Oregon Daily
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 29
First debate opens
to mixed reviews
□ Supporters on all
sides say their candi
dates “won" debate
By Pat Malach
Em«ald Editor
The first of the long-uwaitod
and much-ballyhoood presiden
tial debates took place Sunday,
and the winner may have boon
the man thd political “experts"
say bus no chance of being
elected in Novemlxir
The cleur highlight of the
evening was Ross Perot's self
satirizing statement that he'd be
"all ears" to any solutions of
fered for the nation's problems.
Bill McCommon. Washington
County chairman for United
Wo Stand America, a Perot sup
port group, said Perot was the
hands-down winner.
“(Perot) was clear and con
cise." McCommon said. "He
stuc k with the issues and didn't
bash people."
Citing Perot's lack of a genu
ine chance to win the election
us u reason for his candor, oven
partisan Democrat and Republi
can observers said Perot was
impressive.
Drain resident Jack Kirkpat
rick. 72, who watched the de
bate at the Eugene Democratic
headquarters, said he apprec lat
ere! Perot’s direct answers
"Perot made u lot of real yes
and-no type of answers." he
said, "and that was Impressive.
1 think he's saving a lot of
things because he knows he
isn't going to be (president) "
Kim Green, a 21-year-old se
nior political science major at
the University, said Perot was
the "star of the show."
"He has a great wit and sense
of humor. I don't agree with
him and a lot of his policies."
she said after watching the de
bate at the Democratic head
quarters. "but I do admire ids
intelligence."
University junior John
Clarke, wdio writes for the Ore
gon Commentator, u conserva
tive journal on campus, also
said Perot did a good job of an
swering questions dlrcxtly.
"Ross Perot was straightfor
ward and directly answered
questions that were given to
him," Clarke- said, “and at
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Opponents gather to
condemn Measure 9
j National Coming
Out Day a chance to
discuss gay issues
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Associate editor
Democratic candidates and
gay and lesbian students gath
ered In the LINtlJ Courtyard Fri
day to rucognizo National Com
ing Out Day and to denounce
Ballot Measure 9.
The event, which lusted neur
ly two hours, was a chance for
people to publicly and proudly
announce their homosexuality.
But more people used the
time lo express their opposition
to the measure that would re
quire the state to consider ho
mosexuality "unnatural” and
"perverse."
Speakers stood in front of a
bookshelf with a chain around
it, on which hung a sign that
said, "Lon Mahon, which book
Cynthia Wooten
um you going to bun first?"
U S. Hop, I’otor DePazlo. U
Springfiold; U S. Senate Candi
da to Kop. Los AuCoin, D-Port
lund; and Cynthia Wooten, can
didate for state roprusentullvo
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Yurok tribe member Annette Norm ot Eugene periorma a native dance at the two-day Indian cele
bration.
Native Americans share culture
□ Festival in park becomes
hands-on learning experience
By Sarah Clark
Emerald Repot ux_
Ten-your-old Courtney Warren said kids al
school have teased her for being a Grande
Rondo Indian
Dressed in ruinlxiw-bnuded purple regalia —
"Il's not called a costume** — the Eugene fifth
grader said it's kids ignorant of Nutivo Ameri
can life who tuastj her.
“There was one kid who used to lease me
until i told him to go to a powwow, and he
did,"Courtney said. "Ho doesn't tease me any
more."
Courtney was one of many Nutive Ameri
cans sharing their culture this weekend al Al
ton Baker Bark Courtney said she hoped the
two-day celebration showed people "Indians
are for real; they're not for fake.”
The celebration, organized by the Friends of
the Museum of Natural History and area Indi
an education programs, featured Native Ameri
can arts, crafts and food.
More than 70 tribes from across the United
States wore represented. Including Sioux.
Cherokee and Alaska natives. Tribes from Ore
gon included Klamath (southern Oregon).
Grande Rondo (McMinnville area) and SiloLz
(Oregon Coast).
Michael Terry, a Swlsshome resident who
performed stunts and supplied props for mov
ies such us Dances With Wolves. Fur and
Away and Last of the Mohicans, displayed his
hand-made replica of an lBBGs Plains Indian
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Photo bf MchtW ShthdW
Cameron Souara, 4, participated in the celebra
tion'a activitiea by exhibiting dreaa 1rom hia
Lakota tribe.
ancompmnnt, complote with teepees, a
swcatUxige and his war-painted pinto. Apache.
The event fell on the weekend intforo Co
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WEATHER
Today will bring partly cloudy
skies in the morning with highs
in the upper 60s Possible sun
shine in the afternoon Lows
tonight will be in the 40s
Today in History
Five hundred years ago, on
I Oct.! 2,1492, Christopher
G. iambus arrived with his
expedition id the present-day
Bahamas.
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FROM
THE
PAST
The
Columbus Day
Storm raged on
Oct >2.1962
One hundred
trees were lost
on the campus
_SPORTS
SEATTLE, Wash !AP)~ The top-ranked Washington
Huskies fell udtwek Napoleon Kaufman was going to develop
into a star They tust didn't think it was going to be this
quickly
The flashy Vf<xit-9,170-pound sophomore from Lompoc.
(lalif. made his first college start a memorable one when he
ran for 208 yards and two touchdowns in a 15-16 vid rv over
California
in 10 tames Saturday. Kaufman answered two key qut->
lions Would he fumble and would he be durable enough to
last througn a long day s work'
"I iust wanted to prove I'm a pretty good player.' he said