EDITORIAL
Either cast a ballot
or don’t complain
Tod.iv and Thursday University students om.r
ay,am will go to the polls The question is, hmv many'
Las’ iiis'i Hobbv Lee and Karmen 'Fore captured
the ASUO Ivxeentive race with just J .2it7 votes a
paltrv • peicent mandate of the Hi.'K)a University sto
dents In .. if .”12 students, or 1 i > percent of the to
tal, voted.
This is no cad id sin or downplaying of the Lee I ore
ticket's victory t hey garnered S7 percent of votes cast.
They won hands down. Lnd of .storv
Or it's "end of storv" a.s far as the executive rat e is
concerned, li t, seats .Student Senate slots, l.MI Hoard
representatives and a full slate of ballot measures are
on tup in the general election.
Will there be a miraculous turnaround of voter in
terest' Will students go to the polls and actually take
some responsibilit v for electing AS I O leaders'
Don't hold your breath
Primary eler times, like the one last week, tradition
a|lv don't get a high turnout. Some voters wait until the
political wheat is separated from the wanna be chaff
Then .they’ll < ast a fwllot.
Hut don't look for the percentage vote to change
much. It might creep into the iff) percent range still
pitifully low
Why ' On a campus with so much activism and
where polite al and interest groups alxnmd. why do the
students not even take five minutes out of their si hed
ule to vote'
Apathy and voter demographics are just partial an
swers Disinterest might come closer to explaining the
truth The ASUO has become insulated A common
complaint is,"it's always the same people I rue. he
cause; they’re the students who vote.
Lore and Lee. who have expressed a desire to in
crease student voter participation, have a tough job.
And when things go bad next year, there will be the
traditional outcry that "the ASUO doesn't do any
thing."
If you hear someone complain next year, ask them
if they voted If they didn't, tell them to keep quiet.
They have no right to criticize.
There's too much at stake to not vote on the ballot
measures Uo to the polls
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Experience: accept no substitute
To .ill students in journal
Ism. ami olhcrs interested
m foiling newspaper expo
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l ’nlil May the Oregon Dai
l\ i'mvrahl will he accepting
applications (or Its l,l,)2 ‘l i
news stall We've moved the
deadline har k, |ust (o make
sure we ve real tied everyone
who may he interested in ap
plying Applications are avail
aide al the our front desk. KMU
Suite 1(1(1
l.xtending the deadline will
also give us a heller t ha nee to
put together a diverse news
room that more ai i mutely re
fleets our audience one in
i rensmgly made up of people
of color, non traditional stu
dents. ga\ s and lesbians, among
others In the next couple of
weeks, tile editor vs 111 he speak
log w itfi members ol ethnic stu
dent groups encouraging them,
d they 're interested. to write lor
the paper
Open positions include re
porters, copy editors, associate
editors, sports writers, editorial
page editors and photogra
phers !hx ause the l.'mrmld is
independent ol the journalism
si hmil and the l ’ illv ersit v .
there are few ai ademu require
merits to work lor the paper
Freshmen and graduate stu
dents, journalism ma|ors or
Hnglish. all University students
m good standing interested in
writing lor the paper can give d
a try
Anyone who is not offered
one of the 2f> staff positions
should freelance Freelance
writers work at their own pace.
For the three years
The Register-Guard
has awarded
internships,
Emerald writers
have filled the
position.
and. like staff members. arc
paid (or their ('(forts
(•'nr all (uturc reporters, edi
tors and photographers, writing
lor the Emerald should he an
essential part of the college ev
perience Here, students learn
tilings this can't learn in a
i lussroom Then write stories.
the\ mterv lew soun es. they tie
sign pages, they take and devel
op photos More than 10.000
people s«s' what lhe\ produce
the next day making Emerald
work .is hands on as you can
get
The Emerald isn't perfect We
make our share of mistakes,
(list like any other college
newspaper This isn't the fV.c//
.street lmirn.il or Kullinf; Stout'.
here, we have students who are
learning to write and other stu
dents who are learning to edit
their stories and plan coverage
However, when you compare
the Emerald to other student
newspapers, it does stand out
harder tills month, the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers Associa
tion awarded the Emerald a
first place in general excel
lence. and another for best de
sign Eleven individual writers
•in< 1 photographers won <1 wi»n 1 ^
lor their work as well
I'he recognition extends to
the national level as well The
\ssociated College Press in No
vember gave the Emerald a
first-place award, with a mark
ol distinction in social leader
ship, and later gave it national
awards in front page design
and coverage No, we re not
perfect, hut when compared
with our colleagues around the
countrv . we measure up
And d you want daily news
paper experiem e. there s really
no other game on campus (let
ting a (oh in the newspaper in
dustry has been tough enough
ret entlv . even it you have pub
lisher! r lips and experience; try
doing so with nothing under
your belt A journalism degree
on its own just isn't enough
anymore
Emerald experience might
give you the edge you need For
the three years f'/te Kegisler
Ou.ird has awarded internships.
Emerald writers have Idled the
position Most of the recent Or
egoruan interns have worked
for the campus dally as well
Sure, going to school is
tough, and you may not believe
you'll have tune to write for the
paper We expect people to
work hard, learn from their
mistakes and continue to im
prove with every story But cer
tainly you can afford to spend
10 to 20 hours a week giving it
a try
Nowadays, you can't afford
to ignore the opportunity.
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