Oregon Daily Emerald:Let’s start off with your name.
Staley: My name is Tucker Staley.
Emerald: And what is your class standing and major?
Staley: I am a sophomore, political science.
Emerald: And why are you running for a position in ASPAC?
Staley: Mainly, I am running in the first place because this is the only school I applied to a couple of years ago and then when I came here I found some things I really didn’t like about it, but I still liked the school and I liked the people. So, I figured that a position in the ASUO puts me in a position where I can better do something, get involved and try to make some changes that I think would be good, and ASPAC specifically because there’s a large variety of people in this University and I think I am a good representative of them. I got a lot of different kinds of friends and understand where everyone’s is coming from and especially I am from out-of-state. I am originally from Missouri and I kind of bring a different view on things than other people have.
Emerald: And are you involved with any other activities on campus?
Staley: No. I haven’t got involved in anything, started doing something. I was real involved in high school and I had a lot of fun with that.
Emerald: So could you tell me a little bit about what your board does and why it’s important?
Staley: ASPAC meets twice a term with President Frohnmayer and there’s two, like, students who are specifically elected to the board, to the council and also sitting on it is the ASUO president, and like the vice president and some other people (inaudible). Basically, we just meet with the president twice a term and discuss things that might be affecting the student community.
Emerald: And why do you its important to have such a board?
Staley: I think its important because, you know, with a large university like this, it’s you know you kind of lose sight of what the students are feeling. Because you got, you know, 20 something thousand students on campus, I thinks it’s important that the faculty and the administrators understand what we’re feeling, for the most part. This is good way to get one-on-one action, so the administration isn’t this far-off body looming over everybody.
Emerald: So what would you say are some of the most important issues affecting students you hope to represent?
Staley: Well, right now, this whole war thing that’s going on is definitely up there. Also, the increase in tuition and school finding a lot of people — their loans are not enough anymore, the price of education rising. I’d also say the housing situation in nearby campus and all that stuff.
Emerald: What do you mean by housing situation?
Staley: A bunch of the communities around campus, you know the main college communities aren’t really the greatest kept-up places. I know the university has been trying to do some things, starting like community programs, trying to make more sense of community rather than just a crappy place you live in for four years before you graduate.
Emerald: Is there anything else you’d like to add?
: Not really.