Comments on: Senate Blows $835,784 In Overrealized Spending Orgy

By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:22:32 +0000

The lounge will be back once the construction in the International Resource Office is finished.

By: Some Student

Some Student — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:06:17 +0000

My feelings on the EMU: This is the STUDENT union, right? Stop taking away all the lounge space and replacing it with offices for the international/multicultural/ethno resource/leadership/information/tolerance center thingy. Sometimes I want to be able to find a quiet place to do something crazy like, say… study? read a book?

“Oh please, won’t someone think of the academics?”

By: Miles

Miles — Sun, 06 May 2007 04:14:19 +0000

The design will look incredibly stupid. But, that’s the MCC for you.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:24:10 +0000

Talk about symbolism….

By: Niedermeyer

Niedermeyer — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:04:30 +0000

The EMU has committed $400,000 from a building fund, and we’ve been told that the project will cost $1.2 mil, so $800,000 would have covered the whole thing. Basically the project will swap the MCC with the computer lab, and will move the student union offices across the hall so that they would be attached to the MCC.

By: Miles

Miles — Sat, 05 May 2007 19:45:50 +0000

For just that area, that little hallway? It could. However they’re looking for a whole new wing to be built. Not something that can work.

All that, however, may become moot if the Administration is able to put it’s foot down.

By: Meghann

Meghann — Sat, 05 May 2007 19:13:50 +0000

What do you mean by “qualify for renovation?” It seems like with the way construction costs are, 800k won’t be you anything. Especially not an entire renovation.

By: Miles

Miles — Sat, 05 May 2007 08:12:14 +0000

Megs: For the master plan to be fully funded, we need 20 million. 800K would qualify for renovation. Of course, the commies (except the Jewish Student Union) along the Multicultural Highway won’t tell people this because they want the money for themselves.

However, if the rules are as they are, the Multicultural wing may not get any funding, as student funds CANNOT go to construction.

By: Meghann

Meghann — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:59:17 +0000

How is $800,000 going to build an entire new wing to the EMU?

By: Blaser

Blaser — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:55:35 +0000

Yeah Natalie, that was some crazy shit. My favorite part of the show was when they talked about how the biggest threats to the church were feminists, homosexuals and intellectuals.

Next time when they come to the door I’m just going to tell them that my “partner” and I are on our way to a rally at the Women’s Center …

By: Miles

Miles — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:07:06 +0000

Seems like the Administration has pretty much given those who oppose the Miller Theatre and the MC Wing expansion all the ammo it needs.

By: Danimal

Danimal — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:12:20 +0000

I’m not sure I’d want the rule of law coming down in my pocket.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:50:06 +0000

Frohnmayer won’t veto the $300,000 out of fear he will be labeled a communi…err…, I mean,”racist” by Senator McCarth… err…, I mean, Gulley.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 04 May 2007 03:38:39 +0000

While I do not know the specifics of the Multicultural Wing Expansion effort, it sounds similar to the recent International Resource Center Expansion. That being said, the IRC expansion was funded primarily through donations. From what I know and understand, the Multicultural Wing Expansion is being funded primarily through incidental fees. The amount that was approved at last nights senate meeting does not come close to what is needed in order to fund the entire expansion effort. If that is true, did the ASUO Senate authorize funds for something that may never come to fruition?

Is that pool of money going to sit in the overrealized fund until the EMU Board of Directors or the State of Oregon decide to fork over the necessary $1.2 million to create the garagantuan monstrousity that will become the lower realms of the EMU? If so, I hope President Frohnmayer decides to veto the allocation. The allocation for the Multicultural Wing Expansion definitely violates the GreenTape Notebook’s regulations for the allocation of overrealized funds. The Clark Document states, as Niedermeyer pointed out, that they can only be used for one time, non-reoccuring items. Not only is this approval NOT a one time allocation, the full funding for the expansion is still in limbo.

It seems to me, as an outsider, that the supporters of this proposal not only want students to foot the bill for some grandiose scheme (as always), it seems that they are lacksadaiscal in their approach. How can the international community raise the necessary $1.3 million for their expansion, and the MCC and folks can’t raise a dime.

My serious hope is that someone with common sense and “cojones” actually steps to the plate and stops this approval. Given that Axelrod and Co. are supportive of this, it comes down to Frohnmayer. Will he let witch hunters succeed or will the rule of law come down on students side (and in their pockets)?

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 04 May 2007 03:01:16 +0000

DRINK!

By: natalie

natalie — Fri, 04 May 2007 02:59:20 +0000

Andrea -
I know this is totally off topic, but I watched that Mormon special on pbs too….what’d you think of their mountain escape with the names of all the deceased they intend to baptize?!?!!

By: Miles

Miles — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:33:03 +0000

Time to file the lawsuit to have all proposals stopped.

By: Blaser

Blaser — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:38:58 +0000

Oh my god … this is actually really creepy. No joke, some Mormons just came to the door 3 minutes ago … I have the pamphlet to prove it, “The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ”!

After watching that PBS show I felt kinda sorry for them and blew them off very nicely, wishing them luck in the neighborhood.

Maybe our friends were right, Tandrea …

By: Niedermeyer

Niedermeyer — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:18:53 +0000

It’s like we’re psychically linked.

Let’s run away and become Mormons.

By: Blaser

Blaser — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:06:07 +0000

Hey Niedermeyer, way to beat me to the reply, even though it was technically at the same time …