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THE BATTALION
October 6,
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speaking on tree stumps, the most
significant change in campaigns he
can see is how Americans get their
information about candidates.
“It is all about the game of poli
tics,” he said.
Remini said he would like to see
once again the Lincoln-Douglas de
bates of the 1860 presidential election.
Johnson maintained that debates
still play a role in the bid for the
White House. He referred to Rea
gan’s first landslide victory.
“Ronald Reagan won the debate
and won the presidency,” said John
son, a Pulitzer prize-winning jour
nalist and staff member of The Wash
ington Post for more than 25 years.
Johnson said that although the ba
sic premise of presidential campaigns
is the same, the method in which they
are managed is significantly different.
He said the three most significant
factors are an electronic world, cyn
ical media and “horse-race journal
ism” — the media’s constant abuse
of polls and minute-to-minute dis
section of things that do not matter in
the campaign.
“Good information is out there,
but you have to wade through to get
it,” Johnson said. “Television is the
transcending factor of all politics.
The press gets caught up in the news
as entertainment.”
Deaver said he has never seen a
presidential race change overnight
like it did when Gore selected Sen.
Joseph Lieberman to join him on the
ticket for the Democratic Party.
“[Lieberman] gave Gore confi
dence and he changed the campaign
overnight,” he said.
Johnson agreed.
“Lieberman gave a lift to the cam
paign, and if Gore wins, it will be be
cause of Lieberman,” he said.
Deaver added that Cheney has not
been the candidate that some might
have hoped he would. He said Bush
had the support of minorities and
women before selecting Cheney, but
“the Cheney selection stopped that.”
“This is a business,” Johnson said.
“[Politics] is a huge engine. It runs on
, money and it runs on time.”
When Mudd gave the panel mem
bers the hypothetical opportunity to
change anything in presidential elec
tions without concern of any veto or
override, Remini said he would re
move the electoral college.
However, Johnson and Deaver
agreed that the most significant
change would be how the primary
elections are held.
Deaver said primary elections
should be held on Labor Day, and po
litical party conventions should be
held 30 days later — leaving 30 days
before the elections in November.
The panel also discussed the issue
of low voter turnout.
Johnson said the JFK/Nixon elec
tion had the highest voter turnout in
American history, but voter turnout
has declined for every election since.
Mudd said the voter turnout was
about 70 percent when Kennedy was
elected, but Americans grow more i
indolent each year.
Remini offered his own opinion
why: “I don’t think the American
people appreciate how great this |
country is.” L
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the first of their three scheduled
encounters.
Each man pledged at the outset
to avoid personal attacks. Cheney
took that one step further. “I
promise not to bring up your
singing,” he said to Lieberman.
“And I promise not to sing,”
Lieberman replied with a smile.
But even good-natured comments
reflected the widely differing views
the two men hold about the role of
government in the 21 st century.
Pointing to a strong economy,
Lieberman said most people would
say they are better off than they were
! eight years ago.
“I am pleased to see from the
newspapers that you’re better off
than you were eight years ago tew,”
he said to Cheney, a reference to the
multi-million dollar separation
package the former oil services
company executive received when
he left to join the GOP ticket.
“And 1 can tell you, Joe, that the
government had nothing to do with
it,” Cheney said.
Lieberman joked that his wife
wanted him to join the private sector.
“Well, I'm going to try to help
you do that, Joe," Cheney said.
“No. I think you’ve done so well
there I want to keep you there.”
The two men debated in a White
House race that is as close as any in
the past four decades. Bush and Gore
are separated by only a point or two
in most polls, pointing to a suspense-,
fill final month of the campaign.
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to be under way an effort to get the
Russians involved,” the former de
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press that in fact that is exactly what
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correct in his assessment and his
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up a Web page so they could check in whenever they
wanted to,” he said. “I have had a lot of emails from
people who say I am more accurate than The Weather
Channel.”
The Weatherman Ted site averages about 200 hits
per day, Ryan said, but the number has been as high
as 500.
“The time most people hit [the site] is in the morn
ing,” Ryan said. “A lot of people usually check it in the
morning so they can decide what to wear.”
Today’s cold front is expected to bring an end to the
high temperatures, said Texas State Climatologist John'
Nielsen-Gammon.
“Not only is the cold front going to drive the hot,
humid air out of Texas, but it is going to drive it out of
the Gulf of Mexico,” Nielsen-Gammon said.
If that happens, the cool temperatures should be here
to stay. Ryan expects the front to come through College
Station about 9 a.m.
Nielsen-Gammon said he does not expect many
days with temperatures above 90 degrees before
Thanksgiving but said this winter could be somewhat
warmer than usual.
“There is a good chance for a wet winter for the first
time in a long time,” he added.
Dr. James McGuirk, professor and assistant head of
the atmospheric sciences department, said the timing
of the previous two cold fronts this fall was not unusu
al, but he said they were colder than normal because
the hot summer kept the jet stream trapped north, build
ing a colder body of air.
“Starting [today], we are probably going to have an
other week like we had last week,” McGuirk said.
He added that the last cold front set temperature
records for that time of year.
“It stayed for a week, which is real unusual,” he said.
McGuirk said the possibility of a wet winter comes
from the El Nino and La Nina weather patterns. El Nino
creates a buildup of heavy rainfall while La Niilacaus- ;
es drought for North America.
“We should be back in El Nino next year,” McGuirk
said, adding that the patterns have been fairly reliable ;
for the past 20 years. “2000-2001 should be wetter than
usual.”
Ryan predicts a breezy game day, with temperatures
in the 50s and a 30 percent chance of showers.
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48.6 percent are male and 51.4 per
cent are female.
“HIV is a sexually transmitted dis
ease (STD) like any other disease,"
Griffith said. “And, yes, it is here
campus. If students don’t want to gel
an STD, they really need to think
about what it is they’re doing.”
Pregnancy is another major issue
that many students deal with, Griffith
said. She discussed the young men she
has counseled who have been sued for
paternity and the young women who
have not been ready to be mothers.
“Being responsible, sexually, is
that you know what you’re doing or
not doing,” she said. “It’s if you have
a commitment to abstinence, that you
keep that commitment, and that if you
decide to go beyond that, that you take
steps to prevent sexually transmitted
infections and unplanned, and per
haps unwanted, pregnancies.”
The Women’s Clinic at Beutel
prescribes oral birth control pills,
which must be taken daily, and a con
traceptive shot that stays in the
woman’s bloodstream and is given
every three months. Ten condoms
can be bought at Beutel for $2.
“The best type of condoms are
water-based latex,” said James Stone.
Kappa Week assistant chairman and
a senior marketing major. “The lamb
skins or others made of natural mate
rials have pores. And, lubrication re
duces friction — which also reduces
the chance of a condom breaking."
Many students must realize the
importance of sexual intercourse in
their lives, Griffith said.
“Casual sex can result in a whole
lot more than just a pleasant experi
ence,” she said. “Students need to
learn about it all, learn that inter
course is a powerful thing and it can
result in a pregnancy — or worse. It's
so much easier to prevent than to deal
with the outcomes.”
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