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YOUR OtDCOATT CLEANED BY QUALITY PIUS CLEANERS ] l»y t t LIMITED TIME OffER SAVE 10% OFF ANY RIGUIAR SALE PRI([ COAT OR JACKET AT McKEN/liS WKENZIE DOWN I OWN 79 W BROADWAY f UG€NE VALID WVH CIMTII tUGLNL 4*5-594* 343-2300 l4uWO(ly TA**I*Q CKNTt" FLAVOmt fg*ce* N«0flW0MMflr£? i^oS^o^GOWDA(iy ASUO registers 3,000 students By Edward Klopfenstein Oregon l'fM> fmvrakl The ASUO’s voter registration drive (nil 1,0(M) voters short of its 4,000 student goal, the student official organizing the drive said Wednesday Phil Bentley, ASUO slate affairs coordinator, said the dri ve i tainted more than 2.400 stu dents registering through the A.SI IQ offi< e and another 500 to 700 students who registered directly with the Lane County Kim tion ()ffi< e The ASUO requested results onh from the polling districts near tiie University and near Westmoreland Family Housing on West IKth Avenue and Arthur St r**et The next highest voter regis tration drive results < umii from Oregon State t Jnivnrsity The stu dent government there registered 1,200 students Other figures include. Eastern ()n>goil State ( ci! lege 250. W es! ern Oregon Stole College — .150; and Southern Oregon State Col lege - 325. “Compared with what other schools aid, this school did real grout," Bentley said. Ijist year, the ASt >0 surpassed its registration goal of more than 4.000 students. But this year's final number of aftout 3.000 was still respectable. Bentley said, because the ASUO was the only organization on (ampus request - ingthat students register Most student organizations pushed voter registration last year because passionate issues like state Ballot Measure 9 presented a compelling reason to register, he said This year's central issue, state Ballot Measure 1, the state sales tax measure, is still vital to stu dent interests, he said, because it could provide a new funding sourt e for the state's education system. The outcome will depend on whether registered voters for the measure actually vote. ■'This is an election where the outcome is w ith the people who vote." he said "If the yes people vote, then this will pass. But if the yes people sn at nome ano <lm (tie not to vole, then the peo ple who vote no will win." The ASUO is switching gears from its voter registration drive to a "get out and vote” effort that will focus on motivating students to get to the polls, he said Although no educational forums are currently scheduled, the ASUO will be canvassing the campus with volunteers, remind ing students to vote on Election Day next Tuesday Bentley said this phase of the ASUO's voting c ampaign will also be based at the ASt O office. Suite -I EMU Anyone with questions about Ballot Measure 1 or where to vote or w ho might need transportation on the dav of the election can call the ASUO at 346-3724 The ASUO will have a van available for transportation to the polls. Bentley urged students who registered hut are having problems obtaining their voter registration card to call the lane County Elections Office directly at 687-4234. COMMUNITY UPDATE • University Theater presents Thit learned Liidirs, at H p m tonight at Robinson Theatur, 1109 Old Campus Way. The play, which also will be per formed Saturday, Nov 11-13 and 19-20, is described ns "a love story ns only Moliere would tell it " Tickets are $H for the general public. for seniors. non-University stu dents. University faculty and staff and $4 !>() for University students • Twenty-five of the North west's top high si hool marching bands will compete in the 15th annual "Festival of Bands” com petition at Aut7.cn Stadium Sat urday. Tickets for the prelimi nary rounds, which will last until about 5 pm. are $4 for adults and S3 for students and senior citizens Tickets for the finals, whii h will start about r p m . an? $6 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. An all-day ticket costs SB. For more infor mation. call 346-5670. • The Children's Concert Series will host "Fun at the Opera Mouse” this Saturday at Beall Concert Mall, 961 K. 18th Ave Tickets for the concert, which will feature University Opera Workshop Director Frank Graf feo. cost S3 for adults. Slf for chil dren and students and $5 for fam ilies. For more information, call 346-5678. • A statewide workshop to pre pare for the 1995 U.N. World Conference for women in Beijing, China, will he Sunday, Nov. 7, from 10 a in to 6 p m. in the EMU F'tr Room. The free workshop. “Priorities '95 Forum: Women in Oregon and the World," will explore themes and prepare a document for the conferetu e For more information, contact Ada Cheng at 346-2545. • Mark O'Connor, an Aus tralian poet and writer, will pre sent a lecture titled "Bringing the Environment into I.iteroture" at 4 p.m. Monday. Nov. H. in the KMl I Cumwood Room O'Connor is a visiting research scholar in the Oregon Humanities Center For more information, call 346 3934. • A documentary filmed in Germany titled The Truth Shall Make Vs Free Inside the Neo Nazi Network, will be shown Tuesday at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St. Following the showing, a panel discussion will address the pre sent situation in Germany and its connections to developments in the U S. For more information, call Communities Against Hate at 4HTi-42H6. 1 PILLOWS. COMFORTERS. COVERS. SHEETS. AND MORE! ROCK SOFT FUTON 1231 ALDER ST. (503) 686-5069