Election News
Bettin plans to dissolve executive
ay jason ueorge
Oregon Daily Emerald
Editor’s note: This is the first of
an 11 -part series profiling the
ASUO Executive candidates for
next year. The primary elections
are April 14 and 15, followed by
the general elections on April 21
and 22. Transcripts of interviews
with each candidate will appear
on page three Monday through
Friday this week. Transcripts are
edited for space, clarity, grammar
and libel.
Brett Bettin is a reglious stud
ies major and is running for
ASUO president without a run
ning mate.
||»What’s your platform?
A»My platform is for a disillu
sion of the ASUO Exec. The
truth is that I am just a figure
head because I have a body. You
see, the Lord did not think he
should come back another time.
He said, “Brett, you run for presi
dent. Put me on your ticket. I
will take care of it when you
win.”
Q«What do you consider the
■two most pressing issues at
the University?
A«Probably student fees and Sa
■tan. It comes down to student
fees and Satan. Satan is a big pro
mulgator of the student fees, as
far as God has told me.
QaHow do you plan to deal
■with those issues?
A»Like I said, I am really just
■here as a figure head. I am
basically turning the whole
thing over to God once it all
goes down.
0«What are the weaknesses of
»the University?
A«Again, I think we have cov
«ered this already. I think the
strong, the strongest weakness
we have is that the exec exists,
and that has been nothing but
problems since my term at the U
of O. I think by disbanding the
exec, office, the University will
be a better place for people from
every walk of life, not just Chris
tians or Buddhists, but across the
spectrum. If you will take the
analogy of Noah and his flood, I
think it would be good to flood
the campus and wash away all of
the bad stuff, just like God did so
many centuries ago. Start fresh.
Q«What are the strengths of the
•University?
A*Well, I think the strength of
•this University is the student
body. Because there are a lot of
good people here, I don’t think
they need to put up with the evil
undercurrents that have been
dominating the governmental
branch of this university. It is
time that we put it to an end. We
get rid of it all and let the stu
dents have their campus back
from this small percentage of
people who dominate ....
Q>What experience do you
•have that makes you a good
candidate for ASUO president?
A .That’s the beauty of it, I have
•no experience. That is OK,
though. Because if I get elected,
and I win, there will be no ASUO
president. It is really a moot
point.
f|*In choosing “Lord” as your
l$»running mate, what do you
think the "Lord's” goals are for
ASUO vice-president?
«*It has long been debated if
• students can understand the
will of God, and I am under the
opinion that we can. It is defi
nitely ineffable. I am not going to
sit here and tell you that I defi
nitely know what God's plans
are. I have had a few discussions
with him and most of the time I
am completely lost. There are
hymns and singing and bright
lights, and I basically just stand
there dumbfounded. But I do
know that whatever his plans
are, they will be a benefit to the
University as a whole. Really,
God can’t go wrong, so I have
complete faith.
0«What would be your goals as
•ASUO president?
A* In the eternal war of good and
•evil, I am here to get rid of the
executive branch of this office
because of their misuse of stu
dent fees.
Q»What sets you apart from the
•other 10 presidential candi
dates?
A«I think it is that 1 am running
•with God. Really 1 do not
have anything that is great about
me. I am just a guy who is run
ning with God, and that is what
is carrying me through this. You
just have to have faith that God’s
will be done, and that is all I
have.
Jason George can be reached at jge
orge@gladstone. noregon.edu.
Work study focus of
Beutler’s campaign
by Jason ueorge
Oregon Daily Emeraltl
William Beutler is an unde
clared sophomore and an asso
ciate editor at The Commenta
tor.
Q«What’s your platform?
A .My platform is that I want
•the money for work study.
Basically, I don’t want to do
anything, and 1 figure that if I
put in my 30 hours a week,
which is about 3.3 dollars per
hour, I will be set for the term.
Q»What do you consider the
•two most pressing issues at
the University?
«»One is that I have to walk to
•class, and the other is that it
got cloudy after it was sunny
today.
Q>How do you plan to deal
•with those issues?
A«I think weather control is
■definitely on the order. As
far as walking to class, I think it
is possible that 1 could get a lit
tle bike system running around
here. But I will do what 1 can. I
will talk to my cronies.
Q«What are the weaknesses
•of the University?
A»I think the weakness of the
• University is that I am not
in charge of it. I think there are
a lot of things that need to go
on around here that are not go
ing on around here. And I
think once I am in office I will
be able to get the University on
task and on the road for the
next millennium — that is
what it’s all about. It’s impor
tant because it is about to be a
new millennium.
Q«What are the strengths of
• the University?
A«The strengths of the Uni
•versity are that 1 can go to
school for a couple of years
and not have to worry about
the outside world. As long as 1
keep going further into debt,
going to classes, 1 can pretty
much forget about the future.
Q»What experience do you
•have that makes you a
good candidate for ASUO
president?
A«I like Robo Rally. It is defi
•nitely important to have
somebody in office that knows
their Robo Rally from top to
bottom.
Q»Why did you not choose a
•running mate?
A«Are we supposed to have
•running mates?
Q«What would be your goals
• as ASUO president?
A-What would I do with
•goals?
Q«What sets you apart from
•the other 10 presidential
candidates?
A: There is other people
running for the office?
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