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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1994)
Frohnmayer aids ASUO in voter registration drive Robbie Reeves Oregon Deity fmerM Some students visiting Oregon Hall on Thursday received morn than financ ial aid checks. Several were offered the chance to register to vote by University President Dave Frohnmayer as a part of a new voter registration drive on campus. The drive, sponsored by the ASUO, aims to register 8.000 voters at the Universi ty, said ASUO Vitas President Mark Rhinard. The drive will continue through Oct. 18, the deadline for registering to vote in the Nov. 8 election. Frohnmayer was one of several University officials who registered voters during the financial aid disburse ment at Oregon Hall. Frohnmayer described reg istering to vote as a "tremen dously important civic oblig ation," adding that it is an “act of civic participation that people should get used to early in their lives." He said people are moti vated to vote when they real ize that “what happens at the ballot box does affect their lives." About 2,500 people have already filled out voter rog istrntion cards, Rhinard said, a response that he described as ''tremendous." The ASUQ will register spectators at football games at Autzen Stadium in con function with the continuing drive at Oregon Hall A ban ner encouraging students to register to vote hangs above East 13th Avenue and Uni versity Street on campus. Frohnmayor emphasized that while registering to vote is important, it also is impor tant far students to get out to vote on Election Hay. Rhinard agreed, noting that the ASUO will sponsor a voter education drive liegin ning Oct. 19 Among the events planned is an appear ance by Oregon gubernatori al candidates John Kitzhabor and Denny Smith at on EMU rally Oct. 18. The voter registration dri ve has been aided by agency based voter registration, said Ryan Coontery. ASUO state affairs coordinator. Agency based voter registration is a program that requires state agencies to make voter regis tration forms more available to the public. Rhinard said that the agency-based voter registra tion efforts have supplement ed those of the ASUO. 1265 Willamette • 344 3555 Fa* 344-0870 • Modem 344 4179 kinko's your branch office C.J. Pepper's “Fit and Fast”™ 2310 W llthAve (City View & llih) Open 7am to 9pm M F & 9am to 9pm Sal/Sun Drive thru Candle causes Caswell fire Robbia Reeves Qr»Qor. £Xwy t’mortwo A burning candle was the cause of a fire that dam aged a room in a University residence hall Wednes day afternoon The fire, tn (ins wall Malt in Bean Complex, caused about S t.000 in structural damage to the room, at < ording to Mike Kvster. director of University Housing No injuries were reported The residents of the room. Ryan Sommer and Michael Van Pelt, lioth freshman and new housing residents, have been given temporary housing assignments until the repairs are completed A bookcase and a wall of the room were damaged, according to Eyster. Smoke from the fire also filled the first floor of Caswell Mall According to Sommer, a television, video* assette re* order, telephone, compact disi s and books were destroyed The losses would he covered by his insurance policy, he added Sommer said that he lit the candle Shortly after, both residents left the room Whan Sommer returned, he knew the ( Andie had caused the fire ' ! felt sick to my stomach when I saw the fire trucks.“ he said Both Sommer and Van Pelt said the fire was an accident Workers from University Mousing and the Phys ical Plant were able to hegin the cleanup several hours after the fire and Kvster said he expected the repairs to tie < omplete by early this week Burning candles are not allowed in University Housing for safety reasons, according to Kyster However. 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