Poster map: Cloutier considers future projects, including another map
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photograph all the businesses,” he
said. After churning out the map un
der the tight deadline of six to eight
weeks and enjoying its success, Clouti
er spent the next decade and a half do
ing freelance art.
Then, about two years ago, a cus
tomer at Capper’s Frame Shop in
downtown Eugene asked an employ
ee about obtaining a copy of Clouti
er’s old poster map. The employee,
who was a friend of Cloutier’s,
passed along the question to Clouti
er. Cloutier told him that there were
no copies of the old map left and not
even he had one.
“His response was, ‘Why don’t you
do a new one?’ which was easy for
him to say,” Cloutier said.
To make a new map, Cloutier
needed to see a copy of his old map
for inspiration. He convinced Register
Guard columnist Bob Welch to print a
plea in his column, which yielded one
call — a young man with a different
Eugene poster map produced in 1988
by David Funk. Cloutier then found
some photos that his brother took of
him working on the old map.
“I looked at these businesses up
close, and a lot of them had moved,
but Bradford’s Hi-Fidelity was still
downtown, so 1 called them up,”
Cloutier said. “They said, ‘Oh yeah,
we’ve got one in the bathroom.’”
The business of mapping
Once ready to start his new map,
Cloutier began recruiting local busi
nesses to fill it. Businesses bought a
spot on the map plus twenty copies for
$149. Some non-profit organizations
were invited to participate at no charge
or at a discounted rate. While he ex
pected 75 to 100 businesses to sign on,
similar to the original map’s 75 busi
nesses, he got over 300. “Seven out of
ten businesses I called on signed up,”
he said.
“The primary criteria was that they
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locally owned,” Cloutier
said. Only one or two
franchises were includ
ed, he said, and he also
looked for businesses
that are of historical sig
nmcance or tena to remind people or
Eugene.
“I was also interested in businesses
that had interesting logos,” he added.
In addition to the local shops, the
map includes various secret refer
ences. The little airplane with the pi
lot shouting, “Go Beavs!” should not
be interpreted as treason towards
Cloutier’s alma mater, but as a greet
ing to Cloutier’s brother’s stepson,
who went to Oregon State University
and is now an Air Force pilot. The
poker hand on the east edge of the
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Cloutier’s poker group
that meets every other
Wednesday. Cloutier in
cluded himself as the
duck pitching a baseball
on the South Eugene High
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Over the summer, when Cloutier
worked on the map, he often stopped
at the University Bookstore to buy sup
plies. Every time he went to the store,
a bookstore employee named Fred
asked him, “Am I on the map yet?” Fi
nally, Fred was granted his wish — he
appeared on the map as a duck with a
T-shirt saying “Fred,” and was depict
ed joking around with a duck in a doc
tor outfit who was represented Clouti
er’s urologist.
Now that Cloutier is less busy after
the completion of his map, he has
time to consider future projects.
“When 1 finished this map a year
and a half after I started, I vowed I’d
never do another map, but unfortu
nately it made me some money, and 1
need some money, so I’m thinking
about doing a map of Cottage Grove,”
Cloutier said.
Eva Sylwester is a freelance reporter
for the Daily Emerald
Exit polls: Oregon voter analysis not to be revealed until election night
Continued from page 1
team hired approximately 40 inter
viewers, typically undergraduate stu
dents at the University, who called
people from two lists. One list con
sisted entirely of registered Oregon
voters and the other random house
holds in the state. From these two
lists, researchers can find patterns
and a representative base for voter
turnout and candidate choice.
Exit poll numbers are not re
leased until the polls are closed,
which means that analysis of how
Oregon voted cannot be revealed
until election day.
“We feel we got inclusive infor
mation of voters,” Bloom said.
But the telephone surveys might
inherently exclude people, as most
exit poll surveys do not call cell
phones and there may be other con
ditions that rule out or underesti
mate certain demographics.
“With young college students
who only own cell phones, they of
ten move frequently, too, and don’t
update their registration informa
tion, so we do not typically see high
turnout, and they represent two to
three percent of the population,”
Bloom said. “Unless they come out
to vote in overwhelming fashion,
they won’t impact the election.”
Bloom said in four years he ex
pects cell phones to become of a
factor for exit pollers. As of now, he
said that the exclusion of cell
phones does not disregard younger
voters — in the interviews, re
searchers ask for the voter in the
house with the nearest birthday, or
else they’d get a disproportionate
amount of women interviewees,
Bloom said.
Junior Russ Casler, one of the stu
dent interviewers for the project,
said the project had a sample size of
about 900 people.
“We got a lower response on this
survey than others, which is to be
expected,” Casler said. With it being
so late in the election season, peo
ple have already been so inundated
with political messages that they
may be less willing to answer ques
tions, he said, and some may have
thought it was a push poll rather
than an exit poll.
“1 don’t think some people under
stood the legitimacy of it,” Casler
said. He added that response rates
were higher from the list of regis
tered voters than from the random
number list.
The survey included questions on
who the voters had chosen in na
tional and statewide races, ballot
measures, statewide issues and ap
proval ratings, Casler said.
The research team does not pro
vide analysis to go along with exit
poll numbers, Bloom said. The
analysis is handled by the Network
Election Pool, a consortium of news
providers including ABC, CBS, NBC,
CNN, Fox News and the Associated
Press. The NEP and each network
have analysis teams that slice and
dice the exit poll information and
find a conclusion, Bloom said.
Bloom also said many networks
are now keeping analysts in a room
without any outside media interfer
ence where they will report election
results based only on their research,
in the hopes of net replaying the fol
low-the-network trend in the last
presidential election where Fox
News led with reports of Bush’s
Florida win and other networks fol
lowed and reported the same. He
said the Associated Press alone sta
tioned pollers in every county in
the country so it could compile re
sults with voter choices and trends
to understand how each county and
demographic vote.
At the University, students seem
equally divided regarding whether
or not the presidency will be decid
ed with a recount.
“I think we’ll find out by tomor
row night or Wednesday,” senior
Kate Simrell said Monday. She
added that she did not think her
candidate — John Kerry — would
be the winner.
Senior Gavin Francis said he sees
the outcome much differently.
“1 think it will go into a recount
and, what’s more, I think there will
be judicial action and that Kerry will
be more reluctant to give up than A1
Gore in 2000,” Francis said.
anthonylucero@dailyemerald.com
News Editor Ayisha Yahya
contributed to this report.
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Ballot Measures:
Measure 31 - Postponement of Election Due to Candidate Death
Basics: Would amend the constition to permit the postponement of election tor certain public offices when a nominee for
that office dies. Financial Impact: No direct financial impact on state or local government.
Measure 33 - Mobile Home Taxes
Basies: Would amend the constitution by removing reference to mobile homes from a provision dealing with taxes and
motor vehides. Financial Impact: No direct financial impact on state or local government
Measure 33 - Medical Marijuana
Baslcs:This statutory change would amend Oregon's current Medical Marijuana Act by requiring marijuana dispensaries
for supplying seriously ill or suffetirig patients and their c ate givers and by raising patient posessiori limits from one ounce
to one pound. Financial Impact. After fees are assessed to users and growers, costs to the state are estimated at $75,000
^annually. Costs to local governments are not known.
Measure 34 - 50/50 Tiliamook and Clatsop Forest Plan
Ba*fos:TWs statutory change would require balancing timber production and resource conservation/preservation in the
Clatsop and Tilia mook State Forests. Half of these forests would be set aside for restorative purposes, a n increase of 35%,
Financial Impact: would cost the state an estimated $5.7-$ 16.6 million annually In expenditures and lost revenue and
v would require a one time expenditure of $2 million, $17.2-519.4 million in lost revenue at the local level. j
Measure 35 - Medical Malpractice Limit
Basics: If passed, measure 35 would change the constitution to limit non-economic damges recoverable for patient
injuries caused by healthcare provider's negligence or recklessness. The limit would be set at $500,000. Oregon has not
had a limit since 1999, when the previous cap was struck down by the Oregon Supreme Court. Financial Impact: No
financial impact on the state. Backers of the measure claim that doctors' malpractice insurance premiums will be
reduced. Opponents claim this is just a way for insurance companies to Increase profits by avoiding large jury awards.
Measure 3d - Sama-sex Marriage
Bastes Measure 36 would Insert lanuage into the constitution defining marriage as applying only to the the union of one
man and one woman. This change would ban same-sex marriage in Oregon and would forbid Oregon from recognizing
same-sex marriages performed in other states, The status of same-sex marriages already performed in the state wouid
be in limbo. Financial Impact No direct financial impact on the state. Same-sex couples would not be eligible for many
financial benefits associated with marriage.
/ Measure 37 -Government Reimbursement for I and Value Change \
Basics: This constitutional change would require state and local governments to either pay land owners or forgo enforce
ment of land use restrictions when they result in a property value reduction. This law would retroactively apply to
property from the time it was purchased. A similar law was passed by voters in 2000, but was overturned by the Oregon 1
Supreme Court. Financial Impact: Estimated administrative costs for state and local governments would reach upwards
of $344 million. Payment for claims Issued under the new law could reach upwards of $1 billion. This would lead to a
^decrease in general fund money allocated to post-secondary education and other stare services.J
( Measure 38 - Abolish State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF)
i BasksThis statutory change would abolish the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF), Oregon's largest workers compen
| sation insurer. All businesses and employees covered by SAIF would be required to re-insure with a private insurer. Backers
[ of the measure point out that SAIF has been plagued by allegations of corruption and argue that the state should get
i out of the insurance business. Opponents say that SAIF keeps rates low for businesses and is willing to insure people in
high risk professions. They also point out that the Measure 38 campaign Is being funded almost entirely by SAIF's main
| private competitor, Liberty Northwest Financial Impact This measure would cost the state about $104 million annually
| in lost revenue. Would require a one-time expenditure of $2.2-52.4 billion. This could lead to a decrease in general fund
\ money allocated to post-secondary education and other stale services.
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