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November 16,2000
Volume 102, Issue 57
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Gore seeks statewide hand re-count in Florida
Bush rejected
Gore’s
proposal,
saying the
process is
‘arbitrary and
chaotic’
By Ron Fournier
The Associated Press
Al Gore won the right to count thousands of
contested ballots in heavily Democratic coun
ties in Florida after a Republican court fight fal
tered Wednesday, and he made a surprise pro
posal for a statewide hand re-count of all 6
million ballots.
From the start, the Republicans have objected
to re-counts by hand, calling them a subjective
and inaccurate process open to political mischief.
The vice president also offered to meet per
sonally with the Texas governor “to improve the
tone of our dialogue.”
“I propose that Governor Bush and I meet
personally, one on one, as soon as possible, be
fore the vote count is finished, not to negotiate
but to improve the tone of our dialogue in
America,” Gore said Wednesday night from the
foyer of the vice presidential residence at the
U.S. Naval Observatory.
Gore pledged that, if Republicans allow manu
al re-counts to continue in Florida’s Broward,
Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, he would
accept without challenge whatever tally those re
counts should yield — added to certified results
from 64 other counties and overseas absentee bal
lots due by midnight Friday.
Without interruptions, such as the motions
and injunctions that flew through the Florida
courts earlier Wednesday, Gore said the re
counts could be done and the presidency set
tled “with finality and justice” in seven days.
Bush rejected Gore’s overture, called manual
re-counts “arbitrary and chaotic,” and said they
should not be included in any final tally.
“The way to conclude this election in a fair
and accurate and final way is for the state of
Florida to count the remaining overseas ballots,
add them to the certified vote, and announce
the results as required by Florida law,” Bush
Turn to President, page 4A
Catharine Kendall Emerald
Sen. Ron Wyden (left) speaks with senior history and journalism major Jeremiah Hubbard (far right) in front of the
University Bookstore Wednesday, while others look on.
Wyden holds ‘office hours’
■The Oregon senator answered questions about physician-assisted suicide, the
Electoral College and Oregon football
By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students asked questions and voiced con
cerns about the presidential election and physi
cian-assisted suicide during Sen. Ron Wyden’s
“Sidewalk Office Hours” outside the University
Bookstore Wednesday afternoon.
“I just walked by today, saw Senator Ron Wyden
and thought it would be a good opportunity to learn
something,” ASUO intern Mike Barnhill said. “It’s
nice to see what a national official has to say.”
The first question thrown Wyden’s way didn’t
address the country’s split support for the presi
dential candidates, but rather Oregon’s split loy
alties in this Saturday’s Civil War game between
Tu rn to Wyden, page 4A
B reslow accused of bias
and neglecting duties
■Two students have gathered 70 of the 1,700 votes
required to hold a vote to recall the ASUO president
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
Two University students have begun an effort to oust
ASUO President Jay Breslow.
If freshman business major Jarred White
and junior sociology major Chris Fosnight
N. mfjPjftj Se^ percent of the student population —
about 1,700 people — to sign a petition by
Dec. 13, they will force a campus vote on
whether to remove Breslow from office.
By Wednesday afternoon, they had about 70 signatures.
White and Fosnight have accused Breslow of being biased
and partisan during the ASUO’s voter participation campaign
and of neglecting his duties this term.
“We feel that [Breslow is] just not doing a good enough
job,' White said. “We think his priorities are in the wrong
place.”
The first accusation stems from the Oct. 27 ASUO Candi
date Fair and Rock the Vote Rally, which featured speeches
from six Democrats, including former presidential candidate
Bill Bradley. White said Breslow promised the College Re
publicans equal access, but the ASUO didn’t schedule time
for any Republican speakers.
Both White and Fosnight are members of the College Re
publicans.
But Breslow said he offered both the College Democrats
and the College Republicans help in scheduling speakers dur
ing the ASUO’s voter participation campaign, and he was not
biased in any part of that campaign.
He added that Rock the Vote was a separate event from the
candidate fair, which featured many Republicans.
In Breslow’s defense, ASUO legislative organizer Melissa
Unger said the legislative team planned the voter drive.
“We put on the candidate fair. It was our intern who worked
on it,” she said, adding that Breslow “knew it was going on, but
Turn to Recall, page 3A
BRESLOW
H We
think his
priorities
are in the
wrong
place.
Jarrett White
freshman,
business yy
Rose Bowl appearances historically raise donations
Athletic
success brings
financial
benefits to the
University
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
As Oregon’s two nationally ranked football teams
clash in the biggest Civil War of the game’s 104
year-history, the two not only vie for roses, but the
millions of dollars in alumni donations and in
creased enrollment that go with them.
The national recognition and prestige that comes
with a trip to Southern California for a Rose Bowl
appearance in January reaps a huge windfall for the
school fortunate enough to make it to the game.
“There’s absolutely no doubt there’s a direct cor
relation,” said Duncan McDonald, vice president
of public affairs and development, about increased
donations and a winning football team.
McDonald said a myth exists that if a school does
well in sports, only the athletic department benefits
from philanthropy. The truth, he said, is that the
rising tide of a successful athletics program lifts all
the University boats from the shore.
“It tends to be the rare donor who only gives to
one entity,” he said.
According to information the Office of Develop
ment provided, total donations for the 1994-1995
school year were $24.4 million. But in the school
year following the Ducks’ fourth Rose Bowl ap
pearance in January 1995, donations jumped to
$52.3 million.
Turn to Donations, page 4A
Total donations to the University by year
Contributions increased after the Ducks’ trip to the ‘95 Rose Bowl |
Jjrooke Mossetin Emerald