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nn inaepenaem newspaper unirw. da i lyemera ld.com since 1900 | Volume 106, Issue 29 | Wednesday, October 6, 2004 Facts stretched thin in VP debate STUDENTS RESPOND TO ATTACKS EXCHANGED BY RUNNING MATES The Associated Press of political excited t BY PARKER HOWELL & MEGHANN M. CUNIFF NEWS REPORTERS Supporters of the two major presidential campaigns rallied together Tuesday night on campus to watch the first and only debate between vice presi dential hopefuls Dick Ch eney and Sen. John Ed wards. Republican congres sional candidate Jim Feld kamp joined College Re publican members and other University students at The Break in the EMU to watch the debate, praising he said was an inspiring level involvement at the University. “It’s great to see young vot about politics,” Feldkamp said He said the viewing was a ] to watch the debates while connec i with the students he is working so 1 to reach. Feldkamp said both Cheney and wards’ performances reflected their sonalities, reiterating the Republican tv’s pigference for facts instead of feail “Fast lines and smooth talking come natural to Edwards,®. formal trial lawyer, but Cheney’s reserved appear ance and quiet tone are a result of his ‘just the facts' personali ty,” Feldkamp said. “(Edwards) tried to hammer and create this atmosphere of distrust when the facts speak for them selves,” Feldkamp said. “Ch eney is by nature more served and more factual-oriented. ” Freshman Paul Coppe agreed. “While John Ed wards is a very good pub lic speaker, he’s a snake oil salesman,” Coppe said. “Dick Cheney speaks more from the heart,” he said, adding that Ch eney is much more qualified to lead the country than Edwards could ever be. Anyone still undecided about who to vote for should understand that “it’s better to err on the side of caution and values you can trust than ly gimmicks,” Coppe said. away I. JUT The Associated Press Though Edwards and Sen. John Kerry’s ideas about America may sound wonderful, most are not feasible, junior Josh Tlicker said, adding that neither candidate will discuss the ideas enough to give citizens adequate information to make a LOCAL, page 7 viot rKtoiUtiMTIAL CANDIDATES ON OFFENSIVE ABOljT CREDIBILITY, QUALIFICATIONS DURING DEBATES BYTOMRAUM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND — Sen. John Edwards accused the Bush administration Tliesday night o| bungling the war in Iraq and presiding over a historic loss of jobs. “Your facts are just wrong,” Vice President Dick Cheney shot back in a crackling campaign debate. In a clash at close quarters, Edwards accused Cheney of “not being straight” with the Ameri can people about the war. He said U.S. casual ties are rising monthly and the United States is bearing 90 percent of the cost and suffering 90 percent of the dead and wounded. Cheney promptly challenged those figures, rds summed up his points like the for iwyer he is. at the Bush-Cheney campaign’s cperience, he said, “Mr. Vice Presi deif^BBn’t think the country can take four more years of this type of experience.” He also said that as a member of Congress more than a decade ago, Cheney voted against Head Start and banning plastic guns that can escape detection in metal detectors. Edwards was on the attack from the opening moments of the debate. He said that in addition to mismanaging the war in Iraq, the administration had Osama bin Laden cornered in the mountains of Afghanistan at one point, but turned over the hunt for the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to Afghan warlords. “The senator has got his facts wrong," said Cheney. “We’ve never let up on Osama bin Laden from Day One. We’ve actively and ag gressively pursued him.” In rebuttal to Edwards’ charges on the war, Cheney repeatedly criticized the Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry, for shift ing positions on the conflict. Referring to Kerry’s debate with President Bush last week, Cheney said the four-term Massachusetts senator had declared he would NATIONAL, page 8 DPS amps up bike rules citations The renewed effort to enforce bike laws stems from increased complaints about violations during this past winter and spring BY KARA HANSEN NEWS REPORTER The Department of Public Safety will increase enforcement of Oregon’s bike rules starting Wednesday by posting new signs and issuing warnings to law-breaking riders for about a week before R begins handing out citations. The efforts come in response to increased complaints last winter and spring from faculty and students on foot who were hit or nearly hit by bikes, DPS Lt. Herb Horner said. “We periodically enforce things like this,” Horner said, noting that a limited staff re quires DPS to focus on individual issues for blocks of time. “Last year, complaints came daily. And the squeaky wheel gets the grease, so for a period of time officers will be out notifying people where to dismount and educating people about the rules.” Starting Wednesday, four new sandwich board signs warning riders to dismount will be posted during enforcement hours, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the ASUO Street Faire on East 13th Avenue. Beginning Monday, two of those signs will sit near the EMU, while the other two will be shifted between campus “problem areas,” such as the walkway from the residence halls near Agate Street to the EMU, Horner said. A pathway near East 15th Avenue to Franklin Boulevard and a fire lane by the Knight Library and Gerlinger Annex to the EMU are the only designated bike routes on campus, not including main roads. Horner said riders who fail to dismount and walk at appropriate areas are subject to a $20 fine, and no skateboarding is allowed at the EMU. While bikes are allowed on all main streets, including lanes on East 13 th Avenue, there are many other rules that riders can unknowingly violate. DPS encourages riders to register their bikes, which is required on campus but has not been enforced. Students who don’t attach their bikes to designated racks risk having them impounded and incurring a $10 fee if they aren’t registered. Registering a bike in creases the chance of getting it back if it’s im pounded, lost or stolen, Horner said. In addition, bicyclists are subject to general moving-vehicle rules. “The rules establish that the speed limit on a skateboard or bike is 15 mph,” Horner said. “But some bikes, they’re flying.” And although the speed limit is difficult to regulate, at least one Eugene Police Depart ment officer will*be on campus daily to en force other moving vehicle regulations, which restrict bikes as they would cars. In Oregon, people on bikes have the same BIKES, page 7 IN BRIEF The ASUO Street Faire makes a comeback to satisfy hunger Students looking to a grab a bite between classes will be flooded with new options for the rest of the week. The ASUO Steet Faire, which has been a biannual event on campus since 1970, will run from today until Friday. “We have about 70 vendors — both craft and food vendors,” Marketing Director Kelly O’Brien said. The vendors will be on East 13th Avenue near University Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, nonprofit groups will have tables set up in the EMU Amphitheater, while Deejays play music during the day. Vendors will provide a wide range of goods from as far north as Canada and as far west as Kansas, O’Brien said. Money raised from renting tables to vendors will go to the ASUO. “This is one of the office’s biggest fundrais ers,” O’Brien said. — Gabe Bradley
