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Eugene, Oregon
Volume 84, Number 31
Udall warns nuclear war a 'real possibility’
By Michele Matassa
CM the Emerald
Veteran U S Congressman
Morris Udall of Arizona teamed
up with Rep Jim Weaver and
gubernatorial candidate Ted
Kulongoski to denounce the
Reagan administration and
campaign for each other on
campus Friday
In between one-line jokes,
Udall, a representative since
1961 and a chairman of the
House Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee, addressed is
sues of nuclear war, unem
ployment and voting
He said there is a ' real pos
sibility of a nuclear war,'' calling
the disarmament talks with the
Soviets important and worth
continuing
Udall lashed out at Reagan for
trying to simultaneously give tax
cuts, double military spending
and balance the budget "with a
cure called Reaganomics It's a
flop "
He said this plan was worked
out on the back of a napkin
"That damn law went from the
back of a napkin to the Repub
lican platform to the law of the
land in three years. "
Next he pointed out in all four
years of the Carter administra
tion there was a $190 billion
deficit "If all goes well, the
1
deficit in the tour years of Ron
ald Reagan will not be $190 bil
lion; it will be $600 billion
"Now he's on the television
saying stay the course ' Well,
by God. I say change the
course."
Udall concluded by pleading
to voters to "help yourself by
getting the hell out and voting "
Udall disclaimed rumors that
he is running for president in
1984. "I don't think it's going to
turn out that way” because Ted
Kennedy and Walter Mondale
will probably be running, he ad
ded
Weaver concentrated on the
Washington Public Power Sup
ply System issue, criticizing
Gov Vic Atiyeh for once sup
porting the sale of bonds to
Oregon utilities to pay for nu
clear power plants
"Now that he's turned around
on the Bonneville Power all I can
say is he's $25 billion late ."
Referring to the lawsuit
relieving Oregon utilities of their
debt, Weaver said. “We (rate
payers) never consented to pay
for the plants and the people
who signed those contracts did
so illegally "
"These contracts aren't
worth the paper they're printed
on.” Weaver said
Weaver also said the recent
grain sale to the Russians
i
Photo by Dave Kao
Morris Udall, the veteran US. Congressman from Arizona, visited campus last Friday to campaign for
Rep. Jim Weaver and gubernatorial candidate Ted Kulongoski.
makes his "blood boil" because
of its contradiction with the
military buildup against the
Soviets.
He said it is "the most massive
foreign giveaway in history right
alongside the most massive
buildup in history Now one of
these is a fraud I suspect both
of them are."
Kulongoski briefly continued
campaign tactics presented in a
campus rally Thursday, then
yielded the floor to the other
speakers
He once again criticized
Atiyeh, saying the governor
r
“has his list” of ideas for
recovery, but "he can't disclose
it.”
Kulongoski said "I have a list
and I’m going to make it public
It's the unemployment list. If Vic
Atiyeh is going to worry about a
list, then this is the list he should
worry about. ”
Emerald Photo
Pollworkers await voters during a past election at the University polling station in the EMU. ASUO
officials estimate some 2,000 students were registered during a recent drive.
ASUO drive registers 2,000 voters
By Rich Burr
Ol the Emerald
The ASUO voter registration drive signed
about one-third of the student voters of its "op
timistic'' goal of 6,000, says Debi Lance, ASUO
vice-president of state and academic affairs
With registration booths from the dormitories
and other booths not reporting, about 1,200 forms
were turned in to the polling office Thursday,
Lance says When all the forms are returned, the
total should be more than 2,000 students regis
tered, she says
"I feel good about the drive considering the
circumstances," Lance says.
Sherwood Reese, a volunteer co-coordinator
of registration staff, quit last Monday. Reese's
resignation set back the ASUO drive about two
days, she says.
“We had to start from ground zero again,"
Lance says.
Reese had organized the staff, but after
resigning he refused to release the list of volun
teers because of personal principles, Lance says
If the staff organization problems had not
happened the ASUO might have reached the goal
number, Lance says.
The ASUO will have voter registration booths
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Lance says.
Assembly to consider
adding minor program
By Sandy Johnstone
Of th« Emerald
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"What's your minor?" may become as popular an open
ing line as "What‘s your major?" if the proposal to create a
formal minor in all degree-granting programs passes the
University Assembly in November.
Joseph Hynes, associate dean in the arts and sciences
college, proposed the motion at the last assembly meeting
The University Senate will discuss the proposal at its Oct
27 meeting, and the motion will come before the entire
assembly on Nov 3.
Under the motion, a student would be granted a minor if
he or she takes 24 hours minimum (15 upper division) in a
particular field
"We wanted to make sure students incorporate about
two-thirds of a major with a respectable number of upper
division hours," says Hynes. "We wanted to have the min
imum specified. The rest is up to the schools and
departments.”
He notes each department will be able to determine
whether the classes can be taken pass/no pass or graded
Hynes says he introduced the motion "because that is a
way to give people a formal body of knowledge on their
transcripts as well as a formal branch of education.
“It's important that it be on the transcipts That will help
students," he says.
He emphasizes a formal minor will help students find
employment, especially now when jobs are hard to come by
He also says that by offering minor programs, popular
study areas, such as computer science and business, will be
released from some of the pressure of heavy classloads.
The motion also calls for the same curriculum review
process as major programs undergo.
A minor would allow the student to take three less classes
in one of the three areas the University requires. For example,
a student, majoring in English and minoring in economics,
could then take three less courses in social science but would
stiff have to fulfill the cluster requirements.
Neither Portland State University or Oregon State
University have formal minors.