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Oregon Daily MONDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1994 Candidates field questions Debate: Governor hopefuls meet at Hult Lia Salciccia OfttQOn O&ify £ rrvff&kj In a Eugene debate that was sometimes serious amt often whimsical, three Oregon candi dates for governor offered fuzzy answers and little solutions for the spiraling cost of higher edu cation. Democrat John kitzhaber. American Party candidate Ed Hickam and Libertarian Dan Ven der Ploeg fielded questions intended for them and Republi can Denny Smith, who did not attend but was left an empty seat. Although Kitzhaber said he hoped to see an Oregon where "no one is excluded in ability to pay tuition." fie said he foresees the cost rising because of rein vestments in the state general fund. Kitzhaber said he would try to offset higher education costs by seeking out-of-state research grants Hickam said he would cut retirement benefits (or senior offi i inis in government. resulting in a -0 penent tuition inr reuse for Oregon co I logo students Vander Ploeg reflected Liber tarian Party < onvi« tions to reduce government involvement in almost every capac itv of i itizens' lives, including higher education. When asked about the failure of institutions to deliver quality education at affordable prices. Vander Ploeg said, "if the state didn't take the money (via taxa tion) in the first plat e. you'd still have it to spend" on a quality education. Kitzhaber was the only candi date to take a strong stance about Ballot Measure 13. the ini tiative sponsored by the Oregon Citizens Alliance, calling upon voters to defeat it and to under stand the socioeconomic factors which leads OCA supporters to blame scm ioty's problems on one group. Vander Ploeg said the mea sure was "hud in principle" hut that government should not Turn to GOVERNOR, Page 6 Plan puts limitations on computer funding Resolution: Process halts electronic request ■; Abe Estimada CVetfon Daily ErrwMkt Ttu* Student Senate passed a one-year resolution last Thursday that will restrict the ability of student groups to request student fees for the purchase of computers. In order for a student group to receive additional funding from the Senate for a new computer, it must follow a strict, three-step resolution approved by the Senate 10-'t The resolution, authored by ASUO Vice President Mark Khinard, who is president of the Senate, and‘Senator Martin Fisher, who rep resents the law school, will limit spe< ml requests filed this si bool year to a maximum of St,000 per computer The first step is that the student group needs to explain why it can not use the computers m the Student Media Resources Center The Incidental Fee Committee funded the SMRC. which was installed last year, to provide student groups with access to high-quality comput er equipment, including a printer, scanner, and top-of the-lina soft ware. The second step mandates that the student group proves that with out a computer, it could not establish its “primary mission" or "pur pose of existence. ” According to Fisher, the three-step process "is a good compromise Turn to SENATE, Page 3 Speakers conclude ASUO voter registration drive Campaign: ASUO aims to break 1992 record Abe Estlmada Oregon Oatiy £mefaW Gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber is scheduled to speak today at 1:30 p.m. on the east lawn of the EMU as port of the ASUO's voter registration rally. The rally concludes the ASUO's three-week voter regis tration campaign during which the University registered 6,450 new voters State senator Peter Sorenson of Eugene, state house represen tative Cynthia Wooten, who rep resents the west side of campus, and state representative candi dates Floyd Prozanski and George Boehnke also are sched uled to appear at the rally. Gubernatorial candidate Denny Smith was invited, but the Turn to RALLY, page 4 Late Night dunk 1J MKMACl SlllM)l(liln«*k1 Jamal Lawranca starts tha 1994-95 basketball saason ott with a dunk Saturday at ‘Lata Night with Jerry Green" at McArthur Court. Tha man's first game Is Nov. 17 against New Zealand. ■ GOOD MORNING NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK | Activities and events pertaining to Alcohol Awareness Week wiH be happening daily around ^ campus. For more information, call Joanne Frank, Student Health Center (346-2720) WEEK OF OCTOBER 16-21 ■ Monday, EMU lobby, 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Mocktails table (student perception survey) ■ Tuesday-Thursday, front of Johnson Hall Crashed auto display (drunk driving statistics) ■ Thursday, "Silent Reminder" Several students will be dressed as corpses to symbolize individuals killed from alcohol-related causes. These students will be silent throughout the day, passing out material about their silence. ■ Friday, Bean East, 7 p.m. "Guess the Drunk Person”