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Rally: Bush supporters say
force on campus is growing
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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.
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Tuition: Some
students say it
is no problem
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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
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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.
Although he sustained so many in
juries, Ball still plans to stay active
and hopes to return to the Ape Cave
within a year. This time, he said,
chuckling, he plans to finish the trip
“without getting injured, hopefully.”
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