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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon August 14, 2 0 0 8 Page 3 Student staying busy with many leadership duties B y L eslie M itts S p ily a y T y m o o Ambitious is one way to de scribe C arina Miller. Busy is another. Miller has gone from a nor mal college student to a future political pow erhouse w ith her long list o f activities and com mittee positions at the Univer sity o f Oregon. Currently Miller is the sum m er senate chair for the student senate. In the fall Miller will serve on the student senate as part o f the Program Finance Comm it tee after being elected to that position last spring. Last year Miller served as co director o f the N ative Am eri can S tudent U nion as well as working on the Multi-Cultural C enter B oard o f D irecto rs— activities that Miller will con tinue with during the upcoming year. Miller is also active as a mem b er o f th e C oalition A gainst E n v iro n m e n ta l R acism , Mujeres, U nited States Student A ssociation, and O regon Stu dents o f Color Coalition. As part o f the Program Fi nance C om m ittee, M iller and other members are responsible for setting budgets and helping to control student fee dollars— and that’s n ot an easy task when the student senate controls over $11 million in student fees. Soon Miller will travel with the United States Student Asso ciation (USSA) to W isconsin where she’ll participate in a con gressional conference. As part o f the USSA, M iller has also traveled to W ashington DnC. where she marched the Capitol Building with fellow students and lobbied in her local sen ato r’s office. T h ro u g h h er in volv em en t with the USSA, Miller and her fellow, students pick issues to lobby each year. Last year their chosen issue was student loan debt, Miller said. Miller is also w orking with the Shadow Project, which con ducts surveys with families on several reservations th at have Courtesy photos. Carina Miller at the U.S. Capital advocating education funding. Below: Miller and her father, Ken Miller, stand with her brother, Dylan Miller. Ken and Carina Miller danced as head dancers at the 40th Annual Mother’s Day Powwow. children from age eight to age 16. The project aims to pinpoint areas th a t families need help with, Miller said. This fall Miller will begin her fourth year at the University o f Oregon. Miller is majoring in history and plans to m inor in either anthropology o r a lan guage. The daughter o f Sue Matters and K enneth Miller, she grew up in Warm Springs and briefly pursued a career in journalism before deciding to study history at the University o f Oregon. Miller decided to attend the University o f O regon because o f the opportunity to play soft- ball as well as their renow ned journalism program , and was even published in T he O regonian before deciding to change career paths. N ow all o f her involvement in student committees is help- The Diabetes Prevention Program wants you! If you are at risk for diabetes, we want to help you prevent it! Get more information about what your risk for diabetes is by: calling Montell at 553-1170 or Angelena at 553-1178; or by coming to the Diabe tes Prevention Program « Office at 1142 Warm Springs Street on campus. From learning about the leg islative system to knowing m ore about certain laws, she said, the activities she is involved with are helping her create a future for herself. A fter college, Miller added, she plans to become a teacher— b u t that’s n o t all she is planning. “I also kind o f have my own secret ambitions to be a politi cian,” Miller said. As part o f her leadership du ties, Miller said, she took pride in serving as a leader for her fellow Native American students. “It was really great last year being a leader for the N ative A m erican community,” Miller said. When she was campaigning for a student senate position, Miller said, she experienced a lot o f negativity from people who criti cized affirmative action and be lieved it created reverse racism. W hile som e suggested that she received recognition because o f her race, Miller said, “Its also because I ’m m ore skilled. I ’m m ore prepared for a job.” To Miller, race isn’t som e thing that she feels is im portant to her success. “W hat I really w ant to do is succeed o u tsid e o f m inority groups,” Miller said. For Miller, the experience she is gaining w hile in college is som ething she plans to use for the benefit o f all people. “I w ant to go and I w ant to learn and I w ant to help these organizations,” Miller said. “N ot just for Warm Springs or not just for the native com m unity but for the community as a whole.” Growing up in Warm Springs, Miller said, she saw recognition being given to those w ho ex celled in athletics but very few ex am p les o f su ccess in academia. T h a t’s som ething th a t she hopes to help change. “W hen people from W arm Springs go to college, we don’t often know that, or see their academic success as impressive as sports,” Miller said. “O ur fu ture lies in education and the younger generations, and they n eed people w ho have been through college to come back and prepare them and encour age them .” “I want to go far in my higher education And com e back to Warm Springs and be a p art o f the community because I want kids to know going to school is so m eth in g they can all do,” Miller said. “It is hard, b ut its possible and that isn’t always the mind set.” In Miller’s opinion, “We are all a lot smarter than we think we are, and we deserve to know w hat our potential is.” Birthday dinner Carina’s family is having a birthday dinner her on Wednes day, August 20 at 5 p.m. at 2642 Quail Trail. She will be register ing new voters. All family and friends are welcome to attend. in g h e r g ain an im p re ssiv e am ount o f political experience as well as a long list o f creden tials. “It’s im portant to be involved with all o f these things because its really good life experience for me,” Miller explained. G o sp el concert A gospel concert will be held from A ugust 25 to August 30. The event will take place at Elm er Q uinn Park, where a tent will be set up that seats about 200 people. G ospel musicians from various areas will be present, including musicians from M ontana, A rizona, Utah and Washington. Call Valerie G ov en o r at 553- 2576, E aston Aguilar, or A nita D avis at 553-2525 with any questions. Remove abandoned vehicles All Products Prepared Fresh Daily Entrees Roasted Daily Featuring Hand Cut USDA Choice Steaks People wishing to have abandoned vehicles removed from their property can call Tiger Van Pelt at 419-7379, or Rodney Guerin at 977-6981. 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