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Bush, Kerry make stops in Oregon at same time By BEN BROWN OREGON DAILY EMERALD (U. OREGON) EUGENE, Ore. — President Bush spoke to supporters at a rally for his re-election at Beaverton’s Southridge High School Friday about education, health care and national security, focusing strongly on how his tax cuts have created jobs and supported small businesses. Bush gave his speech on the same day his opponent, John Kerry, held a rally in Portland’s Waterfront Park. Oregon is considered an important swing state for both candidates. At the speech, Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., introduced Laura Bush, who introduced her husband, while the crowd of more than 400 Bush campaign volunteers and small-business people chanted “four more years.” Bush started his speech by calling on his grassroots supporters to help re-elect him, telling them to go out and register people to vote. “Get people to the polls,” Bush said. “And when you do, head them our way, because we have a program to make America better, stronger and safer.” Bush also talked about his education plan, praising the No Child Left Behind Act, which he called a great success in raising education standards and helping children learn basic skills. “We continue to raise the bar,” Bush said. “We continue to use a system that works.” Bush’s speech focused on economic development: He said the work farmers, ranchers and entrepreneurs, with the help of the Bush administration’s tax cut, has created 1.5 million new jobs and reduced unemployment in Oregon from 8.4 percent to 6.7 percent. By OMIE DRAWHORN OREGON DAILY EMERALD (U. OREGON) EUGENE, Ore. — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry turned a quiet Springfield, Ore., neighborhood into a bustling campaign stop Friday, when he, along with wife, Theresa Heinz Kerry, and his entourage of Secret Service agents and campaign advisers turned up in a Springfield cul-de-sac. The event was hosted by Kerry supporters Jeff and Claire Kronser. Jeff Kronser is a firefighter and president of a labor union and Claire is a teacher. About 120 guests were seated in 16 picnic tables in the center of the E Street cul-de-sac with red and white gingham table cloths, some waving small American flags. “You guys got enough basketball hoops?” Kerry joked as he looked at the nearby houses. “Is everybody on this street training for the NBA or what?” Crowds lined the outside of the cul-de-sac, holding signs and chanting “Kerry!” hoping to get a glance of the candidate or hear part of his speech. The stop was Kerry’s third Oregon stop since his campaign for president began and his first in the Eugene-Springfield area. Oregon is considered a key swing state in the upcoming election. In 2000, Oregon narrowly supported Democrat A1 Gore in his bid for the presidency. Throughout his speech, Kerry emphasized the increasing burden on the middle class and said that America does have a choice. “That’s really what America is all about, neighborhoods and communities,” he said. SG spearheads effort to prevent banner vandalism By ELLEN TWEEDY THE GAMECOCK Students who were frustrated after their signs were vandalized on Greene Street should see improvements in banner protection this year, Student Government officials said. Student organizations have found the brick wall across from the Russell House to be the perfect place for to express their opinions or beliefs and share them with the USC community. However, it is also a perfect place for anyone who disagrees with those opinions to vandalize or rip down the banners and signs posted on the wall. The Russell House University Union approves the banners and signs before they go up on the wall, so everything written on them has been deemed OK for students to see. After enough complaints from different organizations, SG decided to use a new method to keep the signs safe. It is putting up bolts on 10 different panels and is also buying 40 locks that will be available for student organizations. Anyone interested in obtaining the locks for their banners can go to the second floor of the Russell House in the SG offices. While these locks will only work on the heavier banners, it is a start, SG treasurer Cameron Burnette said. Burnette added that about $600 worth of banners has been torn down since he took office in March. SG put in a work order last month for the bolts, and now they are waiting for the hardware to be installed by Facility Services. The materials and labor for the banner protection are costing SG about $1,000. Burnette said that SG had to use Facility Services for this project because the alterations are being made on university property. He also said that either the Russell House University Union or SG would regulate who checks out the locks. “Hopefully it’ll fix the problem,” he said. According to Randy Dargan, the chairman of College Republicans, many of their banners last year were taken off the wall shortly after they were put up. The organization spent money on locks to try to keep the signs up, but it only held them for a week before they too were torn down. “We are inviting other USC students to follow the Carolina Creed and respect other people’s property and opinions. We would never tear down anyone else’s banners. If you have a different opinion from the banners, you shouldn’t vandalize them in order to express that,” Dargan said. SG President Zachery Scott said that this would be a trial and error process determine if it works. He said he hoped it would prevent students from defacing any banners this year. News Editor Michael LaForgia contributed to this report. Comments on this story ? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Soul/]/ s searching? So are we. http://web.sa.sc.edu/coc Come join us for an informal Episcopal worship service, a home-cooked meal and a fun and informative gathering. Tuesdays - 6:30 p.m. Trinity Cathedral’s Keenan Chapel In the block of Marion, Senate, Sumter and Gervais Streets Walk through the parking lot on the comer of Marion and Senate Streets and through the courtyard; Keenan Chapel is at the back of the courtyard. 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