Local: Dozens of students watch VP debate in the Knight Law Center
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good decision.
TUcker said Edwards scrambled for
answers when they should have
come easily, and seemed to have only
a few arguments that he used over
and over again.
“Every time John Edwards opened
his mouth it was either something
about Haliburton, a single healthcare
statistic or the fact that his father was
a mill worker,” Tlicker said.
Eugene resident Rex Snellstrom
did not share the same sentiments on
Edward?’ performance, but agreed
that Cheney had carried himself well.
Snellstrom, who is supporting Ker
ry, said the debate will have no effect
on who he votes for because he fo
cuses more on the ideology of a can
didate than his or her persona.
“I can’t see anything in a debate
changing my mind,” Snellstrom said.
About 80 people, many of them Ker
ry supporters, also watched the de
bate, gathering in Knight Law 110 at a
viewing hosted by the College Democ
rats. Although the crowd was smaller
and more subdued than the group that
turned out for the presidential debate
in the same lecture hall last Thursday,
several students said the vice presiden
tial debates were important.
“In America, we’re supposed to be
a team — the Johns are supposed to be
a team,” freshman Monica Morrison
said of presidential and vice presiden
tial running mates Kerry and Edwards.
Morrison said the debate was more
candid than last week’s showdown.
“They seemed to not hold any
thing back,” she said.
She added that she found support
watching the debate with other Ker
ry advocates.
“I like watching these debates with
people who feel the same way I do,”
she said.
Besides the war, Morrison said she
wanted to hear about education and
gay marriage during the debate. She
added that she doesn’t fully agree
with either ticket’s view on gay
marriage, but said the Democrats
have a more open-minded stance.
Freshman Kylen McCudden agreed
that gay marriage was a key issue,
adding that she was pleased the mod
erator asked the candidates about
AIDS because the issue is often left
out of the spotlight.
“1 thought it was awesome she
brought it up,” she said
McCudden said she liked the vice
presidential debate better because
the candidates seemed more open to
sparring over issues.
“They obviously disagreed with
each other, which I like to see,” she
said.
McCudden also said she noticed a
smaller crowd at the event.
“The turnout was very different for
this one,” she said. “ I think people
kind of write off the vice president.”
Senior Tony Yuen said the debate
was more evenly matched than last
Thursday’s presidential debate.
“I really didn’t see a clear winner
in this one like I did in the Bush-Ker
ry debate,” he said, noting that he
still strongly supports Kerry.
Yuen added that he wanted to see
Edwards distinguish the Kerry/Ed
wards platform from their opponent’s
policies on topics like education.
“I think it’s important for Edwards
to point out that Bush hasn’t really
done anything with his No Child Left
Behind Act,” Yuen said.
Freshman Steffany Tilton said she
supports Kerry, but wanted to see the
vice presidential candidates square off.
“I just wanted to see first hand
how they acted together,” she said
Tilton said Edwards outperformed
the vice president during the debate.
She added that it is important for
students to take the vice presidential
candidates seriously.
“There are a lot of people who
don’t know what’s going on,” she
said regarding who is running for
vice president.
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Bikes: The majority of bike
accidents goes unreported
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rights and responsibilities as people
in cars, according to the Oregon Ad
ministrative Rules. But Horner said
many bicyclists ignore traffic signals
and stop signs or ride on the wrong
side of the road, endangering them
selves and others around them. Bikers
are also supposed to dismount and
walk at crosswalks and yield the right
of way to pedestrians.
University sophomore Jaime
Symons said she has nearly been hit
by a bike, but both pedestrians and bi
cyclists should be aware of each other.
“Often, 1 just needed to pay more
attention,” Symons said. “It really
should be common knowledge.”
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son agreed. He said people are relative
ly safe as long as bicyclists and pedes
trians are courteous of one another.
Horner said DPS does not docu
ment the number of accidents involv
ing bikes each year, but the majority
go unreported. He said with more
than 22,000 students registered at the
University this term, there’s a higher
risk for accidents between pedestrians
and bicyclists.
“It’s a lot of people in a relatively
small space,” Horner said. “Our goal
is to ensure the safety of pedestrians.
There’s a whole lot more of them on
campus than people on bikes.”
karahansen@ daily emerald, com
Common bike offenses
♦ Riding on sidewalks not designated as bike
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• Failngto adhere to "dismount and walk”
signs
• Runningstep s:gr,s and traffic signals
* Riding on the wrong side of the street
♦ Not giving audible warning when coming up
on pedestrians
Violations you might
not know:
• Nonmotorized vehicle cfingjng to another ve
hicle - $89 fine: A person violates this if they
ride a bike, coaster, roller skates, sfedortoy ve
hicle as they cling to or attach themselves to
another vehicle on the road.
• Failure to use a bicycle seat-$89 fine: ,
'Rider$S>neak this law if they nde on anythingoth*
erthan a permanent and regular bicycle seat
* failure to signal turn - $89 fine: Riders
break tfius law If they stop or turn without signal
ing at least 100 feet prior to Stopping or turning.
An exception is if both hands are necessary ijb
safeiy centre the bike.
* Endangering bicycle operator or passenger
- $25 fine: Parents and legal guardians of chil
dren and the children themselves can be Sub
ject to this:if the child, who is less than 16 years
of age, rides on a street or in a public place
wtthouta helmet
• Unlawful .load on bicycle - $89 fine: Riders
can violate this if they carry a bundle that pre
vents them from having at least one hand on
the handlebar and keeping full control of the
bike.
Source: Oregon Administrative Rules
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Andrew Hill, a sophomore at Lane Community College, is voting for George Bush in his first presidential election this November. He
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