Secretary
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done, you’ll always get what you’ve
always gotten,”’ Marbet said.
“Democracy is in trouble.”
Pole emphasized his background
— as a member of the Apollo 11
launch team and an engineer with
IBM and Intel — to foreshadow the
creativity he promised to bring to
the office of Secretary of State.
Republican candidate Snodgrass,
a small business owner and former
teacher, stressed her ability to
“squeeze the waste out of govern
ment.”
Introductions gave way to the sec
ond round panel questions, and
each candidate had the opportunity
to address issues such as environ
ment, educational funding and mi
nority involvement in politics.
The candidates seemed to agree
that there were problems in second
ary education.
“The most pressing problem is
[students] get inadequate prepara
tion in high school and elementary
school,” Pole said.
Marbet concurred with his fellow
third-party representative, but spec
ified that Oregonians need to vote
against Measures 7, 8 and 91. Brad
bury went a step further, outlining
the specific issues voters needed to
address when voting for the three
measures that will have the greatest
affect on secondary education.
“First, can all of you afford the ed
ucation you’re seeking,” Bradbury
said. “Second, are we making sure
we have enough money at the state
level to fund higher education?”
Another issue addressed specifi
cally affecting students was raised
by ASUO State Affairs Coordinator
Brian Tanner, who questioned the
candidates’ feelings on the control
of student fees. Again, the candi
dates were in agreement, support
ing student control of the incidental
fees.
“You pay those fees,” Marbet
said. “You should control them.”
Audience members questioned
the candidates on issues related to
the state’s vote-by-mail system, in
cluding voting fraud. Bradbury,
who oversaw the first vote-by-mail
preliminary election during his
term as Secretary of State, contin
ued to support the vote-by-mail
method.
“We had more Oregonians vote in
this primary than ever before,” he
said.
Candidate Ed Pole said he also
supported the vote-by-mail process,
and even suggested extending it to
include voting over the Internet us
ing digital signatures.
The candidates used their closing
remarks to offer promises to voters,
and in some cases to attack their
competitors.
‘‘I leave you with three promises
if I am elected. First, every penny of
tax dollars will be spent wisely,”
Snodgrass said. “Second, I will
make our elections fair. And third,
quality and accountability, as well
as funding for education, will be pri
ority.”
Pole used the opportunity to
push his Independent Party plat
form.
“Three promises? Promises,
promises, promises,” Pole said in
response to Snodgrass’ statement.
“Libertarians do not want to rule
you. They want you to rule your
self.”
After the debate, students sur
rounded the candidates to ask them
further questions.
“There is a phrase ‘Make them lis
ten to us.' I’m one of ‘them,’” Brad
bury said. “I think it’s so great to
have student forums. Most candi
date forums, there are as many can
didates as audience.”
Students at the debate said they
thought a wide range of viewpoints
were represented..
“I think it will enhance student
debate on campus, since there is a
clear difference between candi
dates,” Tanner said.
Yugoslavia
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“The roll of U.S. leaders in the at
tack of Yugoslavia was not in the
interest of the American people or
the people in that region,” Parenti
said. “U.S. global domination is re
ally intended to make the world
safe for the Fortune 500 — the giant
transnational corporation.”
Parenti said he hopes the photo
graphs offer viewers context and an
explanation to why the bombing
occurred.
Parenti has lectured at college
campuses, both nationally and in
ternationally, and is frequently
heard on the radio. His latest book,
“To Kill a Nation: The Attack on
Yugoslavia” will be available in ap
proximately three weeks.
Daniel Karp, a senior art history
major and visual arts coordinator
for the University Cultural Forum,
helped bring the exhibit to the Uni
versity from the Serbian Unity Con
gress. He said the presentation is in
tended to demonstrate what really
happened in Yugoslavia, and that
the bombing was led by the Ameri
can military, under the auspices of
NATO, with the intent of altering
the public’s conscious of the Milo
sevic regime in Yugoslavia.
“Whether or not you agree with
it, this is the documented proof of
what happened,” Karp said.
Karp said that while the pictures
are exceptional, the nature of the
pictures are absolutely morbid.
“It’s not pretty pictures. It’s
death, carnage and destruction,”
Karp said.
Karp said due to media censor
ship, most of the images have never
been seen by the public.
“We saw Milosevic military
refugees being destroyed,” Karp
said. “But what we didn’t see was
the destruction of civilian struc
tures and Albanian refugees and in
nocent families.”
Karp said the stunning collection
was brought to the University to en
gage people in discussion and ad
dress different perspectives of in
ternational politics.
“I hope the University and Eu
gene campus can take advantage of
something visually unique and po
litically important,” Karp said.
Pete Mandrapa, a teacher at Jeffer
son Middle School in Eugene who
is originally from Yugoslavia, said
he followed the events in Kosovo
and Yugoslavia and was emotional
ly impacted by the exhibit when it
was on display at Portland State
University. He said the pictures of
fer an accurate portrayal of the hu
man suffering that occurred.
"Human beings were the collat
eral damage. Houses, schools and
hospitals were the collateral dam
age,” Mandrapa said.
Mandrapa added that some of
the photographs were so disturbing
in nature that they were not exhib
ited. The collection has been on
display in Detroit, Chicago and the
San Francisco Bay area. The pic
tures were re-matted for a more pre
sentable visual appearance.
The exhibit is sponsored by The
MacKenzie River Gathering, the
University Office of International
Affairs, Oregon Peace Works, Eu
gene Peace Works, Alliance for
Democracy, the Eugene Coalition to
Stop the Bombing, Lane County
Women’s Action for New Direc
tions and Fellowship of Reconcilia
tion.
Vaccine
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dents should be able to receive a flu
shot this season. The health center
will be offering flu shots in Area C
once the vaccines become avail
able. Walk-ins are welcome, Mon
day through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. The cost of the shot is $4,
which can be charged to students’
accounts.
“The best time to get your flu
shot is from mid-October to mid
November,” Harbert said. “We ex
pect to have the vaccines by then.”
While students wait to get their
flu shots, there are ways to prevent
contracting the illness. Patty An
drews, nursing director at the
health center, said students should
always drink plenty of fluids and
never share drinks or food with an
other person. They should also
wash their hands frequently to stop
the spread of germs.
“However, getting your shot is
the number one way to prevent the
flu,” Andrews said.
Common flu symptoms include
a fever, severe exhaustion and a
loss of appetite. There is no cure for
the flu once a person contracts it,'so
the sick are forced to wait it out, but
certain over-the-counter medicines
help alleviate some discomfort.
“You know you have the flu
when you can’t get up to go to
class,” Andrews said.
ASUO
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Democracy includes the idea that
students become active in the sys
tem in order to promote what they
feel strongly about, Sullivan said.
“I just want to encourage as
much activism as possible in what
ever form it takes,” he said. “I
think that any kind of activism is
good.”
Sullivan pointed to last year’s
student activism over abortion, as
well as to the students who protest
ed against the WRC protesters. He
said that while he may not agree
with what each protester was say
ing, he thinks the fact that they
were making a statement was a
good thing.
Breslow said he would like peo
ple from both sides of any debate to
join in, and that there are many op
portunities to do so in both the
ASUO Executive office and the
community as whole.
“My vision for student govern
ment is that activism comes in
many, many forms, and from many
different places,” Breslow said.
“People involved in student gov
ernment should be active, and it
comes from the entire spectrum.”
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Calendar
Tuesday, Oct. 17
Model United Nations: Weekly meet
ing offers students an opportunity to
learn about various cultures, current
international issues and how the Unit
ed Nations works. 5 p.m. Century
Room 0, EMU. Free.
International Film Festival: Russia's
“The Thief” is part of a “Coming of
Age” series of films shown in their
original language with English subti
tles. 7 to 9 p.m. Room 122, Pacific
Hall. Free.
Medieval Film Series: "Becket,”
named best picture of 1964, portrays
the war between church and state
personified in two of the most vivid
personalities in English history, Henry
H and Thomas Becket—best friends
turned bitter enemies. 7 p.m. Room
180, PLC. Free.
Author Event: Joe Henderson reads
and autographs copies of “Running
101 .”7:30 p.m. Browsing Room,
Knight Library. Free.
Womenspace holds a silent witness
vigil for victims of domestic abuse.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hult Center. Free.
Author Event: Linda Kay Silva reads
from her novel, “Storm Rising." 7
p.m. Mother Kali's Books. Free.
Protest: Citizens object to the Eugene
School District's decision to solicit
soda pop beverage companies for ex
clusive contracts to sell their products
in Eugene high schools. Noon. 19th
and Patterson. Free.
Presentation: The Outdoor Program
holds a “Leave No Trace” workshop.
7:30 p.m. EMU Outdoor Program of
fice. Free.
Meeting: Fluman Rights Commission
discusses items from the community,
a city employee survey, the state hu
man rights commission, traffic laws
and reports on the racial profiling
symposium. 6:30 p.m. Hult Center,
Brownell Conference Room. Free.
Forum: Multicultural Center invites
students to watch the presidential de
bates with leaders from the MCC,
ASUO, College Democrats, College Re
publicans and OSPIRG. Round table
discussion follows. 5:30 p.m. Free.
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers
cordially invites you
to attend a presentation on
career opportunities in
Investment Banking
Tuesday, October 17,2000
6:00 PM
128 Chiles
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