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Bill Bradbury and Dave Frohnmayer hype up voting on campus I 8A Oregon Daily Emerald An independent newspaper unvw. dailyemerald. com Since 1900 \ Volume 106, Issue 26 | Friday, October 1,2004 ★ AMERICA VOTES 2004 ★ ‘Colossal error’ or safer America? IRAQ WAR, CHARACTER ATTACKS DOMINATE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BY TERENCE HUNT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS \ CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Sen. John Kerry ac cused President Bush Thurs^i night of a “coUHH > error in judflHSH in ordering the in w vasioraUnHi * a war that has claimed® American lives, Kerry called^ version in the broader struggfl and the hunt for Osama bin Lai In a 90-minute The four-term Massachusetts* he could do a better job than Bus! ing the nation against another Sept.^Htyle at tack, and pledged to be strong and r^blute in fighting terrorism. “But we also have to be smart... and smart means not diverting our attention from the war on terror and taking it off to Iraq,” Kerry said. “This president, I don’t know if he really sees what’s happening over there,” Kerry said of Bush, standing 10 feet away on a University of Miami debate stage. Bush swiftly returned to his theme of Kerry as a man who changes his mind too often to be president. “He voted to authorize the use of force and now says it’s the wrong war at the wrong time. ... I don’t think you can lead if you say wrong war, wrong time, wrong place. What message does that send to our troops?” said the Repub lican incumbent. With less than four weeks until the election, the polls show Bush with a small lead in the race for the White House, and several battleground states are exceedingly close. Even some Democrats said the debate, with a na tional television audience in the tens of mil lions, represented Kerry’s best chance to gain dfte-campaign momentum. Ig Both men used well-rehearsed lines during wieir face-to-face encounter, but this was the Hirst time each had to listen to the criticism at ■close quarters. I Bush appeared perturbed when Kerry STUDENTS FIRED UP AFTER BUSH KERRY FACE-OFF IN MIAMI DEBATES BY PARKER HOWELL SENIOR NEWS REPORTER University community members gathered on and around campus Thursday night to witness presidential candidates George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry square off over for eign affairs issues during this election year’s first presidential debate. A non-partisan viewing event held in Lillis Business Complex 182 drew about 200 people, ieveiea some oi ms charges, scowling at times and looking away in apparent dis gust at others. Kerry ten took notes when isident spoke. of same time and watch their reactions. Bush and Kerry dif fered over North Ko rea, Iran and Russia as well as Iraq in a debate limited to foreign poli cy and terrorism. Kerry charged that North Korea and Iran both have advanced their nuclear weapons programs during the Bush administration. “As president I'll never take my eye off that ball,” the senator said. Bush said he be lieved that a diplomat ic initiative currently under way could solve the crisis with North Korea. “On Iran, I hope we can do the same,” the president said. Bush said that with North Korea, he would continue to pursue a strategy that involves HOW DEBATES WORK There's more to this year’s three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate than meets the eye. The Kerry-Edwards campaign and the Bush-Cheney campaign have both signed an agreement with the Commission on Presidential De bates, the group putting on each of this year's four debates, that dic tates everything from the height of the podiums and type of chairs to the design of the backdrop. In addition to rules that offer each candidate an equal share of time and protect them from distractions, the guidelines also govern de tails on the candidates’ behavior, including forbidding them from ad dressing each other with proposed pledges, asking each other ques tions, using props of any kind and moving from behind their podiums during the debates. But many viewers may not know that the guidelines also deter mine who sits in the audience of each debate. The Gallup Organi zation has been charged with choosing a nationally representative DEBATES, page 5A Tim Bobosky | Photographer Right to left, freshmen Simeon Wessinger, Travis Walk er, Alexander Ossa and Song-Eun Park spent their Thursday night watching the presidential debate in the Lillis Business Complex with more than 200 peers. maKing it one oi tne largest gatherings on campus. The event was hosted by Resi dential Academy Di rector Sharon Schu man and Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity Gregory Vincent. After the televised debate, many audi ence members stayed behind to participate in a discussion moder ated by Schuman and Vincent. Several students said watching the de bate influenced their thinking about the up coming election. Junior Tina Beaver said she was disap pointed, but not sur- k prised by the circulari-J ty of the debate, stressing the country’s need for more than just two candidates in a presidential election. Many audience members expressed support for Kerry, but Beaver said she would have liked to have heard more from the republican camp. “I wanted to hear concrete reasons why republicans support the United States, China, Japan, Russia and NATIONAL, page 5A I Bush, and I didn t find that, she said. Freshman Nick Swope said this was his first time watching a pres idential debate, and j he was surprised to - find it more enjoy able than he had expected. Swope said he was an undecid ed voter befo watching the de bate. He said he has still not made a decision,|| but watching the * candidates talk about issues made him feel much more confi dent in his ability make an informed choice. Now that I m able to vote, it s lm portant to see what the candidates’ stance was," he said.Freshman Eliza! said there was no clear wi, but she was impressed with _ „ to take a strong stance on the ii to it l don’t he's saying, to say them,' much like t inelick ate, ingness nd stick things iction cross the Bush campaign has made him^out to be.” Maneuck said the war in Iraq is not the thing people should look to when decidii^tyho to pivot e for. Although her brother was killed in Iraq a few months ago, Manelick said that has n’t affected her opinion of Bush or the war. In stead, she said it has only made her proud of her brother and what he accomplished. Vincent and Schuman drew insight from the debate as well. Vincent said he gained a “sense of the vision of both candidates” from the debate. “I think it went beyond the spin,” he said. Kerry supporters Meanwhile, more than 150 people crowd ed into Knight Law 110 to watch the debate at an event hosted by student supporters ot Kerry. The vocal crowd alternated between applause for Kerry and roars of laughter directed at Bush. LOCAL page 5A More than 200 research faculty earn record $90 million in grant funding Among the University research projects is an e-mail software program for those with cognitive difficulties or brain damage MORIAH BALINGIT NEWS REPORTER “Leslie, How are you this morning? I am at the U of 0 helping some people work on this research project about brain dammaged peo ple(folks) relearn somethings that are some times difficult!” Two years ago, this simple e-mail message would have been impossible for Richard Pickering to write. Pickering, a former Uni versity art instructor, developed cognitive limitations after his brain was damaged by a tumor, making normal software too compli cated for him to operate. But thanks to a sim pler e-mail interface developed by a Universi ty research team, Pickering can keep in con tact with his family and friends and even a pen pal in Africa. Communication Disorders and Sciences Associate Professor McKay Sohlberg, who headed the team, is just one of 224 principal investigators from the University to earn a record $90.2 million in external research money last year. Computer and Information Science Professor Stephen Fickas worked as a co-principal investigator on the project, which received $450,000 from the National Science Foundation. Last year’s research funding to the Univer sity reflects a 56 percent increase in three years, according to a University release. Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies Richard Linton said this works out to approximately $150,000 per faculty member. “The number for the University of Oregon is very competitive with top-ranked universities nationally,” he said. Linton added that he believed the Universi ty’s success in earning research money largely comes from its premier faculty. “We have a cadre of senior faculty that are very well established and very successful at RESEARCH, page 10A IN BRIEF Howard Dean rallies for Kerry at University this afternoon As part of a three-campus swing through Ore gon, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean will urge University students to vote for demo cratic presidential candidate John Kerry in his speech in the EMU Amphitheater this afternoon. Coming one day after the first presidential de bate, Dean will also speak at Oregon State Uni versity and Portland State University about the high cost of college, the economy and the war on terrorism. “I’m very excited to have somebody so big on the national level to come speak for us,” said Kevin Curtin, co-chairman of the College Democ rats. “Having big speakers like Dean shows stu dents they are important in the election and in helping Kerry win.” Curtin said Dean will speak for between 30 and 40 minutes, starting at about 1:15 p.m. — Jared Paben
