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In their e-mail, they added that they believe a limit on campaign finances will give every student even footing and a fair chance at winning the election. Presidential candidates Daniel Atkinson and Scott Austin, who are each running without a vice president candidate, responded and have pledged to not spend a dime on their campaigns. Austin spent only $250 last year when he ran against incum bent Sen. Susan Castillo for the Oregon State Senate. Although president and vice presidential candidates C.J. Gabbe and Peter Larson have al ready spent about $200 on cam paign posters, buttons and a Web page, Gabbe said he does worry that money is making student campaigns inaccessible to some students. “Both of us come from lower to middle-income families, and financial issues have been a big concern from the beginning,” Gabbe said. He and Larson have been writ ing letters to family members, friends and former teachers to fund raise the money for their campaign. Instead of fund raising, De Poe said she and Upshaw are looking for more creative ways to get their message out to the voters. “Caitlin will be tap dancing on 13th St. She might have a sand wich board or something with her. We’re still in the planning process,” De Poe said. While a bid for the student presidency obviously doesn’t run candidates into the millions of dollars, it’s not unusual for stu dents to spend more than $1,000 for posters, buttons, fliers and Web pages promoting their cam paigns. ASUO Executive Wylie Chen and Mitra Anoushiravani spent almost $1,060 last year on their campaign. Runners-up Dan Reid and Matt Swanson spent almost $1,600, and the Committee to Reestablish OSPIRG spent almost $1,200. The ASUO doesn’t place a cap on how much a candidate can fund raise or how soon they can start campaigning. However, can didates can accept a maximum of $500 from a single group or per son. Chen said he thinks it would be extremely difficult for a candi date to win the presidency with only $100 but that it isn’t a com plete impossibility. “If you had good outreach and got out there and talked to a lot of people, it could be possible,” Chen said. “I think this necessitates that we look at campaign finance in the future. We don’t want it to become inaccessible,” Gabbe said. But placing a cap on cam paign spending may be impossi ble. Portland State University re cently had to change its elections rules because they vio lated the First Amendment. PSU student body president Tim Young said restrictions on spending and campaign periods were removed from PSU’s stu dent elections rules because they were violation of free speech laws. Oregon State University cur rently requires its student candi dates to spend a maximum of $500, which ASOSU Elections Board member Christopher Jones admitted might violate the First Amendment. “But no one seems to com plain. It’s more about the issues than money,” Jones said. De Poe agreed that integrity and the issues should be the de ciding factor in student elections, and not how much money a can didate can raise. But she said that, if elected, she and Upshaw wouldn’t enforce a cap at the University. “We’d probably recommend it to the candidates. People need to realize [people are] still viable candidates even without a Web address,” she said. DeFazio continued from page 1 Guard's ice-breaking ships, the Polar Star. Weather permitting, DeFazio will visit McMurdo Sta tion, the South Pole, the Dry Val leys and return to Oregon Feb. 12. On DeFazio’s Web site dedicat ed to the trip, he writes that Coast Guard Commandant James M. Loy offered to take him along for an inspection of the Polar- Star, which forges paths through Antarctic ice for smaller passen ger and cargo ships. "I jumped at the opportunity and accepted on the spot," De Fazio writes. "My wife Myrnie was quite surprised about my ea gerness to undertake this journey. She reminded me of my com plaints about my 30-plus round trip flights to Washington each year and my aversion to plane and helicopter travel in bad weather. The trip will require about 26 hours of flight time to McMurdo and another 2 hours to the Pole itself. Nonetheless, I look upon this trip as one of the most exciting experiences of my life." DeFazio's trip won’t be all sightseeing, though. As top ranking Democrat on the House Coast Guard and Mar itime Transportation Subcommit tee, which oversees the Coast Guard's budget and activities, De Fazio will observe the Polar Star's performance and report to the subcommittee. The Polar Star, which costs $60,000-$70,000 per day to oper ate, is one of two Coast Guard icebreakers clearing paths to Antarctica for scientists and ex plorers. Philip McGillivary, Coast Guard icebreaker science liaison, calls the monstrous 399 foot-long ship “the sleek, swift maiden of the ice.” “It looks like a giant red foot ball cut in half with a few gray bricks on top of it,” he said. “It cuts through the ice the old-fash ioned way with lots of weight and lots of power.” The 13,194-ton behemoth uses an 18,000 horsepower diesel electric generator/motor and a 75,000 horsepower gas turbine/ reduction gear system to cut its way through ice at 3-5 knots. When the ship encounters old, thick ice, however, it inches its way through by "backing and ramming," McGillivary said. "If you thought riding on the icebreaker on a typical day was unpleasant, wait until it starts backing and ramming," he said. Fortunately for DeFazio, McGillivary said, the Coast Guard expects a relatively smooth ride through normal ice conditions. DeFazio will keep a daily jour nal on his Web site and has arranged to correspond via e-mail with a handful of Oregon grade school and middle school classes. “Some of the questions from the kids have been really cute, like, ‘How cold is it?’ ‘How much snow is there?’ and ‘Do you sleep in igloos?”’ DeFazio spokesper son Kathie Eastman said. Also, a handful of University professors requested that De Fazio look into the environmen tal issues on the forefront of Antarctic scientific research. Planning, public policy and management Professor, John H. Baldwin, said he hopes DeFazio will meet with scientists and dis cuss research on the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica. Baldwin said he particularly hopes DeFazio will look into re search focusing on the hole's ef fects on global warming and on the eyes of animals. “There is a lot of misconcep tion and misinformation about these issues in the press,” Bald win said. While the majority of the sci entific community is deeply con cerned about the ozone hole, Baldwin said, many legislative lobbyists downplay the impor tance and existence of the hole. "Seeing the research on the ground and talking to the re searchers measuring the scientif ic impact is quite an opportunity for DeFazio to see the level of concern among scientists free from the politics of Washington D.C.," Baldwin said. jfldvertise in Oregon tiaily Emerald Classifieds! Call 346-4343! PO. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Mon day through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates inde pendently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private property. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law. 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