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Tuesday, February 26,2002
Volume 103, Issue 104
Let the
GRIEVING BEGIN
■ Student government officials have keptthe
student elections grievance-free—until now
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
This year, the ASUO Elections Board finally found a
way to avoid the grievance hearings and delays that
have become a student elections hallmark.
Well, almost.
After a grievance-free primary campaign, the Oregon
Commentator plans to submit the first elections grievance
of the year to the ASUO Constitution Court today.
Commentator publisher Bret Jacobson said the Com
mentator will file the grievance because members of the
media were not allowed in the ASUO office while pri
mary election results were tallied Friday, which he said
violates Oregon law.
“Both the Commentator and the Emerald were pre
vented from doing their legal duty in overseeing the elec
tions process,” he said.
The Commentator will present the evidence to the
court and let the justices decide whether a re-count, a re
vote, or other action is needed, he said.
ASUO Election^ Coordinator Courtney Hight said she
denied Jacobson’s request to be in the office because he was
rude to her and other board members, and he was affiliated
with former presidential candidate Tim Dreier, who also
Turn to Grievances, page 3A
Money doesn’t
ensure success
for ASUO tickets
■ Funding may have helped some student government
hopefuls, but the two winners of last week’s primary
election say ‘it comes down to the best candidates’
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Money plays a key role in national politics, but this year’s
candidates in the ASUO general election contend the story is
different when the spotlight shines on student elections.
ASUO Executive tickets Rachel Pilliod and Ben Buzbee
won the most votes in Friday’s primary election, and Sean
Ritchie and Jason Babkes received the second most votes, but
mat order doesn t
hold regarding the
money they raised
for their cam
paigns.
Ritchie and
Babkes raised the
most, followed by
Eric Bailey and
Charlotte Nisser,
with Pilliod and
Buzbee placing
third in the fi
nance race.
According to
campaign finance
forms, Ritchie and
Babkes pulled in
more than $1,300
Election fundraising
ASUO candidate fundraising as of Feb. 18
Sean Ritchie and Jason Babkes—$1,331
Eric Bailey and Charlotte Nisser—$846
Rachel Pilliod and Ben Buzbee—$736
John Ely and Hayes Hurwitz—$459.75
Jesse Harding and Todd Brink—$345
Haben Woldu and Oscar Arana—$201.36
Sean Powell and Tyldr Lofquist—$70
Greg McNeill and Maco Stewart—$40
Ezra Mannix and Lucas Willett—$20
TimDreier—$0
in contributions from family and friends to meet their elec
tion costs. The rest of their money came from personal sav
ings, Ritchie said.
Pilliod and Buzbee — also with the help of family and
friends — have generated more than $700 to date. Final con
tribution and spending numbers must be turned in to the
ASUO office by March 4.
“We thought it was necessary to spend this amount of mon
ey to get our names out,” Ritchie said. He and Babkes agreed
that the money was necessary with so many of their primary
election opponents already recognized on campus from in
volvement in ASUO.
“It comes down to time or money,” Babkes said. “It takes a great
deal more of our time to meet who they already know,” he said.
Turn to Money, page 3A
State Board representative wants
students ‘to be taken seriously’
■ University senior Tim Young sits on
Oregon’s State Board of Higher Education and
works to ensure students’ needs are met
By Katie Ellis
Oregon Daily Emerald
The night before the 1999 Portland State Uni
versity student elections, Tim Young’s running
mate was declared academically ineligible to run
for office. Young was told his name would not ap
pear on the ballot, but he could run as a write-in.
He was given 24 hours to find a new candidate
and four days to change a campaign that took three
months to build.
“People came out of the woodwork to lend a hand,
and I don’t think anyone slept that weekend,” he said.
Today
Tim Young,
University student
and State Board
member, is profiled.
Wednesday
Erin Watari,
Southern Oregon
University and State
Board member, is
profiled.
Young and his new vice
presidential candidate pulled
off an improbable victory as
write-ins and they took it by
a landslide — a feat that land
ed the pair in Newsweek
magazine the next year.
“It was the one of the most
beautiful moments in my life
when we all got the news that
we won. The feeling that we
had was indescribable,” he
said. “Without a doubt, run
ning for student bodv nresi
dent was the most character-building experience
in my life.”
Turn to Young, page 4A
Jonathan House Emerald
Aspiring University law student Tim Young has advocated tor increased state investment in the
Orpgop University System and to have student representatives in the chancellor search.