FOUR OF THESE
STUDENTS WILL
MANAGE THE EMU:
Members will allocate funding and
designate space for student programs
BY PARKER HOWELL
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Responsible for allocating a roughly $3.7 million
budget and formulating policies and long-range
plans for the EMU, students elected to the EMU
Board of Directors play a significant role in management
of the 55-year-old student union.
Members of the 15-member committee allocate fund
> ing for services and programs such as the Outdoor Pro
gram, l ne board also designates
space in the EMU for student
groups and advises the profes
sional EMU staff on how to reno
vate and maintain the building.
Comprising 12 students, three
faculty members and an EMU
staff representative, the board is
divided into two central commit
tees. Members sitting on the
Budget Committee formulate a budget for the EMU, in
cluding setting funding priorities.
This year's committee allocated growth to several or
ganizations after accounting errors and increases in
health-care costs altered the proposed budget several
times during the funding process, allowing for growth.
MemDers oi me House com
mittee, the other main commit
tee, are responsible for develop
ing “recommendations in the
development, maintenance, up
keep, utilization, and assign
ment of spaces in the EMU,”
according to the EMU Gover
nance Document.
Two of the at-large members
are elected to lead the board as
chair and vice chair.
Students elected to Senate
Seats 4 and 6 also sit on the
ASUO Student Senate, the 18
member body that approves budgets for the PFC, the Ath
letic Department Finance Committee and the EMU Board.
Senators also decide whether to approve groups’ spe
cial requests for Senate surplus funds and represent stu
dents in matters relating to personnel services, University
housing, campus design and University budgeting, ac
cording to the ASUO Constitution.
parkerhowell@dailyememld. com
PART 3 OF 5
Today: EMU Board
Monday: Athletic
Department Finance
Committee and Associated
Student Presidential Council
Tuesday: ASUO Executive
Seat 4
Term: One year
Time commitment: Three
office hours per week
Seat 6
Term: Two years
Time commitment Three
office hours per week
At-iarge
Term: Two years
Time commitment: Three
office hours per week
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ABC
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Elected
Appointed
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(A) Student Senators; (B) Executive: President and Vice President;
(C) Constitution Court Justices; (D) Programs Finance Committee;
(E) Athletic Department Finance Committee; (F) EMU Board of
Directors; (G) Associated Student Presidential Council
THE CANDIDATES
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For full transcripts of candidate interviews, visit www.dailyemerald.com.
Age: 21
Major Pre-journalism
Hometown: Portland
Year. Junior
Platform summary: Leeson said he
has done a lot of work on the board
rewriting reserve policies to spend
money more efficiently. He said de
spite difficulties with resen/e calcula
tions, this year’s budget committee,
which he served on, was able to pro
duce a budget that was still lower than
the benchmark.
Job qualifications: Leeson won a
half-term at-large position on the EMU
Board his freshman year and served
as the board’s appointed ASUO pro
grams representative last year.
Why he wants the job: Leeson
would like to continue the work he's
done with the EMU Board in keeping a
budgetary process that’s not messy
and a student union that’s focused on
students rather than commercial en
terprise.
What it takes to be accountable:
Leeson said the misunderstandings
over the rules for the Sunriver retreat
have been ironed out and people who
break the rules should be left to the
mercy of the conduct code.
About the EMU Master Plan: Lee
son said the board likes the plan and
that other board members are already
talking to people involved in University
President Dave Frohnmayer’s capital
campaign for fundraising.
Age: 19
Major: Planning, Public Policy and
Management
Hometown: Portland
Year: Freshman
Platform summary: Patricolo said
she hopes to fairly allocate space in
the EMU to different organizations and
make sure everyone gets an opportuni
ty to have space in the EMU.
Job qualifications: Patricolo described
herself as politically active. She regis
tered voters in the New Voters Project
for three months last summer and
worked with the Democratic Party of
Oregon on the Kerry campaign. She
also volunteers with Planned Parent
hood.
Why she wants the job: Patricolo
said she thinks the job would be a
growing experience in which she could
practice planning and people skills
that would be useful for her major.
What it takes to be accountable:
Patricolo said if people take greater re
sponsibility for their actions, ideas and
roles, problems can be solved more
easily.
About the EMU Master Plan: Patri
colo said she doesn’t know what has
been done on the EMU Master Plan to
date or how feasible it is, but she
would facilitate it by laying out every
thing that would need to happen in a
clear step-by-step plan.
Age: 20
Major: Anthropology
Hometown: Boulder, Colo.
Year. Junior
Platform summary: Kincaid said he
wants to focus on improving The Break
and the Red Room because he be
lieves the venues haven’t been used to
their full potentials. He wants to hold
the incidental fee accountable and
work to improve publicity for programs.
Job qualifications: Kincaid said he
has headed committees within the
Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. He was a
peer health educator and worked in the
health resource room in the EMU. He
also helps direct the Movement, a
Christian organization for members of
the greek community.
Why he wants the job: Kincaid said
he wants to make the EMU a welcom
ing place because it houses many pro
grams and many students spend a
large percentage of their time there.
What it takes to be accountable:
Kincaid said student leaders should
hold themselves accountable. He said
it is the ASUO’s duty to keep students
informed, and students should hold
their leaders accountable as well.
About the EMU Master Plan: He
said the plan will bring in revenue for
the University and the EMU. He said
he would follow the steps of the com
mittee members who have already
worked on the plan because they are
taking it in a positive direction.
Age: 21
Major Undeclared
Hometown: Eugene
Year: Junior
Platform summary: Laity said he
has no formal platform and he’s not
very familiar with issues regarding the
EMU. However, he said he is the "Joe
Average” of the student population, so
he would represent the views of the av
erage student.
Job qualifications: Lally said he
served a term on student government
in high school but the experience does
n't really count for anything. He said he
has a general knowledge of the politics
of a bureaucracy, adding that he hopes
he’s "halfway intelligent" and he can
“get it done."
Why he wants the job: Lally said he
didn't have an answer.
What it takes to be accountable:
Lally said self-policing is the best
method. He said student leaders
should be more aware of the expenses
and benefits of those expenses and
that they should consider costs relative
to benefits to the student body as a
whole.
About the EMU Master Plan: Lally
said he believes the five-year plan is in
flexible because EMU Board members
rotate every two years. He said a five
year plan would not allow for new
ideas. Instead, he is in favor of line
item votes and general directives.
Age: 18
Major: Linguistics
Hometown: Eugene
Year: Sophomore
Platform summary: Hatch said he
wants to make the EMU and the serv
ices provided more accessible to stu
dents.
Job qualifications: Hatch said he
doesn’t know if he is qualified but that
he was high school student body presi
dent and secretary. He believes if you
think you can do something, then it
can be achieved, and he knows if he is
elected he will be able to make some
sort of difference in the school.
Why he wants the job: Hatch wants
the job because he believes college is
an opportunity to get a foot in the door
and if he and other college students
don't start now it will be too late.
What it takes to be accountable:
Hatch said student leaders need to
hold their actions accountable and
that the student supreme court needs
to be more involved. He said students
ultimately need to hold their leaders
accountable and put them in the hot
seat if they do something bad.
About the EMU Master Plan: Hatch
said he has no idea about the Master
Plan but that if he gets elected, he will
find out.
Age: 22
Major: Business and Japanese
Hometown: Hillsboro
Year: Senior
Platform summary: Heyden said he
wants to be an active member of the
campus community and wants stu
dents to get the most out of their inci
dental fees.
Job qualifications: Heyden said he
has experience from being on campus,
studying abroad and being a part of
different student groups.
Why he wants the job: Heyden said
he wants the job to gain experience
managing finances. He also said the
experience working with a team would
be a good example of working in a cor
poration.
What it takes to be accountable:
Heyden said he believes people have
had enough of things and as long as
rules are in place and enforced, the
problem should not arise again.
About the EMU Master Plan:
Heyden said he did not know what the
five-year Master Plan is.
Age: 19
Major: General Music and Political
Science
Hometown: Klamath Falls
Year: Sophomore
Platform summary: Hamilton said
she wants to promote an efficient and
accountable student government by
encouraging organizational efficiency
and fiscal responsibility.
Job qualifications: Hamilton is cur
rently an ASUO intern and works part
time as a legislative aide to Oregon
Rep. John Lim, R-Gresham, in Salem.
She said that as an intern, she has
been involved in helping make tough
decisions and would bring this experi
ence to the Senate. She is also presi
dent of the University Chess Club.
Why she wants the job: Hamilton
said it is wrong to sit back and com
plain when people have the ability to
step up and make changes.
What it takes to be accountable:
Hamilton said the student government
needs a system that does not promote
inside cover-ups. She said she would
like to have a system in which mem
bers are comfortable being unpopular
with each other but still work together
to make good decisions.
About the EMU Master Plan: Hamil
ton said she believes the five-year plan
looks good. She said any plan needs to
have a measure of flexibility and the
EMU Board of Directors must be able
to make changes as they arise.
Age: 21
Major: Political Science and Business
Administration
Hometown: Troy, Mont.
Year: Junior
Platform summary: Volkmann said
he wants to make sure student groups
are efficient and effective. He would
like to have programs create their own
funding and reward those that do.
Job qualifications: Volkmann said
he is currently serving on Senate Seat
16 and has developed relationships
with many of the student groups.
Why he wants the job: Volkmann
said he wants to give back to the Uni
versity and make sure things are run
ning efficiently. He said he enjoys work
ing as a senator now and likes to know
what is going on and be involved.
What it takes to be accountable:
He said he wants to see a sense of
community within the Senate in which
members look out for each other and
hold each other accountable. He said
accountability among peers is the
most effective method and encourag
ing transparency with the government
will help this happen.
About the EMU Master Plan: He
said he would like to remove the build
ing reserve. He said there is no board
control of this fund and therefore no
accountability. He also wants to create
a link between the Senate and EMU
Board for greater efficiency.
INTERVIEWS BY EVA SYLWESTER, MORIAH BAUNGIT, SHELDON TRAVER & AMANDA BOLSINGER