Here’s the recap for this week’s ASUO meeting:
There were four groups requesting funds or transfer of funds for various student organizations. One of the groups was tabled until next week.

1. ASUO executive members requested multiple different transfers of funds. The first transfer came from Food for Retreat to Food for Finance Retreat of $5. The second transfer came from Food for Retreat to Food for Special Events of $5. The remaining $1,225 was to pay for the first month’s stipend of the new core team of the ASUO executive.
2. Arab Student Union requested a transfer of $1,000 from Weekly Discussion Forum to Food for Weekly Discussion Forum.
3. BOTA requested a transfer of $150 from Food for Coding Workshop to Food for Development Workshop.
4. Oregon Life requested $500 for their Feed the Ducks event. The money would go towards general event equipment including table clothes, napkins and utensils.
5. U R Awesome was not present for a request and was tabled until next week.

All requests were approved unanimously by ASUO.
The ASUO discussion was dominated by the recent news of UO faculty member Nancy Shurtz dressing up in blackface for Halloween. Senator Pablo Alvarez presented five proposals in the resolution to combat racism at UO. The resolution was tabled at the request of multiple senators so that the resolution could be crafted and more effectively presented. Some of the current proposals of the resolution include:

1. To acknowledge this racist practice as more than an isolated incident.
2. To denounce any claims of ignorance or goodwill deriving from the faculty member.
3. To clearly demonstrate to the student body that the university’s administration is making it a top priority to hire faculty of color and retain students of color.
4. To be more transparent when communicating problematic issues, such as the one this resolution addresses, that concern the university as a whole.
5. To set a national precedent at the collegiate level demonstrate that concerns of racial discrimination should be a top priority.

Oregon Students Public Interest Research Group also requested a resolution for ASUO to support their efforts to call on the Environmental Protection Agency to put a moratorium on bee killing pesticides nationally and for UO and students to stop the use of neonicotinoids. The resolution was tabled for one week to allow senators to do further research.
ASUO discussed future edits on the bylaws which they decided to work on at a later date.
ASUO announced they will not be having a senate meeting the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week.