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college.
“I was in default,” he said. "It
just dominates your life.”
As a way to keep other students
from having the same problem,
Alexakis said he supported a Clin
ton administration proposal that
would allow students to pay off
their loans with community ser
vice.
“It makes it real ly easy to pay off
your debts," he said. “I’m here be
cause I believe in what Ron
Wyden is doing.”
Wyden supported the Clinton
proposal and is looking at a way
for college students to make their
college education a tax write-off.
Wyden is also working with U.S.
Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) to find
ways of reducing tuition costs.
Alexakis said the impact of stu
dent loans was part of his interest
in participating in the voting ral
lies, but he also felt students were
too apathetic about the political
process.
“Just get off your butt,” he said.
“There’s so much complacency.
People need to take issues serious
ly. 1 feel like 1 can take what I have
learned from being a student and
use it to motivate people.”
Alexakis took issues seriously
when he did campaign work for
Michael Dukakis’ 1988 presiden
tial campaign and Clinton’s 1992
presidential campaign.
Traveling to different countries,
especially ones with totalitarian
governments, is a way for students
to gain respect for American
democracy, he said.
“It’s really frustrating how peo
ple take what they have here for
granted,” Alexakis said. "It’s pret
ty scary when the people that you
look up to provide sendees for you
are instilling fear in your heart. ”
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Huy Ong joined a group of protesters who rallied Wednesday to oppose Sen. Ron Wyden’s support of the Guest Worker Program.
MEChA protests against Wyden at rally
Wyden’s support of a
foreign ‘Guest Worker’
Bill brought on the ire of
the Latino group
By David Ryan
Oregon Daily Emerald
Along with hundreds of listen
ers, 15 protesters welcomed U.S.
Sen. Ron Wyden to the University
on Wednesday as he urged stu
dents to vote.
Protesters from MEChA, a na
tional Latino student group,
protested Wyden’s help in the
passage of a bill that allowed agri
cultural businesses to hire foreign
“guest workers.”
Carrying signs that said “Shame
on Wyden,” and chanting slogans,
protesters marched toward the
podium after Wyden finished
speaking.
“Essentially the Guest Worker
Bill is legalizing slavery,” said
Ariel Chavarria, a member of
MEChA. “The Latinos give a lot to
the economy of Oregon."
During an interview before the
rally, Wyden said he was happy
with the bill
“I asked the Library of Congress
to settle the bill once and for all,”
he said.
The Library of Congress com
pared basic federal farm worker
protections with promised protec
tions in the Guest Worker Bill and
sent Wyden the results.
The results stated the Guest
Worker Bill required agricultural
employers to provide domestic
workers with wages, housing and
compensation. In addition, the re
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Amy Casso, former director of
MEChA, said the bill was harmful
to labor unions and racist despite
its provisions because a similar
program, called Bracero, in the
1950s and ’60s promised similar
protections that were never en
forced.
“The director of the Bracero
program basically called it legal
ized slavery,” Casso said.
Casso claimed the bill was racist
because it targeted migrant Latino
workers. A central issue for Casso
was the hypocritical stance she
said Wyden took on the bill.
“The primary issue is that
Wyden is supposed to be pro
union and pro-democracy,” she
said.
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