f ridsy, cpril 29, 1977
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ASUN 'budgeting
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Although budgeting usually is not an easy pro
blem for most organizations, ASUN is making
problems for itsslf in its budget.
ASUN's budget for next year contains several
increases, which have not yet been spelled out for
the students as to their specific allocation.
Although Senate executive salaries are down, .
many other areas are up. For instance this year's
ASUN has budgeted $1,600 more in office ex
penses, especially in the areas of Xerox and
telephone costs.
In addition, the executives will be paid more
during this summer than they were last summer.
ASUN President Greg Johnson has recom-
mended in the budget that $5,000 be allocated
to ASUN for what he calls "developing of govern
mental services." The budget docs not specify
what services will receive those funds.
Johnson said he is considering using those
funds for a uniform teacher and class evaluation
form and a landlordtenant service.
We commend Johnson for these ideas, as they
would be a needed service to the students. How
ever, we hope he carries them out, although he
has not specified them as such in his budget.
Wednesday night at the ASUN meeting, the
Senate passed a resolution supporting Johnson in
his budget proposal to be given to Fees Alloca
tion Board.
However, many points in the budget Johnson
presented to the Senate were changed by John
son Thursday. The Senate did not approve a
$5,000 allocation for governmental services that
were not mentioned already in the budget.
Some governmental services, such as the ASUN
book exchange, committee programming and
communications, are itemized in the budget. .
The itemization of the $5,000 for governmen
tal services should be itemized for the students.
In addition, the $8,000 for a research assistant,
for which the Senate gave Johnson a vote of
confidence, was cut out of the budget by Johnson
Thursday. Johnson said he would try to get a
lawyer-research assistant financed through the
Student Legal Services Center for $9, COO.
He also said this person would build up Sen
ate files and implement new Senate programs.
However, with two secretaries and several com
mittees to work with, these functions should be
' performed for the Senate by those persons.
When the Senate gave Johnson a vote of con
fidence in his budget proposal Wednesday,
senators probably did not think Johnson would
then change his proposal. Johnson did not
provide the senators copies of his budget propos
al; he read the proposal to the Senate. But even if
the Senate knew what it was approving, the pro
posal was changed anyway.
Johnson said he thinks ASUN deserves the
increases he has budgeted for because he thinks
ASUN benefits all the students whereas other
student organizations only benefit some students.
The ASUN budget would push FAB past its bud
get limit. FAB's tentative allocation is already
more than $20,000 over the amount of funds it
was allowed to allocate.
At Wednesday night's Senate meeting Sen.
Libby Swanson said FAB should consider making
cuts in the budgets of other student organiza
tions so the Senate could have its new program
money. ', .
It is questionable whether other student or
ganizationsaffected indirectly by ASUN, will
think the same way since their involvement with
their student organization is much greater than
their involvement with ASUN.
Maybe this will make student organization
members Cultivate an interest in ASUN.
..." wltvJf ,
U 111
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I drove into the service station to buy a gallon of gas
and there behind the pumps was President Carter's second
cousin, Jojo Carter.
You remember him. He's the reformed missionary who
rides a motorized skateboard and can balance The
Compleat Works of Mary Baker Eddy on the end of his
nose while chug-a-lugging Hamms.
"Jojo!" I cried. "I thought they made you Director of
Economic Planning in the White House."
"They did," he said. "But that only took half an hour.
Now I'm in charge of mapping strategy for our Moral
Equivalent to War on Energy."
innocent bystander
"That figures,"' I said. "Could you just tell me how
much 111 owe for a gallon of gas?"
"Certainly," he said. "Does your cubic displacement,
your weiht-to-power ratio and your modified overhead
cams indicate that you are rated at between 13 and 145
miles per hour?"
"No, I'm afraid I'm in the 11 to 12.9 category."
"Shame," said Jojo. "That'll cost you $449-unless,
of course, you insulated your attic."
. "I did! 1 did!"
Look aiikes. that sound different
"Congratulations! You have just won $410!" Jojo
paused until the shrieks and wild applause died down.
"How w6uld you like that? In Social Security vouchers,
food stamps or Russian Imperial Bonds?"
"The bonds, I think. But don't I still owe money?"
"I doubt it. Do you heat your home with oil?"
"No, we burn Russian Imperial Bonds."
"Too bad. If you heated, with oil we could give you
however.much more the oil cost you because of the new
tax we put on oil so that it would cost you more."
"Maybe I could switch to oil."
"That's okay. We're going to give you a tax credit any
way, especially if you're a family of four. Then you get
$60."
"What for?"
So that you an afford the increased cost ofgasc!Lie.
You see, if you don't voluntarily stop buying so much g-s,
we're going to put high taxes on it to drive the price up so
you can't afford it. But, don't worry, we're going to give
you all that money back so'you era afford it."
"Gee, that's great. Eui how much will a gallon cost
me?"
"That depends on your tax bracket. Now how much
money did you earn? What is your total double-declining
accelerated depreciation? Are you blind? Over 65? And
would you prefer ethyl or regular?" -
"Never mind," I said. "I'll walk."
"Wait till I tell Jimmy!" crowed Jojo, clapping his
hands. "And he said it wouldn't work."
(Copyright Chronic! Putlishinj Co. 12771
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Dorothy Holden of Waterloo, Iowa. She and a friend
try to come up with two words that are spelled the same,
are pronounced differently and have different meanings.
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numerous because only eight heteronyms or homographs
(yes, those are the words for them) come to my mind at
first thought: forte, bow, does, would, lead, wind, tzzs
and rr.ir.ute.
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tcs two words W2S taken up here, fcutjfclsry Anr. IlUds
brand of Willaw Grove, Pa., is one of several readers who "
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infer but imply that he is drunk."
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