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Thursday, May 13,2004
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 154
ASUO election
void of errors
in accounting
President and Vice President-elect Petkun and
Ravassipour have a $67.86 campaign surplus
By Jared Paben
Senior News Reporter
The campaign money flowing to and from this year's student
government candidates appears to have avoided the expenditure
and contribution errors that marred last year's election.
Last year, ASUO President Maddy Melton and Vice President
Eddy Morales' campaign failed to account for $ 173.31 in expens
es, a discrepancy that still has not been explained. Christa Shively
and Greg Bae, who were beaten by the Melton/Morales ticket,
failed to turn in all expenditure and contribution forms.
This year, all but one executive candidate has turned in the nec
essary campaign finance forms to the elections board, a process
required by ASUO elections rules. Forms also showed that sur
pluses were minor, and both tickets that had leftover campaign
funds totaled less than $200.
ASUO President-elect Adam Petkun and Vice President-elect
Mena Ravassipour's final tally left them with an extra $67.86 this
year, surplus money that ASUO Elections Coordinator Stephanie
Day said must be returned to the donors.
Petkun said he and Ravassipour will either distribute the mon
ey evenly to their donors or split it between Ravassipour's mother,
Linda, and Petkun, the two largest donors of the campaign.
Petkun said he doesn't know if the rules allow him to keep any of
the money, even though he is a donor to his own campaign. He
plans to make a decision on the funds next week, he said.
"It's actually still sitting in the account," Petkun said. "We just
haven't gotten around to having a conversation about it."
Petkun and Ravassipour spent $1,894.86 on their campaign
and received approximately $168.61 in material contributions,
making them the highest election spenders. Most of their expen
ditures went to Kinko's and Webfoot Printing, among other
places.
Contributions for their campaign came from many sources, but
primarily from family members. Petkun's family donated about
$900 in monetary contributions, and he spent about $500 of his
own money. Ravassipour's family gave $500 in monetary contri
butions.
Executive candidates Nick Popenuk and Joe Giannetti, who
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THE
RISEoftheATKINS diet
The low-carb Atkins diet continues to garner criticism despite its growing popularity
Killian Mcllroy
Designer
By Lisa Catto
News Reporter
With the recent warm weather, many students may be looking for a
quick way to lose weight for the traditional spring fashion trend
of less clothing and more skin. One of the most popular
weight-loss crazes right now is the Atkins diet, and even many large gro
cery chains have joined the bandwagon, offering a wide variety of low
carb food to cater to the Atkins crowd.
Atkins is a nutritional approach that changes traditional American
eating habits and limits carbohydrate intake, according to
http://www.atkins.com.
The first phase of the diet restricts carbohydrate intake to 20
grams per day, with most of that coming from salad and "non
starchy" vegetables, according to the Atkins Web site. The site
claims the average American diet includes 200 to 300 car
bohydrate grams per day. The remainder of the food eat
en should be unprocessed meats, cheeses and fats
such as olive oil and mayonnaise.
The next three phases allow dieters to
incrementally increase the amount of i i
carbohydrates they eat while still los
ing pounds until *hey reach their de
sired weight.
The site states that a human
body primarily bums carbohy
drates and fat for energy
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Piercy’s top priorities include public safety, economy
Eugene mayoral candidate
Kitty Piercy brings legislative
and educational experience
to the May 18 primary
By Parker Howell
News Reporter
Only five days remain until the
May 18 primary election to determine
Eugene's next mayor, and candidates
Kitty Piercy and Nancy Nathanson
lead the race.
Piercy, a former state representative,
said her experiences as a legislator
have given her a "breadth of experi
ence on all issues that affect our state
and our community." Piercy was
elected to the Oregon Legislature in
1994, and has also worked as an ele
mentary schoolteacher and an early
childhood educator.
Piercy said public safety is a main
priority.
"I think public safety is the number
one thing in a city," she said. "People
want to feel safe where they live."
She said community policing and
prevention measures are vital, adding
that the city should explore sharing
public safety services regionally.
"When we have limited dollars, it is
a challenge to give justice," she said.
"We have to be very focused to make
sure the legal process works right for
PART 3 OF 3
Tuesday: Torrey evaluates his
two-term tenure as city mayor
Wednesday: Nathanson’s council
experience is a campaign emphasis
Today: Piercy touts state legislative
past in her mayoral bid
people."
Piercy said improving Eugene's
economy is another one of her top
goals.
"It doesn't matter if you're talking
to University of Oregon students or
people in the community, jobs are the
most important things on people's
minds because you can't raise your
family or build a future without hav
ing access to jobs," Piercy said.
Piercy said she plans to focus on
bringing environmentally friendly
businesses to Eugene. Her plans in
clude creating a "critical mass" of
green businesses to allow clusters of
such businesses to share materials.
"I don't think that Eugene has
taken advantage of ... promoting
the development and long-term
growth of existing and new sustain
able business," Piercy said. "It
seems like Eugene, of all places, ...
ought to be really hooking into de
veloping sustainable niches for this
community."
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Piercy also said the University plays
a significant role in her vision for Eu
gene, saying the city needs to strength
en its ties to the institution.
'The University of Oregon is one of
the biggest economic engines in our
community," she said. "The research
and work done by both your profes
sors and students have great opportu
nity for us for spin-off business
growth in this community."
Piercy said she has worked for stu
dent issues as a legislator and an ac
tivist, including advocating for hous
ing standards such as those in
Corvallis.
"I think Eugene should really be
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