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Eugene's Specialty Snowboard Shop 245 Blair Blvd. 349-0087 10% OFF with this ad! m 515 HIGH ST EUGENE 485-4224 SZ6Z0 Little Caesars 1711 Willamette (next to Blockbuster) 343-3330 Buy nothing continued from page 1 discussions about the subject and to get people to examine their own shopping habits. “It doesn’t matter if you shop,” he said. “Just think about the role con sumerism plays in your own life.” Liacas said that the idea of curb ing consumerism appeals to people not only in heavily populated and industrialized countries but in less er-developed nations as well. “People sign up to organize Buy Nothing Day in their own countries, and we’ve had people sign up in countries as far away as India and Hungary,” he said. The Rev. Heather Parr, a clergy as sistant at St. Mary’s Episcopalian Parish, where the event is being held, said her church does a lot of charity work with needy and home less people and agrees with the ethos behind Buy Nothing Day. “I think we have a tendency to overconsume and confuse what we want with what we need,” Parr said. “We should be looking toward oth ers’ needs instead of our own wants.” The coat exchange will take place at St. Mary’s Episcopal Parish on the cor ner of East 13 th Avenue and Pearl Street B reslow continued from page 1 whether to put Breslow back in office. “It would defeat the purpose,” Watts said. “I would expect Holly to run the office.” Chief Justice Rob Raschio said the ASUO Constitution Court has yet to review the recall rules, and the court will be generally removed from the recall process. ASUO rules require about 1,700 signatures to force a recall vote by the student population. Before the weekend, petitioners had gathered more than 70 signatures. The court will be responsible for verifying the signatures and ap pointing an independent counsel to administer the election. “We’re just going to follow the procedures of the constitution.” Raschio said. Junior sociology major Chris Fos night and freshman business major Jarrett White, who organized the re call campaign, have accused Bres low of political bias and neglecting his presidential duties. They said Breslow refused to let Republican politicians and candi dates speak at an Oct. 27 “Get Out the Vote” rally with former presi dential candidate Bill Bradley and rock band Everclear. The event was sponsored by College Democrats, but the ASUO Executive had al ready scheduled the EMU Am phitheater for the day. Elections continued from page 1 about so hard in other courts and in public statements. But oral arguments in an appeals court are rarely a comprehensive guide to justices’ thinking. In this case, the court is being asked to rule whether the manual re-counts De mocrats requested should continue, how the counts should be done and whether those results should be in cluded in the final state tally. After the hearing, Gore advisers said privately they were pleased by the tone of the justices’ questions and the fact that re-counts could continue at least for now. Gore spokesman Doug Hattaway was circumspect when surrounded by reporters outside the court building. “We’re not attempting to divine the outcome based on the questions.” he said. “Like everyone else, we’ll have to wait to see what they say. ” The Republican legal team ex pressed private concerns about what The Executive, which is required to refrain from political bias, allowed College Democrats to use its reserved time in the amphitheater for the rally. Although Republican speakers attended the ASUO Candidate Fair later that day, Fosnight said a vari ety of political opinions should also have been represented at the morning rally. Breslow also left more than 10 stu dent government positions unfilled for longer than 30 days, which vio lates the ASUO Constitution. Some of those positions were never filled after last spring’s election. Fosnight said Breslow had plenty of time to fulfill his presidential responsibili ties and fill those positions. “He’s been president since last spring. He should have anticipated this, especially with a busy fall term and elections,” Fosnight said. Fosnight and White said they don’t know how many signatures they got during the weekend. They have until Dec. 13 to get 10 percent of the student population to sign the recall petition. White said four or five people have been on campus with clip boards collecting signatures, and they sent petition forms to many of the Greek houses. White and Fosnight said they are confident they can get enough sig natures to force the recall, but Mag ner said she isn’t worrying. “They’re wasting their time,” she said. “They’re spending too much time they perceived as tough questioning and pondered options that could in clude an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. Carvin, buffeted by questions from Justice Barbara Pariente, ap peared to suggest a GOP fallback po sition if the court rules against Bush. The law, he said in the hearing, “makes it clear that the federal courts — federal law will not allow this court or the Florida Legislature to change the rules of the election af ter the election has taken place. ” The justices were vigorous ques tioners from the outset, none more so than Wells, the 61-year-old De mocrat who presided. Again and again, he asked at what point the state would risk missing the chance to cast its 25 electoral votes. Sometimes, he punctuated the ques tion with outstretched arms. Both Bush and Gore need those 25 votes to win the White House. Wells’ questions at one point sketched a scenario in which re counts could continue into December. Democrats said Dec. 12 was when BUY II Courtesy of Adbusters in Eugene from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. For more information about Buy Nothing Day and Adbusters, visit www.adbusters.org. ASUO positions that were vacant for more than 30 days or still are vacant: Elections Coordinator Four Elections Board member seats Executive Safety Advocate Executive Federal Affairs Coordinator Athletic Department Finance Committee Executive Representative Two ASUO Constitution Court justices Program Finance Committee At-Large member Programs Finance Committee executive appointee Source: ASUO Controller's Office reading nit-picks of the [Constitution].” Magner said the majority of stu dents don’t care whether Breslow filled positions on the court or the elections board within the required 30 days. “In general, the office is running fine, and life will go on,” she said. But White said the unfilled posi tions show the office is not running fine. He said even if the campaign fails, the petitioners have at least raised awareness about the ASUO and what student government does. “Before we began, a lot of people didn’t know Jay or understand what he has or hasn’t done,” White said. Florida needed to have its results fi nal, six days before the Electoral College meets. But Joe Klock, repre senting Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, said she was bound by a state law that required her to certify all ballots except for overseas absentees by seven days af ter the Nov. 7 election. At the same time, asked by Justice Harry Lee Anstead whether the sev en-day limit was absolute, Klock con ceded, “Of course it’s not absolute.” The justices ruled last Friday that Harris could not yet certify a winner and that the re-counts could continue — though taking no position on whether those re-counts must even tually be included. The Democrat campaign, still trailing, hopes the re counts will give Gore the presidency. 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