PFC: Senator
expects 'a lot
of backlash'
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positions if the Senate approves
the changes.
However, the PFC exempted sever
al groups that have many directors,
including the student government,
the ASUO Women’s Center and the
Multicultural Center.
Although Thursday’s rough budget
proposal is larger than the 5.62 percent
funding increase approved for the PFC
by the Senate, Senator Jack Crocifisso
said he expects the Senate to pass it.
“I understand and I think the major
ity of senators understand you’re not
going to reach benchmark,” he said.
But he said there likely will be “a
lot of backlash” over changes to the
stipend model.
“1 wouldn’t want to be in your po
sition,” he said to the PFC members.
PFC Chairwoman Persis Pohowalla
said groups will not be able to appeal
changes to the budget because of
time constraints.
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Sex: One in 250 people in Lane
County test positive for HIV
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Testing is available at the Univer
sity Health Center or at the HIV Al
liance’s office at 1966 Garden Ave.
in Eugene.
“Fees are on a sliding scale,”
Martin said, “but nobody is ever
turned away.”
Martin said one in 250 people test
ed in Lane County test positive for
HIV. She added that approximately
25 percent of infected individuals in
the United States have not been test
ed and do not know they are carriers.
“For the first time in 10 years,
we saw a rise last year,” Martin
said. “Maybe it’s uncomfortable,
maybe it’s frightening, but it needs
to be done.” HIV Alliance Executive
Director Diane Lang said the goal is
to reach the University and the
entire community.
“Our goals for this campaign are
to meet students on their level, satu
rate their environment and serve
their needs to the best of our abili
ty,” Lang said.
Martin said the idea of distribut
ing condoms at bars seemed to be a
logical direction for the campaign.
She said many “hookups” happen
after people have been drinking and
sometimes make unwise choices.
“We’re spending time at the bars
and showing people how to use the
resources available,” Martin said.
Junior Desiree Townley said
she disagreed with the alliance’s
approach.
“It’s as effective as a guy dressed
as a hot dog making somebody want
to buy a hot dog," Townley said.
Senior Tony Fuller also said it
wasn’t the best approach.
“It’s a little obnoxious, but it’s
better than nothing,” he said. “I
would rather not have a visual for
sex.” He added he is tested about
every six months.
University alumna Kirsten Gun
derson said she has been tested sev
eral times, starting in high school as
part of an AIDS and substance
abuse prevention program. She said
she enjoyed Captain Condom’s ap
pearance at the bar and thought the
message would be accepted .
“I would say yeah, it certainly
grabs your attention,” she said.
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WUN: Parolees live in area without necessary supervision
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with the transition back into society.
Between 70 and 100 parolees cur
rently live in the neighborhood but
do not have the supervision Green
would like to be able to provide.
The organization is looking to buy
quads in the neighborhood for
parolees to live in to improve a post
prison supervision system that is al
ready in place in the neighborhood.
City Planner Steve Gallup gave an
update on the alley-paving project
slated to begin in the spring.
It was calculated that the cost of
repairing the alleys would total
about $30,000 per block, and Gallup
said property owners would pay for
the project.
Board member Don Goldman
questioned Kelly about the constitu
tionality of the Eugene “party
patrol,” admonishing the police de
partment for “busting into people’s
houses and giving thousands of dol
lars worth of tickets.”
Kelly said there are no actual laws
or rules specifically put in place for
the so-called party patrol; rather, it is
a question of whether the police are
obeying the search laws that have al
ways been in existence.
Eugene citizen Jana Jackson was
scheduled to make a presentation
concerning a petition that is circulat
ing in support of Eugene police offi
cer Randy Ellis but left instead.
Ellis made national headlines in
December for placing “no trespass
ing” and “no soliciting” signs around
the neighborhood, which were or
dered to be removed after questions
arose regarding their legality.
Jackson said outside the meeting it
was obvious a petition in support of
a police officer would not get support
from the “hostile” meeting attendees.
“It seems like an extremely anti
police meeting and an extremely pro
party meeting,” Jackson said.
The association held a moment of
silence at the beginning of the meet
ing for Victoria “Hatoon” Adkins, a
popular campus figure who was hit
and killed by a car on Tuesday.
Homelessness will be a topic of
discussion for the association in the
coming months, association chair
Drix Rixmann said.
“We all know what it’s like to go
whiz on a wall,” Rixmann said, stress
ing the importance of empathizing
with the homeless. “We need to pro
vide a place for these people to go. ”
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Tuition: Student association's
lobbying efforts appear to pay off
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Education, said students would
benefit even if tuition increases
could be held to 2 or 3 percent.
“There appears to be a clear de
sire in at least part of the senate to
see what can be done to freeze tu
ition,” said Devlin. “I know that
there are parties on both sides of
the aisle that are supportive.”
The proposal needs support in
both chambers from both political
parties, Devlin added.
ASUO President and Oregon Stu
dent Association Chair Adam
Petkun said he believes Oregon stu
dents have scored a victory.
“This is the single most impor
tant issue regarding access to post
secondary education,” Petkun said
in a press release.
“I think that to have the Senate
Democrats come out and take
a stand on student tuition is really
commendable,” he added in an
interview.
Petkun said he doesn’t believe a
2 to 3 percent increase is good
enough for Oregon students.
“I think we’ve already passed
the point where students are start
ing to be priced out of education,”
he said. “The problem is that
the state hasn’t stepped up to
fund higher education. The best
way to make sure that students
have access to higher education
is to make tuition affordable
and make sure that need-based
aid is available.”
Petkun said he hopes to work
with Republicans to find a way to
fund the freeze.
“Access to education is not a par
tisan issue,” he said.
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Spokesman Arlie Adkins said he
hopes Republicans will support the
tuition freeze as well.
“They just have a different
philosophical approach,” Adkins
said. “They haven’t come out and
said that they’re opposed to any
specific programs.”
The OSA has been lobbying in
tently for the tuition freeze since the
legislative session opened in early
January. Adkins said he thinks the
efforts have paid off.
“It’s not just a coincidence,”
he said.
“The fact that it’s out there as a
proposal is an improvement,” Ad
kins added. “It puts us in a great po
sition to start having conversations
about it.”
Petkun said he hopes to mobi
lize University students in the
lobbying effort.
“We still have a long way to go
to make sure that the legislature
prioritizes higher education,” said
Petkun. “We need every student
who’s interested to drop by our
office and find out how they
can be involved in funding a
tuition freeze. ”
“It’s going to take a lot of work
on our part and on the part of
the people proposing it,” Adkins
said. “Who knows where we’ll be
when they bang that gavel to close
the session.”
Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s recom
mended budget suggested limiting
annual tuition increases to be
tween 5 and 7 percent. Thition
rates have risen by more than
10 and 9 percent in the last two
years, respectively.
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