of a problem
as realizing the structure they’re im
mersed in as a senator and the pres
sure put on by different areas of the
administration.”
Hart also said the Senate has failed
to adequately analyze the technical
language of resolutions.
Hart said legal review found that
language in the job description ap
proved by the Senate for the Multicul
tural Center could be construed as
age discrimination.
“Some members, mainly ones of
the (Progressive Students Starting To
day) group, ba
nicity and
some people
want to talk
about that,
some other
people feel the
way things are
right now ...
has been fine,”
“A lot of people are just going
by what people are saying.
They hear something that
sounds good and go with it. ”
Sol Hart | Former student senator
sically they
pushed it
through as is,”
he said. “The
position was a
good one, but
when looking
at technical de
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he said.
Moreno-Villamar said when for
mer ASUO Vice President Eddy
Morales pointed out racist practices
of the Senate last year he was only
told how ridiculous his claim was
and the issue was not addressed.
He added that “systematic” dis
crimination exists at an institutional
level, saying certain groups’ paper
work is often returned for more
work. Moreno-Villamar added that
certain groups, such as the Black Stu
dent Union, have had debt for years
because of unfair practices.
He said cultural practices are re
flected by budgets.
“It really stretches as far back as
the historical past of Oregon and the
treatment of black people in Oregon,”
he said.
George acknowledged that lapses
in viewpoint neutrality occurred. He
said Senate members need to re
main neutral and represent students
as a whole.
“There have been discussions that
have been very personal for some
people,” he said.
George said the Senate has been
able to address neutrality concerns
and prevent future incidents.
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Hart said some senators also didn’t
use “proper diligence” in reviewing
the language of the resolution against
University sports teams playing
against teams with indigenous mas
cots, such as the University of Illinois’
Chief Illiniwek.
The ASUO Constitution Court
eventually found the resolution un
constitutional because of vague lan
guage in several areas.
George said senators had the re
sponsibility to voice concerns with
the resolution when a motion was
made to adopt it.
Moreno-Villamar also said student
government as a whole has moved
away from student issues and con
cerns into those of the administration.
“To me, the issue here is student
sovereignty,” he said. “That’s why
there has been a movement away
from voting. And when there’s
something such as the slate last
year that at least announces that
they stand for something in terms
of ideals ... that’s when everybody
freaks out at the administrative
level, but when everybody
gets elected.”
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