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n MONDAY: Opinion TUESDAY: Politics WEDNESDAY: Opinion THURSDAY: Politics FRIDAY: Opinion a voter’s guide to the 1996 election and life on the campaign trail What issues are most likely to influence the way you vote in the Nov. 5 election? Let us know. Bruggere voices his opinion on education The Emerald had an opportunity to interview Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tom Bruggere when he visited Eugene on Saturday. Gordon Smith, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, will be featured in the politics page on Thursday. By Shana Cohn Politics Editor Bruggere was asked his position on several higher education issues and on steps he had previously tak en to improve educa tion in Oregon. This is Bruggere's first attempt at seek ing public office. He started the high-tech company Mentor Graphics in Wilsonville in 1981 and retired two years ago. Bruggere, 50, was the son of a traveling candy salesman and the first in his family to attend college. ISSUE: Student Loans The Federal Student Loan Program has of ferings such as flexible repayment options and speeds up the rate in which students receive their loan checks. Q Do you support this program? You bet. When I balanced the budget ■ in the spring primaries, I cut from defense and corporate welfare and invest ed in higher education. My priorities were to make money available for more loans and grants. ISSUE: Access to Higher Education QDo you believe equal access to ■ higher education is a right for all people? A Yes. Because we are in this move ■ ment from an industrial society to an information society, education is really the bridge across which people are going to need to go as we move into the next cen tury. As a result, making certain that we have access to lifelong education is so im portant because people will be changing jobs more often, there will be changes in technology and changes in our daily lives. In the high-tech industry education is so critical. We consider an engineer with a new college degree to be obsolete by the time they are five or six years out of col lege, unless they can go back and get con Courtesy Photo tinuing education. That's why we must have quality pro grams that enhance our educational capa bilities and are affordable. And we need to help provide both geographic and financial access. A person’s overall quality of life is determined by the amount and quality of education they have. ISSUE: Tax Deductions Qln your five-point education plan ■you recommended tax deductions for college tuition and vocational train ing. Explain. Alt you or your parents were putting ■you through school, they would be able to deduct the tuition from their taxes if it were a four-year institution or for vo cational training. It's just another thing in addition to grants, loans and work study programs that make going to college more affordable. It’s really oriented either toward students working full-time or par ents who are sending a child to school. ISSUE: Financial Aid In the last 20years, the government has shifted the balance of federal financial aid from grants to loans. While in 1975, feder al aid consisted of 20 percent loans and 76 percent grants, in 1993, it was 80 per cent loans and 20 percent grants, accord ing to the Oregon Student Association. Q Would you take pro-active mea sures to reverse this trend? A I do believe in providing more mon ■ey for grants. What's happened is the cost of higher education has risen so much faster than the inflation rate the past 10 years that education has gotten out of reach for a lot of people. Because the cost of college has grown so fast, students need more and more assistance to help all people go to school. ISSUE: Debt Burden Students continue to increasingly borrow money to get through college, leaving them thousands of dollars in debt. The av erage University student graduates with $17,500 of debt. QDo you have any long-term solu tions to the issue of debt burden? A I would enhance work study pro grams, where students are able to Turn to BRUGGERE, Page 3A BIOGRAPHY ■ BORN: Feb. 18. 1946, in Berkeley. Calif. ■ RESIDENCE: Wilsonville, Ore. ■ EDUCATION: Bachelor's in math ematics, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1968; master’s in computer science, University of Wis consin, 1972; mas ter’s in business, Pepperdine Univer sity, 1975. ■ CAREER HISTORY: Manag er at Tektronix Inc. in Beaverton; helped found Men tor Graphics and was board chair man and CEO until 1994. ■ MILITARY: U.S. Army, 1968 1970, including service in Vietnam. ■ PLATFORM: Includes protecting Medicare pro grams; raising the minimum wage; reducing crime through communi ty policing and ju venile prevention programs; sup ports regulations that protect clean air and drinking water; and pro-choice. The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Fri day during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University ot Oregon, Eugene, Oregon A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates independently of the University with of fices at Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private property. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law Editor-in-Chief: Steven Asbury Managing Editor Jennifer Carter Night Editor: Mark McTyre Community: Jennifer Schmitt, editor Jean Bond Entertainment: Nicole Kreuger, editor. Jesse Stephenson Higher Education: Kristine Sohnrey. editor. Tamyra Howser, in depth. Benjamin Kwasney Opinion: Ashley Bach, editor Chris Hutchinson, illustrator. Politics: Shana Cohn, editor Doug Irving Special Protects: Tiffany Smith Student Activities: Kristin Bailey, editor. Angie Suchy, Tom Potter Sports: Mark McTyre. editor Andrea DeYoung, assistant editor. Chris Hansen. Ryan Frank. Ryan Halvorsen Copy Desk: Thom Schoenborn, copy chief. Trevor Kearney, Sarah Kidder, Mike Schmierbach. Kendra Smith Presentation: Dennis Bolt, editor Cosmos Corbin. Matt Carton Photography: Mathew Stiffler. editor Andrew Brackensick. Joe Bunik. Shannon Kilduff. Chad Patteson. Amanda Erickson Freelance: Lara Pittman, editor. On-Line: Nicholas Stiffler, direc tor. General Manager Judy Riedl Advertising Becky Merchant, director Anne Amador. Lee Yen Beh, Marco Chmg, Yupn Chi. Man Johnson. Anne Miller. Trina Sha naman. Rose Soil, Man Solomon. Greg Walsh Classified: Tara Sloan, manager Natasha Lumpkin, Debbie Levy, Heather Moye Production: Michele Ross, manager Ingrid White, coordinator Shawna Abele, Laura Daniel. Susan Head,Trevor Kearney.Tara Knight, Melissa Lebahn, Molly McCanta. Allison Stormo, Mike Young Business: Kathy Carbone, supervisor Judy Connolly Distribution: John Long. David Lee Newsroom.(541)346-5511 Display Advertising.(541) 346-3712 Business Oftice.(541)346-5512 Classified Advertising.(541) 346-4343 j'j JJ rj JJ_r. A look at some of the 23 ballot measures in the Nov. 5 election THE MEASURE WHAT IT WOULD DO Amend the state Constitution to require the legislature to pay local governments for new state-mandated programs or in creased levels of service. If the legislature does not provide funds, the local govern ment wouldn’t need to comply with a law or rule that requires the program or ser vice. Would require a 3/5 vote in each house of legislature to reduce state rev enues that would be distributed to local governments. Would be repealed in 2001 unless re-approved in the 2000 general ARGUMENTS FOR Makes implementing state pro grams easier for local govern ments. Makes legislature more aware of costs local govern ments must shoulder. Could al low local governments to keep more of their own funds. ARGUMENTS AGAINST Super majority required to re duce state-shared revenue gives too much power to minority. Would involve the state too heav ily in local governments. Could allow legislature to take tax rev enue that it currently shares with local governments. THE MEASURE WHAT IT WOULD DO Repeals the 1994 Bear/Cougar Hunting ban Initiative. Under this initiative, it’s il legal to hunt cougars with dogs or to bait bears. Gives exclusive authority for man aging wildlife to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife who would set hunting and fishing regulations. Repeals all other laws that regulate the taking of wildlife except those established by the Depart ment of Fish and Wildlife. ARGUMENTS FOR Since the initiative became law, cougar sightings have increased in population centers. There has also been an increase in damage caused by cougars. Professional wildlife managers should have ex clusive authority to set hunting rules. Taxpayers are currently paying because of the sharp de cline in the cougar and bear har vest. The 1994 initiative was influ enced by out-of-state animal rights interests. ARGUMENTS AGAINST Use of dogs and bait is unfair and cruel. There is no substantiated evidence that the current ban has increased cougar sightings. There hasn’t been enough time to deter mine whether the ban works well or should be changed. Baiting bears could make them used to human food, thereby luring them into population centers. Animal control is still allowed if the ani mals become dangerous or a problem.
