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Xander Patterson of the Pacific Green Party criticizes the major party candidates, calling
Al Gore “the bad” and George W. Bush “the ugly.”
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sue aside from the environment.
A larger problem looms under
neath, and Patterson claimed there
is a “profound corporate control
over our government, our media
[and] our educational system.”
The time to confront these is
sues is now, Patterson said, for a
“spirit of activism [has] seized the
people,” and the Green Party has a
superb banner to rally around:
Nader.
In order for the opportunity to
not be missed, Patterson tried to
dispel fears that Nader votes will
essentially go to Republican presi
dential candidate George W. Bush,
saying that he didn’t think Nader’s
campaign will take away from
Gore’s votes.
But the votes that do come in for
Nader are a huge deal for the
Green Party, he said. If it can gar
ner 5 percent of the vote this elec
tion, it can receive millions of dol
lars in funding for future
campaigns.
And that, Patterson said, puts
the Green Party on the road to ma
jor party status.
“Don’t get frozen in the head
lights like a deer,” Patterson said.
“Vote for Ralph. It’s the only vote
that really counts for an Oregon
ian.”
H... // / had to choose
between Democrats in
Congress and a Democrat
in the White House, Id
choose Congress because
that's where laws are
made.
Mark Robinowitz
Nader supporter
He added that if Nader does im
pact the election in Bush’s favor,
he could also deliver the House of
Representatives to Democrats.
Nader supporter Mark Robi
nowitz said that “if I had to choose
between Democrats in Congress
and a Democrat in the White
House, I’d choose Congress be
cause that’s where laws are made.”
This year’s election, Patterson
said, confronts voters with three
choices: “The good” — Nader, “the
bad” — Democratic presidential
candidate A1 Gore, and “the ugly”
— Bush.
Patterson touched only briefly
upon “the ugly,” calling Bush an
“old kind of anti-environmental
ist.” He did, however, devote
much more time to the person
whom he called the “new anti-en
vironmentalist”: Gore.
Reiterating a Nader claim that
Gore wrote “Earth in a Balance” to
position himself as an environ
mentalist, Patterson outlined the
shortfalls of the Clinton-Gore ad
ministration, which revolved
around such issues as genetic engi
neering, fuel efficiency and toxic
risks.
Audience member Chris Bay
ham, a graduate student studying
community and regional planning,
questioned some of the facts Pat
terson presented.
Warning against oversimplifying
government and political actions,
he said that “it’s not as black and
white as you might portray it.”
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poration ratified. In addition, the is
sue of the University’s liability pro
tection is still too unclear for it to
make a commitment to the consor
tium, McDonald said.
“We await their response and
their response to our earlier in
quiries,” he said.
David Frank, an associate profes
sor in the Clark Honors College and
chair of the University Senate WRC
Review Committee, said he had not
been aware of the legal issues until
Frohnmayer’s announcement. He
said he was reluctant to comment
on the announcement because he
isn’t a lawyer, but did say it would
be proper for the University to en
sure that all legal issues are settled
before joining with the WRC.
“If the legal standards are valid,
they need to be met by the WRC
and the Fair Labor Association,” he
said.
In his statement, Frohnmayer
said that “when and if a similar in
voice is received from the Fair La
bor Association, the same proce
dures of review and due diligence
will apply,” meaning the Universi
ty could also decide not to pay the
FLA if it found reason.
Business professor Lynn Kahle,
who sat in as a faculty advisor dur
ing the last WRC meeting on Oct. 2,
said the WRC could comply with
the University’s conditions soon.
He said there appeared to be a will
ingness on the WRC’s part during
the meeting, and he added that sev
eral issues about liability were dis
cussed.
“There’s usually a lag until ac
tion is taken, so it could happen by
the next meeting,” he said.
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