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Fraternity Kappa Sigma ousted | 7 An independent newspaper www. dailyemerald. com Since 1900 j Volume 106, Issue 34 | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 IN BRIEF Edwards on campus today; complimentary tickets available Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards will be on campus today in support of his and John Kerry’s campaign for the White House. The rally, which is spon sored by the University’s College Democrats and Kerry’s campaign, is scheduled from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on the East Lawn of the EMU. Tickets are required to attend and compli mentary tickets can be printed off at http://www.johnkerry.com/events/101304_e ugene_or_form.php. Tickets will also be giv en out today outside the EMU Fishbowl from 10 a.m. to noon and can also be obtained from the Carry Oregon office, 114 E. 16th Street. No umbrellas, bags or outside signs will be allowed at the rally. Peter DeFazio visits campus, urges students to vote Democratic congressional candidate Rep. Peter DeFazio spoke on campus Tuesday to kick off a massive campus effort aimed at making sure all registered voters turn in their ballots by the Nov. 2 deadline with a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry. About 60 students attended a meeting sponsored by the College Democrats in which DeFazio warned of the devastating conse quences the country, specifically young peo ple, will have to endure if President George W. Bush is re-elected. The war in Iraq, the ever-increasing nation al debt, the outsourcing of jobs, the privatiza tion of social security and the possibility of a military draft are all issues affecting students that the Bush administration has acted reck lessly on, DeFazio said. “These are things that are absolutely un precedented” he said, warning that things will only worsen if Bush is re-elected be cause getting elected for another term will not be a concern. DeFazio criticized Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for being “one of the most arrogant people on earth,” adding that he “should have been fired long before (the pris oner abuse scandal at) Abu Ghraib.” The reckless acts of the Bush administra tion must be put to an end, and students have the power to make that happen, DeFazio said. “You have a very powerful tool at your dis posal,” DeFazio said, referring to the thou sands of registered voters on campus. “This is not a game; this is about the fu ture of our country,” he said, encouraging all students to help in the campus get-out-the vote effort. The Student Vote Coalition exceeded its goal of registering 7,500 new voters, student outreach director for the Carry Oregon cam paign Michelle Dixon said, with more than 1,000 being registered on Tuesday alone. “Now they have the massive job of mak ing sure people vote,” Dixon said. — Meghann Cuniff Author to discuss book about Philippines tonight Author Jessica Hagedorn will talk about her book “Dream Jungle” today at 7 p.m in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Hage dorn will share her views on how America has impacted the Philippines both political ly as well as culturally. “Dream Jungle” tells the story of a woman named Rizalina growing up in the Philippines and her connection to the politician who dis covered a lost tribe called the Taobo. Events coordinator Brian Juenemann said he was interested in the book as soon as he heard about it. “I remembered when her first novel, ‘Do geaters,’ came out; it was kind of a buzz,” Juenemann said. “I think the fact that she is a playwright, an artist and an actor, she will be com pelling to people when she speaks,” he said. — Rachel Lee health ★ AMERICA VOTES 2004 ★ Lauren Wimer | Senior photographer The cost of prescription drugs and health services is of critical importance to many voters in deciding whom to vote for this November. ARE HEALTH CARE ISSUES IMPORTANT AND WILL THEY INFLUENCE HOW YOU VOTE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS? "Health care is something that I very much pay atten tion to. I have a chronic dis ease... (but)in this election is not my highest priority be cause I feel my civil liberties are and my right to practice my religion... because they are in danger." Elizabeth Duell | junior "I don't think it's important that either candidate ad dress health care in this elec tion. I think It’s important for candidates to keep address ing foreign policy." Roy Parr I junior "Everyone has a right to affordable healthcare no matter What their socioeco nomic background is. We need to change presidents... we need health care reform." Trysta Krick I freshman "It's not going to affect who I vote for, but I can see why it would be an issue." John Gelles | sophomore State and national candidates present their views on health care in Oregon and in America BY AYISHA YAHYA NEWS EDITOR Voters have to sift through a barrage of is sues before they can pick candidates to vote for in the upcoming elections and one issue that attracts a lot of attention every election is health care. With increasing costs around the country and lack of access to health care for certain demographics, many candi dates are taking on the issue with platforms that promise reform in the health care industry. The local scene Oregon’s health care system has faced signif icant cuts with recent years’ budget shortfalls. Due to fiscal cuts and the failure of Measure 30 earlier this year, the state’s Department of Hu man Services must reduce the number of peo ple on the Oregon Health Plan’s standard HEALTH CARE, page 12 Geology takes alumnus across globe Art Green spent 41 years with ExxonMobil looking for oil in countries from Singapore to Australia BYCANELAWOOD NEWS REPORTER From mapping in the Sahara Desert to drilling for oil off-shore in the North Sea, University alum nus Art Green has spent most of his post-college years overseas. "After graduating I was just hoping for a job. There weren’t many jobs in geology at the time,” Green said. “I heard about this one from a professor who worked for the company in Peru.” During his 41 years of service with ExxonMobil, Green spent vj a vviij miv graduated with a mas If Where are they now? most oi ms time traveling. He went to England. ter s in ecology in 1962, went to work in the geological research branch for the Humble Company owned by Standard Oil. The com pany, which later became Exxon Mobil, had headquarters in New York, although its research branch was based in Houston. Singapore, Libya, Russia, China, Canada, France, Australia and even lived in Norway for a year. “It was before they had TV and there was only one radio station,” Green said. “It was a quiet town ALUMNUS, page 12 Lauren Wimer | Senior photographer University alumnus Art Green speaks on Thursday afternoon about global energy. He recently stepped down from a position at ExxonMobil, where he spent several years in search of oil overseas.
