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August 1 4,10. H. 12 SPM july X). August 13' 2 PM Arena Theatre Mad Duck Box Office- 346-4192 Box Off io' 1 lours Mon Fri 1! 30 2 30 & 3:30- 6:00 _Ht Hoor. VtilarJ Hall- KiH>;n 116 Event: Initiative may reshape council ■ Continued from Page 1 to the second choice, or third, etc And voters < an rank several candidates equally, dividing their vote as needed among one or mom candidates Although the system sounds complic ated. Hcmthoc kle said that a computer c an work it out in a matter of sec onds Tln> intiahve would also increase the City Council to a tO-Rtembur body, up from night, and expand the power of the c ouoc il bv limiting the c it> man ager's authority It would also allow council members to In* paid for their work on the coun <41. The election would iw* con ducted through mail-in ballot, hut it would also be possible to go to a poll. Hornbuc kle said. One of the benefits of this new process is (hat it would elimi nate I ho net'll for a primary eie, lion Ikh^ui* tho candidates w ould not need to he narrowed down. Therefore it would he more cos! effot live for the < itv. Horn buckle said The computer program, (level oped by J»f«l Software, counts the votes and dons the distribut ing electronically "It's almost impossible to make a mistake in prefurem e voting." Horn but kle said Preference voting has been around for a long time. Horn buckle said, adding that the founder of the la-ague of Women Voters has been a big proponent A similar type of voting system is used in < ambridge. M iss . although tt is done by hand and not electronically There it is well-rot etved and draws spot ta tors to the counting on election night. Hombuckie said. Hombuckle said he i rented the initiative b«*< ause he believes voter alienation is a problem in this city. Instead of having a race where an incumbent has the advantage be* a use of name recognition, a voter will !»• better able to make an informed decision about a candidate's ideas, Hombuckle said. "It i.auM's issue-oriented cam paigns where voters have the ability to penalize candidates." fie said Opponents of the initiative, including itigene Mayor Ruth Has* OR), say the initiative has a poor chatu e of passing lea ause it includes too many issues. Also, she has said, v oters do not really want to pay the city council. Project: It will excite kids, coordinator says ■ Continued from Pago 1 lion on 4‘i geographic al lot at ions .it ross iln> state The Mi.*-, represented on KxplOregon were t'.host'll based on the amount of information, photographs, and research t ollt't it'd nlxiut Ihem The slate is divided into nine phys iographic regions with physical charm (eristics unique to each of those regions kids do get excited about multi-media." said James Meat ham, geographical < coordinator lor the projec t "They i an interact with images on tin- s. reen and explore arms the) ve bwin to or areas they will l»> going to Joe Searl, t o director of the projec t, said the CD-ROM was designed to serve as a supplement in the classroom, not to eliminate geography textbooks altogether "Sun kids are Immg exposed to multi-media, we need more of it m education." Searl said Anybody that elimi nates or relies on textbooks entirely is missing the point," KxplOregon will be presented at the International Cartographers Association Conference* in Barcelona, Spain, during the first week of September Lay said every sc hoot in Oregon, kindergarten through high s< hcKjl, will he receiving a free CD-ROM courtesy of the Sony disc manufacturing plant, in Springfield mm Change: OSSHE hopes to save $1.1 million ■ Continued from Page 1 The bill will allow more of higher education's interests to I*' served dur ing the bargaining process. Anderson said. Iwcanse only higher education officials are involved. After the bill passed. OSS} I1-. signed a letter of agreement with OPKU, out lining how new contracts would he negt mated If the union does not reacfi a con tract agreement for 1995-97 with the state by mid-August OSSHE will use the 1993-95 contrai t as a starting point for contract negotiations. Meanwhile OSSi IE is try mg to work out all the kinks hi the system. Ander son said Each campus lias I wen work ing with groups to design policies to make the transition easier, he said Microcomputer Support Center 202 Computing Center • 346 4402 • Monday Friday 9am-5pm • e-mail mpp^£oregon • http mpp uoregon edu rvr r/ypr^ ■' s '•*' * Be cool. v. MaUc a bifferevice. OiAMge flic >vor1i>. RECYCLE v \J
