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1 elections
Effect of election
money in campus
setting debatable
ASUO executive tickets Rees-Anker-Lagos and Walsh
Coy spent almost one-third less than last year's two tickets
BY PARKER HOWELL
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
ASUO Executive elects Adam
Walsh and Kyla Coy took in less than
half the campaign contributions op
ponents Ashley Rees and Jael Anker
Lagos received during this year’s
elections, according to financial pa
perwork filed by the candidates.
The Walsh and Rees tickets pulled
in combined donations of about
$2,390, about 31 percent less than top
contenders Ben Strawn and Adam
Petkun received last year. The candi
dates spent about $2,031, also about
one-third less than expenditures by
last year’s candidates.
Winners Walsh and Coy solicited
and spent about $726, according to
the records.
Walsh and Coy each contributed
about $238 to their campaign, com
posing about 66 percent of their cam
paign’s income. Ardemis Walsh con
tributed $250.
Election rules prohibit contribu
tions larger than $500 from any one
person or group.
Walsh said the small environment
for a campus election makes publici
ty “a lot easier to come by.”
“Really I think it goes to show that
in such a closed-off environment,
money isn’t necessarily going to be
the decision maker,” he said.
He also said monetary contribu
tions aren’t as important in ASUO
races because of low voter turnout.
“The kids that are going to be vot
ing, ... most of them are going to take
it upon themselves to learn about the
candidates and who they’re going to
vote for,” he said. “Unlike larger elec
tions where turnout is seen as your
civic duty, here it’s really if you’re
interested, if you want to take the
time to check it out.”
He added that he wants to moti
vate students to become more in
volved next year.
Walsh said he and Coy began plan
ning and saving as early as December
to prepare for their Executive bid.
Rees and Anker-Lagos gathered
$1,664 in monetary contributions,
spending $1,305 with a surplus of
about $359.
Contributions from Rees and
Anker-Lagos made up about 11 per
cent of their income. Rees con
tributed $175, while Anker-Lagos did
not contribute.
The ticket received major contribu
tions from family members. Roberto
Anker gave $500, Sara Beth Rees
gave $350, Pat Rees gave $320 and
Natalia Anker-Lagos gave $100.
Friend Sara Berger contributed $120.
Rees and Anker-Lagos said they
spent the majority of their funds
on T-shirts and on copying fliers
and posters.
Rees said money can help a cam
paign gain visibility, but it won’t
help a campaign that doesn’t en
gage students.
“You can’t say that you need to
have money to have an effective
campaign,” she said. “We spent our
money on visibility and we’re hap
py with the amount of visibility we
had in the campaign.”
Although election rules don’t speci
fy when the ticket must return unused
funds, past candidates have been en
couraged to repay excess money with
in two weeks, Election Board Coordi
nator Kelly Cheeseman said.
parkerhowell@ daily emerald, com
IN BRIEF
New Oregon Daily Emerald
editor in chief selected
The Oregon Daily Emerald Board of
Directors has named Senior News
Reporter Parker Howell as the newspa
per’s next editor in chief
to follow the current
editor Jennifer Sudick,
who will graduate
in June.
Howell, a 20-year-old
junior journalism stu
dent from Hillsboro,
started working for the
Emerald in March 2004.
He now reports on cam
the newspaper with his work.
Howell pledged to work hard to of
fer the “best professional leadership.”
“We will continue the things we are
doing well, and renovate the things we
need to improve,” he said.
Howell suggested changes to three
aspects of the paper. First, he
proposed renovating the newspaper’s
online presence and
offering more multimedia
sources online.
“We will put some of
our interviews on our
Web site to let people de
cide whether our reports
are accurate,” he said.
He said he also plans
to put some short video
and documentaries on
pus and federal politics.
Mark Watson, chair
man of the Emerald
board, said Howell's
PARKER HOWELL
2005-06 EDITOR IN CHIEF
line to help readers bet
ter understand the sto
ries the paper runs.
Another big change will
strong news sense and experience
distinguished him from the
other candidate.
“Both candidates are extremely
strong, and the board really made a
very difficult choice,” Watson said.
However, he added, Howell’s answers
to some tough questions and his ideas
on renovating the newspaper persuad
ed the board to select him.
Sudick said she has a lot of confi
dence in Howell and believed he
would improve the overall quality of
be on the commentary
page, where, he said, all kinds of voic
es would have the chance to be heard.
“We will also try to offer more an
swers in the editorials rather than only
asking tough questions,” he said.
The Emerald will also run some
sports coverage on the front page un
der Howell’s leadership. He said he be
lieves lots of readers want to see their
favorite stories upon their first look at
the newspaper.
— Aibing Guo