Page 5 PageS Page 12 Across the USA "'I.< StOries Sports Spotlight Local cyclists ~e aneventful CoIiJmlSt relates tale of another Roadrunners captain closing out coast to coastJoumey Th~y night in Harlem Jon career as NJiIl/ll THE COMMUTER=:Dn V~ 231Mua1ler 2 L1nn-llentollCom_llity Colle!!, AJllany,Oregon WedD Illb oa;9.1991 l Voter info service moves to Corvallis Defazio to use Non-profit organization plans to use student interns, volunteers during 92 campaign By Tricia Lafrance information about candidates, voting records, and a perfor- pay raise to help Of the Commuter mance evaluation. The Center forNational Independencein Politics (CNIP), A Reporter Source Book, underwritten by the Mary Oregon colleges the first voter information service in America, established Reynolds Babcock Foundation, will be given to political PORTLAND-Rep. Peter its headquarters at 129NW 4th Street in Corvallis, Oregon reporters. Pender said this will help reporters analyze DeFazio, who has been returning in June, 1991 to establish voter awareness and education political messages and see if candidates are keeping their a portion ofhis congressional pay during the 1992 political campaign. campaign claims. raises to the U.S. Treasury, says Tony Penders, Assistant Information Director at CNIP, Student Involvement is being implemented through he will now start sending the said the organization moved from Tucson, Arizona to the curriculum materials from CNIP. This is, according to money to.Oregon colleges. Willamette Valley because of a shared focus with the Pender, "to make politics come alive for the young," When DeFazio came to Con- Political Science Department at Oregon State University A Citizen Information Network is a plan for a computer gress in 1987,his pay was $77,000 on applied politics-"making things happen", and the pro- bank ofinformation, said Pender, sovoters can have access a year. It's now $125,000, but vision of 150 interns from OSU. to thatinformation in their own home. since the first pay raise after his Penders said at a press conference at Linn-Benton CNIP also publishes a Voter's Self Defense Manual with arrival in Washington, he has Community Collegeon October3rd that internships through information about candidates, and manipulative political accepted an amount of income LBCC may be possibility during the winter of 1992. campaign tactics. (CNIP News, Sept.1991) equal to the cost of living raises CNIPis a non-profit, non-partisan organization seeking Penders said CNIP views "a political candidate as a job given Social Security recipients student and community volunteers. Volunteers stuff en- applicant, his office as a job and the public as employers." and turned over the rest to the velopes,mail newsletters, telephone national organizations The Center for National Independence is here to help so we U.s. TreaSurY. and special-interest groups and interview political candi- can make informed choices, said Pender. dates for the National Political Awareness Test. DeFazio said last week tIIllt be This organization is funded by national grants, contri- win ttivide the money betWeiin The CNIP was formed by a group of national leaders to butions and membership fees which start at $35. However, the Treasury and and a stboJar.. impel political candidates to deal with issues not just $10, or whatever a person can afford, said Pender, entitles sbip1\mdtbr~eoIIege$. This image. CNIP implements candidate and voterparticipation the contributor to receive the CNIP newsletter. (.,,~ through five basic programs known as Projeet Vote Smmt RiehA' d Kimbatl, ft fen iiiel stftte-"Sen3tol"rrom Arizona, is 1992. vem $!2,OOOfor the president ofThe Center for National Independence. He its Presid~ntial SCboJarilbip pr0- The National Political Awareness Test (NPAT)gives the wants to "restore America's faith in democracy" and to gram. Inaddition,~Umpqua public a chance to see the position taken by political attain the goal of"re-powerment ofthe American people." and SOutb_Ubll ~ com- candidates on various issues. A voter can easily compare Pender said at the press conference that this is a "unique ~~~WlttCharein'his hisownposition to that of any particularpolitical candidate. experiment". "It's the first time in an organized democracy dilit&t._~~1y A toll free 800 Voter Information Service will be open to that an external source is there to tell the public what the public this fall, said Pender, sovoters can obtain factual more thlln $2,OOO"'For a one- candidates and groups think." year full·tuitilHl ithoI8iliJdp. "IconJd.nothavfl .... ~ mtboutfildetaJ~J.l1diliind Residents plan for better community atmosphere thisistn1~dtf~ By Matthew Rasmussen retraining displaced workers to the Stalick, Superintendent of Albany else a haM, iWd DeFazio, a For The Commuter necessity of a teen drop-in center as schools, in an opening address. "We graduate of Tofts University in Concerned Albany area residents community members sought ways to need to plan for it, and not just let it M~ebusetts. "1 realize that numbering nearly 130gathered in the make Albany a better place to live in happen." many people cannot atrord a eoJ. LBCC Commons Monday night to de- the future. Known as STRIDE, the community legeadJ:wlltion. Unfortunately, the velop ideas for long-range community "We seek answers to the question: action group was formed by the combi- education president's ~ is action plans. 'What do we want Albany to to be like to reduce the ~ liJf awards by 750.oot'- Topics of discussion ranged from in the year 1995, or 2000,m said Bob Turn to Albany, page 6 It's in the hole! Doug Starr gobbles down a barbecued burger while fellow students negotiate the undulations of the miniature golf course at Wednesday afternoon's Fall Picnic festivities. The Commuter/CHARLES SHEPARD 2 The CommuterlWednesday OCt. 9,1991 _____________ ---' -- L....- _ . .~ Send us your huddled masses,as long as they have big bucks to invest The u.s. Immigration Service stopped IsSuing I editorial. I invitations to the land of", ---- ..... the free. right after Jimmy Carter headed back to the Georgia Hills. The golden doors oflnUnlgration have long been kept shut and fortlfied by the dead-bolt mentality of the Reagen/Bush gatekeepers. Now, the policy makers have decided to relax the current laws that limit the migra- tion of western visitors. The new Federal ImmJgration law that took effect Oct. I, sets aside a special visa for 10,000 Immigrants and their immediate families. Could we be entering a new era of diplo- macy, that is tearing down the old fabriC and walls that once Impeded the progress of those who wanted to join our poor, our hungry, our huddled masses? Still, there isjust one minor loophole In the new law that will never be added to the inscription at the base of the Statue of lJb.. Jordan should tell the press to 'cut the bull' erty-To be eligible for the new visa. you In about half of his movies, John Wayne would I have no idea why Jordan didn't go to the White must have at least $1 mUllon to Invest In our grin at an angry woman and say: "Has anyone ever . House. Maybe he wanted to play 36 holes of golf, a country, told you that you're beautiful when you're mad?" game to which he is addicted. If so, fine. I'd rather Clearly defined the new law limits the I feel the same way about sports commentators. play 36 holes of golf than pose for photos with a mobUityofthe poor and rewards the wealthy I'm always tempted to say: "Has anyone ever told politician. Or maybe he wanted to spend the day in with an easy route through the rusty gates of you how hilarious you are when you get mad?" bed. If so, that's fine, too. InUnlgration that are now paved In gold. At the moment, some are mad at Michael Jordan, Whatever his reasons, he's not the first notable to The law will need close policing by the of all people. take a pass on a White House invitation. Immigration and Naturalization Servlce to It isn't easy to get mad at I' I When John F. Kennedy was president, he and his make sure that the money is really Invested Michael Jordan. He doesn't mIke royko wife wanted to dazzle us with their alleged culture In companies and federally-apptoved bust· do drugs. He doesn't get and sophistication. So they arranged dinners with ness ventures, not In stocks. CD's, and loaded and ram light poles. He doesn't clutch the appropriate artsy types. mutuals, as stated In the by-laws. That is bottoms ofyoung lovelies. He doesn't publicly whine One such White House invitation went to William loophole number two. about his salary or anything else. Faulkner, the great novelist and noted whiskey RJght on the heels of the new legislation. All he does is play basketball more spectacularly drinker. you can bet the ImmJgration Service is busy than anyone has ever done and conduct himself the Faulkner, who lived, wrote and drank on a farm r- reissuing those long lost invitations to the way every father wishes his sons would. in Mississippi, declined the invitation. millionaires of the world. But sports page philosophers, always on the alert As he told someone:"I'm toooldat my age to travel ThelnvitatlonsR.S,V'p. translates directly for a character flaw, have found a flaw in Jordan. that far to eat with strangers." _ to the poor-·RIGHTS SUCED VlAPOVERlY. As a Chicago Sun-Times headline put it" "Jordan I thought that was kind of coolof Faulkner. And . strictly bush league in his White House snub." I think it's coolofJordan to not only decline to pose This referred to the fact that the Chicago Bulls for pictures with a politician, but to ignore the had been invited to the White House to be con- bleating demands of the sports babblers that he The Commuter is the .------- ....