Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1994
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 96, ISSUE 36
REGISTER
Today is the deadline to
register to vote in the
Nov. 8 general election.
U.S. citizens 18 years or
older can register to
vote in Oregon
Registration can be
completed by filling out
a registration card and
mailing it in today.
Registration cards are
available at post offices
and other government
agencies. Call the Lane
County election office
for more information.
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■ GOOD MORNING
»• SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A (ire
caused extensive damage to a
building at Springfield High
School this morning, lorcing clo
sure of the school for the day.
The fire broke out about 6 30
a m. in the roof of a two-story
structure that houses classrooms
and a metal shop.
Flames were shooting through
the roof of the building when fire
fighters arrived, but there was no
danger the blaze would spread
to other buildings, deputy fire
chief John Garitz said. The lire
was controlled about 9 a m.
Most of the damage was con
fined to the classroom portion
because a fire wall protected the
metal shop, Garitz said Acety
lene and oxygen tanks were
moved out of the shop as a pre
caution
Determining the fire's cause
will be more difficult because the
second-story floor collapsed,
Garitz said.
► NEW ORLEANS (AP) -
You’re (lipping through the White
Pages (or a Iriend's phone num
ber when a bold-faced listing
lumps out at you Tierney. Clau
dia Hebert Freelance Writer
Personal Poet.
Further down the page is S
Tliloston. Music Madonna & Bob
Barker Fan Rilfle back through
the alphabet and you’ll lind Isaac
Morgan. God's Prophet.
Each person paid at least S36
a year (or what South Central
Bell calls designer listings, avail
able in 18 states.
The extra charge was more
than worth it (or trucker Edward
W. Carr IV Not that he got many
sales as Carr, E.W, Clock Maker
and Wood Cralter
It’s all the calls that don f come
in that make it worthwhile.
Carr kept his number unlisted
(or years to avoid calls meant (or
his father, who had retired after
50 years fixing heaters and air
conditioners The extra line
would make it clear who he
wasn't.
Kitzhaber stresses student vote
Ralty: Candidate joins
bands, other politicians
on EMU East Lawn
Amy Col urn bo
Ortpoft Omy
Political candidate*, student
leaders ami muse inns alike who
took the microphone during
Monday's voter registration fair
and concert stressed a common
theme — the importance of the
student vote
Demis ruth guliematorial can
didate John Kitzhnber was the
largest crowd-drawing politician
to address the sparse number of
students during the rally on the
KMU Bast lawn
kitzhaber said he wanted to
make higher education more
a< i essibln to everyone lie said
this accessibility includes no
tuition barriers, no geographic
bomers and not cutting fields of
study het ausc of a lark of
finam e\
Kit/haber encouraged stu
dents to do more than just regis
ter to vote, hut to become
Involved in the issues. "The
power of people this age to
change society is reallv treinon
dous." he said
It was this same power ASl 'O
Vice President Mark Rhinard
attempted to tap during his
speech Rhinard said this year
marks one of the most important
elections students may see dur
ing their education at the Uni
varsity.
"If the tin tion does not oq in
the way of higher education,
your diploma is not worth the
paper it s printed on," he said of
ballot measures set to affect Uni
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Rep Peter DeFazIo and gubernatorial candidate John Kltzhaber take
a few momenta to chat during the voter registration rally Monday
Toasting alcohol awareness
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Peer health advisors Erin Temple (right) and Tracy Milllren show off their mocktails' creativity in the
EMU lobby Monday afternoon. The mocktails table was one ol the lew activities for National Colle
giate Alcohol Awareness Week. A crashed auto will be displayed In front of Johnson Hall today.
Loan plan
may cost
student
borrowers
Repayment: One
option will cost students
more through interest
(AP) — An optional repay*
munt program that is pari of the
Clinton administration's new
student loan program will end
up i osting borrowers a lot more
money if they choose to use it
Under the program,
announced two years ago, stu
dents pay what they can afford
But that leads to higher loan
costs and longer indebtedness
"In this brochure they gave
us Iasi spring, it looked like
repaying your loan based on
your income was the best
plan." said Jennifer Williamson
of Beaverton, an University
junior who expects to owe
$ 10.000 in student loans when
she graduates
"But now. it looks like a big
trap in the end
Williamson is among the
3,800 University students who
took out student loans tins fall
in the inaugural year of Clin
ton's National Direi t Student
Loan Program.
The University is the first
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Mentor program forms bond between children, adults
Volunteers: Big Brother-Big Sis
ter provides positive role models
Jamie Bails
Ay me Oregon Om/y Cmeraxl
Five hours a week is a hot commodity to
college students pressed for time between
jobs, classes and assignments But to a 10
year-old who has been abused or neglected.
five hours a week with an older friend can
have an even greater value
At the Big Brother-Big Sister of Mid Ore
gon program, time is the key to developing a
solid mentor relationship. "We've learned
that mentoring works.” Executive Director
Merrie Garoute said. “One-to-one intensive
pairing is always beneficial to both parties."
Garoute should know. After 16 years with
Big Brother-Big Sister, sliti has witnessed
abused children change their outlook on life
after onl> six months in tfie program.
In the early 1980s, Big Brother-Big Sister
was incorporated ns a private, nonprofit
organization into the huge no-Springfield
area. It became affiliated with the national
program in 1986.
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