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.