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www.dailyemerald.com On a roll The Ducks aim to continue their season-long success against the Cougars. Inside supplement Planning ahead The University will host its fourth annual Sustainable Business Symposium. PAGE 3A Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Friday November 3,2000 Volume 102, Issue 48 Weather today hummkm. high 60, low 40 4 — ■' ..." ■'1 '1 ''''''' 11 ■"11 ■ >■ fi0.; I Dan Brunei! Emerald Andrea Bostic moderates the debate among Socialist Karl Sorg, Republican Dr. Bill Young and Democrat Phil Barnhart (left to right) in the Ben Under Room at the EMU on Thursday. The candidates discussed topics ranging from education to racial equality. Panel grills candidates at debate House of Representatives candidates shared their thoughts on issues ranging from education to Measure 9 By Lindsay Buchele Oregon Daily Emerald Almost 30 people turned out Thursday to hear a debate among the three candidates running for the House of Representatives District 40 seat, which repre sents the East University area. The candidates addressed leg islative issues that would affect state university students in the student-moderated debate, which was organized by the ASUO Executive Office. The panel of four University students had the opportunity to grill the candidates — Republi can Bill Young, Democrat Phil Barnhart, and Socialist Karl Sorg — on issues such as education funding, Measure 9 and cam paign finance reform during the debate in the Ben Linder Room of the EMU. The panel included ASUO community outreach intern Jes sica Lurie, ASUO diversity in tern Victoria Gonzalez, OSPIRG intern Bret Force, and ASUO leg islative intern Rachel Pilliod. The ASUO Legislative Commit tee devised the questions to be asked and the four panelists did the actual questioning. The first question asked con cerned one of the hottest issues in this year’s election: education funding. “Measure 91 will be the most harmful to school funding,” Young said. “What we need to do for funding is look at costs and find better ways to use the mon ey we have.” Barnhart agreed with Young but thought there was more to the issue. “Funding is important, and the most deadly measures con cerning funding are the ones that will cut taxes,” Barnhart. “Mea sure 8 is very loaded. We could lose our faculty over it. ” Sorg focused more on fixing the current tax structure in order to better fund education. “We need to redo the tax struc ture,” Sorg said. “Ifwetaxtherich at 90 percent, we could use that tax money to fund education. ” Tax measures weren’t the only ballot measures getting attention during the debate. Each candi date strongly opposed Measure 9, which would prohibit schools Turn to Candidates, page 4A Voter list slips from ASUO ■The unintentional release of a list of student voters generates controversy about who should have access to the information By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald The ASUO accidentally released a list of student voters that it registered this fall, but ASUO Executive mem bers said voters should not expect phone calls urging people to vote for a certain candidate. The ASUO put its new voter infor mation into a database for “Youth Vote 2000,” a study run by a Yale pro fessor who wants to examine why students vote. ASUO members will call students urging them to turn in their mail-in ballots. But a few weeks ago, two Universi ty students who work in the ASUO got the list, and that has graduate English student Scott Austin asking that any group have access. The controversy began with what ASUO Legislative Organizer Melissa Unger called a “misunderstanding. ” Alan Tauber, who helped the ASUO file about 5,000 voter registra tion cards in a computer database, gave a copy of the list to senior politi cal science major Dan Katz. At the same time, under the impression that she had full permission to do so, Sen. Jennifer Greenough printed the first 1,000 names from the database, Unger said. Katz and Greenough intended to use the list to help with Oregon Judge Paul DeMuniz’s campaign for State Supreme Court, which they both support. The DeMuniz campaigners called some of the voters in the database while they possessed the information, Unger said. Unger said she told them to stop calling and to provide a fist of the people they contacted. They have stopped calling and have promised to deliver the list of names. Austin said he obtained a copy of the fist at the same time as the DeMu Turn to Voter list, page 4 A Hour biggest concern is the study and making sure it is non-parti san. That's why we don't want to give out the list Brian Tanner state affairs coordinator ASUO yy Outdoor adventures abound thanks to Pacific Challenge Students travel to Australia and New Zealand each winter for extreme sports and wild adventures By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald They’ve gone rock climbing on mountains overlooking Aus tralian fields, bungee jumped in New Zealand and mingled with the natives Down Under. Step aside, Road Rules cast, and make room for students who have experienced the Pacific Challenge. Offered every winter term for the past 12 years, the national Pa cific Challenge program gives stu dents the opportunity to earn up per-division credit while exploring Australia and New Zealand for eight weeks. Four groups of 18 students, which leave three days apart from each other, travel through the countryside with local guides, not staying in one area for more than three days. The journey gives individuals the chance to partake in outdoor activities that include whitewater rafting, back packing, scuba diving, kayaking, surfing, skydiving and mountain biking. Program Director Dave Wright began the program in 1987 as a part of a research project to finish his graduate studies for the school of education at the Univer sity. He gathered a small group of students to accompany him, and when student interest grew, he of ficially began the Pacific Chal lenge program, which now has four groups to accommodate every student who wants to go. Wright said for most students, the trip is a life-changing experience where they learn about the envi ronment, themselves and other cultures. Karen Kanes, a junior journal ism major, participated in the program last year and said she went because of her love for the outdoors and traveling. “It was like a dream come true,” she said. One of the most thrilling parts of the trip for the participants was bungee jumping from the Kawa rau Bridge in Queenstown, the first commercial bungee-jumping site in the world. The bridge is 43 meters above the Kawarau River. Alex Hughes, a senior journal ism major who also completed • • Turn to Challenge, page 5A It was like a dream come true. Karen Kanes junior journalism major yy
