Midday walkout calls for Ves’ votes on 28
Students and faculty rallied
Monday to highlight the
benefits of Ballot Measure 28
Ali Shaughnessy
Freelance Reporter
A student walkout Monday aimed
at gaining support for Measure 28
drew a smaller crowd than anticipat
ed, causing democratic organizers to
speculate that students are apathetic
about voting and politics.
The walkout, which drew only
about 100 students, was organized by
the College Democrats, the Democra
tic Party of Lane County and the Yes
on 28 Committee. Organizers origi
nally anticipated 500 to 1,000 people.
“Students don’t realize how much
politics affect them,” College De
mocrats Co-Chairman Mike Linman
said. But, “It was good we still had
the turnout we did.”
College Republicans Secretary
Gabrielle Guiders attributed her or
ganization’s lack of participation to
busy schedules.
“We’ve got a lot of classes,” Guiders
said. “We’re too busy to walkout.”
Guiders added that the walkout
sent a wrong message to the commu
nity — saying students value their
education so little as to leave class.
But Linman disagreed.
The rally “showed people how im
portant it is that we actually have
the classes to walk out of,” he said.
Linman pointed out that if Measure
Erik Bishoff Emerald
A crowd of around 100 applauds one of six speakers during Monday's student walkout at the EMU Amphitheater (left). Oregon Bus
Project chairman Jefferson Smith speaks in support of Measure 28 during the walkout (right).
28 fails, 9 percent of classes at the
University will be cut.
Six speakers stood in the EMU
Amphitheater from noon to 12:45
p.m., encouraging students to take a
stand and vote yes on Measure 28 —
a controversial tax measure with
#26.9 million in Oregon University
System budget cuts on one side, and
a 0.5 percent tax rate increase for
Oregonians in the top income tax
bracket on the other.
“Measure 28 is about preserving a
minimum level of standards,” said
Jefferson Smith, founder and chair
man of the Oregon Bus Project, to an
applauding crowd. “It’s about slow
ing that mad dash to mediocrity.”
The rally also focused on what will
happen if the measure fails, and the
speakers urged students to not only
vote, but to vote yes.
“Already $7 million have been cut
from this year’s budget here,” College
Democrats Co-Chairman Eric Bailey
said. “And another $6.5 million is ex
pected to be cut from the University’s
budget should Measure 28 not pass,
coupled with a #4 million increase in
tuition to offset part of the cuts.”
Senior Beth Juhas, another speak
er, said no other cut she was aware
of came with the option of paying
more to retain current service levels.
“Our younger brothers and sisters
in Oregon public schools won’t have
the option of paying more to avoid
shortening the school year by three
weeks,” she said. “Ten thousand sen
iors won’t have the option of paying
more to continue receiving health
care assistance.”
According to Juhas, those figures
are not scare tactics, but numbers
identified by the Legislature should
Measure 28 fail.
Political science Assistant Profes
sor Julie Novkov also took a stand at
the walkout.
“Personally, I think it comes down
to short-term individual interests ver
sus long-term collective of the state in
terests, which is why I’m voting yes,”
she said. “If I have to sit down and
make a choice between writing a
check for $114 and keeping the most
financially strapped students at the
University—it’s no choice for me.”
Ali Shaughnessy is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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tration status or address.
“Our main thing is just getting out the stu
dent vote,” College Democrats co-Chairman
Eric Bailey said. “Of course, we’re betting on
most students voting yes — if it doesn’t pass,
tuition will increase to help cover $6.5 million
in more cuts from the University’s budget.”
Measure 28 is a three-year, $724-millon
income tax increase the Oregon Legislature
referred to voters after failing to balance the
state’s budget after five special sessions. If it
passes, an average Oregonian will pay an ad
ditional $114 in taxes per year. If it fails,
many state services would be slashed and
University students would pay a $10 sur
charge for every credit taken during winter
and spring terms, which would slap most stu
dents with about $300 in additional tuition
and raise roughly $4.1 million.
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Tattoo
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what I wanted. I almost felt bad for
my pickiness, but rescinded when I
thought about the fact that this was
forever. I didn’t want my “baby” to
be anything less than perfect.
I cringed when I heard the first
whir of the tattoo machine and
turned my face away, bracing myself
for heart-jarring pain.
It didn’t come. Within minutes,
I was carrying on a normal conver
sation and watching with fascina
tion as the tiny needles poked ink
below the surface of my skin. The
sensation felt exactly as you might
expect it to: a slow, vague burn of
tiny needles repeatedly piercing
my skin, almost like being snapped
by a rubber band. It was almost
anti-climactic.
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lobby, mourning my once un
marred flesh. I had thoroughly
thought out my decision, but the
tangibility of it brought the perma
nence home.
Fortunately, that phase was short
lived, quickly replaced by indigna
tion when a co-worker asked if I
knew how much it would cost to get
laser removal surgery. Would you
ask a newlywed how much a divorce
would cost? I think not. But it em
phasized the point that I had done
this for no one but myself.
My tattoo is an expression of my
individuality. It is a part of who I
am — not just now, butforever.
Dear Tattoo,
I know they say you’re trashy,
and that I’ll never get ahead with
you in my life. I can’t promise you
there won’t be up and downs; that
I won’t get mad or say things I’ll re
gret. But we were made for each
other, beautiful. I love you, sweet
face tattoo baby.
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