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Wed. Feb. 9th $3/person
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Wrestling Meet
Start Date
Feb. 9th at 7:00pm
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Indoor Soccer Tournament
Start Date
Feb. 12th & 13th
SRC Courts 4 & 5
Entry Deadline Cost
Wed. Feb. 9th $20/team
by 5:00pm
Soccer Divisions: Men's Open, Women’s Open and Coed Open
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Fitness Programs
Free Fitness Orientation includes a tour of the facilities and instruction on the use
of the cardiovascular and weight equipment. Participants are also briefed on the
equipment sign up system and facility rules.
Fitness Assessment evaluates your current level of health-related physical
fitness. Testing options include: body composition, muscular fitness or aerobic
fitness. The fitness test package is also available and it includes all three tests
for a discounted price ($20.00).
Fun Individualized Training (F.l.T.) Program is a one-on-one, 90 minute appointment
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consultation, personalized strength and conditioning program, one training
session to help refine technique and information on training and injury prevention.
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^ Programs Finance Committee
Nicole Barker | Photographer
The Progams Finance Committe, including Chairwoman Persis Pohowalla, right, and Jael
Anker-Lagos, left, approved budgets for six groups Thursday night.
Budget increases
given to 5 student
groups Thursday
The $ 111, 000 allotted to the previously tabled groups
funded the Assault Prevention Shuttle, among others
BY SHELDON TRAVER
NEWS REPORTER
The Programs Finance Committee
spent more time in recess than in
budget hearings Thursday as it worked
to allot funds for six student groups.
“We’re never on schedule, so we go
from budget to budget to budget with
out a break,” PFC Chairwoman Persis
Pohowalla said. “So this is nice.”
Pohowalla said most of the groups
were tabled previously so the commit
tee already had the opportunity to re
view the budgets of most of
Thursday’s student groups.
Because of Oregon Public Meetings
Law, the committee was not allowed
to hear groups’ budget requests earlier
than scheduled. Gaps as long as one
hour left committee members with
little to do except wait.
More than $111,000 was allotted to
six groups, most only requesting
modest budget increases.
The Assault Prevention Shuttle re
ceived $87,064, a 22.2 percent in
crease, to compensate for higher
wages related to minimum wage in
creases and rising fuel costs. The
group also requested funding for an
additional employee, which would
help it maintain a consistent level of
service on campus.
The Coalition Against Environmen
tal Racism appealed de-funding by
the PFC. Coalition Director Pamela
“Ela” Orenstein said the previous di
rector didn’t make her aware of budg
eting procedures so she didn’t know
about the hearing process until an e
mail was sent to her stating the group
was going to lose funding. PFC Sena
tor Eden Cortez said he wasn’t happy
about the group’s disorganization.
“It’s bad it had to come down to
this,” Cortez said. “It’s hard to know
that you, a co-director, didn’t know
about that (request procedure).”
The PFC motioned not to de-fund
the group and gave them $13,920, a
1.3 percent increase to pay for speak
ers and catering for the Coalition’s
Environmental Justice Conference,
held every year.
Students for Choice received
$2,611, a 1.2 percent increase, to pay
for activities related to the anniver
sary of Roe Vs. Wade, World AIDS
Day, National Condom Day and
stipends for workers.
“We are very vocal,” Niemeitz said.
The group recently attracted new
members with a table at the EMU,
offering cake and condoms, she said.
The Center for Sustainable Livingre
ceived $525, a 75 percent boost. The
group holds workshops throughout
the year on recycling and composting
and teaches students and the public
environmentally friendly lifestyles.
The University is giving the group a
house to remodel to showcase “green”
building techniques.
Kultura Pilipinas received $2,512, a
4.4 percent increase, to pay for Culture
Night, guest speakers and a conference
to network with other Filipino student
groups in the Northwest.
The Committee for Musical Arts
received $4,905, the same allotment
as last year. The group said it will
bring two ensembles and one
instrumentalist to campus.
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