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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
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GABLES, Fla. —
Sen. John Kerry ac
cused President
Bush Thurs^i
night of a “coUHH
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in ordering the in
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* 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