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campaign” to publicize the Student
Code of Conduct via fliers at the
ticket offices and stadium gates was
a popular solution, although the
new seven-member Senate Fan Be
havior Committee will officially
draft a proposal
Monday, which
will then be
voted on by the
entire Senate
on Wednesday
night. Senators
will also dis
cuss increasing
aisle security
and looking into NFL and NCAA fan
behavior policies.
Although some Senators contin
ued to advocate punishing students
who commit major offenses by tak
ing away ticket privileges, the ma
jority agreed that publicizing stu
dent conduct code expectations and
possibly using Autzen Stadium’s
large video screen to encourage stu
dents to keep the stadium environ
ment safe was an efficient solution.
ASUO President Adam Walsh said
that he wants to keep the “Autzen
Power”-type rowdiness that makes
the stadium so intimidating to op
posing teams, but suggested finding
a way to implement University and
city rules for dangerous behavior.
“I think that the idea is, not to
have some, like, draconian feel to
the student section, but that when
people
“If you’re throwing something,
that’s dangerous, giving someone
the finger isn’t It’s just some
thing we should stray from. ”
Adam Walsh I ASUO President
are
throwing
bottles
from the
stands
that you
can see
who did
it and
pull them out,” Walsh said. “It’s not
like just because you pay your fee
you have a blank check to just do
whatever you want and act a fool.
That’s what we’re trying to get
across here.”
He suggested finding a way
to punish dangerous but not
aggressive behavior.
“If you’re throwing something,
that’s dangerous, giving someone
the finger isn’t,” Walsh said. “It’s
just something we should
stray from.”
The Senate will not be taking
action on the issue, but it will rec
ommend one or more solutions to
Frohnmayer, who will then decide
which ideas to implement and
where funding for advertising will
come from. Increasing security in
general remained a hot topic
among Senators, with some saying
it would slow lines, cost too much
and increase the likeliness of fights
and binge drinking before the
game, while other said it would
allow for more people to watch the
stands for unruly behavior and
conduct searches.
Some program leaders suggested to
Senator and Programs Finance Com
mittee member Kristin Kato that
students or undercover security guards
be hired and issue fines that could
potentially generate revenue to pay for
the increased security, but the ideas
were not popular among ADFC
members and Senators.
Walsh suggested dangerous
behavior should be punished,
but aggressive behavior not be
severely punished.
Contact the campus and
federal reporter at
nwilbur@dailyemerald.com
Housing: University's statistics are inconsistent
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University administration condemn
ing the sale, and the Graduate
Teaching Fellows Federation has
also voiced its opposition. Both
groups will be sending representa
tives to Friday’s meeting. RHA Pres
ident Todd Mann will attend the
meeting to speak on behalf of the
RHA Council.
“Basically, there’s something shady
going on here,” Mann said. “We’re
coming here to tell them they need to
take a deeper look at this. ”
University officials announced
Oct. 20 that they plan to seek per
mission at Friday’s board meeting at
Portland State University to sell the
21-acre property. The property
houses 592 people, according to a
University news release, and is con
sidered family housing by the Uni
versity. Every tenant’s lease expires
June 30 and will be honored until
that time.
The property has been appraised
at $15 million to $18 million. Uni
versity officials say money from the
sale will go toward improving hous
ing closer to campus but that it
could be used for other purposes
such as purchasing property on
Franklin Boulevard.
Two University task groups formed
last week to draft plans to help accom
modate the tenants who will be dis
placed if the property is sold and to
help address concerns about what to
do with the children at the Westmore
land Child Care Center who will need
another place to go if the center closes.
One group will examine whether it’s
possible for the University to help ten
ants financially in their search for dif
ferent housing.
“I think getting these task forces
defined conceptually is a big step,”
Vice President for Finance and Ad
ministration Frances Dyke said. “I
think that’s what’s going to make a
difference in the transition.”
The University is trying to form
the groups and get the issues stu
dents are concerned about ad
dressed as quickly as possible, As
sociate Dean of the Graduate School
Marian Friestad said.
If the board approves the sale, it
will be helpful to have task groups
in place to aid Westmoreland ten
ants with moving, Friestad said.
“I know at some level June seems
a long ways away, and on another
level it seems just around the cor
ner,” Friestad said.
Morrisette’s opposition to the ap
proval of the sale is rooted in the
speed with which the proposal
came about.
“I am very disappointed in the
haste with which the University ap
pears to be acting — at least publicly
— on a proposal with some far
reaching consequences,” Morrisette’s
letter reads.
Removing
low-income
housing like
Westmoreland
could hurt stu
dents who are
already strug
gling to keep
up with the
cost of higher education, and allow
ing the University to sell the proper
ty without first giving time for af
fected parties to discuss its effects
“would carry with it the stigma of a
governmental steamroller,” Mor
-risette wrote.
Monthly rent at Westmoreland
ranges from $405 to $450 for a one
bedroom unit and $445 to $490 for
a two-bedroom unit.
ASUO’s letter to the administra
tion echoed Morrisette’s concerns.
“We cannot allow the University
administration to stifle discussion,
silence student opinion, and oppose
the basic priorities of diversity, ac
cess, and free thought,” the letter
reads.
The letter criticizes the Universi
ty for seeking approval for the sale
without first holding a public hear
ing in front of the University Family
Housing Board. State law requires
the University to hold such a hear
ing if changes are going to be made
to housing’s long-range plan.
The University will be holding a
hearing at the housing board’s next
meeting, but “these discussion are
meaningless to students when they
occur after the decision to sell has
already been made,” ASUO’s letter
reads. “It is a disgrace that such an
important institution has acted in
such a capricious manner.”
The ASUO also opposes the sale
because it will force many students,
many of whom are international
students, to seek new housing that
they may not be able to afford.
Ridding the University of 404
units of affordable housing can hurt
students’ financial situation and
thus hinder their ability to attend
the University, ASUO President
Adam Walsh said in an interview.
“Not only is it an access issue,
but it’s a diversity issue,” he said,
“I am very disappointed in the
haste with which the University
appears to be acting — at least
publicly — on a proposal with
some far-reaching consequences.
letter from bill morrisette I State Senator
referring
to the
number of
interna
tional stu
dents who
live in the
apart
ments.
The
University said in an Oct. 20 news
release that 25 international stu
dents hold leases at Westmoreland
but has since concluded that the
number is actually 87.
Members of RHA went door-to
door at Westmoreland on Saturday,
surveying 101 of the 592 residents.
Of the 101 surveyed, 27 were inter
national students, according to the
RHA Council’s letter to the board.
“This statistic alone shows that
not only are Housing’s numbers
low, but they are grossly inaccu
rate,” the letter reads.
University Director of Media
Relations Mary Stanik wrote in an
e-mail that the statistics in the
news release were provided by
University Housing.
Dyke wasn’t sure where housing
had gotten the statistics and direct
ed inquiries to Interim Vice
President for Student Affairs and
Director of University Housing
Mike Eyster.
Eyster sent the Emerald an e-mail
saying he could not talk about West
moreland because Dyke is the offi
cial spokeswoman on the issue.
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mcuniff@ da.ilyemera.ld. com
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