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Wednesday, November 6,2002
Since 1900 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 49
Kulongoski inches to Salem
The gubernatorial race is neck and neck,
but Democrats sweep local district races
John Liebhardt
and Brook Reinhard
Staff Writers
With 26 of 36 of the state’s counties report
ing, Oregon’s race for governor has gone down
to the wire. At press time, Democrat Ted Ku
longoski led by more than 15,000 votes over
Republican Kevin Mannix.
In Oregon House District 8, Democrat Floyd
Prozanski defeated University student Greg Mc
Neill. Democrat Tony Corcoran defeated Repub
lican David Alsup in Oregon Senate District 4.
In one of the closest gubernatorial elections
in decades, major-party candidates Mannix
and Kulongoski fought neck and neck during
the last weeks of the campaign and far into
election night.
Kulongoski campaign spokeswoman Kristen
Grainger blamed Mannix’s campaign for the
up-in-the-air result.
She said Kulongoski, who has been a frontrun
ner throughout the gubernatorial campaign, had
been hurt by the “$3 million in mostly negative
campaign ads Kevin Mannix has run.”
At press time, Mannix and his campaign staff
could not be reached for comment.
Tom Cox, the Libertarian candidate, came
in third with 4.6 percent of the vote. The for
mer chairman of the Libertarian party of Ore
gon ran on a platform of restructuring key state
funding sources, giving students school choice
and privatizing parts of the Oregon Liquor
Turn to State, page 4
Parties
make key
victories
in nation
Republicans gained important
representative seats, but the
race was tight in the Senate
jan Montry
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
Republican and Democratic parties
gained important national victories
on Election Day. In Oregon, as well,
both parties won key seats, with
eight-term U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio,
D-Eugene, defeating former state Rep.
Liz VanLeeuwen, and incumbent U.S.
Senator Gordon Smith, R-Ore., keep
ing his seat over Oregon Secretary of
State Bill Bradbury.
Poised to defy history, Republicans
raced to key early victories nationwide
in Tuesday’s battle for control of the
U.S. Congress. They held the U.S.
House of Representatives and threat
ened to win back control of the U.S.
Senate. Republicans needed to gain one
seat to regain control of the Senate, but
several races remained too close to call.
In Oregon, DeFazio said he was
happy to win yet another bipartisan
victory.
“I’m pleased that (people) reached
through party labels and looked at
what I do and how I represent them,”
DeFazio said.
DeFazio said his main priorities go
ing back to Congress will be defeating
the new energy bill, working on the
federal budget and getting another $6
billion for education. The politician
from Springfield was first elected to
the U.S. House of Representatives in
1986 and has served eight consecu
tive terms.
VanLeeuwen said her race against
DeFazio was difficult because of his
Turn to Congress, page 6
Tony Corcoran
(above),
running on the
Democratic ticket
for Oregon
Senate District^
discusses current
issues with voters.
Floyd Prozanski
(left), the
Democrat
candidate for
Oregon House
District8, can't
hold back a smile
as he looks over
election results.
Mark McCambridge
Emerald
Voters reject money measures
Most Eugene measures passed, but state
and county measures weren’t as successful
Brook Reinhard
News Editor
Oregon voters overwhelmingly denied two land
mark state ballot measures and approved an in
crease to the Oregon minimum wage. Locally, all
six county measures were heading for defeat, while
all but two city of Eugene measures were passing
easily at press time.
Ballot Measure 23, the state initiative that would
have given all Oregonians health services, was
turned down by nearly 80 percent of voters. Sup
porters heralded the measure, which would have
needed at least $1.7 billion in state money annu
ally to fund the health plan, as a significant step to
ward state-sponsored health care.
Supporters of the plan chalked up the loss to ag
gressive campaigning by their opponents.
“The opposition, the money, and the mis
truths,” said Pam Driscoll, an Oregonian who
worked in support of the measure. She added that
Turn to Measures, page 8
OUS head
defends
new ‘Deal’
on tuition
The Deal’ may raise tuition
if the state doesn’t adequately
fund its public universities
Brad Schmidt
News Editor
Oregon University System Chancellor
Richard Jarvis dismissed the state’s re
cent financial shortcomings in higher ed
ucation Tuesday during his first public
appearance at the University.
Under the terms of “The Deal” — OUS’s
answer to funding problems — if the state
doesn’t fulfill its end of the bargain, the
University would have to either cap en
rollment or raise tuition.
Speaking to about 85 community
members and University administrators,
Jarvis backed away from questions about
how the state would be able to adequate
ly fund its seven public universities, and
instead repeatedly referred to “The Deal”
as a viable solution.
“We don’t want to pre-judge and
imagine that bad things could happen,”
Jarvis said.
In the agreement — which would split
expenses between universities, students
and the state — up to 50 percent of high
er education costs would be absorbed by
students. No ceiling was set on tuition
limits, however.
Meanwhile, universities likely would
be granted greater autonomy from OUS,
and the state would agree to slightly in
crease the minimum level of funding for
higher education. Currently, Oregon in
stitutions receive funding at only 77 per
cent of the median, in comparison to
similar systems nationally.
But if the state fails to meet its end of
the bargain, “The Deal” ensures that stu
dents, through restricted enrollment or
higher costs, will bear the repercussions.
During his two-hour presentation,
Jarvis said students should carry a “fair
share” of educational costs in Oregon.
Ironically, OUS received an “F” for af
fordability this year in an annual report
issued by the National Center for Public
Policy in Higher Education.
The meeting also served as an oppor
tunity for participants to discuss ramifi
cations of “The Deal.”
Ward 3 City Councilor David Kelly,
who represents the University area,
asked Jarvis how the plan could inspire
local support for higher education, and
Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey said the ques
tion should also be answered on a
statewide level.
Turn to Jarvis, page 8
Weather
Today: High 57, Low 48, rain and wind likely
Thursday: High 58, Low 55, rain showers
Looking ahead
Thursday Friday
Updated elections results for "And this one time,
ballot measures and races at band camp..."
Companies recruit at Career Fair
Students will have the opportunity to network
and access over 107 companies and graduate
schools at the Fair today in the EMU Ballroom
Jillian Daley
Family/Health/Education Reporter
The Fall 2002 Career Fair and Graduate School Fair
brings employers to University students, providing an
opportunity to network, job hunt or hone interview
skills and resumes.
The Career Fair happens today from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. in the EMU Ballroom and will feature more than
107 organizations, nonprofits, corporations and gradu
ate schools. Company recruiters can offer students
both job and internship opportunities.
Recruiters will be scheduling interviews at the Career
Fair. However, students can also sign up through the
Campus Interview Program on the Career Center Web
site at http://uocareer.uoregon.edu.
Turn to Career, page 6