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Student organizations continue debate around SafeRide expansion costs, purpose By Sean Bassinger
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SafeRide requests more money
Cultural, support center seats, SafeRide, up for debate during Wednesday night meeting
SafeRide was the tipping point. Taylor Sarman, president of the Associated Students of Oregon State University and member of the Student and Incidental Fee Committee, said he has disagreed with the SIFC’s budgeting process since the beginning of the year. But it took the SIFC proposing to cut the projected 2015-2016 budget of SafeRide to get Sarman frustrated enough to send out an email to students who have used SafeRide. Sarman and Priscilla Macy, the chair of the SIFC, both took to Wednesday’s ASOSU House of Representatives meeting to have their sides of the story told. “I don’t think it best serves students,” Sarman said of SIFC’s decision to cut the proposed SafeRide budget. With Sarman was Mackenzie Zathan, external coordinator of SafeRide. One of the major points brought up was that Sarman and Zathan are not pleased with the number of students who can’t get rides from SafeRide because of limited resources. “We have to leave over 50 percent of students stranded,” Zathan said. When Sarman sent out an email about the possibility of SafeRide projected budget cuts, both Sarman and Zathan got more than 100 emails from students saying they depended on SafeRide to get home at night. The amount of students using SafeRide is increasing, even with no marketing. “We cannot do more with the same amount of money,” Sarman said. There’s also an issue of faculty coordination. SafeRide currently has 60 student employees, but only one faculty advisor. The advisor for SafeRide, Drew Desilet, is also the advisor for the entirety of ASOSU. “Nowhere on this campus is there a unit that has 60 student employees with no dedicated pro-staff,” Sarman said. Sarman added that part of the budget that was cut was a proposal for a new professional staff member to oversee SafeRide. “I need someone I can be in contact with at any time in the day,” Zathan said. “If I have a crisis at 12:30 at night, I don’t have someone on-call for my service.” But when Macy had her turn to speak to the House, she told the representatives that late Tuesday night, the SIFC had chosen to reconsider the budget for the professional staff member. Macy cited that the new staff member would allow the service to grow and become more efficient and bud-
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he SafeRide program at Oregon State University won’t speed away anytime soon. Further conversations surrounding the program’s future took place after meetings between the Student and Incidental Fees Committee and the Associated Students of Oregon State University Tuesday night. ASOSU President Taylor Sarman sent an official email later that evening — specifically to students who use SafeRide — to address concerns for the program after disagreements on an immediate budget increase for continuing services. “Is ASOSU SafeRide going away?” the first line read. “It could be for you.” The amounts ASOSU requested for See SAFERIDE | page 2
Students prepare to bring history, emotions to life on stage Oregon State University Theatre’s production of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ shares experience, opens Thursday
Elizabeth Helman, a member of the theatre arts faculty at OSU and director of this production, Where: Withycombe Hall Main Stage had extensive experience with the story of Frank When: Feb. 12-14 and 20-21 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. and even wrote her master’s thesis on Holocaust Cost: $5 OSU student, $5 K-12 promo, $8 youth and senior and dramas. $10 general admission By Kaitlyn Kohlenberg “You don’t always get the opportunity to do THE DAILY BAROMETER something that has substance and has social relduring World War II. The Story evance,” Helman said. “When you do, you just cling Greer and roughly 60 other students involved to it. It’s so important.” “I read the diary of Anne Frank in eighth grade, probably,” said Brian Greer, a sophomore studying with the Oregon State University Theatre will be Helman explained that the department faculty theater arts. “I think everyone does at some point. presenting their own production of Frank’s story, specifically chose to use the script based on the starting Thursday night and running for two sucOther than that, it’s all passing knowledge.” updated version of “The Diary of a Young Girl,” Many are familiar with the story of Anne Frank, cessive weekends. which gives more insight and detail into Anne’s a young Jewish girl who hid away in an annexed The play will be one of several produced through experiences with her progression through puberty apartment with her and another family for two the university theatre this season, all under the See FRANK | page 3 years with limited contact to the outside world theme of War and Remembrance. n
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Honor society tables in Memorial Union quad to inform prospective members By Nicki Silva THE DAILY BAROMETER
The Oregon State University Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society is tabling in the quad to inform students of junior standing that the application for the 2015-2016 year is currently open until Feb. 20. “We’re a group of students that have been chosen based on our scholarship, leadership and service to the Corvallis community or outreach community,” said Persia Neumann, the group’s website coordinator and a senior in animal science. The membership requirements stipulate that juniors have completed 120 credit hours by the
end of winter term, be a full-time undergraduate OSU student during the 2015-2016 academic year and maintain a minimum cumulative OSU GPA of 3.25, according to their website. “I really like this honor society, I’m a member of a number, but this one I really like because it’s not just GPA based: it’s scholarship, leadership and service all together. So they really take the people that have shown excellence in other clubs or their dedication to serving Oregon State,” said Neumann. “It’s a really rewarding feeling, and it’s a really good way to mark your end of involvement with this university.” The honor society meets three times per term and has three weekend cleanups each year. Nicki Silva, photographer news@dailybarometer.com
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Junior Joshua Paul speaks with Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society members Thomas Jimenez, Tiffany Netz and Persia Neumann.
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