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Oct. 6 Video Presentation & Info Meeting EMU International Lounge 6:00pm - 7:30pm Rally: Bush supporters say force on campus is growing Continued from page 1 as significant issues of student con cern. He encouraged them to read handouts listing his views on sever al ballot measures. “It’s crucial you get out and vote against those bad ballot measures,” he said. Also at the meeting, College De mocrats co-Chairman Kevin Curtin organized the audience into several “precincts” that will work to in crease activism in specific areas of campus, such as residence halls and the greek system. Dixon said University Kerry sup porters have exceeded their goals for recruitment, with more than 700 vol unteers involved in the campaign. Students turned out for the rally for different reasons. Freshman Sarah Cate said she was previously involved with political activism in her hometown of Ashland and wanted to become a part of campus politics. Cate described the political climate on campus as “overwhelm ingly liberal,” adding that there is a lack of debate on key issues. “It is quieter than 1 thought it would be,” she said. “The lack of controversy makes things kind of dull.” Freshman Daniel Sexton said he attended the rally for “free food and Bush bashing,” adding that he sees Kerry’s stances on healthcare and tuition as some of the characteristics that set him apart from Bush. Junior Liz Sternberg said she turned out to support the Kerry cam paign because she believes the dem ocratic candidate will handle the war in Iraq differently than Bush. “I feel like this election is really about international affairs, particu larly in Iraq,” she said. “I don’t like the way Bush is handling it.” Meanwhile, 48 people turned out for the first University College Re publicans meeting of the term Tues day. College Republicans Chair woman Laura Jenkins said she was pleased with the turnout. “We’re hoping in the next couple weeks to continue to grow, but we had a great turnout, and we’re real ly enthusiastic,” she said. Jenkins said the group will try to have a daily presence to show sup port for President Bush and will meet at the Town Club in Eugene to watch the upcoming presidential debate at 6 p.m. on Thursday. “We’ve got more Republicans out there than people realize,” she said. “We’ve got plans; we’ll be out there. ” The College Democrats will meet to watch the upcoming presidential debate at 6 p.m. in Knight Law Cen ter Room 110. The Democratic Party of Oregon will host former democratic presi dential candidate Howard Dean at 11:45 a.m. on Friday in the EMU Amphitheater. parkerhowell@ daily emerald, com Tuition: Some students say it is no problem Continued from page 1 large loads, but Petkun countered that it will, citing that studies con ducted at other schools show that plateaus do encourage students to take more credits and graduate on time. However, he added that it’s too early to judge the effects of the plateau reduction on campus. “The elimination of the tuition plateau was opposed by the Execu tive,” he said. Some students said they are largely unfazed by the increases. Fifth year architecture student Ethan Zirin-Brown said he is letting the Financial Aid Office take the blow so that he’ll be spared at least until he gets his loan bills. “It didn’t come out of my pocket but it’s from financial aid,” he said. He added that he will probably ask for additional shifts at work to earn extra money. Freshmen Elizabeth Harney said that she wouldn’t change her education plans regardless of tuition increases. "I chose this school and I’m going to pay whatever,” she said. As for the future, Monroe said that while the University has so far been able to absorb the cuts without cut ting faculty or programs, “If the situa tion continues, we’re sort of faced with the dilemma of whether to in crease tuition again or cut programs. ” moriahbalingit@dailyememld.com Vision: Ball suffers injuries to body, but not spirit Continued from page 1 he saw graffiti and other markings that made it appear that people had climbed it before, so Ball said he “did n’t think there was anything risky or wrong about being up there.” He then came to a ledge that looked like a step, with another ledge about three feet be low it, but there was a hole under it that he didn’t see. “I jumped down to the other ledge because 1 didn’t think there was a hole,” he said. Because most of the cave was wet, once Ball hit the sec ond ledge, he began to slip, causing him to fall through the hole. Ball landed on his feet, but quickly fell to the ground. He shattered four ribs, punctured a lung, suffered an intri cate split on the entire left-side hip socket, broke his pelvis in four places, fractured his groin in two lo cations, cracked his tail bone and en dured a compression fracture in his ninth lumbar. “I couldn’t breathe for about 30 to 45 seconds,” Ball said. After waiting nearly two hours in the 43-degree cave for rescuers to ar rive, Ball was evacuated by helicop ter to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland. His injuries put him in the hospital for eight days. “My girlfriend, Jenny, and her par ents went back to the caves ... They es timated [the fall) was about 25 feet,” Ball said. “1 was kind of lucky because I fell on a sandy patch and there weren’t a lot of jagged rocks or any thing that 1 could have fallen onto.” Ball was confined to a wheelchair until Aug. 25, but just like his visual impairment, being in a wheelchair didn’t stop him. He continued to hang out with friends and go to the movies, fair and zoo, although he said it was still inconvenient. “He bounced back faster than everyone thought,” said Kirk Steputis, a longtime family friend. “1 was encouraged to see all of the sup port he got from friends and family.” Doctors thought he’d have to use crutches for a few weeks, followed by a walker and then cane, but Ball said he “kind of ignored that and started using a cane for a couple days, and after about five days I didn’t need to use that anymore.” “My goal in physical therapy was to be able to go to school in the fall; they said it would take about a year until I am fully recovered, but I don’t think it’ll take nearly that long,” he said. Despite his impaired vision, Ball doesn’t feel that he faces very many limitations. “I think part of it has been how I have dealt with it, my attitude toward it and my lifestyle so far,” Ball said. 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