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Nobody Asked Us...

Zero Tolerance

As of this moment, the Programs Finance Committee is not exactly the most popular allocating board in the ASUO.

Everyone from Wylie to the Drunk Bus to student groups you have never heard of nor ever will, is upset at the budget decreases to their own programs and others. The Oregon Commentator, on the other hand, would like to congratulate the PFC for meeting the zero percent benchmark it aimed for. To the groups upset at the fate of their budget hearings: deal with it.

Spencer "The Littlest Senator" Hamlin, told the Oregon Daily Emerald, "I think it screws over low-income students and their opportunity to serve on the Senate," which is stupid because the $30 increase sought by the Senate wouldn't affect the finances of any student enough to make a difference. (Besides, Spencer, when you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar, then kick and scream and refuse to give back what you took, don't expect any favors.)

On the other hand, the Senate's decision not to refund the Executive Coordinator position, cut by last year's Exec, is a mistake. Had or would the position been available, student groups (including one which shall remain nameless) would have been able to obtain funding outside of the ASUO, something that would have ultimately saved everyone money.

F*** the Emerald

The anarchist ethic of causing physical damage to outlet malls sure makes for good television news, and to be certain, no one will shed any tears over the corner Starbucks, but a glance around Eugene makes it abundantly clear that it hardly stops there. Indeed, leftist slogans printed on stickers can be found on public and commercial property without much effort; the University area is no exception.

To wit: Homemade stickers bearing the revolutionary cry of "Fuck the Emerald" surfaced on the UO campus last week, some slapped directly over the clear plastic fronts of the Emerald's distribution boxes.

Judging by the discarded copies of the sticker prototypes (alongside prototype stickers for the Worker Rights Consortium) currently scattered about the EMU Student Media Center, here the short money is on Suite One. Several groups operating out of Suite One had checked out the key to the SMC in the days before the stickers began appearing around the place.

This kind of guerrilla "criticism" deserves a good smack upside the head. Don't get us wrong: the Commentator is no fan of the Emerald, but this kind of vandalism isn't a very persuasive argument, if indeed it is meant to be an argument at all. Lower yourselves beneath their level and find out what a total lack of credibility is like.






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