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Legislative Affairs
Educate and activate students for political action on state and federal issues related to students and
higher education.
Campus Outreach
Serve as a liaison between the student body and the ASUO, in addressing issues of safety and
university housing, as well as inclusion with student groups and University Committees
Community Outreach
Serve os a liaison to the University and the greater community to develop programs and address
issues around students’ needs and concerns with the community.
Serve os a liaison to the University administration, faculty, staff organizations, councils and committees.
Multicultural Advocate (2)
I.Advocate for and develop programs addressing concerns of students of color, gay lesbian, transgender
and queer students, ana other under-represented groups, and to be a liaison between these groups
and the ASUO.
International Student Advocate
Act as a liaison to international students and act as a resource for programs serving
international students.
Greek Advocate
Serve os a liaison between the University of Oregon’s Greek Community, including all ethnically,
culturally, and professionally based chapters, the ASUO, and the greater student body.
Programs Administrator
Provide information and assistance to ASUO programs, and approve and monitor student programs.
Non»Traditional Student Advocate
I (Grad, Law, Returning Students and Student Parents)
Participate in addressing issues of concern to non-traditional students in conjunction with student and
University organizations, councils, and committees at the campus, local and state level.
Elections Coordinator
Oversee elections for student government, ASUO programs, and Family Housing.
Finance Coordinator (2)
Work with the ASUO President and Vice-President to coordinate the ASUO budget process and
oversee expenditure of current ASUO program budgets.
Marketing Coordinator
I Coordinate the Fall and Spring Street Faire, as well as create marketing plans and strategies for the
ASUO, develop fundraising projects for the ASUO Executive, and assist ASUO programs in their
fundraising efforts.
Public Relations Director
Provide visibility and communications within and outside of the University community for all projects
and events in the ASUO, and act as the spokesperson for the ASUO.
Health and Women’s Advocate
To advocate for and develop programs addressing the concerns of self-identified women and areas of
student health, and to be the liaison between Women’s groups, the Student Health Center and the ASUO.
Environmental Coordinator
To advocate for environmental policies and programs on and off campus and to serve as a resource
for programs and administrators in adhering to such policies.
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Four UO students awarded
in research paper contest
The top two students received $1,000 scholarships
for schoolwork done during the 2004 calendar year
BY EVA SYLWESTER
NEWS REPORTER
Most University students don’t
get paid for doing schoolwork. Four
students who recently won the Uni
versity’s Undergraduate Library Re
search Awards competition did.
Junior Alletta Brenner and senior
Dunya Chirchi each won $1,000
scholarships in the competition,
which evaluated work done in Uni
versity upper-division (300-400 lev
el) credit courses during the 2004
calendar year.
Brenner’s paper, “The Good and
Bad of That Sexe: Monstrosity and
Womanhood in Early Modern Eng
land,” was written for a Robert D.
Clark Honors College seminar.
Chirchi’s paper, “The Combined
Success of the International TVopical
Timber Agreements,” was written
for International Environmental Pol
itics, a political science class.
Associate professor of political
science Ronald Mitchell, who nomi
nated Chirchi’s paper for considera
tion, wrote in an e-mail that
Chirchi’s paper stood out from oth
ers in the class because of the
depth of her understanding of exist
ing theories on environmental
treaties and the extent of her re
search and data collection on a spe
cific environmental treaty.
“I was very excited when I found
out my paper had been selected,
and I am truly honored to be one of
the first recipients of this prestigious
award,” Chirchi wrote in an e-mail.
Brenner said her 20-page paper
almost failed to come together
when a computer crisis destroyed a
week’s worth of work the day be
fore it was due. She’s now consider
ing submitting the paper to jour
nals, and she said she plans to use
the scholarship to cover living ex
penses while she works on her Hon
ors College thesis.
Students entering the competition
had to supply a letter of support
from a University faculty member.
Lacey Ehrenkranz and Lezlie
Frye, both seniors, won $500 honor
able mention scholarship prizes.
Ehrenkranz wrote “Ovid Trans
formed: The Dynamics of Sexual
Positioning in Titian’s Poesie” for
Critical Approaches to Art History,
an art history class. Ehrenkranz said
in an e-mail that she is now expand
ing her paper into an honors thesis.
Frye wrote “As Trans as Trans
Could Be” for a transgender issues
class and expanded it for a thesis in
women’s and gender studies.
This year was the first time the
University has had such a competi
tion. Associate University librarian
for instructional services Andrew
Bonamici wrote in an e-mail that the
library hopes to hold the
competition again and is currently
raising funds for future awards. Infor
mation about future competitions
will be posted on the Internet at
libweb.uoregon.edu/general/libawar
d.html.
“I think it is a shame that most
excellent student work is never read
by anyone except the student and
the professor, and is lost once it is
graded,” Bonamici wrote. “Why not
publish valuable student work so it
is available to the community? This
is good for the student’s portfolio
by providing a bona fide publica
tion, good for the scholarly commu
nity because the research is valu
able, and also reflects well on the
UO campus.”
Winning entries are posted on the
Internet at scholarsbank.uoregon.edu.
Bonamici said the competition
also aimed to encourage undergrad
uates to use the University libraries’
primary sources collections, which
include “manuscripts and archives,
photo collections, government doc
uments, Map/GIS resources, micro
film sets, facsimile editions of his
toric works and more.”
Bonamici said entries were evalu
ated on extensive, creative, use of li
brary services, resources and collec
tions in any format; effective
application of information literacy
and fluency principles; evidence of
significant personal knowledge in
the methods of research and in
quiry; originality of thought, mas
tery of content appropriate to class
level, clear writing and overall
quality of presentation.
“I can honestly say that reading
these papers was one of the most
exciting experiences I’ve had in
nearly 20 years at the UO,” wrote
Bonamici, who judged the competi
tion’s 12 entries along with four
other faculty members and admin
istrators. “All of the entries were ex
cellent, and proved that we have
students here with world-class aca
demic talent, passion for their sub
jects, curiosity and tenacity in the
research process. It made me very
proud to be part of this academic
community, which is something we
need to celebrate more often.”
evasylwester@dailyemerald.com
Senate: NASU requested $413 for blankets
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groups whose members favor the
second option.
But Senator Barett Volkmann said
it’s logical that groups want the sec
ond option because it gives them
the most money.
“I think we need to be careful
about continuing to spend money
and sign away and not care any
more,” he said.
Senator Nick Hudson motioned
to approve the first option, saying
“realistically, I think this one would
be the best case to have it ap
proved” by the executive and
Frohnmayer. The Senate defeated
the motion 2-10.
Senator Rona Yang later motioned
to use option two with a provision
that calls for a relief committee to
be established if the spending is not
approved. The motion also failed in
a 5-8 vote.
The Senate postponed the matter
to hear from student group leaders.
Special requests granted
The Senate also approved $2,820
in special requests. Senators started
the meeting with about $5,335 in
surplus funds after two accounting
errors showed Senate ledgers
two weeks ago with only about
$335 remaining.
Senate President James George
notified groups about the change in
an April 25 e-mail, noting that “this
does not change the fact that Senate
Surplus should be a last resort.”
Senators approved $413 for the
Native American Student Union to
provide 44 people associated with
the group with a “traditional honor
ing” of blankets. But some senators
said the blankets fall under the Sen
ate’s rules against providing money
for gifts worth more than $25.
Sherman called cultural gifts a
“gray area,” noting that many cul
tural groups could give gifts.
“I do think this falls under the gift
policy,” Sherman said. “It appears
not to violate the rule to the letter,
but it’s violating the rule in spirit.”
NASU Co-Director Natasha
Joseph said the blankets cost about
$5,000 total, of which the group
raised all but $413. She said NASU
has given the blankets out for at
least five years but gave out a larger
amount this year and came to the
Senate “as a last resort” after failing
to fundraise the entire amount.
Hudson said the blankets are a%
gift, but if the $413 is divided*
among the blankets, each gift costs
about $10 and is allowed by the
Senate’s rules.
The Senate voted 10-3 to approve
the funding.
The Senate also approved $2,407
of surplus funds to the Men’s
Lacrosse Club to attend a national
competition in Minnesota.
Club Sports Director Sandy
Vaughn said the organization
has used all its money for the first
time and was unable to contribute
to the team.
Rule-making
attempts also fail
Tension escalated during the
meeting when senators attempted
to approve changes to the Senate’s
rules, formulated this year by the
Rules Committee, resulting in a vote
to postpone approving the rules.
Because approving rule changes
requires a three-fourths vote of the
18-member Senate and only
14 members currently sit on the
Senate, Sherman said he could vote
against the overall changes and
cause them to fail. He was the only
senator who threatened to do so,
saying the voting rules are flawed.
ASUO Vice President Mena
Ravassipour questioned why Sher
man had that power.
“Is it just because the squeaky
wheel gets the grease?” she said. “It
is like one person votes ‘no’ and it
all goes to shit.”
George asked the Senate to take
into consideration the work the
Rules Committee did on the
changes. He said delaying the vote
might prevent the ASUO Constitu
tion Court from reviewing the rules
before several of its members resign
this month.
Senator Kevin Day eventually
threatened to leave the meeting.
“I feel everybody is tired, frustrat
ed and has things to do,” he said.
“If this motion doesn’t pass, I’m
walking out of here anyway. ”
He said the vote could be delayed
because no matter when the Senate
votes, approving the changes will
become the court’s decision.
“It’s still in their court,” he said.
The Senate postponed the issue.
parkerhowell@dailyemerald.com