Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Wednesday. October 31. 1990
Kugene. Oregon
Volume ^2, Issue 4<>
STEST
For many fans, an over
ly-indulgenl day at Aut
zen Stadium may turn
into a flashing blue and
rod nightmare.
Eugene and Springfield
police departments, along
with state officers, have
placed new emphasis this
year on deterring and
stopping drunk drivers
leaving Autzen stadium
by saturating the area
with extra police patrols.
See story. Page 9
Although she is a uni
versity-trained sociolo
gist. and the authorized
biographer of Nelson
Mandela. South African
Fatima Meer said she is
denied a basic right in
her country.
Because of her color.
Meer cannot vote in
South African govern
ment elections.
See story. Page 3
Regionally
PORTLAND - Demo
cratic gubernatorial can
didate Barbara Roberts
had a slight edge over Re
publican Dave Frohntnay
er in a survey of regis
tered Oregon voters re
leased Tuesday night by
kPTV-TV in Portland
Forty-two percent of
the respondents to a state
wide telephone survey of
605 voters favored Rob
erts for governor: 36 per
cent favored Frohnmayer.
The margin of error in
the KPTV poll, conducted
Oct. 22-26. was four per
centage points.
Nationally
CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla. — For the first time
in five months, ail three
of NASA's space shuttles
have been cleared for
flight, with Atluntis due
to lift off next week and
Columbia in December.
Columbia was found to
bo free of dangerous hy
drogen leaks during an
elaborate fueling test
Tuesday The spaceship
has been grounded since
May
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Harry Lonsdale, the Democratic candidate for II.S. Senate, laid out his views I utrsday at the I University, t ailing for term limits on
Congressional terms and for an overhaul of the political campaign system
Lonsdale targets ‘corrupt’ lawmakers
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Reporter
Some fathers tell their daugh
ters not to ever come home
pregnant, but “what they do is
never come home.'' said Demo
crat Harry Lonsdale at an ap
pearance at the University on
Tuesday.
lamsdalc discussed his oppo
sition to two anti abortion
measures on the state ballot
and talked about environmental
issues and the corruption of the
country's political and cam
paign system
The challenger to Republic an
incumbent Mark Hatfield in the
race for one of Oregon's two
U S. Senate seats spoke to a
crowd of about 250 in the KMU
l-'ir Room.
"Mark Hatfield is about as
anti-choice as you could get
I'm about as pro-choice as you
( an get." lousdale said
Referring to himself as a poli
tical newcomer who refuses
PAC money. I-onsdale said that
elected offices should la- open
to people besides the rich, the
famous anti the incumbent law
makers who accept backing
from political action commit
tees.
Lonsdale, a scientist and
founder of a (tend research
firm, points to Hatfield a 24
year veteran of the Senate, as a
politician who relies too much
on special interest money
Lonsdale said that if he is
elected, he will go to Washing
ton. DC. to serve as an exam
ple to the rest of Congress prov
ing that voters do not want a
senator controlled by special
interest groups
PAC contributions should be
outlawed. Lonsdale said
"There is a number I would
like to set* (contributed by
PACs). and that number is
zero," he said. "I find the
whole system bar k in Washing
ton corrupt. I'm not calling
them criminals, but they're cer
tainly corrupt.”
Candidates should Ik* provid
ed free television time for cam
paigning. he said, claiming
that little-known candidates
with small campaign funds are
disadvantaged by the high cost
of television ads.
As for environmental issues,
lamsdale said he opposes Hal
lot Measure -I. an initiative on
the Nov. ti ballot that would
shut down the Trojan nuclear
power plant He believes a
shutdown at this time would l>e
too costly, at least until tin*
state finds other ways of replac -
ing the electricity that the nu
clear plant now produces
However. I.onsdaIo said he
fully supports Measure ti. the
recycling initiative that would
set new standards for produc t
packaging
“(Recycling) is something
that's near and dear to my
heart." he said "We need to
find a more enlightened way to
package our goods
The most recent statew ide
poll shows the candidates run
ning nearly neckandneck.
with Lonsdale ret eivillg 4H per
cent of the vote and Hatfield 45
percent because the poll, re
leased Monday hv Portland
area TV station hl’TV. had a 4
percent error margin, the tan
dtdates .ire essentially rated .it a
tie.
And as Ins race against Hat
field draws near to elet tion
day. Lonsdale said he is feeling
a little nervous "It's going to
he a very close rat e
Enrollment hike surprised administrators
By Bob Waite
Emerald Reporter
University Provost Norman Wessells returned
from a State Board of Higher Education meeting
in June with a surprise, and he called admissions
director )im Buch to tell him about it
Tile University needed more students about
400 more fast.
In recent years, the state's system of eight col
leges and universities has been overcrowded with
students. State funding has been stretched thin,
and administrators have raised both admission re
quirements and tuition to curtail enrollment
On June 20. after the enrollment process was
“completed " and rejection letters were ready to
go out to applicants. Wessell learned the Univer
si(y was suffering from tuition deficits and that
money for athletic scholarships was lacking.
Fortunately. Uuch hadn't sent out the rejection
letters, and was able to find just enough students
who met the University's admissions require
ments.
Preliminary University statistics show about a I
percent increase in enrollment this year, with
slightly more than 18.000 students this fall, com
pared with 17.818 students last year at this time
According to a memorandum Hut h sent Wes
sells, his preliminary findings are a total enroll
ment increase of
• 225 students, with new student enrollment up
bv 878 students;
• minority enrollment up by 8;t students;
• and foreign enrollment up by 21 students
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