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Suite 4 sweepstakes Tom Brannon aumzm Donovan Guy Candidates focus campaign on higher education funding By PAUL TELLES Ol the Emerald Four students are vying for the job, but at the end of this week only two can be left in this year’s ASUO presidential race. Thomas Brannon, Donovan Guy, Bruce Mills and Rich Wilkins have been campaigning for the ASUO helm for the past week, but the primary elections this Wednesday and Thursday will eliminate two of them unless one garners more than 50 percent of the vote and wins the job on the first ballot. Most of the campaigning thus far has centered on the dismal prospects for higher education funding in the Legisla ture and on the current ASUO adminis tration’s lobbying efforts, which were organized by Wilkins. Guy and Mills both have criticized Wilkins, currently ASUO vice president for state and university affairs, for not involving enough students in the lobby ing effort. Aside from the squabbling over the lobbying effort, each of the candidates has a different campaign theme. Thomas Brannon, who frankly admits he’s "never been the head of anything,” says, "It’s time for an average student” to be elected ASUO president. He says the student government has been dominated by ASUO people, which leads to biases that may not be shared by most students. If elected, he says he’ll maintain an "open-door policy" that will allow con stant input from students. He also says he plans to contact the University’s departments and schools on a regular basis. Donovan Guy, the only black student in the race, says he can bring to the ASUO Executive a professional air lack ing under current ASUO Pres. Dave Ea ton. To prove this contention, Guy points to his experience as a member of last year’s Residence Hall Governance Committee, as president of Smith and Young dormi tories and as vice president of the Black Student Union. As ASUO president, Guy says he'll seek to involve more minority students in ASUO affairs and try to consolidate some of the ASUO programs — especially the environmental programs — to save in cidental fees. “The change I would make is I would take advantage of the students interest ed in getting involved,” says Mills. Too many students have no idea what the ASUO is or what its approximately 80 programs are about, he says. He blames this situation on the ASUO Executive, not on the programs or the students. “The ASUO is failing to integrate students into its programs.” Mills has been involved in several Mock United .Nations and is a former member of the Political Science Student Union and the Forensics Club. He also worked as a legislative intern to U S. Rep. Les AuCoin, D-Ore. Wilkins says he would bring “contin uity” to the president’s office, which he says is crucial because of the Universi ty’s current funding problems. The main projects of his administration would be trying to make the athletic department accountable to student government for its incidental fee alloca tions, trimming the EMU budget and pushing for a new system of childcare funding. As well as being ASUO vice president, Wilkins is the Survival Center’s legisla tive coordinator, a former president of the Political Science Student Union and a former director of the Model United Nations. Photos by Erich Boekelheide Bruce Mills Rich Wilkins Coming tomorrow to a location near you Wednesday and Thursday, April 15th and 16th, 1981 Be part of electing 7 Incidental Fee Committee members who spend your money! Help elect the Student University Affairs Board members who represent your major! Vote for the ASUO President and constitutional amendments! HOW TO PAY FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL (A) Get yourself accept ed by an accredited Medical or Osteopathic school. (B) Call Larry DuFrain in Portland Collect (503) 221-3041 for interview. (C) Make your appoint ment to see if you qualify for a Naval Commission. (D) After qualifying, go to Med school with tui tion and fees, books and supplies, plus a little spending mon ey ($485 per month). (E) For more information go to step (B). LET US PAY YOIIB WAY!
