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Voter registration ramps-up in final days before deadline Tuesday marks the deadline for voter registration; University groups hopeful to meet their initial goals BY MORIAH BALINGIT NEWS REPORTER Armed with clipboards and ball point pens, volunteers from a num ber of organizations have been work ing with the resilience of postal workers to register students to vote on campus in time for Tuesday’s vot er registration deadline. The Student Vote Coalition, a stu dent organization alliance of United States Student Association, Oregon VOTE, page 12 University Commons • Uniformed security 7 days a week • Resident Amenity Cards • Security alarm system • Fully furnished • Monitored alarm system • Full size washer & dryer • Sand volleyball court • Heated pool • Caged basketball court • Private balconies and patios It 2/ & 4 Bedroom Apts* Debate: Many students have already decided who to vote for Continued from page 1 presidential debate and Tuesday’s vice presidential debate drew huge crowds, “better than Duck games.” Although Friday’s debate did draw a noticeable crowd, it was nothing compared to the previous two, he said. “Might be because of the night of the week,” Potts said. About 20 people also gathered in formally in the Carson residence hall lobby to watch the debate. Freshman Kristen Vogt, who watched at Carson, said the candi dates performed differently in the second debate. Vogt said Kerry seemed to stumble and miss his cues. “1 am wondering about Kerry,” she said. “He seemed off tonight.” She added that Bush’s perform ance improved. “Bush actually did make some good points this time around, which did surprise me,” she said, noting that Kerry still has her vote. She also said the town-hall for mat of the debate changed its at mosphere. “It felt a little bit more like a three ring circus,” she said. Freshman Doug Bonham said he “couldn’t see how Bush could have won the debate” because of his style of addressing the audience. “He just sounds very argumenta tive and it doesn’t sit with me very well at all,” he said. Bonham said the debate didn’t change his perspective, adding he is still coming in against Bush. Residential Academy Director Sharon Schuman, who hosted a nonpartisan viewing of the debate at Columbia 150, said attendance was down to 75 people from the nearly 200 who attended a similar showing of the first debate. She said second debates are generally less attended, noting that it was raining, cold and a Friday night, which also may have deterred students. Schuman said both candidates made at least one particularly strong point. She said Kerry aptly pointed out if Missouri were to get involved in the war in Iraq, the state’s population would make it one of the largest coali tion partners in Iraq, an indication of the size of the current coalition. She also said Bush scored by say ing doctors are currently forced to practice “defensive medicine.” “I thought this debate was less dramatic in the difference between the two speakers,” Schuman said, adding that the candidates seemed to reiterate old talking points and contributed little new information. “It was just a question of delivery tonight,” she said. Schuman said Bush side-stepped the last question from the audience, which asked him to identify three mistakes he had made during his tenure as president. “That’s pretty revealing about his attitude about his own behavior,” she said. Schuman added that she wished Kerry had been asked the same question about his record rather than been allowed to criticize Bush as a response to the question. parkerhowell@dailyememld.com meghanhcuniff@ daily emerald, com >0359 “Slacker Uprising Tour MONDAY OPT 1R mm V awn mBm to JL# mm mSm mm tJL M sdsL at 12:00 Noon Lane Event Center at the Fairgrounds Tickets: $5.00 On-sale Monday, October 11 at 9 a.m. (for the UO Community with current ID) at the U of O Ticket Office window in the EMU (cash only, 4 ticket limit) On sale to general public Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 9 a.m. through U of O Ticket Office Charge by phone at (541) 346-4363 or at window in the EMU
