SW120 : Spend an afternoon : with us & you will have : a piece you are proud www.brush-fire.com : to show your friends. 954 Pearl St. | 485-7161 | 10-9M-Sat. | 10-8 Sun. PFC: Controversy caused by content judgment Continued from page 1 ruled entirely based on that quote,” he said. “I presume it went over the minutes and made its own decision. ” The decision also states that Cortez erred because he “did not provide a budgetary rationale for disapproving the (Commentator’s) budget.” Cortez was removed from the Senate because “the findings of removal cross es over into his duties as an ASUO Sen ator,” according to the decision. However, Cortez said the court is preventing him from doing his job as an elected official. “ (The court) is pretty much silenc ing my voice that I represent as a stu dent on campus as a student of col or,” he said. Derrick said he would not elabo rate on the decisions. “He has the right to file a motion for reconsideration if he feels there was an inaccuracy,” he said. Although the three rulings are sim ilar, both the decisions against Cortez and Kieffer cite the court’s finding against Quiroz. That ruling came in response to Atkinson’s allegations that Quiroz vi olated the prominent Supreme Court findings of Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of University of Virginia and Southworth v. Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System. Atkinson also alleged in the petition that Quiroz violated the ASUO Con stitution and intended to continue vi olation of those rules with prejudice against the Commentator. The central question of the Com mentator controversy was whether a PFC member could take the Com mentator’s content into consideration “when approving the Mission and Goals and subsequent funding for an incidental fee funded publication,” according to the decision. The three PFC members expressed concerns during hearings of the pub lication’s mission and goals that the Commentator, a conservative maga zine, published what some have called hate speech. The court found that the Rosen berger and Southworth rulings pre vent PFC members from looking at a publication’s content. “The proper measure, and the principle standard of protection for objecting students ... is the require ment of viewpoint neutrality in the allocation of funding support,” ac cording to the decision. Quiroz “made several statements that demonstrate a clear violation of viewpoint neutrality by reviewing and making judgment about the Oregon Commentators (sic) content,” accord ing to the decision. Quiroz’s statements include: “They should be rejected, not because we reject their overall at tempts at sophomoric humor ... but because they have targeted a particu lar person in an abusive and danger ous way,” Derrick said in the decision. The decision against Kieffer states that he “fully comprehended and un derstood that he was in violation of viewpoint neutrality” when he “pub licly states that he would not obey an ‘unjust law.’” Kieffer also “did not provide a budg etary rationale for disapproving the budget,” according to the decision. Kieffer said he disagreed with the ruling, although he said the court was following its guidelines. “My personal opinion is rules can sometimes be completely useless in finding a good solution to a prob lem,” he said. “I would have liked it to rule in favor of the PFC (members) who stand behind this issue.” Commentator Editor in Chief Tyler Graf was pleased with the decision. “I do believe that the Con Court made the right decision,” he said. “Mason was grandstanding and clearly not doing the job people elect ed him to do.” Justice Charlotte Nisser disagreed with the punishments for Quiroz and Cortez, stating that “the remedy de termined by the Court is excessive.” parkerhowell @ dailyemerald. com Neon (the poison paper) The heavy dyes used to produce neon colored paper, dark reds and shades of orange (goldenrod) contain heavy metals that are toxic. 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