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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.