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M. U. President ASOSU 1st Vice President Mike Macnab Cleora Adams
ill ASOSU Treasurer ASOSU 2nd Vice President Debbie Williams Ann Daneke
I: .If,,. _ Academic Affairs City Affairs• Executive Assistant Experimental College Alan Clement Steve Loosley Nancy Jac:kson Fred Warren
Senate Secretary Jan Adsit ASOSU Secretary Cindy Maksym Senate Parllmentarian Kirk Klossner National Student Lobby I Rick Anderson Bicentennial Commission _ TomMurphy 11111"''\;~ _../ t Public Affairs State Affairs Veterans Affairs Volunteer Services Mike Faha Jim Howe Chuck DeRieux Brad Berry (Associated Oregon Student Lobby) Legislative and Executive Agencies, which represents all state colleges and such as the State Board of Higher Introduetion universities. Education, community organizations The City Affairs Program not only and administration functionaries. The student governing body at OSU is addresses itself to problems related with Another is the desire to become involved known as ASOSU, the Associated the city Council, but is actively involved in the academic considerations of OSU. Students of Oregon State University. in the Corvallis Goals Program and with What these new philosophies herald is As the student's voice ASOSU is often the Chamber of Commerce and local an understanding on the part of student responsible for academic innovations, social service elements as well. leaders of the need to change the in- policy revisions and fiscal decisions at Student government is intensely in- volvement of ASOSU to adequately the University. ASOSU's network of terested in seeing that students have portray student needs before the public, agencies and its committee system influence over decisions that effect the the State and the Administration. The provides the impetus behind most quality of education and student life at ASOSU President attempts to do this organized student activity at OSU. In this University. through communication, involvement addition, ASOSUis involved with the City Traditionally most policy decisions and innovation with a variety of people at the local level, and also works with the have been made with little student input, and institutions. State Board of Higher Education, the but that has been drastically changing in legislature and the Governor's office. the last decade and students are ob- ASOSU FIRST ASOSU is the guiding body behind the taining more input into administrative VICE PRESIDENT budgeting of student incidental fee ap- and academic concerns. propriations for the 1976-76 year, in- ASOSU in coming years will need an The primary duty of the ASOSU First volving a budget of $1,170,176. These increasingly larger influx of interested Vice President is to serve as the student monies provide financial backing students - students concerned with Chairperson of the student Senate. With for the Educational Activities budget, helping make decisions - students ASOSU Senate meetings scheduled for Physical Recreation, the Memorial desiring to take leading roles in policy every other Tuesday night, there is a Union, and Men's and Women's In- matters concerning the future of Higher tremendous amount of work to be done tercollegiate Athletic programs. ASOSU Education in Oregon. before and after the meetings. also reviews the budget for the Student This individual must keep abreast of Health Center which is set at 792,643for the issues and concerns of OSU and, the coming year. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS when necessary, appoint ASOSU Senate Each term in the 1976-76 academic Ad Hoc committees to resolve any year, students will contribute $25.00 in Every spring term, there are four problems. student fee monies toward the fore ASOSU Executive positions which come The First Vice President must keep in mentioned student fee budget. The up for a general student body election: contact with the various ASOSU Senate budgeting review and the allocation of President, First and Second Vice- committees at all times to insure that the such funds is largely vested in the hands Presidents and Treasurer. The in- needs of the students are being of students. This is why ASOSUis able to dividuals who fill these positions are represented. innovate according to student wishes. important people to get to know - if you The First V.P. also serves on the For example: the Experimental would like to get involved in what's going University Cabinet and ASOSU Cabinet, College; a Legal Advising Service; a on, perhaps have some ideas of programs as well as helping the President with Veterans Center providing OSU service you think could better meet the needs of ASOSU reponsibilities. veterans with information and our OSU community, would like to voice Both of these officers try to be assistance; and a new Volunteer Ser- your concerns about particular subjects, available in the Activity Center to talk to vices program that coordinates volun- or would like to just sit down and talk, . students. teer help from University students with these are the people to contact. You may the community were all created within call the ASOSU Student Government ASOSU SECOND the last five years. offices at 754-2101or drop by to talk with VICE PRESIDENT Finally, a real need for additional them in the Activity Center, located recreational facilities has been between the Memorial Union and the The ASOSUSecond Vice President is to recognized by ASOSU and correspon- OSU Book Store. They are elected to serve as the student coordinator for all dingly an increasing amount of in- serve you. University committees. In this capacity, cidental fee money now goes to this individual recommends to the Recreational Sports, Intramurals, and ASOSU Executive officers, and when Sports facilities maintenance. ASOSU ASOSU PRESIDENT necessary, the ASOSUSenate, the names played a major role in the Dixon of individuals to serve on over 60 dif- Recreation Center completed in the Fall The function of the ASOSUPresident is ferent student-faculty University of 1975. quite diverse. The ASOSU President committees. Everyone who is sincere in ASOSU is also involved in providing serves on a number of Boards of their desire to serve on these committees solutions to student problems in a variety Directors: Bookstore, Memorial Union, is encouraged to apply in the Activity of other w1ys. Men's and Women's Intercollegiate Center. Though most of the openings are Most University committees have Athletics, Physical Recreation, and filled by the late spring, there are some student representation at OSU. These Recreation and Health Service. positions available throughout the year. committees deal with the myriad of In addition, the President serves on the See the Student Handbook for a list and problems facing a large, modern University Student Fees Committee, the description of the committees. education institution. More and more, the University Cabinet and the Faculty The Second V.P. also serves as a liason student perspective is carefully weighed Senate. Over and above the defined between ASOSU Senate and the various before decisions are made at the functions of the President, the shifting committees. This position gives the University level. philosophies of student government student representatives the opportunity OSU students are represented at the dictate the President's involvement. to keep up with the various committee State Legislature through student lob- Currently these philosophies show the activities on campus. Other duties in- bying efforts of the ASOSUState Affairs need to provide interaction between clude chairing the University Student Program as well as the AOSL student government and the State Activities Committee and representing the OSU students on the OSU Bookstore EXPERIMENTAL Activities desk in the Memorial Union. Board of Directors and various cultural Student Fee Allocation: $24,000. center boards. COLLEGE The Experimental College was established in 1970 to expand the NATIONAL STUDENT educational environment and has been LOBBY ASOSU TREASURER The National Student Lobby is the The Treasurer's responsibility is to most successful in so doing via the provision of a more personally involved student's direct representative in keep a running record of all ASOSU and motivated learning experience. The Washington. Founded in 1971and fwided expenditures, funds and transactions. As program continues to grow in size and and staffed by students, the student a non-voting member of ASOSU Senate, scope due to its primary appeal - the community governs NSL through an officer presents a financial report at this active participation of the entire annual Referendum which determines every meeting~ This individual is University community, including the issue priorities of the organization. available to the general student body to Student Fee Allocation: $150. help answer any questions concerning students, faculty, administrators and area residents. unique free-flowing how student money is being allocated and This interaction in the educational process is OSU STUDENT where it is being spent. restricted only by the imagination and FOUNDATfON talents of the participants. The course offerings have varied over In the Winter of 1973,the OSU Student ASOSU Services a wide spectrum of craft skills, hobbies, Foundation was established with the special interest groups, sports, music- purpose of attaining and channeling ASOSU ACADEMIC dance, and a gamut of esoteric subjects. funds into worthwhile services, The Experimental College is totally organizations, and programs for the AFFAIRS administered by students and has offered direct aid and improvement of the Oregon State University students. The Academic Affairs office studies in excess of 115 courses per term and It is the job of the OSU Student and evaluates academic policies, over 3300persons registered for them. All Foundation to solicit for donations and regulations, curriculum and programs in classes are non-credit, are not graded, and involve the sharing of materials also to plan and program certain money an effort to measure the University's raising activities. Activities include the effectiveness in responding to costs by participants. Student Fee Allocation: $14,500. Beaver Benefit Auction during Dad's educational needs. Academic Affairs Weekend, assistance to the OSU Foun- initiates academic proposals and student dation on their annual Telefund, plus programs, well to as as attempting ASOSU LEGAL several other money raising activities. improve the educational climate at OSU. The primary objective of the office is to COUNSELING provide a place for students to come for The ASOSU Legal Counseling Service OSPIRG help with their academic hassles. A is available to Oregon State University The Oregon Student Public Interest member of the Academic Affairs Task students who are currently enrolled at Research Group, OSPIRG, is a statewide Force will explain and hopefully shorten the University for advice on their legal organization of college students in- the time needed to solve the problem. problems. The legal counselors and terested in investigating consumer and secretary are employed out of ASOSU environmental problems. Using student funds and there is no fee to the student funds, OSPIRG hires a professional staff utilizing the service. Information related to work with and guide students on ASOSU CITY AFFAIRS to the counselors is privileged and is kept research in these areas. It's a new an- confidential. The primary function of City Affairs is swer to an old problem: students are The purpose of the Legal Counseling deeply concerned about societal to serve as a communications link bet- Service is two-fold: counseling and ween the city and county governments problems, yet often do not have the time ref err al. The legal counselors counsel the (being full-time students) or the ex- and the student body of OSU, as well as student of his or her legal rights or duties with the business community. While pertise to effectively deal with these or what he or she should do or not do in a problems. OSPIRG offers a way arowid serving in this capacity, City Affairs has particular situation. They do not engaged in levying constructive this difficulty. represent the student in codrt or in ad- The State Board, made up of student criticism and creating public policy, has ministrative proceedings or prepare served as an information collection and representatives from each campus, hires legal documents. In addition, the legal the staff and establishes the policy and dissemination source, and has generally counselors assist the student in referral promoted the interests and well-beingof direction of the corporation. The staff to a specialist, where necessary, to a extensively helps students with research, students as citizens of Corvallis. private attorney, or an appropriate Students in related fields of expertise organizing, and coordinating projects regulatory or other governmental approved by the State Board. At OSU, represent ASOSU on the City Council agency, or to an appropriate University Standing Committees and other ad- students have participated in a wide body in order to pursue a University- variety of projects: investigations of ministrative boards and commissions oriented grievance. throughout the City. dangerous toys, research into Oregon's Representatives from the campus The student must confer with the predator control program, a study of media (Barometer and KBVR-FM) have counselors in person. Although a student Oregon's policies governing recreation, a functioned as consultants to direct and may "drop-in" to see if a counselor is survey of student attitudes toward off- advise City Affairs in matters regarding available, appointments are encouraged campus housing and an investigationof communication. Problems such as the in order to avoid waiting. Appointments the construction qualities of one of OSU's housing shortage and fuel crisis have may be made by dialing 754-1165or 754- dorms. resulted in solutions like CRAM ( Coor- 2102, or come in personally at the Legal OSPIRG maintains a list of over 60 dinate Rides and Motorists), a car- Counseling office located at the base of projects students may work on through pooling service and a Housing Referral steps near the west entrance to the classes or individuals. Service. bookstore and across from the Student Student ·Fee Allocation: $36,000. \ ASOSU PUBLIC AFFAIRS apparatus for veterans to work collec- schools, the representative body of 32 tively for the betterment of their position members is created. The ASOSU Public Affairs office in society. Senate sessions are held every other serves both as Public Relations and Student Fee Allocation: $700. Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Public Affairs. Memorial Union, with additional The first function of this office is to meetings being held as needed. These promote greater student interest in VOLUNTEER SERVICES meetings are open to all students, and ASOSU by informing the OSU student everyone is invited to attend. The about ASOSU. Volunteer Services is responsible for duration of the meetings may be as long The second function of Public Affairsis the development and implementation of as four hours, depending on the number to sponsor and promote speakers, programs that will facilitate student of items on the agenda to be resolved. If forums, panels and information that is of involvement in community volunteer you should have any questions about a interest to the OSU students. work. It is available to both individuals particular meeting, do not hesitate to Student Fee Allocation: $2,500. and groups of students as a clearing contact the ASOSUFirst Vice President. house of over 35 agencies. It is the llason The types of issues discussed and acted between the community and the upon by the ASOSU Senate vary from ASOSU STATE AFFAIRS students. · meeting to meeting. Issues are in- Each odd-numbered year the Oregon Student Fee Allocation: $1,100. troduced for . ASOSU Senate con- Legislature convenes in Salem to decide sideration by the Senators at the request which laws to retain, amend or abolish. of their fellow students. If you should During the 1975session, OSU students MINORITIES COUNCIL ever want an issue to be considered by were represented by two full-time ASOSUSenate, contact your Senator(s) student lobbyists from the State Affairs The Minorities Council was established or the ASOSUFirst Vice President. office. They worked on such bills as as an effective means of communication After a bill has been introduced into the tenant-landlord relations, a student on among the minorities and between Student Senate, it is sent to the ap- the State Scholarship Commission and ASOSU. propria te ASOSU Committee for the nineteen year old drinking age. The council has six specific purposes: research and public hearings. These During the interim year the staff will 1) to serve as a student-Student committees (Student Activities, Ap- be researching student concerns - with Government link for minorities; 2) help propriations and Budgets, Academic an eye towards potential legislation and provide minority tutoring; 3) establish a Affairs, Student Government, Education monitoring the interim committees set system of student-to-student counseling; Activities and Election) are comprised of up by the 1975legislature. 4) work with the University in recruit- ASOSUSenators and students selected at The State Affairs Office will also be ment programs; 5) help develop large. A resolution may be held in working very closely with the State minority oriented programs and 6) to committee for only four weeks - it then Board of Higher Educational Coor- provide for minority social involvement. must be brought back to the Senate Floor dinating Commission and established These are an integral part of the ASOSU- for action. educational agencies. Most of its efforts Minority Council efforts to assist Another major area of ASOSUSenate in Salem focus on those legislative minorities on campus. and student concern involves the ap- committees that deal with higher proval of the budgets funded by student education in the state of Oregon. ASOSU BICENTENNIAL fees. The majority of the work takes Student Fee Allocation: $1,350. ACTIVITIES OFFICE place in Spring term and involves many hours of work. Under existing Student The 1975-76 academic year is the Fee guidelines, the ASOSU SenRte has principle period of Oregon State the power to approve or reject all the ASSOCIATED OREGON University's celebration of the American STUDENT LOBBY major budgets. The entire process in- Revolution Bicentennial. volves a tremendous amount of The Bicentennial Commission at OSU The Associated Oregon Student Lobby responsibility. The Student Senate has been established with represen- decides whether the budgets as prepared (AOSL) is the inter-institutional ad- tatives from various University groups vocate for students in institutions of the and revised . by the various groups are and organizations as well as ASOSU representative of the priorities and in the Oregon State System of Higher which will meet regularly to pool idea~ Education (OSSHE). It represents their best interests of Oregon State University and distribute information. students. collective interests before the The Bicentennial Task Force has been Legislature, Educational Coordinating established by the ASOSU Senate to Commission, State Board, the Governor coordinate the various activities on and other administrative departments. It campus and in the community and to is student run and student financed. provide a central source of information Student Fee Allocation: $3,000. Agriculture Senator for all Bicentennial related questions. Larry King John Marsh VETERANS REFERRAL SENATE Wes Wallender CENTER The Student Senate, which represents The Veterans Referr al Office is staffed student needs and concerns, is the Band T Senator by student veterans and provides a legislative body of ASOSU.Senators are Bill Kirkpatrick ref err al service for information relating elected every Spring term from the Jim Becker to the specific needs of the veteran various academic schools, one senator Kristi Norgart community, with special attention to per 500students. Every school is entitled Steve Hooker matters relating to V.A. benefits, em- to at least one Senator. With a ployment, community services and representative from the Memorial Education Senators academic policy concerning veterans. Union, the ASOSUSecond Vice President Teri Long In addition, the center serves as an and the Senators from the 11 academic Nancy Field Engineering Senators to the Student Fees Committee for its John Ryan review. This committee has a student Edueational Nancy McCarthy majority, including the ASOSU Becky Pfeifer President, the MU President, the Programs Kirby Bartholomew Educational Activities Committee Chairman and three students elected at BAROMETER Forest Senators large. Three University administrators are The Barometer is a student run Mike Sieg newspaper published Monday through Karen Ferguson also members of the Student Fees Committee. They are the Dean of Friday by the Associated Students of Oregon State University. Home Economics Senators Students, the Dean of Administration and the university budget officer. It operates on an annual budget of Nancy Watt approximately $110,000,of which $25,000 Nancy Carl The Student Fees Committee looks at the ·total budget picture and makes ad- comes from student subscriptions. The justments accordingly. Open hearings subscriptions are assessed through in- Libera I Arts Senators cidental fees. Carol Fischer are also provided at the Student Fees Committee level. When the committee The paper's coverage is primarily the Jack Schifferdecker University, with added coverage given to Angie Evenden action is completed, the budgets are forwarded to the ASOSUSenate. local and state events that the editors feel Philip Peach are of interest to students. The David Gomberg According to student fees guidelines, the ASOSUSenate may accept or reject Barometer also gives daily capsulized each major budget. Here, extensive dis- coverage of national and international Pharmacy Senator events through the services of United Val DeVogele cussion and debate can be expected. In the event ASOSUSenate rejects the Press International. major budget, it will be sent back to the All students are welcome to work for Science Senator the Barometer, regardless of journalistic Eric Erickson Student Fees Committee with the Senate's specific objections. An ASOSU background. Interested persons are Walt Manning encouraged to go to the Barometer of- Larry Jessen Executive Committee will then meet in a joint session with the Student Fees fices in MU 204 or call 754-2231. Linda Simmons Student Fee Allocation: $25,000. Vance Wilcox Committee to develop a compromise Craig McDow agreement. The final fees budget is then submitted to the university president for OSU TUTORING Health and PE Senator approval. · Donna Fair This complex fees structure insures PROGRAM ~at all parties ~oncerned have ample mput and appeal if desired. And the fees The program, run during the nine STUDENT FEES process provides students with the major month academic year and coordinated voice as to where their fee dollars go. by the Dean of Students Office, is an At the onset of each term, OSU Any questions concerning student fee invaluable service to students of all students pay an incidental fee as part of budgets or the fees process itself should disciplines at OSU. Tutoring programs their total tuition costs. As stated in be directed to the Student Government are generally held during the evenings Oregon law, these fees are to be used to Offices in the Memorial Union Activities and are operated by paid graduate provide ''for cultural and physical Center. students. development of students." Additional information may be The level of student fee payments for acquired by calling 754-2131. OSU students during the 1975-76 STUDENT-FACULTY Student Fee Allocation: $3,500. academic year will be $25per term. This COMMITTEES budget represents a total of 1.2 million to Students at this University have a be utilized by student fee funded great opportunity to initiate change at BEAVER programs during the 1975-76academic many levels of the campus ad- year. The BEAVER is not just another book ministration by serving on University ... it is your book. Money collected for student fees Student-Faculty committees. These supports the following majol'. budgets: Put together by some of your friends, it committees are responsible for for- will help you remember OSU, the con- Memorial Union $318,518 mulating policies in various areas of Educational Activities 186,814 certs, people, sports, politics and just a campus administration, and serve as the whole lot of things that are typical of Physical Recreation 240,638 official means by which students and Women's Intercollegiate Athletics faculty participate in the governance of osu. 114,000 the University. You can buy the BEAVER at Men's Intercollegiate Athletics 250,000 There are many committees of interest registration or in the BEAVER office. ContingencyFund (10,455) explained in short summary form in the The book is distributed Spring Tenn. All of the major budgets are broken Oregon State University Student Hand- Cash grants and up to 12 hours of down into minor budget levels and book. Any student that is a full time journalism credit can be arranged for submitted to their governing boards each student, not on probation, may serve on working on the BEAVER. Staff in- year in late Winter term. All of these any student-faculty committee. Ap- terviews are held spring term. major budget committees are then plications may be found in the Student compelled by statute to hold open Activities Center. Committee slots are If you are interested in your book, hearings on all minor budget items filled Spring term, but vacancies occur either to work or just see how it is put allowing input from any and all con: throughout the year. All questions can be together, stop by the office - Ag. Hall cerned students. answered at the Student Government 228, or call 754-3501. The major budgets are then submitted offices in the Activities Center. Yearly Profit: $350. CAMPUS DAY CARE DRAMA the entire campus community, and The OSUDrama Department, a part of appear in Gill Coliseum. CENTER University Lectures are those with a ASOSUhelps fund a day care center for the University's Speech Department, allows students to pursue their interests more specialized appeal and are students which operates 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. · presented in the Home Economics daily. The center has four professional in the theatre, while earning Speech credit. auditorium. staffworkers as well as volunteer help for Student Fee Allocation: $4,500. approximately thirty children each term. Each season the Drama Department The center has children enroll from ages presents seven major plays and groups of six months to five years. The children are one-act plays in Mitchell Playhouse. The MODEL UNITED divided into three age groups and there is plays are presented Wednesday through NATIONS a program developed for each group. The Saturday evenings in Mitchell Model · United Nations is a c