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Volume 2, Issue 30 Š MetroPre$S June 25, 1980
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uco-officers respond to students by Charlotte Rath
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This year's UCD student government is determined to provide more of the services that students want, said Tom Haukaas, chairman of the executive council. ''The students feel they didn't - get the services they wanted (last year)," Haukaas said. The council plans to cut five part-time staff positions which would free approximately 25 percent more of the $121,000 budget ~for student services, Haukaas said. Mike Maxwell, director of communications, organized a March referendum which polled students on what services were "most important to them, and proposed three reforms, mainly limiting executive council power. "I ran for the council at the last minute," Maxwell said, "because I wanted to be sure the reforms ~called for would be enacted." Maxwell said the referendum passed by a 6 to 1 margin. In order of popularity, students voted for funds to be spent on these services: student organi;zations, programs/events, a newspaper, legal services, student government, and recreation. 0
Jennifer Featherstone, director of student affairs, has already had experience organizing concerts and entertainment programs as head of the Musicians Association last year, Haukaas said. Steve Higgins, dfrector of academic affairs, is an experienced council member. He was last year's director of business affairs. Tae Pisha, student chancellor and director of business affairs, will graduate with a degree in business and will start on his MBA next fall. Haukaas, Maxwell, and Featherstone are active in their separate organizations - Haukaas with the Native American Education Program, Maxwell with Aurarians Against Nukes, and Featherstone with the Musicians Association - but they don't see it as a conflict of interest. ''It's up to the morals of the individual," Haukaas said, "and I think we can all be fair (about ÂŁ funding student groups)." Maxwell said as long as they iii don't hold office in their ~ ::i organizations, they can legally o belong to any student groups. ~ continued on page 6 ~ UCO student officers (left to right) Steve Higgins, Tae Pisha and Mike Maxwell. Inset: Chairman Tom Haukaas .
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