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The Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) is the student government at the University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

 (UO). It is a non-profit organization funded by the university. Its purpose is to promote the social, cultural, educational and physical development of its members, and to advance both individual and collective interests within and without the university. Membership consists of all students at the UO who have paid the current term or semester student incidental fee.

The ASUO is composed of three branches: the legislative, executive
Executive (government)
Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...

, and judicial.

Executive branch

According to the ASUO website, the ASUO Executive is elected by the student body each year and strives to provide representation for all students on campus. It oversees the multiple appointed members (which are appointed by the ASUO President) on the ASUO staff ranging from advocates to interns and make sure the office, as well as campus operations, runs smoothly. The Executive Staff works closely with all programs, departments and committees on campus, including the UO administration to represent the voice of the students.

The current ASUO President is Amelie Rousseau, elected in April 2010. Rousseau will hold her post until May 24, 2011. According to the ASUO website, the ASUO President is the chief executive officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon. The President is responsible for the administration of ASUO programs, nominates members for the student-faculty committees to the President of the University, appoints members to executive, administrative and ASUO student committees, and acts as the official spokesperson for students as a whole, within the University and in the larger community.

The Vice President of the ASUO is Maneesh Arora. According to the ASUO website, the ASUO Vice President shall assume all duties pertaining to the office of the President in the President's absence and all other duties as delegated by the President. The ASUO Vice President serves as an ex-officio member of the ASUO Student Senate.

To a certain extent, the ASUO President can create any position she or he may deem appropriate for the Executive Staff. The following are positions of the 2008-2009 Executive Staff:

The Executive Branch is located in the Erb Memorial Union, Suite 4.http://asuo.uoregon.edu/contact.php

Senate

The 'ASUO Student Senate is an 20-member elected body, ten of which are finance senators and ten of which are academic senators. The Senate is responsible for the allocation
Economic system
An economic system is the combination of the various agencies, entities that provide the economic structure that defines the social community. These agencies are joined by lines of trade and exchange along which goods, money etc. are continuously flowing. An example of such a system for a closed...

 of the Student Incidental Fee, a mandatory fee that every student must pay. This fee is assessed through a year long budget process
Budget process
A budget process refers to the process by which governments create and approve a budget, which is as follows:* The Financial Service Department prepares worksheets to assist the department head in preparation of department budget estimates...

 and must be approved
Majoritarianism
Majoritarianism is a traditional political philosophy or agenda which asserts that a majority of the population is entitled to a certain degree of primacy in society, and has the right to make decisions that affect the society...

 by the Senate, the ASUO Executive and the University President.

The Senate leadership is composed of the Senate President, Senate Vice President
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...

, Senate Ombudsperson
Ombudsman
An ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests...

 and Senate Treasurer
Treasurer
A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...

.

Currently, Senator Zachary Stark-MacMillan serves as the Senate President, and Senator Max Barkley as the vice President.

All senators hold posts that represent different ASUO finance committees and University of Oregon academic departments. ASUO finance committees represented on the Senate include the Programs Finance Committee (PFC), EMU Board of Directors, Athletics and Contracts Finance Committee (ACFC) and Departments Finance Committee (DFC). The University of Oregon academic departments represented include majors that fall under Architecture and Allied Arts (AAA), Business, Social Science, Science, Graduate/Law
University of Oregon School of Law
The University of Oregon School of Law is a public law school in the U.S. state of Oregon. Housed in the Knight Law Center, it is Oregon's only state funded law school. The school, founded in 1884, is located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, on the corner of 15th and Agate streets,...

, Journalism and Education.

The following is a list of all 2008-2009 ASUO Senate seats:
  • Seat 1, PFC
  • Seat 2, PFC
  • Seat 3, PFC
  • Seat 4, EMU Board
  • Seat 5, EMU Board
  • Seat 6, EMU Board
  • Seat 7, ACFC
  • Seat 8, ACFC
  • Seat 9, DFC
  • Seat 10, DFC
  • Seat 11, Academic Undeclared
  • Seat 12, Academic AAA
  • Seat 13, Academic Business
  • Seat 14, Academic Social Science
  • Seat 15, Academic Social Science
  • Seat 16, Academic Science
  • Seat 17, Academic Graduate/Law
  • Seat 18, Academic Graduate/Law
  • Seat 19, Academic Journalism
  • Seat 20, Academic Education


The ASUO Senate is located in the Erb Memorial Union, Suite 4. Senate convenes every Wednesday at 7 pm in the EMU. http://asuo.uoregon.edu/contact.php

Constitution Court

The Constitution Court, appointed by the ASUO President and confirmed by the Student Senate, serves as the Court of Appeals
Appellate court
An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court or court of appeals or appeal court , is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal...

 for the ASUO. All rules, regulations and policies established by the ASUO Executive, the EMU Board and the Student Senate must be reviewed and approved by the Court as complying with the ASUO Constitution.

The five-member Court has the authority to rule on any question arising under the ASUO Constitution or any rule promulgated under it.http://asuo.uoregon.edu/docsmanuals.php This review power covers almost any action by ASUO government bodies, programs, and in special cases such as elections, actions by individual students within programs. The Court has broad powers to impose sanctions in order to compel compliance with its rulings. Court appointees serve as long as they remain students at the University of Oregon.

The current Chief Justice is Andrae Washington. The Associate Justices of the Court include John Rosenburg, Nick Schultz and Casey King. There is one vacant position as of June 2010.

EMU Board of Directors

The Erb Memorial Union Board of Directors
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

 is responsible for making general policy decisions and long-range plans for the operation of the EMU. The board allocates the EMU's multi-million dollar budget
Budget
A budget is a financial plan and a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan for saving, borrowing and spending. A budget is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a budget line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods...

, assigns space for student groups and advises staff in the management of the EMU.

The sixteen-member Board consists of twelve students (seven elected in a campus-wide election and five direct appointments from either EMU programs or the ASUO), three faculty members appointed by the University of Oregon President and one EMU staff member elected by their peers.

According to the EMU marketing directors, being a member of the EMU Board of Directors provides students with the opportunity to work intimately with UO faculty and staff on a diverse set of issues, such as policy-making, budgeting and program development.

The EMU Board leadership is composed of the Board Chairman, Board Vice Chair, EMU Budget Committee Chair and EMU House Committee Chair.

ASUO programs

Student Incidental Fees are paid by most student attending the University of Oregon. The fee is roughly $600 per year per student and has been increased by the Senate every year in recent history. Incidental fees are used to pay for student organizations, various departments, services, and contracts.

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