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Buy nothing
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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
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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
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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
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in Eugene from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.
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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.
At one point on Monday, Wells
seemed to suggest that Harris might
be permitted to certify a winner soon,
so Democrats would have time to
challenge the next step in the process
—appointment of the state’s electors
—and still resolve the dispute before
the Electoral College meets.
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