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Green Day’s “American Idiot” and fall fashion in Pulse I 7 Oregon Daily Emerald An independent newspaper www.dailyemerald.com Since 1900 | Volume 106, Issue 25 | Thursday, September, 2004 IN BRIEF Bradbury speaks at voter rally on campus today Secretary of State Bill Bradbury will speak in the EMU Amphitheater today, headlining a voter rally that includes speeches by Uni versity President Dave Frohnmayer and ASUO President Adam Petkun. The rally is part of the ASUO’s annual stu dent voter registration drive and starts at noon. ASUO is working with the Student Vote Coalition and other student groups around the state in an effort to register 30,000 students. “Student voter turnout is the only way to hold legislators accountable on issues we care about,” Amy DuFour, ASUO state af fairs coordinator and registration drive vol unteer, said. “If students take an active role in the democratic process, politicians will be forced to confront issues such as higher edu cation and tuition hikes.” Campus leaders organizing the registra tion drive have a goal of registering 7,500 voters at the University alone, which would exceed the number registered in previous years by thousands of students. — Meghann Cuniff Oregon State student escapes abduction on OSU campus A 21-year-old Oregon State University stu dent escaped an attempted abduction Wednesday morning on the school’s cam pus, according to state police. The woman, whose name has not been released, was walking near 26th Street and Western Boulevard in Corvalis at 6:30 a.m. when a man approached from behind and grabbed her, according to the Oregon State Police. The suspect fled after the girl escaped his grasp and ran. The incident occurred less than a quarter mile mile north from where 19-year-old Brigham Young University student Brooke Wilberger disappeared from an apartment complex last May. Wilberger is still missing. Police described the suspect as a young, white male in his mid-20s, about 5-foot-6, with a medium build and wearing a black, zippered, hooded jacket and black pants. As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, police were con tacting nearby locations for possible surveil lance footage and following up on 20 tips, none of which helped them to locate a suspect, Oregon State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings said. Hastings said although the abduction at tempt occurred in the same vicinity as Wilberger’s abduction, there is no evidence indicating the two incidents were related. Questions and information can be direct ed to the Oregon State Police tip line at (541) 737-3010. Kara Hansen ★ AMERICA VOTES 2004 ★ U.S. Court denies Nader's appeal A decision not to include Nader on Oregon ballots stands and sparks a write-in campaign BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF NEWS REPORTER On Tliesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to hear in dependent candidate Ralph Nad er’s appeal of the recent Oregon Supreme Court ruling that pre vents him from being on the state ballot. The appeal had sparked de bate across the state concerning its validity, further igniting an already heated election season. The Nader campaign filed the appeal last Friday after what Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese described as “fraudulent” actions by Oregon Democrats aimed at “disenfran chising voters and forcing them to vote for a candidate. ” The appeal contested a Sept. 22 state court ruling that barred Nad er from a spot on the ballot. The court had ruled that Secretary of State Bill Bradbury was within the law when he invalidated about 3,000 of the nearly 18,000 signa tures Nader supporters had gath ered, leaving them just shy of the 15,306 needed to assure him a spot on the ballot. Political officials and party rep resentatives have differing opin ions regarding the likelihood of the appeal being heard by the high court, which Secretary of State spokeswoman Anne Martens said gets flooded with thousands of similar appeals each year. Martens said the Nader cam paign's chances of actually arguing the case before the high court were “slim to none,” adding, "It in volves something that has tradi tionally been a state issue — elec tions.” NADER, page 20 v-* Graduate architecture student Mark Couet sands wood to add to the new cover for a kiln located east of the Urban Farm on the Millrace. Lauren Wimer Senior photographer f ;vjp Design-build apprenticeship workshops open to architecture students as well as non-majors BY AYISHA YAHYA NEWS EDITOR Associate Architecture Profes sor Stephen Duff had a vi sion. He wanted to create something unusual with his stu dents; something they could design and build together. Now that vision is slowly coming to life in the ongo ing construction of the Millrace Kiln Shed. Tlicked away from prying eyes and campus hustle and bustle in a corner of the Urban Farm on the Millrace, the shed will house two kilns run by the University’s art de partment. “We’re over here quietly build ing something extraordinary,” Duff said. Duff and his students decided to design their project drawing inspi ration from traditional J Japanese temples because the shed will house a gigantic Japan ese wood-fire kiln. The heavy-tim ber shed, which measures about 15,000 square feet, will feature walls with an intricate lattice and round columns sitting on concrete Japanese-style column bases. Duff said the walls are both structural and ornamental. ARCHITECTURE, page 6 Four University students affected by Florida hurricanes Freshman Joshua Peterson arrived at the University shortly after Hurricane Charley destroyed his home BYCANELAWOOD NEWS REPORTER Many University students are aware of the hurricanes that have repeatedly battered Florida this season, but Uni versity freshman Joshua Peterson has first-hand experience. Peterson is a 17-year-old from Cen tral Florida whose home was in the outskirts of Orlando when Hurricane Charley smashed into Florida on Aug. 13. Although he was safely evacuated, the hurricane thrashed his home, col lapsing the ceiling in his room and damaging nearly all of his belongings. Extreme flooding destroyed everything in the garage and in other areas of the house. “Pretty much every shingle was ripped off of the roof because of poor manufacturing,” Peterson said. Of the 24 University students with listed Florida addresses, four said they were affected by the rash of hurricanes that have devastated the state this sea son. But Peterson’s was not only affected — his home was so severely damaged that the house, and everything in it, has been condemned. “Because of high humidity in the state itself... it got really moist and hot in the house, which made mold,” Pe terson said, adding that the house was deemed hazardous and ordered con demned because of the mold. Peterson’s home sustained an esti mated $150,000 in damage, and anoth er $73,000 in personal belongings were lost to the storm. “Pictures, clothing and even untreat ed wood had to be thrown away,” Pe terson said. Before moving to Oregon, Peterson had to buy new clothes and school supplies because nearly all his personal belongings were ruined. Peterson lived in his Kissimmee, Fla., home with his mother, Catina Pe 1 Peterson's 5 home was heavily jj damaged by I Hurricane Charley. Peterson said he was lucky the house behind his was "tilted, like in the ‘Wizard of Oz."’ Craig Volpe Freelance PHOTOGRAPHER terson, a registered nurse who continued to work through most of the hurricanes because she works in a dialysis unit with patients who need daily treatment. Peterson, who recently moved into the residence halls, will now HURRICANE, page 5
