Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 03, 1992, Page 7A, Image 7

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    ELECTION ’92
Ride the vote
The ASUO will bo co
ordinating activities on
campus to promote voter
turnout today. Including a
voter ride, which will
drive students to their des
ignated voting stations
The ASUO is renting
three vans and bormwing
a van from Saferido to pick
up student voters from the corner of 13th Avenue and
University Street The voter ride starts at 10 a m and
runs until 4 p.m. Drivers from Saferido and the Resi
dents Housing Governance Council will help in the
ASUO's transportation project
Rob Nosse, executive director of Oregon Student bob
by, is visiting from his office in Salem to help the
ASUO with voter turnout. Nosse said the ASUO will he
calling students and reminding them to vote and telling
them where their voting station i-> The LMU is ihe vot
ing station site for dorm students
Nosse said the ASUO's goal is to get Hf> percent of
registered students to vote
"It’s imperative that students turn out arid vote in
this election if wo are going to defeat Measure 9 and
elect legislators who will fix Ihe problems i aused by
(1990's) Ballot Measure 5." Nosse said
Nosse said every state campus is doing something to
promote student voting
By 'hl.ituiy Bnut iim
Speak your vote
Whether frustrated, depressed or elated about the
upcoming election results, students, staff and faculty
will have a chance to talk about their findings to a coun
solor on Wednesday
The University Counseling Center has teamed up
with the Office of the Dean of Students to provide con
fidential counseling for students to discuss any of tiro
elections or ballot measures.
The drop-in hours will go from it a m to 5 p m. and
will be on the second floor of the University Student
Health Center.
"Many students, staff and faculty are going to be af
fected by the election results whether it's the presiden
tial elections or the ballot measures,” said Jackie Bal/er,
the coordinator of Educational and Support Services for
gay. lesbian and bisexual concerns
"They may need a safe and confidential place to deal
with the outcomes," Balzer said
Bal/.er, who helped organize the service, said she lie
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lieves many people who wish !o laIV. aixiul the outcome
of Ballot Measure 9. the statewide anti-gay rights initiii
live, will lake advantage of the drop-in hours
As a way of reaching more students, two psycholo
gists from the counseling center will in- in the KMU
Walnut Room from 3 to 5 p m For faculty and staff
wishing to express their feelings, Iwo psychologists will
tie available in the KMU Walnut Room from 4 to t> |> m
The counseling center has doubled its number of psy
chologists for the drop in hours on Wednesday, said
Owen Tistadt, the center's office manager She said
there is not going to lie a time limit for students needing
to talk
"However long it takes some students need to talk
for 15 minutes and some for an hour and a half the
counselors will lie available." Tistadt said "We're |tixt
going to have the doors open and try to get students in
here and get them centered again "
Regardless of what side of the issue one is on or what
candidate one voted for. Tistadt said it’s important to
realize anybody can come talk to a counselor on
Wednesday
"Our services are here for people no matter which
side they are on," Tistadt said
tty Cnllei'ti I’ohllg
Measure 9 vigil
The Religious Response Network will sponsor .1
day-long vigil on tin- bugene Mull Wednesday to a I low
the community to express feelings about the outcome o(
Bullot Measure lt
Kelley Weigel, a memlier of the network, saltl she
hopes the even! will lx; a celebration and a place for
people to go who may have "felt stressed over the past
two months."
Weigel said that counselors and members of the cler
gy will also be on hand to offer support if the measure
passes
A similar event was sponsored by the network in
Springfield last year after the passage of Measure 20OH,
an anti-guy rights initiative similar to tins year's state
wide ballot Measure •) Weigel said the network thought
it was important to have a "place where people could
gather and help each other get through a dtlfh ult lime
Wednesday's event is a loosely structured one, Wei
gel said, but will have music, poetry, speakers from
both the clergy and the laity and a roll of paper on
which participants can write or draw their thoughts
Although Weigel does not expect that many Measure
ll supporters will he in attendance, the network plans to
have peacekeepers on hand
"We're hoping it’s going b> he a celebration, she
said, "but people may be angry
"I suspect it will l)o mostly people who worked m op
position,'' Weigel said "The supporters don't really
have a public presence "
Weigel s.iiil she hopes this will )»• .1 "time for people
who are confused .iIkiuI homosexuality to come togeth
er and a time for the community to come together"
The Religious Response Network is a group of clergy
and laity leaders from Kugono and Springfield that
formed Iasi year in response to the initiative petition
and the (XIA
In the case of ram, the vigil will tie indoors at HO iv
Broadway
By Mi'fi f tedo/p/i
Election fair
Keeogni/.lng an im reused Jni«-r*rsl in this years
elections, I tn? ASUO hosted .in election f<i i r thill <» I -
lowed University students ti> get up dost! and piTMin.il
with candidates
Tin' I'vmit was part of a week long symposium that
provided students cits tton information through dehntus
and other presentations
Cris Bauman, ASt'O events i.oordinator. saul stu
dents know aliotii major office races and initiatives, hut
tin- symposium offered op|Kirlunittes to meet candi
dates and learn ilmut less i onlroversi.il ballot meas
ures
"(letting to see the candidates and ask them questions
makes a difference." Uauman said
Campaign representulivan stationed at booths in the
I Ml! l-ridav answered questions at the election lair
Cynthia Woolen, state representative candidate lor
District II, said she liked the chance to talk with stu
dents at her symposium
"You can’t take for granted that people know who
you are," Wooten said
Wooten's opponent, incumbent Marie Bell, also ap
peared at the fair Bell said she liked the personal a!
mosphere at the fair
"This is like doing door to door campaigning, hut
(the students) walk by me," lleil said
ASUO (’resident Bobby Lee said the symposium
made information more accessible to students who are
often too busy to bother with ele< lion issues
"We warded to provide an opportunity for students
to get information," Lee said "All they have tn do is
take (tie time to do It
A question-anti answer session in the LMIJ's Hen Lin
der Room rhursdov allowed students a < fiance tn meet
local candidates lor the mayoral. City Council and state
representative races The symposium also ini luded a
Ballot Measure 0 debate
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