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Adam Amato Photo Editor Secretary of State Bill Bradbury speaks at the EMU Amphitheater to encourage students to vote. “If you want candidates to care about your issues, you’ve got to vote," Bradbury said Thursday afternoon before helping register students himself. NEWS BRIEF Oregon Secretary of State asks students to vote Oregon Secretary of State Bill Brad bury in a speech Thursday at the EMU Amphitheater urged students to regis ter to vote, signaling the start of ASUO's voter registration campaign. "The reason I'm here today is be cause I think it's critically important for students to register and critically important to vote," Bradbury said. Bradbury told students that few young people were participating in elections and that the median age of a voter is older than 40. Bradbury said 24 out of 100 Orego nians voted in the 2002 primary elec tions, adding that only 12 of those 24 were younger than 60 years of age. "If you want candidates to care about your issues, you've got to vote," Bradbury said. The secretary of state said he was concerned with the condition of high er education in Oregon, citing the loss of funding for schools in the 2003 2005 state budget. "It's bad for education right now, but it could be much worse," Bradbury said, referring to the potential special election regarding the Oregon Legisla ture's $800 million tax package. If tax hike opponents collect 50,420 signa tures by Nov. 25, voters will decide in a special Feb. 3 election whether to im plement the tax package. Bradbury dosed his speech by re minding students to register to vote and encourage their peers to do the same. "You have a chance each election to affect the issues that can change your life," Bradbury said. After his speech, Bradbury helped register students to vote at the ASIJO Fall Street Faire and held a "meet and greet" session at the ASIJO office. — Sho Ikeda COMING OUT continued from page 1A this nature in Washington, D.C., and various activists and organizations soon designated the day as an annual national event, according to the Hu man Rights Campaign Foundation Web site. At the University, community members and various organizations including Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays and the HIV Alliance will discuss LGBT issues. Student groups including the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Queer Al liance will also be represented. Michael Eaves, LGBTQA co-direc tor, said the day will feature an open mic session for those who wish to speak about their experiences. A dance, which is free and open to LGBT students and supporters, will also be held in the EMU Walnut Room from 9 p.m. to midnight. The LGBT community also cele brated coming out with other events throughout the week including a book and video drive, a residence hall social and a film night. The events were sponsored by the Office of Stu dent Ufe and the LGBTQA, among others. Martin said the day is intended to show support for the LGBT com munity on campus and those who may be struggling with coming out. CAMPUS iitf^Mitwif- dmrN:a Saturday Chinese Student Association barbecue, Oranched Point Park, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., $5 for each person. Sunday Poetry reading, EMU Fir Room, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by Oregon Poets for Peace and Justice, the event will host more than 12 Oregon poets. "It's easier to be strong and coura geous to come out when you have the support of others around you," she said. "For some folks the process is very hard, and for some it's very easy. We come out in different ways." The ninth annual "Outlist," pub lished as an advertisement in the Emerald today, is also intended to recognize LGBT members. It lists the names of students, faculty, staff and alumni who chose to publicly ac knowledge that they are members or allies of the LGBT community. Eaves said the list is important be cause a history of LGBT members are being "hidden and tucked away." I le added, however, that the list does tend to stir up controversy. "When it does come out eveiy year, generally there's commentary on whether it's a good idea or not," he said. "Not being visible is often about safety for some people." People may fear repercussions such as harassment and discrimina tion if they have their names pub lished, he added. Eaves is on the list this year, and he said seeing it made him feel more comfortable when he was new to campus. "It was really important to me as a freshman to see that there were other queer students out there," he said. Graduate student Jason Wicklund said he didn't feel comfortable hav ing his name published in the list when he first came to the University because he didn't want to be known only for his gay identity. "1 was initially concerned more about sort of losing my personal identity to just this sort of label to be ing gay, * he said, adding that he later changed his mind when he realized that going public helped him with the process of self-acceptance. Senior Matthew Strickland said he chose not to be on the list because he has already dealt with coming out, and now he finds different ways to express himself. "I'm already out," he said. "It's not a declaration for me anymore." But senior Sarah Blustein said there wouldn't be many names on the list if everyone had that mentality. She said that although she has been out for sometime, she chose to pub lish her name on the list to set an ex ample for new students who may not realize that there is a strong LGBT community on campus. 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