UNIVERSITY
AuCoin accents trade, education
By Gerrit Koeppmg
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Aninrii.it hits lost ns w.iv, said
Rop Lcs AuCoin. nl a speech
Tuesday in the KMU Gumwood
Room
AuCoin blasted the past two
Republican presidencies fur a
skyrocketing national debt, the
S Si l. scandal, rising health
< are costs and a stagnant econo
my
"The median household in
come is today what it was l'\
years ago, ” Ati( loin said
Hush's trip to Japan was an
embarrassment All Co in said,
and is symbolic of the entire
Bush presidency
"An American president, hat
in hand, all hut begging lor eco
nomic concessions,' AuCoin
said "A Japanese prime minis
ter offering his c ompassion
o v e r A merit a 1 s econo m i c
plight, as if we’re a charity
case
AuCoin said in light of the
col lapse of the Soviet Union,
the United States should cut
military spending by 00 per
cent, which he said would save
SI 1 trillion dollars
With that money he said we
could commit ourselves to two
critical areas trade and eduia
lion
On trade, AuCoin said the
administration needed to uttai k
foreign trade restrictions that
were unfair to American Indus
tries abroad and protect Ameri
can industries Irom foreign
countries dumping their prod
ucts in the United States
AuCoin also condemned the
Mexican Free Trade Agree
ment. which would allow lor
easier trade betw een the United
States and Mexir o It's pist a
ipm k way fur corporate giants
to pull their m.inufai luring jobs
out ol the l' S and exploit low
vs age workers and lax environ
mental laws in Mexico.” he
said
Pnmo t>y jot'!'
Rep. Los AuCoin criticized the United States lack of commitment to
trade and education Tuesday in the FAtU Gumwood Room
On the udui ulionul front. An
Coin said one-third of nlui.i
hon.il niomn should come
from the states. .1 third from lo
cut uuvtirnniiint and a third
from the federal government
AuColn proposed transfer
ring as mm h as a $100 bdlion a
year from defense to education
We can spend $2 n billion on
three ft 2 bombers, or vse can
spend $2 1 billion on providing
Mead Start (a pre si bool pro
gram) to every kid that needs
it, Au<aiin said
At the higher education lev
el. AuCoin advocated expand
m>; the I’ell Clrunt program ami
creating tax free savings uc
counts for college
This country i.an l settle for
public colleges that close de
partments. c am .el classes and
see their educators iioughl off
tn a bidding war with private
md ustr v . Aul aim said We
need to build the best minds in
America, and vve can t do it b>
destroying our colleges and ig
noting our educators
POLICE BEAT
The following itu idents were
reported to tin' Office of Public
Safety from Jan
• A University student turned
himself in for robbing the Alder
Street Market. 7WH !•: ! nil Ave .
on Jun 10 The man told police
he had been drinking at a party
and was intoxic ated at the time
of the robbery
According to police reports,
the man took merchandise to
taling $74 and left the store
without paying for it He said
he took the items as a prank
and became scared when the
store owner started running af
ter him The man said he
fought with the store owner un
til he got away. He told police
he turned himself in because he
knew if he didn't "it was only
going to make things worse "
The stolen items wen- dam
aged during the fight and had
no recovered value Police said
the store owner wax in a lot of
[lain after the incident and was
taken to Sacred Heart General
Hospital bv his wife The extent
of his injuries is unknown
• A m.m yv.is arrested lor pub
Ik indecency on |iin 10 A
University student told police!
she was crossing the street ut b
lSlh Avenue und Agate Street
when she saw the driver of a
car looking at her and mastur
bating within her view, accord
itig to police reports
The man told polite he vs as
attempting to get dressed tor
vs iirk He said he vs,is just tmk
mg in his t shirt and denied
masturbating ut any point in
the University area according
to polite reports
The student told police that
when the man drove by she
had seen his penis and that he
had an erection. She also said
the man wasn't wearing pants
Police reported the man had an
erection yvhen they approached
him.
• i’l.lue arrested a 10-year old
University student tor shoplift
ing from the University Book
store on Jan H Bookstore se
curity observed the man enter
the bookstore carrying a guitar
case Thu man was then seen
I,liking .i fiinin pai k. .1 hag nl
i hips urui a i iin nl pup mill put
ting thorn in Ins cail pm kills
.mil the gulliir c.1 mi. according
In pulii c reports
Bookstore security saw the
man leave tin; .store without nl
fering to pav for the merchun
(lise. according to polite A se
i urits offii er identified himself
anil asked the man it lie may
have forgotten to pay for some
merchandise The man said.
"What stuff'' When asked
aboil! the pop, tile man look If
out and gave if lo security Me
fold security that was all he
had taken
The man was taken into the
bookstore lor questioning Se
i urits seart bed the man and
found the fanny pack and hag
of chips, according to police
The man said he had intention
ally and knowingly taken the
merchandise because he need
ed it and he didn't have any
money A liugene police de
partment tiffu er issued the man
a citation and University secu
rity banned him from the hook
store
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