BUSINESS SPORTS NATION , Productivity up, New recruits hope to help Few surprises sales down I page 7 Sampson's hoopsters I page 9 at thepotls I page 3 '" ver een November 7 1990 Established 1894 Vol. 97 No. 58 TABLE MANNERS WEDNESDAY Elections bad news for GOP ~ATImR: ~t\Y c\oudY By David Espo MOS . g Associated Press ith inCfeaSI~ 'IV of faIn. Democrats bid to expand control of Con- cnance n gress on Tuesday in midterm elections punc- Winds 5-"\ 5 rnp . tuated by stirrings of voter discontent. the 40s, Republicans lost governorships in Florida, HighS In II Oklahoma and Rhode Island and struggled to . tne 30s. hold other key statehouses. \OWs In . a rn. sunrise-6.38 . Upsets were hard to find, but Democratic sunset - 4:25 p.rn. Sen. Bill Bradley was in a suspenseful race against political unknown Christine Todd Whitman. In a notable comeback, former Sen. Lowell Weicker won an independent bid for governor of Connecticut. Kindergartners There was precious little good news for the GOP. The best of it was in Ohio, where take to the polls George Voinovich won a Democratic gover- norship. All eyes were on California where PHOENIX (AP) Pete Wilson bid to keep the statehouse in Youngsters in Arizona Republican hands. don't have to wait until Staff photo by David Wellington they're 18 to vote. They Republican Sen. Jesse Helms led in his race for reelection in North Carolina, where Psi Upsilon brothers Chris Nelson, Michael Corwin and Todd Ulsund solicit can go to the polls in kin- polls were kept open late because of voting support from Rob Moriarty for the Shriner's Hospital fund raising drive. dergarten., The "Kids Voting" pro- See VOTE on page 3 gram, designed tojmprove the way Americans vote, believes in starting young. UI investigates fraternity hazing ineident "It's thrilling because it lets kids vote on things the UI chapter to cease all pledge harassment," Pitman said. He pledge's parents who was con- adults do," says 9-year-old By Steve Hood class activities, including their said there were two instances of cerned about their son's safety, Stephanie Schwartz, who Staff Writer meetings and duties. mental harassment, and one of Pitman said. adds that she'll probably The University of Idaho is Dean of Student Advisory Ser- physical harassment. Pitman said he hopes to have vote for the rest of her life. investigating allegations of vices Bruce Pitman said the situ- The alleged hazing was said to UI's investigation finished within Kids Voting began in pledge class hazing at the Mos- ation was a matter the university involve sleep deprivation and a week or so, 1988 as a pilot program cow chapter of Sigma Alpha was seriously concerned with. verbal abuse involving the chap- He also said the SAE national "Harassment, hazing, or other ter's 19-member pledge class. office has not sent a formal taking in parts of six school Epsilon fraternity. actions taken intentionally to' The investigations were begun report yet, but has told l).im by districts; 30,000 children The university is working closely with the national frater- cause mental anguish to others in response to a phone call Pit- voted. nity office, which has already are direct violations of the uni- man received from one of the See HAZING on page 12 Two years later. the pro- concluded its own investigation. versity's code," he said. gram has grown to iaclede Pending a decision, the frater- "These situations include pri- about 200 school districts nity's national office has ordered marily activities of mental around the state. More than Gr4!eks open doorS 600,000 youngsters are eli- gible to vote. Recycling frenzy hits Moscow Voting booths for chil- to foreign students dren in grades kindergarten Empire Mall and downtown By Amy Nelson the sorority will give a tour of through 12 will be set up at Moscow, " said Tom Lamar, The ASWSU International Staff Writer the.bouse. 1,797 of the state's nearly director of the PCEI. R\lations G~m,Qlittee arid t~e Volunteers are encouraging The tour will then continue 2,000 precincts for Tues- Moscow businesses have G~~~ystem are 'sponsQring··.·3,;, businesses to recycle their own tour of two Greek .houses (or at.Farmhouse fraternity follow- day's general election. joined the recycling frenzy and are attempting to reduce waste in materials and use products made (oreignstlidentsJomonQw. ing a talk given by the Interfra- Laurie Delaney, a social the community. of recycled materials, he said. TbeKappa .:Alpha Theta ternity Council. studies teacher in Mesa, Their efforts are in cooperation Businesses can sign a pledge, SQtQrint will /.h.~ve an open Because there is no Greek said some of her students with the Palouse Clearwater which was drawn up by the insti- hotrse starting 'at" 7('30 p. m, system outside of North. Amer- said their parents registered Environmental Institute, said the tute, to reduce their use of unre- with officers from Panhelleni9 ica .•....students from fo~eign . to vote for the first time institute's director. CQll'nlriesneed to be exposed to cyclable materials. The pledge spe~n& aboilt tbe Gt:eek ~rs- -::>, after the students became "We have five volunteers, also encourages government and tein. <* .. See TOUR on page 6 involved in Kids Voting. splitting up geographically, talk- ~ft¢r the talk, mempe~s·'of ing to businesses at the Palouse See RECYCLE on page 6 Americans vote once more, with anger project. l?bby in Minneapolis, a school snow and this fall's bow hunting season first time, with some help from her By Mitchell Landsberg cafetena 1D New York City. for deer - anything but politics. mother, Debbie. Associated Press They punched computer cards and But when talk did turn to politics, the "She voted for the environment," said Behind the flags and bunting and mech- pulled old-fashioned cranks. They partici- people of Benzie County were as dis- Debbie Rosenberg, who had let Emma anized curtains, in schools and churches pated in democracy. gusted as voters anywhere. pull the lever for a vote on New York's and government buildings, Americans But beneath the surface ran a disturbing "Kick them all out!" one man said as Environmental Quality Bond Act. voted on Tuesday. Then, time and again, streak of cynicism - about the federal he walked out the door. It was thrilling for a 5-year-old, but her they declared disgust with the government budget, about the U.S. involvement in the "Start over!" his wife chimed in. mother's smile vanished when she was they were electing. Persian Gulf and, perhaps most sharply, Family physician Bob Camp looked asked if she was satisfied with the slate of "You have to kind of hold your nose about the dismal state of political cam- over the sample ballot posted on the wall. candidates on the ballot. and vote this time," said John Kirley, a paigns. "If there was a place on here for 'No "No, who's satisfied?" she said. semi-retired consultant voting in Dallas. In northern Michigan's rural Benzie one,' I would have voted a straight "Nobody's satisfied right now." His sentiments were widely shared by vot- County, people filed into the Benzonia ticket," he said. "I am thoroughly dis- Turnout was heavy as usual at the Cape ers around the country. Township Hall to cast their ballots, gusted. I am more than that. I am one Canaveral Recreation Center, where nearly From outward appearances, the election exchange some small talk and sample step beyond disgusted." half the voters are retired. Many of the was another page from a civics textbook. Township Clerk Pat Mead's orange twists Six hundred miles away, in New York others are employed at the Kennedy Space Voters streamed into a Mennonite church and sticky buns. City, wind blew leaves into swirls outside Center or its offshoots in the aerospace gymnasium in Fresno, Calif., a recreation Precinct worker Art Fleetwood kept up the brick school building where 5-year-old industry. 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