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Republican John McCain

Education Will direct government to refinance troubled mortgages and replace them with affordable mortgages.

Foreign Policy Opposes declaration of statehood for Palestine. Believes staying in Iraq is OK as long as long as U.S. casualties are low, al-Qaeda is defeated and Iranian influence is limited.

Jobs Plans to cut business taxes so companies will keep jobs in the U.S. Wants to produce jobs by producing America's own energy.

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Democrat Barack Obama

Education Will create Teacher Service scholarships that will cover students who intend to teach.

Foreign Policy Opposes the Kyl-Lieberman agreement, which says America needs to use its military presence in Iraq to counter the threat from Iran.

"70 Scenes of Halloween" gives students experience By Ryan Croft Staff Writer

Those in search of a uniquely fun way to get in the haunting spirit this Halloween need look no further than the UCO's free presentation of "70 Scenes of Halloween" this Friday night. "It's a lot of crazy, Halloween stuff," actor Taylor Harris said. "A little bit to spook you, a little bit to...just have fun." The play begins with a young couple watching T.V. on the couch - joyless, disinterested and slightly annoyed with each other and the constant stream of trick-or-treaters at their doorstep. The man answers a knock at the door, expecting to fend off another horde of grubby, sugar-craving ghouls and goblins. To his surprise, he finds only a box. Though the man declares the box empty, it, like the play, is actually stuffed full of bizarre surprises, both humorous and disturbing. "70 Scenes of Halloween" does not follow a contiguous, three-act narrative. Instead, the play in its original format is, as the title states, 70 short scenes intertwining, overlapping and even interloping each other.

Forty scenes to show Friday's presentation was edited down to 40 scenes for time and content, Assistant Professor Daisy Bristow said. "70 Scenes" was written by Jeffrey M. Jones and first performed in the early 1980's, to mixed reviews. UCO's version is less of an edited interpretation and more of a visionary reincarnation of the original. "It's a very loosely structured play," Adjunct Professor of Theater Stephen Hilton said. "So, there's lots of opportunity for the directors and for the actors to explore ideas that we wouldn't necessarily get to in a normal...play." Bristow said she agreed that this presentation is a "UCO-student twist." "70 Scenes" follows a loosely structured narrative about a couple suffering from latent relationship issues. Throughout the course of the original, The Beast and The Witch, two Halloween-ghoulies-come-tolife, trade scenes with and represent the psyches and emotions of the couple.

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Students, along with co-directors Bristow and Hilton, expanded the original character designs to include a cast of more than 25 freshman theater performance majors. The actors trade roles from scene-toscene and with each trade comes a new interpretation of the characters. This technique adds to the free flowing "now you get it, now you don't" atmosphere of the play. Hilton said the group also expanded their version to allow the characters to

Plans to invest $1 billion over five years into transitional jobs and career pathway programs to help low-income Americans suc ceed in the workforce.

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Campus Activators illuminate Invisible Children By Stephani Tobin Staff Writer

Photo provided by Invisible Children

Orphan children in Uganda, such as the ones pictured above, are often kidnapped by resistance forces to help fight in the African country's 23-year civil war.

The Campus Activators at UCO raised about $800 Tuesday for Invisible Children, a non-profit organization to help children in war-tom Northern Uganda. The Campus Activators were approved by UCOSA as an official campus organization earlier this semester. Its slogan, "Be about it," aptly describes its initiative, tackling issues on and off campus. Members of Campus Activators organized tables in Nigh University Center, the Education building and next to Broncho Lake to encourage people on campus to donate. UCO is part of the "Schools for Schools" campaign through Invisible Children. Kyle Rice, president of Campus

Activators and a sophomore' at documentary, which was filmed UCO, said they had a student by three young filmmakers in committee specifically for Southern California. The nonInvisible Children, which got profit was created in 2004 with Tuesday's events off the ground. the goal of empowering the "My goal was to let the people individual viewer to become part in my organization be the of the story and "be the change leaders [in] this, and they did they wish to see in the world" it stunningly," Rice said. "I am through action, according to the so proud of what they did as Web site. well as what we're doing as an The non-profit helps children in. Northern Uganda who are organization." Rice co-founded Campus abducted and brainwashed into Activators with Tim Deffenbaugh, being soldiers for the Lord's who agreed to implement the Resistance Army, a rebel faction. Invisible Children campaign as Civil war has divided Uganda for part of their work on campus. more than 23 years. Students who were shown the According to the Web site, Invisible Children documentary children as young as five have last year decided to create been raped, desensitized and "Invisible Children Day" on transformed into gun-carrying campus. soldiers for the Lord's Resistance The mission for "Invisible Army. Children" began with the -see CHILDREN, page 6

Award-winning author visits campus, reveals insights, experiences By Abha Eli Phoboo

Senior Reporter

fine. I have several things going on at the same time. You've produced poetry, novel, short fiction, and plays. Do you plan to venture into screenplay writing? I try to keep myself interested. That's why I've written all those. I get bored easily, even with writing. I did write a screenplay in the 80s, it was a miserable failure.

Denis Johnson, recipient of the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction, read from his work, "Nobody Move" this past Tuesday at UCO. The event was hosted by the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. Johnson is best known for his works "Jesus' Son" How do you deal with and "Tree of Smoke." He has also published a rejection letters? I have a very difficult book of poetry titled "The Throne of the Third Heaven time dealing with rejections. of the Nations Millennium I don't take it very well. It General Assembly" In an frustrates me and makes me interview with The Vista, angry. he shared his views and Raymond Carver was experiences. teaching at University of You were born in Munich Iowa while you were a stu(Germany), brought up dent. Did you study with in Tokyo (Japan), Manila him? Unfortunately, no. He was (The Philippines), and Washington DC. What was a teacher and I was a student. I didn't take his class, I wish it like growing up? I was seven years old I had. His first book hadn't when we were in Tokyo, come out yet. We did play moved to Manila when I poker sometimes though. I was 12, then to the United got to discuss writing with States when I was 16. It was him once in a bar. We talked all interesting. The experi- about editors, publishers and things like that. ences have shaped me. When you tried your hand in journalism, why did you pick conflict zones 'like Iraq (during Operation Desert Storm) and Liberia? I didn't pick conflict zones. The only places they would send me were places where nobody else would go. It was very invigorating and all these experiences find their way in some form in my writing.

"Jesus' Son" is said to reflect the period in your life when you were trying to overcome drug addiction. How true is that? I started writing "Jesus' Son" in 1984, worked on it once in a while. It is mostly true stories, things that happened to me and people I knew.

What is most important thing in any form of writing? To be honest, to be true Do you have a daily to life. It is the most difficult writing schedule? Not really, I try to do and the most important thing 10 minutes every day. If it in any form of writing. stretches, great. If not, that's

Jazz Lab to toast Russian pianist Valery Kuleshov By Laura Hoffert

Senior Reporter

The UCO Jazz Lab will host "Toast to the Maestro," an annual fund-raising concert to benefit music majors. This year's concert showcases Russian pianist and UCO School of Music Artist-inResidence Valery Kuleshov. As a former winner of the Pro Piano International Competition, Gold Medalist at the Busoni International Piano Competition and silver medalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Kuleshov will perform "Organ Concerto in D Minor BWV 596" by Bach, as well as works by Fredric Chopin. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. tonight, beginning with a student ensemble performance. Kuleshov will play at approximately 8:15 p.m. Donations of $50 will be accepted at the door. Joullian Vineyard will serve patrons wine and Boulevard Steakhouse will provide desserts. All proceeds will aid scholarship funds and the All Steinway-School piano initiative for music students. Kuleshov was a child prodigy in his hometown of Chelyabinsk, Russia, where he learned to play the piano by ear at age five. At seven, he entered the renowned Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory; two years later Kuleshov debuted in the Conservatory's Great Hall. Gaining attention both nationally and worldwide, Kuleshov has been called "...an aggressively confident performer, a technical wizard at the keyboard, and possesses supreme concentration skills," by The Australian. "He has everything: the fingers to negotiate the virtuoso repertory the musicality and imagination to make the most familiar music sound fresh and compelling," The New York Times stated. Due to the small size of the Jazz Lab, space is limited to 100 people. All reservations can be made through Andrea Bair by calling 974-3794 or email. ing her at abair@uco.edu .

Plot detracts from progress in South By Andrew DeMillo and

sinate Barack Obama while wearing white top hats and tuxedoes, were likely too disorganized to carry out the plot. They have a federal court hearing scheduled for Thursday morning in Memphis. While authorities say the men had guns capable of creating carnage, documents show they never got close to getting off the ground. Among the blunders: They drew attention to themselves by etching swastikas on a car with sidewalk chalk, only knew each other for a month, couldn't even pull off a house robbery, and a friend ratted them out to authorities. "Certainly these men have some frightening weapons and some very frightening plans," said Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who studies the white supremacy movement. "But with the part about wearing top hats ... it gets a bit hard to take them seriously" The Rev. James Lawson, an 80-yearold Freedom Rider who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights movement and is now a visiting distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University, says he's not surprised by this latest threat to Obama. He says he's had conversations with fellow blacks at various places, not just the South, since Obama's candidacy began nearly two years and they have been afraid for Obama's life. "In the black community there's been all over the country anticipation of his being in harm's way," Lawson said. "That is a reflection of the fact that, by and large, the black community still experiences racism when it comes to access to jobs, in unemploy-

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HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) -- Shades of the region's racist past came creeping back this week just as the South could be poised to play a pivotal role in electing the nation's first black president. An alleged plot by two young white supremacists to go on a killing spree and assassinate Barack Obama, though far-fetched by most accounts, may conjure images of the Jim Crow era for some. But it doesn't necessarily reflect the modern South, which in recent years has seen a huge influx of immigrants and transplants from other regions, as well as the empowerment of a black electorate that could decide the Nov. 4 election. "These incidents, isolated though they are, serve as a reality check," said journalist John Seigenthaler, 81, who was U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy's administrative assistant and was attacked with the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights era. "Yes we've changed in significant ways, but there are those that haven't," said Seigenthaler, who also was editor and publisher of The Tennessean in Nashville and founded the First Amendment Center. The alleged plot "should serve as a low voltage electric shock. We're a new South, but there are elements of the old South still under the surface." Paul Schlesselman, 18, of HelenaWest Helena, Ark., and Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., who are accused of dreaming up the plan to behead blacks across the country and assas-

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White supremacists Paul Schlesselman (top) and Daniel Cowart (bottom) ment levels, in housing discrimination and predatory lending in housing." The alleged plot highlights tensions that both blacks and whites say exist in Helena-West Helena, a predominantly black east Arkansas city that has struggled economically. Mayor James Valley said he doesn't believe Schlesselman's alleged involvement in the plot indicated any organized effort by white supremacists in the city, but said there has been at least a political tension among blacks and whites.

Hudson suspect could have had parole revoked By Sophia Tareen

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Busted for what police said was a rock of cocaine on the driver's seat of his car, William Balfour could have been spending the past few months behind bars for a parole violation. The 27-year-old felon was instead allowed to remain free and is now considered a suspect in the deaths of Oscarwinner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. On the day the victims were fatally shot and the young boy went missing, Balfour told his . parole agent he had missed a meeting because he was babysitting, records show. By midnight, investigators involved in a frantic search for 7-year-old Julian King had contacted parole officials and requested emergency addresses, visitor lists, telephone numbers and "anything further" connected to Balfour, according to documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. No one has been charged in the killings. An Amber Alert issued on. Friday named Balfour as a suspect in the deaths

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of an SUV on Chicago's West Side. The Illinois Department of Corrections issued a warrant for Balfour on Saturday for violating terms of his parole by possessing a weapon and failing to attend anger management counseling and a substance abuse program, according to his parole report. Now that Balfour is in custody, detectives have time to dig deeper into his life, including his relationship with his ex-wife, Jennifer Hudson's sister Julia, and his exact whereabouts during the weekend. Balfour was paroled after serving seven years for a 1999 attempted murder and vehicular hijacking conviction. On June 19, police pulled over Balfour's car after hearing gunshots in the area, according to the officers' report. They found a rock of cocaine in plain view on the driver's seat, the report stated. It had a street value of about $100. A parole supervisor declined to issue a warrant to revoke Balfour's parole after the arrest, records show. "Per supervisor ... no warrant," the report reads. "Agent to monitor offender, impose sanctions."

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UCO 'vigorously' opposes gun bill By Andrew Knittle Senior Reporter

The university said Wednesday that its stance on the campus gun bill, House Bill 2513, hasn't changed since the piece of legislation was passed by Oklahoma's House of Representatives in February. "The university will vigorously oppose any legislation that would allow guns on campus," UCO spokesman Charlie Johnson said Wednesday. Johnson said he didn't know the particulars of the new bill - or if a new bill was in fact in the works - but said he doubted that aay changes could sway the stance of the UCO administration. "Ws just a bad idea to introduce guns to certain places," he said. "Particularly university campuses." The campus gun bill, which had been passed 65-36 by the House in February, never made it to the Senate. Gov. Brad Henry's Campus Life and Safety and Security (CLASS) Task Force passed a resolution opposing the bill at its meeting early in 2008. When the task force met Oct. 13, the group again pledged to do all they could to oppose the bill if it came back up during the next legislative session, set to begin in February 2009. UCO Police Chief Jeff Harp said that he, like the university, opposes the campus gun bill, although he acknowledges that the right to bear arms is an "emotional" subject

Grand opening of bookstore

for many in Oklahoma. "I think for some people, they look at it as a constitutional right," Harp said Wednesday afternoon. "But I just don't think an academic environment is a safe place to allow individuals with limited training the right to conceal weapons." Harp said the thought of students walking around packing heat is not a pleasant one for law enforcement officials. "It would create severe challenges for police responding to an incident involving a shooter," he said. "How would we know who the bad guy is?" Accidental discharges, improper hanAVO4" ( t. dling and theft of students' firearms would ' AVaiWg likely be frequent issues, Harp said. "We already have a really, really safe environment at UCO," he said. "But if the by Vista photographer Chris Albers bill's passed, we work through it and do what the state tells us. That's all we can From left: UCO Barnes and Noble Bookstore manager Brenda Raimond, executive assistant do." Higher education officials believe allowat the Forensic Science Institute Jennifer Boren, Britni Brannon and Roberta Botello peruse ing students to bring guns on campus the paperbacks Wenesday at the grand opening of The UCO Barnes and Noble Bookstore. would make schools less safe for students. Rep. Jason Murphey (R-Guthrie), author of HB 2513, doesn't agree. "I'm really committed to doing something to break up the gun-free bubble," Murphey said. "There's got to be a way to Performance classes that Bristow and have an application of concealed-carry to a Continued from page 1 Hilton each teach. campus that at least makes it so that a crimi"We're two different theater classes interact with the audience. nal can't go into that environment knowing Scenes often spill over into the audience and we're coming together to create that the only people that are going to have area and characters enter and exit as much something," Teague said. "That's what this guns are going to have uniforms." from around the viewers as from back is and it's really neat." "This play has a lot of new faces. in it," stage. "Can you imagine what it must be like Quisenberry said. "There's a lot of talent to be eaten?" actor Noah Quisenberry here." "70 Scenes" shows this Friday. from cheerily asks the audience at the beginning 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m, in the Mass of one energetically tense monologue. Actress Brittany Teague said the play is Communications building, room 130. something completely different from what Admission is free and candy will be given out at the door. people normally see at a play "All the scenes, they're all going to put "It's not normal theater," actor Andy students to visit booths from Oklahoma you on the edge of your seat," Harp said. colleges and universities to obtain Harp said. The cast of "70 Scenes" is made up "It'll be a good way to get you pumped for information and ask questions. Booths offered by many different of the two separate Beginning Theater Halloween." organizations such as OKC Area Health, the Metro Library System, AAIP, Talking Leaves Job Corp. and the Oklahoma University of Central in the Donna Nigh Gallery music professor Tess RemyDepartment of Higher Education, among Oklahoma art and design in UCO's Nigh University Schumacher. others,. will also be available. students will exhibit Center. Well-known local artist UCO's Vice President of Enrollment paintings, jewelry, ceramics, Free food and beverages Cletus Smith will judge the Management, Dr. Myron Pope, will sculpture and graphic will be served and exhibition, with awards provide opening remarks before career design works at the "Juried entertainment will be given in several categories. session workshops begin for students, Student Exhibition," provided by UCO students The exhibition is free and giving them the opportunity to choose opening with a reception and internationally open to the public and runs sessions that best suit their interests and from 4 to 6 p.m., Oct. 30, renowned cellist and UCO through Nov. 30. hear from qualified leaders within their

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Outreach program to host statewide Indian career fair The University of Central Oklahoma's Community Outreach Program will welcome nearly 450 Native American youth from throughout the state to the UCO campus for an Indian Youth College & Career Fair, Wednesday, Nov. 5. The event is sponsored by a collaboration between UCO, Indian Education programs, the Association of American Indian Physicians family Wellness & Youth in Distress Program (AAIP), Oklahoma's State Department of Education and Anadarko, Edmond, Mid-Del, Moore, Norman and Oklahoma City Public Schools. Following an 8 a.m. registration, the college fair will open for participating

UCentral network to cover 2008 election results live UCentral, the University of Central Oklahoma's student cable television station on Edmond's Cox digital channel 125, will preempt it's normal programming at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4, to present live coverage of the 2008 elections. UCO broadcast students will provide commentary, interviews and real-time results from local, state and national elections. NewsCentral anchors Micah Nasrra and Brandon Richard will direct election coverage from the UCO campus studio in Edmond, while Alicia Raymond and Lauren Seabrook will breakdown exit poll data and voter trends. NewsCentral field correspondents Jacob Chastain and Sarah Burt will give live reports from the local Republican and Democratic watch parties in Oklahoma City. Members of Dr. Keith Swezey's Advanced Broadcast News class will provide additional reporting and coverage from watch parties across Edmond. In addition, NewsCentral's Bryce Beckley will moderate a panel of political analysts who will discuss the major issues facing the candidates and how this has impacted voters' decisions. UCentral has broadcast election coverage in the past, however this will be the first year with "live" remotes from the field. "The presidential and local elections are a unique opportunity for our students to gain this type of broadcast experience," said Jeff Hagy, general manager of academic broadcasting at UCO. "So much preparation and coordination goes into a live production such as this. It truly takes skill, talent and teamwork both in front of and behind the camera to make it work. I

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How to avoid excuses on Election Day Well, Election Day is around the corner. It's been a very popular topic of discussion for months now. We've talked about it for so long, but now what? For starters, we should all go out and vote, although I have a sneaking suspicion those last minute honey-do lists will start to seem very important. I know getting to the polls can be a challenge, so I am offering some advice on how to plan out your Tuesday in order to prepare for the big day. Go ahead and get all of your excuses out of the way. I am going to make it simple and idiot-proof. Don't miss out on participating on four of the biggest upcoming years in America. 1) Get up early- You will more than likely not go to the voting booth because you are cramming things into your day, either before you go or after. So, get up early and get stuff done before you go. 2) Figure out where you vote- I suggest doing this a day or two early. Most likely you won't go to voting booths because you aren't sure where you vote. Go online, ask your parents, look at your voter identifica-

tion, do something, but figure it out. 3) Pencil it inNothing says "I'm busy" like a blocked out chunk of time on your calendar, so take advantage of this opportunity to look important. You can even give it a code name, like "Interview with GQ Magazine," or something. It only takes 30 seconds to vote, so write it in and don't plan anything around it. 4) Be strategic- If I were you, I would be doing something really boring in the blocked out time you chose to go vote. For instance, you could be doing o u r home--Jana Davis work or doing the dishes. Be able to fill in the blank, "I would rather be voting than doing ." Maybe then you (and myself for that matter) would be more likely to go vote. There really aren't many excuses to not vote, especially for the main presidential election, but we all manage to find them. Take The Vista voter guide with you if you want, review and refresh your memory on each candidate's issue, and just go. No excuses are acceptable. Be the voice and "the people" that this country intended for you to be.

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"Don't miss out on participating on four of the biggest upcoming years in America."

Try to see life from the right perspective In the past week, the mother of one of my friends went to the hospital and was found to be brain dead, leading the family to make the tough decision to pull the plug. Also, another friend's father went to the hospital and a brain tumor was found. This news hit me along with a plethora of bad news in the media. Here are a few sample headlines from today: "21 victims dead in Somalia suicide attacks." "Quake in remote Pakistan border region kills 170." "Thousands still lack power after Northeast storm." "College prices up again as economy falters." With these headlines, it is likely difficult to find any hope that things are going to get any better. Let's face it, those of us who have student loans can look forward to a mountain of debt to handle when we graduate and, of course, the realities of working in the professional world. With all that in mind, I'd say it's hard to be optimistic about the future. And of course we get to make a vital decision on Tuesday that will very much affect our future, family lives and careers. So, that begs the question, where exactly

do we go from here, besides just getting our degrees and obtaining employment for financial support? It's all about finding your passion in life and pursuing it with a vigor that is determined and purposeful. Everyone has that moment, that point in time where you just know without a shadow of a doubt what you were meant to do with your life. And when you get to that point, don't hesitate to do whatever it takes to succeed in that purpose. College students are all about procrastination, but map out your path to suc--Nelson Solomon cess as soon as possible. And undoubtedly, especially during your college career, you will find yourself struggling at times trying to decide if the path you chose is indeed the correct one. Or you will face life-challenging situations that will test your character, like the families of my friends. But in the words of Alex Tan, "Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again."

The Bottom Line

"Ifs all about finding your passion in life and pursuing it with a vigor that is determined and purposeful."

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Student interest in politics shouldn't wane after election

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We've been hearing promises of "change" from the candidates, and with the election only a week away, it's DESIGN time to ask an important question: Is this race really going Josh Davis to change us? Or are we going to quit paying attention to Kayleigh Adamek politics after Nov. 4? Andrew Knittle All year, we've been hearing about how Sen. Barack Carrie Crook Obama's historic campaign is changing the way young CARTOON I ST people think about politics. His campaign stickers dot Jared Ayl or campuses across the country. Observers say they haven't AD SALES seen a campaign arouse such support from the young Stacy McIntire since the 1960s. Tim Cronk "I'm glad they're interested in something other than CIRCULATION their own self-interest and partying," one mother of a Chris Albers college-aged Obama supporter told The New York Times ADMINISTRATIVE back in April. But it's one thing to be interested in a campaign and another to continue to be interested in politics ASSISTANT after the election, whether your candidate wins or loses. Tresa Berlemann In 2004, it was widely expected that young voters ADVISER would turn out in flocks to support Sen. John Kerry Kelly S. Wray against George W. Bush. Yet only 47 percent of 18-to-24year-olds showed up to vote that November, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It's palpably different now. It's not simply that Obama excites so many young people. It's that we feel that even more is at stake now -- for students, in particular -- than four years ago. A poll taken by MTV Networks this month found that the economy ranked first, second and third among 18-to34-year-olds as the most significant election concern. They were notably untroubled by "experience" and other things that pundits knot their brows over. Though he hasn't generated a movement of similar intensity among the young, Sen. John McCain also promises that he's different from the other candidates; Chanel Henry, Ph ologapher

he's a "maverick," a man who stands independent of the Washington establishment. He, too, is trying to appeal to young people by packaging himself as something fresh and different. This tactic isn't particularly new. Every election year brings similar promises of a new start and a fresh beginning. Even Obama's emphasis of "hope" isn't new: In 1992, Bill Clinton packaged himself as the "man from Hope" (literally -- he was born in Hope, Ark.). It isn't a tactic exclusive to Democrats, either: In 1980, Ronald Reagan won by asking voters if they thought they were better off that year than they had been four years before. In part, this is simply human nature. We like buying (or voting for) things that seem new and fresh. A candidate who simply promises more of the same isn't likely to win even in prosperous times. But it's also a sign of our continuing attitude toward politics. We mean to pay more attention, we tell each other. We keep meaning to read our candidate's platform, to watch the news more often, to figure out what this economic crisis is all about, but most of us don't have a lot of time to do it. A candidate who wants to catch our attention needs to try extra hard or be exceptionally inspiring. When that happens, we're reminded of the concerns we all share and what we can accomplish when we realize what those concerns are. What matters isn't so much whether the candidates are genuinely original. What matters is the reaction they provoke from the rest of us. If Obama — or McCain, for the matter -- inspires us to feel that we matter and that it matters whether or not we vote, they've made an enormous difference in our politics. Let's hope we don't forget that lesson no matter who wins next Tuesday.

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Augustana brings warmth to crowd Steve's Rib was just "Despite the cold, the concert and free Red Bull seemed enough to draw a decent crowd of a few hundred out that night to brave the weather." --Rebecca Shampay

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Augustana performed at Plunkett Park Friday as part of the homecoming festivities.

The concert in: Plunkett Park entertained enough keep warm By Rebecca Shampay enough to draw a decent crowd of a few hundred out to brave the Staff Writer

weather. This Austin-based band consists Augustana performed last Friday of Dan Layus, Jared Palomar, Chris at Plunkett Park as part of UCO's Sachtleben, Justin South and John homecoming festivities. Vincent. Singer and songwriter Layus Despite the freezing cold, the live has a scratchy unique rough voice, music and free Red Bull seemed but delivers his lyrics well, fitting in

with the solid music the rest of the group plays. The concert seemed to go over pretty well. Some fans expressed that they were more than pleased by the concert, while others who had rarely heard of Augustana said the concert was entertaining. There were, of course, some students who seemed bored stiff, probably as a result of the unfamiliar music struggling to capture the attention of an entire, diverse student body. "I wasn't too excited after listening to them online," said Chase Brennan, UCO freshman photography major, "but they were good. Much better then I thought they would be." Augustana has been playing for more than three years and has been featured on XM Radio and MTV's "The Hills." They've put out two albums, "All the Stars and Boulevards" in 2005 and "Can't Love Can't Hurt" earlier this year. "Sweet and Low", one of their most popular tracks on the "Can't Love Can't Hurt" album, starts off with "Anywhere you go, anyone you meet, remember that your eyes can be your enemies." It then seems to get rather depressing, but they spring back, surprisingly, singing of hope and not giving up quite yet. "Hey, Now," from the same album and featured on The Hills, is quite similar, with a great instrumental sound. The lyrics seem like a psychological mishap in the set-up of the song, but then bringing the chance of hope and peace in spite of the chaos, or "fire in the streets." Though Augustana brought no particular "fire in the streets" last Friday, they entertained enough to keep the crowd out in the freezing weather for the evening.

enough, but could have been more By Daviyion Johnson and Ryan Kolb Restaurant Reviewers

Oklahoma is known for its fantastic barbecue joints and this week's establishment is no different. Steve's Rib, located between Santa Fe and Kelly on 2nd Street, definitely fits the mold of fantastic eateries in Edmond. We walked in and for the first time, had to wait to be seated. None of our previous locations had wait times but this is not necessarily a bad thing. It's good to know it is a busy place because that tells us the food is worth the wait. Of course, it can be troublesome if you are in a hurry though. Don't stress, though, because the wait time was less than ten minutes and we could have received immediate service if we sat on the patio, but it was a bit chilly outside. Aside from the minimal wait time, the most stressful moment of the evening was deciding what to eat. We both had difficulty ordering because everything sounded exceptionally good, but in the end we decided to keep it simple. Daviyion ended up choosing the Theta Burger which came with all the fixings as well as bacon and Monterey and Jack cheese for $7.79. It was more than just your runof-the-mill burger and the good helping of fries was a nice bonus. Simply awesome!

Ryan decided on a chopped brisket dinner for $9.79. He chose corn on the cob and mashed potatoes for his sides. The brisket was tender and seasoned well and the two sides were good enough portions to satisfy the hungriest of diners. Menu prices ranged from $5.59 for either a small polish sausage sandwich or hot link sandwich to $19.99 for a slab ribs. Steve's Rib also has family packs for three to six people. Our food seemed to take little longer to get to us than most of the other restaurants we have visited, but fifteen minutes is acceptable, especially for delicious made-toorder barbecue during the busiest time of day. Our food was scrumptious, but the portions were just "okay" compared to other barbecue joints. Our tummies got stuffed, but no leftovers to enjoy later made us sad. Also, the "hot" barbecue sauce was not hot at all. Maybe our table accidentally had two mild bottles, but we're not sure. Ryan gives Steve's Rib a 4.3 out of five stars. The quality and taste of the food was above average compared too most barbecue restaurants he has tried and the service was exceptional. Although the portion size could have been larger, Steve's Rib is definitely a great place to go on a Friday night or any night for that matter. Daviyion says that Steve's Rib makes one of the best burgers he's ever had. ,

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Dr. Mark Hanebutt received a flu shot Wed. before advisement in the mass communication building. UCO nurses gave flu shots 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m for $25 for faculty and students. Flu shots are being given currently at the Health Center, which is located inside the Wellness Center in room 105. Walk-ins are welcome. Renee Francis, Wellness Center registered nurse, said the way to prevent the spread of the flu is to, "Cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing with a Kleenex and frequent hand washing."

The sniffling, sneezing and difficulty breathing are all signs that flu season is in full swing at UCO. Teachers are urging students to live by the old adage, "prevention is the best medicine" and get a flu vaccination if they are prone to getting sick. The Oklahoma State Department of Health ordered 404,000 doses of vaccine for adults and children. Knowing the flu spreads rapidly throughout the metro, the Oklahoma City-County Health Department has requested 9,000 of those doses to be set aside and made available to Oklahoma County residents. On Nov. 3, OCCHD will administer the vaccinations in locations spread throughout the county. Clinics are planning to give the vaccinations until Dec. 11, however more clinics will be announced based on availability and need. State law requires college students attending Oklahoma schools to provide proof of immunization against measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B. The Wellness Center is offering flu vaccinations for students and employees in the Health Center Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Students wanting the vaccine can also visit their private healthcare providers. In past years, the doses have run short, causing some to be unable to receive the vaccine and get necessary treatment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise people between ages 5 and 18 should be vaccinated annually. The vaccine is also recommended for pregnant women, people 50 years and older, people with chronic medical conditions, nursing home residents and other people living in close quarters. Also, those working or living with someone involved in one-on-one healthcare, such as doctors or nurses, should be vaccinated. Renee Francis, Wellness Center registered nurse, said Flu shots are being given currently at the Health

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Gallery displays 100 years of American art By Carrie Cronk

Staff Writer One hundred years of American history are available to be experienced by the UCO community in a unique manner. The College of Arts, Media and Design's Melton Gallery is hosting "Progress on the Land: Industry and the American Landscape Tradition 1830-1930" through Dec. 12. The exhibit consists of over 40 American masterpieces (including 6 pieces from the Melton Legacy Collection and 10 pieces from the Mabee-Gerrer museum in Shawnee), representing the work of numerous artists of the Hudson River School, Luminist and American Impressionist traditions. William Wallo, Melton Legacy Collection Coordinator and art professor, said the artwork in the exhibit embodies the idea of "America the Beautiful," capturing the natural beauty of American landscapes as the country experienced industrialization and urbanization. He said the artwork illustrates the transitions between the artistic traditions as "one moment says 'Nature is pristine, overpowering, inspirational,' but another moment says 'well, but tourism is wonderful.' The act of coming to terms with urbanization as a point of pride is suddenly then another vantage point." "In a hundred years, that's a major shift of what America ... might be ... perceived to be by these different artists." Wallo said the exhibit is displayed to revolve around a Thomas Moran masterpiece. "The Moran is sort of a peripheral thing that we put in the center of the exhibit because it was already there, and then we put the rotating show all the way around it." Moran was one of numerous artists of the Hudson River School who took great risk by travelling into the untamed wilderness to capture America in her pristine, natural beauty. Wallo said Teddy Roosevelt commissioned Moran to create large scale paintings to help persuade Congress to pass legislation to help preserve the country's wilderness

Children Continued from page 1 Many Ugandan children "night-commute" to avoid abduction, and travel several miles each night with hundreds of other children. Donations to Invisible Children go toward infrastructure completion in Uganda, including construction of classroom blocks, renovations of existing classrooms and building perimeter systems. Jessica Kuegler, a freshman and Campus Activators member, had already worked with Invisible Children at Bixby High School near Tulsa. "We were really passionate about it," Kuegler said. "We definitely encourage students to participate. " Kuegler said that students can enter a drawing for $2 to win an iPod Touch through Nov, 10 to support Invisible Children. She also said that the money donated will go directly to the Invisible Children organization to be used in Uganda. Rice said that UCO hopes to earn the most money in their region for the "Schools for School" campaign so they can send someone to Uganda. They are competing against OU and area high school students. He also said that they want to raise $5,000, and he thinks that they can achieve this goal with the help of the UCO student body. "This is not the end, we are going to keep fund-raising,"

areas and protect them from industrialization and urbanization. He said although the Moran is of Venice, they decided to make it the central piece in the exhibit because Moran was a key figure in the development of the idea behind the National Parks system. The Hudson River School inspired later generations of artists whose work evolved into the Luminist and Tonalist movements, Wallo said. "You can really see how some of these artists really revered nature as ultimate teacher and almost a religious edge to the experience of the landscape that they really wanted to describe." In addition to Thomas Moran's Venice painting, other renowned American artists whose work is displayed in the exhibit - include William Henderson, Ralph Blakelock, Hermann Herzog and Edward by Vista photographer Chanel Henry Moran, among others. Wallo said some of the artists were born ir, foreign lands, but immigrated A student walks through the Melton Gallery in the art building Wednesday morning. to the United States at a young enough age to be considered great American artists. to display at the beginning of January. While the exhibit is on display, the Melton Gallery will offer the Melton Art Reference Library's catalogue of the exhibit for sale. Wallo said the Melton Legacy Collection, which normally hangs in the Melton Gallery, was donated to the university by the Melton Art Reference Library. He said although the Mellon Legacy Collection is a permanent display, the collection was temporarily taken off exhibit because "some of the works of the Legacy collection traveled with the [Progress on the Land: Industry and the American Landscape Tradition 18301930] show." Wallo said the Melton Legacy Collection would return

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Men's basketball ranked No. 12 in preseason poll

Hardeman, Noohi grab conference awards By Kaylea Brooks

Sports Editor Quarterback Brandon Noohi and linebacker Terry Hardeman claimed the Lone Star Conference North Division player of the week awards this week, including offensive, special teams, and top defender. Noohi was also named the national Offensive Football Player of the Week yesterday by d2football.com. This is Noohi's fourth week in a row to be selected as the offensive player of the week, and he also picked up the special teams player award for his 40-plus-yard punts. The quarterback had two rushing touchdowns and completed 21 of 37 passes, including a touchdown as well. Noohi is a junior who transferred from Southeastern Oklahoma, a longtime Central Oklahoma rival that the Bronchos stomped 41-7. Terry Hardeman was the defensive player of the week with 16 tackles and a sack. Also a junior, he has rotated with other defensive players on the team for the top spot. He suffered an ankle injury earlier in the year that held kept him from playing 100 percent. "It's the first game that I felt like I played my best. I've been favoring my ankle since he beginning of this year," said Hardeman. The players said Head Coach Tracy Holland encourages them and stresses improvement. "Coach Holland doesn't believe in a bad game," said Hardeman. "He encourages us to get better in the small things and come out in the next game and do better." The Bronchos will face East Central for their last home game this week. Riding a five game winning streak, this game is crucial for the LSC North Division title. "These games are scary," said Noohi. "We're pretty much going into this looking for play-offs. This is a mediocre team, but we need to focus and do what we need to for a win."

Men's golf takes No. 1 spot Central Oklahoma took over as the new No. 1 team in the latest NCAA Division H men's golf rankings according to the golfstat.com head-to-head standings. It's the first time the Bronchos have ever been ranked No. 1 in men's golf. UCO's also No. 4 in the Golf World/ Nike Golf Division II Men's Coaches' Poll. "Obviously it's a big thrill to see Central Oklahoma as the number one team in the nation," veteran head coach Dax Johnston said. "It means a lot to our program and shows how far we've come, but we have to keep it in perspective and realize it's not going to win us any tournaments." The Bronchos just completed a fantastic fall campaign, winning three titles in five tournaments with finishes of second and third in the other two.

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EDMOND (Oct. 29) -- Central Oklahoma picked up its second national ranking of the preseason Wednesday when the Bronchos were listed as the No. 12 team in NCAA Division II by Basketball Times. UCO, which was ranked seventh in the Division II Bulletin preseason poll, plays the first of two exhibition games next Tuesday at Oklahoma Christian. The Bronchos play an Alumni game on Nov. 11 before opening the season for real at the Washburn Classic Nov. 15-16. South Carolina-Aiken topped the Basketball Times poll, with Findlay second and Gannon third. Augusta State, the team that knocked UCO out of the Elite Eight last year, is No. 5. Central Oklahoma will next play Oklahoma Christian University in an exhibition game Nov. 4 in Oklahoma City at 8 p.m. UCO's first home game will be on Nov. 25 against Midwestern State University at 7 p.m. at Hamilton Fieldhouse.

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Volleyball opens final homestand Central Oklahoma will begin its final volleyball homestand Thursday when the Bronchos host Texas Woman's in a crucial Lone Star Conference meeting. Match-time is 7 p.m. at Hamilton Field House for the first of three home appearances in six days. UCO will take on LSC foe Texas A&MCommerce at 7 p,m, Saturday before ending the home season next Tuesday at 7 p.m. against Dallas Baptist. The Bronchos are 12-17 overall and 5-5 in the league, eighth in the standings. TWU is 16-11 and tied for fifth at 5-4.

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Bronchos prep for home football finale By Kaylea Brooks

Sports Editor This weekend, UCO will take on the East Central Tigers in their final home game. The Bronchos are coming off of a fifth straight win and are 5-4 on the season overall, 4-3 in the Lone Star Conference and 3-0 in the North Division. ECU is struggling this year, 3-6 overall, 2-4 in the league, and 2-1 in the division. In last week's game, UCO defeated No. 25 Midwestern State, 38-33. The Bronchos gained a comfortable lead early on with the score reaching 24-13 at half time. But in the second half, UCO strug-

gled because of a few faulty snaps that prevented them from pushing the ball and scoring further. But, one more Broncho touchdown and several penalties kept the Mustangs at bay. This week the Bronchos go into the game with a 56-18-4 record against the Tigers. UCO has won five of the last six games with ECU. The Tigers were 2-9 last season, started 0-4 this season and have won only three of their last five games. Among the 12 starters from last year, East Central returns with the North Division Offensive Back of the Year, Marcus Johnson. Despite the Tigers' record, the Bronchos are cautiously preparing for the upcoming game, including work-

ing on defensive plays designed to contain Johnson. He had six touchdowns last week. "They have one of the top offenses in the conference," said Broncho Head Coach Tracy Holland. "They have Marcus Johnson, and he's a dangerous weapon." He also said that this game will be one of the most important to the Bronchos. A loss could cost them the title. "This game is for a piece of the North Division Championship," he said. The game kicks-off at Wantland stadium at 2 p.m. Saturday.

By Vista Photographer Chris Albers

Senior Rick Montgomery sprints with the ball Saturday a UCO's homecoming game held against the Midwestern StatE Mustangs at Wantland Stadium.

Soccer ends season's home games with double wins By Kaylea Brooks

Sports Editor The Bronchos chalked up two more wins and ended their home play with victories last Friday and Sunday. UCO beat out longtime rival Northeastern State at Thompson Field on Friday afternoon 2-1 in a rough and physical battle. NSU got off to a hot start with a threatening offensive push in the first 15 minutes of the game. The RiverHawks scored the first goal at 9:01, but the Bronchos failed to score a goal in the first half. UCO entered the second half with a renewed determination. Ashton Morris scored at 33:07, assisted by Meghan Saliba. Morris also assisted in the winning shot of the game, kicked in by Whitney Craft at 00:33, giving UCO the hard-earned win. "It's always a battle against Northeastern, but we hung in there, and itis a great win," said Mike Cook, UCO head coach. The Bronchos turned up the heat for their By Vista Photographer Chris Albers last home game against the East Central Freshman Jordan Broddle heads the ball Sunday afternoon during the Lady Broncho's game Tigers on Sunday afternoon. Though ECU had two frightening breakagainst East Central at wind swept Tom Thompson field. The Bronchos tamed the Tigers aways in the beginning, UCO played hard with a 3-1 win.

and used teamwork to subdue ECU. Defensively, the Bronchos kept the ball away from the Tigers, and goalkeeper Samantha Rusk prevented them from scoring in the first half. Freshman Katelyn Cropp scored the first goal with an assist by Morgan Boling at 11:43. Boling also scored at 4:24 from a pass off of Stephanie Lovely. The first half ended with the Bronchos dominating 2-0, with nine attempted shots by UCO to six by ECU. The second half started with Allie Miller kicking in a goal five and a half minutes into the period. Twenty minutes into the second half, the Tigers managed to score a goal, making it 3-1. The Bronchos kept possession of the ball for a majority of the rest of the half, attempting 14 shots on goal. The Broncho defense shut down the Tigers, only allowing four goal attempts in the second half. "We're confident," said Cook. "We're playing hard and keeping things simple." The Bronchos played Midwestern State on the road last night and will finish up the regular season at Southwestern University tomorrow.

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State Question No. 735

Creates an exemption from personal property tax. The exemption would be for the full amount of taxes due on all household personal property. The exemption would apply to certain injured veterans. It would also apply to those veterans' surviving spouses.

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U.S. House of Representatives Steven Perry _M ary Fallin R-Okla. City) D-Okla. City) War:

War:

She believes we should ensure our military has the tools it needs to continue our nation's military strength throughout the world without Congressional meddling.

He believes in withdrawing from the Middle East and restructuring the military.

Energy: Energy: She says we need to find alternate energy technologies like wind and solar power. She says we also should explore and drill for domestic oil and gas reserves in the Artic National Wildlife Reserve.

Abortion:

He says America needs an oil import fee on foreign crude oil to bolster domestic industry and pay down the debt that the present administration has left for future generations.

Abortion: He believes our society should never seek to interfere between a woman and her doctor when the issue is carrying a child to term.

She supports prohibiting partial birth abortions and requiring parental notification when minors seek an abortion.

The Economy:

He believes in lowering taxes, protecting home ownership, incentivizing savings and investment and creating American jobs.

He wants to put the middle class front and center. He believes the America's economic engine starts with the middle class.

Energy:

He believes that our energy policy is a matter of national security. He pursues policies that encourage US to meet its energy needs domestically.

He wants to lower our energy costs by breaking our addiction to foreign oil and creating lower cost alternatives that give consumers more options and create jobs.

Education:

He believes that government should shift more decision making in education to the state and local levels.

He believes no qualified student should be barred from higher education because of cost, and providing higher education will encourage business development.

Health Care: He believes we need to ensure quality health care for citizens, but address certain advances in research as well.

Health Care: He believes that access to quality health care for every American is one of the great moral issues of our time.

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Barack Obama On the issues

Foreign Policy:

Abortion: Plans to make preserving women's rights under Roe v. Wade a priority.

Opposes the Kyl-Lieberman agreement, which says we need to use our military presence in Iraq to counter the threat from Iran.

Opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn the Will make a sustained push to achieve the goal Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. of both a Jewish state in Israel and a Palestinian state. Is an original co-sponsor of legislation to expand access to contraception, health information and services to Wants to maintain strong ties with Asian allies. help prevent unintended pregnancies. Plans to secure all loose nuclear weapons in the world within four years. Helped introduce the Prevention First Act which will increase funding for family planning and Plans to embrace the Millennium Development comprehensive sex education. Goal of cutting poverty around the world in half by 2015. Plans to end insurance discrimination against contraception, as included in the Prevention First Act.

Healthcare: Will create Teacher Service scholarships Plans to require health insurance companies to that will cover students who intend to cover pre-existing conditions. teach. Plans to create a Small Business Health Tax Credit to help small businesses provide affordable health Plans to create the American care to employees. Opportunity Tax Credit to ensure that the first $4,000 of college education Will lower costs for businesses by covering a is free for most Americans. portion of health costs paid in return for lower Will create a "Make College a premiums for employees. Reality" incentive to increase students in AP or college-level Will prevent insurers from overcharging doctors for malpractice insurance. classes by 50 percent by 2016. ensure that everyone will receive a tax credit Will eliminate the current financial Will for their health care premiums if they need it. aid application, and allow families to check a box on their tax form if they need financial aid. Helped pass legislation to increase the maximum Pell Grant award to $5,100.

Civil Rights: Plans to pass the Fair ;Act to ensure women receive equal pay for their work, and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to bar discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.

Immigration: Supports additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on our borders and ports of entry. Will remove incentives to enter the United States illegally by cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants. Will support a system that allows undocumented immigrants to move to the back of the line for the opportunity to become U.S. citizens.

Will pass the Matthew Shepard Act Worked to introduce the Citizenship Promotion to expand hate crimes protection. Act to ensure that immigration application fees are both reasonable and fair. Will sign into law legislation to establish harsher penalties for Introduced legislation that passed the Senate to those involved in voter fraud. improve the speed of FBI background checks. Plans to ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies Litigated employment and housing discrimination as a civil rights lawyer.

Economy: Will enact a windfall profits tax on excessive oil company profits to give American families a rebate to help them pay rising bills.

Plans to invest $1 billion over five years Will provide $50 billion to jump-start the into transitional jobs and career pathway economy. programs to help low-income Americans succeed in the workforce. Plans to end .tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas. Plans to raise the national minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011. Plans to create a credit card rating system to provide consumers an easily identifiable ranking Voted to create the Illinois Earned Income of credit cards based on its features. Tax Credit in 2000 for low-income working families. Will establish a Credit Card Bill of Rights to protect consumers. Will double the Jobs Access and Reverse Commute program. Voted to pass the Illinois Equal Pay Act, which provided 330,000 women protection from pay discrimination.

War on Terror / Iraq Plans to cut 95 percent of taxes for workers and their families.

Believes the unwise war in Iraq distracted us from catching bin Laden and is committed to ending it in a responsible manner.

Said the average middle class families will pay 20 percent less intax rates than they did during the Reagan administration. Will plan a phased withdrawal from Iraq that will encourage Iraqis to take the lead in securing their Said that the wealthiest 2 percent of families will be asked to give back a portion of country. the tax cuts they received in the past eight years. Plans to focus on the fight in Afghanistan and Plans to make dividend rates for taxes 39 percent lower than what President defeating al-Qaeda. Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut. Will eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses and cut corporate taxes for firms that create jobs in the United States.

Will allocate homeland security dollars based on risk.Plans to defeat al-Qaeda with what the 9-11 Commission called "the Battle of Ideas" and by working with moderates in the Islamic world.

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John McCain On the issues

Immigration:

Economy:

Wants to implement a two-step plan of first securing our borders and then enacting comprehensive immigration reform.

Will direct government to refinance troubled mortgages and replace them with affordable mortgages.

Wants to require all undocumented individuals to enroll in a program to resolve their status.

Supports a student loan continuity plan to work with states to keep credit crunch from hurting college students.

Will insure that Dept. of Treasury guarantees 100 percent of all Calls for background checks to identify criminal savings accounts for a period of 6 months and cut tax rate for aliens for prosecution and deportation. withdrawals from tax-preferred retirement accounts to 10 percent. Wants to create temporary worker programs to reflect the labor needs of the U.S. in both high- Plans to phase out and eliminate the Alternative Minimum tech and low-skilled sectors while protecting the Tax and double the personal exemption for dependents. employment opportunities for U.S. workers. Wants a one-year spending pause in order to evaluate Plans to implement a secure, accurate and reliable all spending programs and will veto any pork-barrel electronic employment verification system to project that crosses his desk. ensure that individuals are screened for workeligibility in real-time.

Health Care:

Education:

Wants insurance to follow person from job to job.

Believes decisions on teaching evolution and Will encourage and expand HSAs for families. creationism should be made locally. Will promote rapid deployment of 21St Century Supports tax-free savings accounts for education information systems and technology to improve expenses. patient safety, enhance quality and lower costs. Encourages proficiency in English plus other languages in orderto increase ourcompetitiveness Plans to reform payment systems in in the global marketplace. Medicaid and Medicare to compensate providers for diagnosis, prevention and care Supports at-risk programs, homeless education coordination. and anti-dropout education. Supports medical liability reform that Wants to increase parents' options to save for eliminates lawsuits directed at doctors their children's higher education. who follow clinical guidelines and adhere to proven safety protocols but believes that every patient should have access to legal remedies in case of bad medical practice.

Jobs:

Abortion:

Plans to cut business taxes so companies will keep jobs in the U.S. Believes that Roe v. Wade was a flawed decision must be overturned and will Wants to produce jobs by producing America's nominatethat judges that understand that they own energy. should not be in the business of legislating Believes unions are monopolies and people from the bench. shouldn't be compelled to join. Will seek ways to promote adoption as a first Calls for an overhaul of unemployment insurance option for women struggling with a crisis to make it a program for retraining, relocating pregnancy. and assisting workers who have lost a job. Proposes a national registry of persons convicted of online sex crimes against children. Plans to form a commission that would make recommendations to the President on how modernizing nation's labor laws and training Opposes the intentional creation of human embryos programs can help workers better balance the for research purposes. demands of their jobs with family life and to enable workers to more easily transition between Believes that ethics and morals should not be compromised for the sake of scientific progress. jobs.

War on Terror:

Civil Rights: Believes marriage should be defined as between one man and one woman

In Afghanistan, wants to employ the same winning strategy as in Iraq while not threatening Believes that the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the military is working Pakistan. and should not be tampered with. Believes staying in Iraq is OK as long as U.S. Supports allowing but not mandating school prayer. casualties are low, al-Qaeda is defeated and Iranian influence is limited. Believes laws against Spanish language and culture are not necessary. Plans to establish an organization similar to Office of Strategic Services from WWII to catch Believes affirmative action is acceptable for certain programs, Osama bin Laden. but no quotas. Wants to avoid the use of U.S. troops by arming and paying for rebel armies in certain countries to overthrow governments the U.S. does not like.

Taxes:

Plans to discard Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and Wants to cut taxes for middle class families by repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax, a tax that develop a missile defense. will be paid almost exclusively by 25 million middle class families.

Foreign Policy:

Wants to double the child tax exemption from $3,500 to $7,000.

Wants to keep tax rates low and believes it should require a three-fifths majority vote in Believes a nuclear Iran is a threat to the existence Congress to raise taxes. of Israel Plans to seek a Wants to sit down with any leader, but only with permanent ban on taxes that threaten preconditions. the Internet. Vows to penalize any sign of Russian aggression. Wants to cut the Wants to put North Korea back on the list of state- corporate tax rate from 35 to sponsored terrorism. 25 percent. Opposes declaration of statehood for Palestine.

Sources: www.barackobama.com , www.johnmccain.com, www.ontheissues.org

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Vice President

Fri

Joe Biden (D-Delaware)

:4.40 Sarah Palin if (R-Alaska)

Education:

Supports teaching Creationism alongside Evolution in schools.

Plans to help middle class families send their kids to school by creating a single $3,000 refundable tax credit and expanding grant assistance and tax benefits to low income families.

Foreign Policy:

Thinks rising democracies look to America as a leader, believes the U.S. cannot meet rogue leaders without conditions and supports a two-state solution for Israel/ Palestine.

After serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since 1975, he promotes a political settlement in Iraq that would allow our troops to leave without chaos being left in Iraq.

Government Reform:

Alienated legislators by line-item-vetoing projects, vetoed nearly half a billion dollars in wasteful spending and does not believe in a state-mandated religion but thinks public faith is ok.

Supports keeping government out of religion. He states that countries where religion is able to impact government are in turmoil.

Crime:

Believes victims' rights are critical to "justice for all" and also supports death penalty.

Continues to support law enforcement and wants to make crime fighting more cost effective, in part by supporting the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.

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