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to voluntarily spend a maximum
of $100 on their campaigns.
“We’re doing this basically be
cause we’re poor; we’re flat
broke,” De Poe said.
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
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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.
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