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A green Halloween party
■ i ne Green party Drings the
bash to the University as a
fundraiser for Ralph Nader’s
presidential campaign
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
Ah, Halloween. A time for
sweets, spooks and — politics? Al
though the combination of cos
tumes and candidates may seem
unlikely, supporters of presidential
candidate Ralph Nader are making
it happen — and at the University,
nonetheless.
The Green Party is hosting a cos
tume party fundraiser Sunday open
to the public to promote awareness
about the Nader campaign and oth
er party issues.
This unorthodox function is just
another aspect of the grassroots
campaign that the Green Party is
running. By focusing on real per
sonal connections instead of dollar
signs, party members sucha as office
manager and volunteer coordinator
Richard Alevizos are carrying their
message forward.
“We’re looking for people to
make an effort and get people to
vote,” Alevizos said.
Mike Meyer, the event producer
and a local DJ, said he thinks this
event serves as a way to shake
things up.
“It’s kind of bucking the big me
dia forces to let them know we’re
there,” Meyer said.
Meyer is weary of the lack of me
dia attention that has been given to
Nader. He said he thinks the way the
Republicans and Democrats domi
nate what the public sees and reads
is unjust to other options, such as
the Green Party.
“Our cause is a fight to gain our
democracy back because Nader has
been censored out of this cam
paign,” Meyer said.
But this event is not trying to fo
cus on any feelings of neglect that
members of the Green Party may
have. In fact, Meyer hopes it will
make people forget about the bad
things altogether.
“I’m hoping for a festive atmos
phere to celebrate our successes,”
Meyer said.
The successes of the party are sub
stantial. For example, during the last
election, Nader received as much 25
percent of the vote in certain areas in
Eugene. Statistics like these have
caused the party to make optimistic
projections for as much as 75 percent
of the vote in the same areas during
the next election. Numbers like these
take their campaign from stirring up
the barrel to having a valid chance at
winning, Alevizos said.
Alevizos attributes this success to
the grassroots nature of the Nader
campaign.
“What I find really curious is [that]
these two campaigns [Bush and
Gore] have spent way more money
than any other campaign in history,
but they’re still having trouble getting
people to vote for them,” he said.
Even though the Nader campaign
may not have the big budget, it can
still bring out some big names.
Russ Weller Emerald
Headlining the fundraiser is author
Ken Kesey, along with his compan
ions, The Merry Pranksters.
“Our band will be playing a ca
denza for Nader,” Kesey said. “And
like Nader, we aren’t playing to win,
just to play.”
Kesey was drawn to this cause by
contact with the man himself,
Ralph Nader.
“He’s tall, intense and somehow
funny,” Kesey said.
The fundraiser will be Sunday at
8 p.m. in Agate Hall. Tickets can be
purchased at CD World, the EMU
ticket office and the Lane County
Nader headquarters at 228 W. 11th.
All profits go to the campaign.
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