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Cash or credit? Credit cards can lead to debt and a rating for the unwary. PAGE 4A # poor credit Locals going for gold Eugene and the entire state of Oregon have many participants representing their country. PAGE 12A Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene Oregon Friday September 29,2000 Volume 102, Issue 23 Weather TODAY high 65, low 55 Elections 2000 Al Gore's Senior Environmental Policy Advisor, Katie McGinty, speaks at the Erb Memorial Union on Thursday. She discussed environmental policy with a large group of students and community memberT*"EmeraW Gore environmental adviser speaks on campus Green Party supporters and a dead fish greeted Kathleen McGinty in the EMU Thursday By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald When Kathleen McGinty, the top environmental adviser for A1 Gore, came to campus for a town hall meeting Thursday, she probably expected to have an easy time talking policy. Af ter all, Oregon voted Democrat ic in the last three presidential elections. But this is Eugene and the University of Oregon, which also makes it a major Ralph Nader stronghold. A handful of the Green Party candidate’s sup porters came wearing T-shirts and buttons supporting the Green Party candidate, who holds a liberal platform of envi ronmental conservation. They challenged McGinty with tough questions about Gore’s environmental record. She also had an unexpected confrontation with a large, dead fish. About 200 students and com munity members packed them selves in the Ben Linder Room in the EMU for a chance to voice their concerns to McGin ty, who has been Gore’s envi ronmental policy adviser since the vice president was a Ten Turn to McGinty, page 9A Kathleen McGinty has been an environmental adviser for A1 Gore for more than a decade. She re signed from her position as a senior environmen tal adviser for the Clinton administration in 1998 and lived in India with her husband for 15 months. Q: What was there for you in India? A: Well, if you work on environmental issues for a while, you really begin to realize that the Turn to McGinty Q&A, page 9A GTFs, University satisfied with health care agreement Graduate Teaching Fellows won full individual coverage this summer, but some question the stability of the plan By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald Imagine being a single mother living on a salary of less than $400 a month — before taxes. This scenario is reality for some Graduate Teaching Fellows here on campus, and they wel come the agreement on full indi vidual health insurance cover age, part of their contract with the University. The health-insur ance agreement was reached in September. “It is an issue for all GTFs, but for those with dependents, it is really important,” said Charli Carpenter, a political science GTF and single mother. “It is nice to have that safety net.” Carpenter is just one of the l,140GTFs on the University campus who are excited about the decision, which came after controversial negotiations be tween the University and the Graduate Teaching Fellows Fed eration this summer. The negotiations began in June, when about 100 GTFs and other students protested outside Chapman Hall in demand of bet ter coverage. In early September, the Uni versity and the Graduate Teach ing Fellows Federation struck a deal in which the University agreed to cover the entire cost of health insurance for individual TurntoGTFs, page 5A Safety officers stationed in attempt to build trust ■The Department of Public Safety will set up a sub station for officers in the residence halls. By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald There were many changes over the summer for the University Of fice of Public Safety. One of the modifications is that its name is no longer Office of Public Safety. It is now called the Department of Public Safety. The traditional uniforms of white shirts and dark pants are being swapped for more official looking blue uniforms, and en forcement of parking fines on University streets was relaxed for two weeks at the start of fall. In addition to the name and wardrobe change, there is an even bigger change that is affecting some University students a bit closer to home. Soon, three DPS patrol officers will occupy a sub-station in the University residence halls. Aim ing to put on a friendlier face, DPS hopes the officers’ presence will increase the comfort level in the halls while also improving rela tions between itself, residents and student staff, DPS Director Tom Fitzpatrick said. “It is our hope that by having DPS in the buildings on a regular Turn to DPS, page 7A This is the first of a two-part se ries about changes at the Department of Public Safety. Today: Public safety officers move into the residence halls Monday: New patrol cars with red and blue lights
