-Editorial Put voting booths in residence halls It seems to bo such a frivolous issue for people to got uptight about. Putting voting booths in or near resi dence halls. Why debate it? Voter turnout for student elections at the Universi ty is usually pretty dismal, hovering somewhere around 20 percent every year That's pathetic, and should send warning signals to all members of student government: something must be done to improve the number of voters One way to ini reuse voter turnout is easy access to polling places You can't force people to vote, but you (.an make it easier for them. Putting voting booths in residence halls would expose a large segment of the University population to student government. That cannot possibly hurt But .in education program for nil University stu dents must he coupled with increasing the amount of voting booths It does no good to have a large turnout of voters who may hardy know the candidates, let alone the issues In defense of ASUO president Andy Clark, an at tempt to improvevoter education has been made ('.lark has spoken several times around campus and in the residence halls He has truly tried to help "get out the vote.” as he promised in last year s campaign. So far. so good, but don't stop there. Continue tin? program, and when this year’s elections are held, hopefully there will he a significant change in the amount of bal lots cast. In addition to the education program, there need to he more voting booths, not just in the residence halls, hut all around campus, d ry and give all students open access to polling places A suggestion would he one at the corner of lfitli and Alder, and another at 10th and University. Maybe the Panhellenic Committee and In terfraternity Council would pitch in to help defray the cost of tin! booths Of course, some people are going to be upset with tliis proposal Obviously, not every student will have the same access to booths, especially those who live miles from campus. But that doesn't mean an attempt to increase voter turnout shouldn't he made. One last thing: Who will staff the booths? Members of tht! Residence Hall Governance Committee have of fered to do it. No objections from this side, as long as ASUO and Election Board representatives are present at every residence hall booth as well as any additional booths off campus. mim 5EE I'M BU5y? , Elections deadline sooner than you think 11 yun re thinking about running lor a student goyomriirnt oilier 111 isprint’, lie it ASI (> Student Son.ill' or Incidental In' ( oinmitli'r. you'll better think hard Thu deadline loi filing applii .ilmns is Man h 30. three vvi'i'ks I mm toda\ So tar. thorn lias hi'i'ii the usual lac k in announiod candidacies I'wu trains have lortnalK dm lured themselves in tho bidding loi tho ASI () prosidom \ and vi< o prrsiden i\ Steyr Maples. Ill mi'inbur. and Diane I iishman. ol the greek svstein. announced Iasi week kirk Hailiw and Sheila Stu kel ol the AM () l \ei utive announced Ihuisd.n \eithei team has oltii lalh tiled to run In lai t nobrnh lias ollicialK tiled with the ASI () l.lei lions Hoard to run loi any thing. .11 I Hiding to ken I lodge ASI ( ) elei tinns i oordinatoi Dodge says this is not sin prising,, bei ause people like to hang bat k strategii all\ i hei king out the competition. W hile that ma\ appear to he a wise poll tii.il move, such hrsit.iiK \ to declare is .1 disservice to tin' student voters and can a< tuallv damage .1 campaign. I lie primarv elet tions are set to happen April 111 and _!d II students wait until the end ot Man h to de i hue it gives c undulates only three weeks to promote then t ampuigns and the voters onh three weeks to become informed on the is sues There are important dei isions to he made every spring. This year, with compli cated issues such as student health insm am e, dorm voting and campus racism ev peited to make the headlines, campaigns i an t afford to take on knee-jerk stum es or make snap dei isions I he election deadline is coming sooner than you think If you're going to run for student government office, do yourself and everybodv else a favor. Decide now . and lie 1 lare now -Letters. Mac-bashing Vs .1 l 'niversits undergradu .ill- .mil mtoriuatinn svstems professional omploved In .1 $ in milium organization ss Ini li has i liosen Apple Mai intoshes mvi HIM ( nmp.it ibles lor ils mum ((imputing pl.itfurm I ted i mn pelled to respond to lohnniK hael Vloilteith's M.k tuslung letter(()l)l' Mar -I It Monteith were a real indus trs analvst instead of an arm ( hair observer, lie would real i/e that Macintoshes have gained populuriH ill the busi ness world in recent sears while IBM-compatible maun fa< hirers base struggled to re tain matkct share I lis assertion t ha I I niversitv graduates will 'almost tortdin K hr using MS I M )S bused mu i limes m the business world is weak more likely is that to morrow s IniversiU grads will use I ins workstations and \ windows w hh h resembles a Mai s gr iplm al interim e not the t \ pii al Ms ! K )s m.u hine In addition to tile goal ot lie (arming "< omputer literate in preparation for the business world I tmrrsity students also spoil itwv tire bottor served In Miit intoshes I i .m U'.ic h s irtually ans slu iIimiI regardless ot .11 ademii m.ijiii lum In network Mats using I in al l ,ilk in abinil 1 '> mimiti's. I i an ti'.u h ,i Ims bright I IS majors Inns In srl up a Novell ur token img environ inent hu MS IK is mat.bines m about I i hours Knough sail)7 Kudv A sen ion (dS/math Freethought (larelul study ol daily new s papers reveals the imu ept "(a>d ' is a In lion used hv i ler gy to exploit the gullihilitx ol hellev els III order lo advaiH e the povvei and wealth ol eslah 1 ished leaders Ket enl slutting ol lurid theixl religious I rat ts desi idling the Rapture is paid advertising into suhst i liters set ulrif htnne delivered tiailv newspapeis dis trihutetl in Springfield and I n gene in S/tringlie/d / i/e and I hr Register f.'u.in/ illustrates the eolliiltorative exploitation ol .Hums groups Ihe\ publish ( opv (propaganda) favorable lu religious organizations with 111 lie it an\ presentation of abundant evident e of individu /if /'oi/.n publislieilbv I reeilom f rom Ke Union foundation Madison \\ is ( dltm ll autboi dies are of ten aware of earlier crimes 01 illipropi ielies b\ these religious i rinunals but tail to take appro priate pro!i*i tive measures I rrnthinixht TuiLiv helps (juisiliun as a research asset fin IMTinanciil collection b\ mu mi ip.il public: college ,ind po In e department libraries Bert Tryba Kugene Preregistration Well fellow students, it's dead week again, that time of the term when everyone puts their brains into overdrive be cause next week is f inals week And not onlv is it dead week, licit it's also the dread Romance Language and Knglish Depart ment's Preregistration From 1 tell' week Din's anyone understand the logit ot holding Romance l.an gunge and Lnglish preregistrn lion on dead week during i lass time■' And why the Humane e Language anil Knglish depart ments have two or three people stalling the preregistration tn hies tor the inevitable crush of hundreds of students ever\ term' As d we i an afford to miss i lasses during dead week! Couldn't preregistration be held m tliu evening. or on .1 weekend in M,k (lourt or in tilt* Hallrootn, when wo wouldn't have to skip a i lass in order to stand >11 the dreaded lines in Friendly Hall and l’l,('.V And couldn't we lure ,1 few more stall niemhers during preregis tration. or was all the money spent on the new science build ings? I ry standing in line every term tor two hours, waiting to preregister for one Spanish or Knglish class because you need the classes to graduate, and you'll know exactly what 1 mean Or go to Mac Court dur ing registration and look at the Closed hoard Can't the great minds .it our beloved Cniversitv. after 1-0 years in the student business, figure out a new system that runs a little smoother:' Or max be I should just shut up and pay mv tuition ipnetlx as usu al Steve !Su< k Student -Letters Policy. Hit- i.mnrjhl will attempt to print all letters contain la-.; comments on topics of interest to the University community. 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