X110- TA Michigan tDaily -Etec } 98 - Thursday, October,2,Y 1998
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SHE SAID, HE SAID
7 . .Editors Note: These viewpoints from the leaders of the campus's two major political party groups are intended to inform
voters of their parties'candidates and platforms.
' ~From campus College Republicans President Adam Silver
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Candidates differ o)
Engler_
economic record has
earned him another term
In the age of elections being based
on issues and candidates, not parties,
we the voters must be careful to choose
a candidate at the booth on Nov. 3.
The most important race on this
year's ballot is the choice of governor.
Under the leadership of two-term
Governor John Engler, Michigan has
seen the lowest unemployment in it's
FILE PHOTO history, taxes at their lowest levels in
1996 years, state government waste has been
cut, and crime at its lowest levels in
decades. His opponent, trial lawyer
_jGeoffrey Fieger is a candidate who is
better at creating problems than taking Michigan's top
care of them.
Do you want a
man like Fieger
who has been tried JOh Engl ha
as a drunk driver, at
man that hit his led Miigan
wife, and a man
known for judge p O p l .
shopping to lead
your state? Or a
man who has given prosperity to this "Weed and Seed
great state like John Engler? munities rehab
Another great race is that of
cop, attorney general.
The Republican
candidate, John
Smietanka, is a
former U.S. attor-
ney and deputy
attorney general,
U.S. Special
Council, and coun-
ty Prosecutor, who
developed the
" program to help com-
ilitate their neighbor-
See SILVER, Page 11B
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Democrats President Kellev Boland
JESSICAMJIS W Daily
Regent Ph" Power (DAn""Ai'o) is running for reelection to the Board of Regents.
Democratic Party has vision,
understanding to lead Michigan
REGENTS
Continued from Page 6B
him, eventually landing him where he is
today, president and chief executive offi-
cer of Valassis Communications, a multi-
million dollar marketing and printing
company.
KathyWhite, the other Democrat run-
ning for regent, grew up in Ann Arbor,
and although she did not attend the
University, White said she has a close
relationship and understanding of the
University.
"I love the University," she said.
But White said what really makes her
a qualified candidate is her background,
which differs greatly from all current
board members and her competitors.
Currently, White works as a law pro-
fessor at Wayne State University and
lives in Ann Arbor. She worked in the
United States Army Corps of Engineers
after earning an engineering degree from
Princeton University, and she still is a
captain in the reserve corps.
"I thought, 'They need someone on the
board with the background I have,"' she
said. "They need a leader in those fields."
White is also a patent attorney. The
field, she said, is not one that most attor-
neys specialize in, and the area directly
relates to the mass research develop-
ments that occur at the University.
Like White, term-limited state Rep.
Jessie Dalman (R-Holland) prides her
candidacy to the Board of Regents on the
unique background she said she could
add to the board. Dalman said she has
demonstrated her commitment to higher
education in Michigan during her eight
years of service in Lansing.
As former chair of the state House
Higher Education Committee, current
vice chair of the House Education
Committee and a University alumna with
three children who also have University
degrees, Dalman said she understands
the role of a public state university.
"I do bring a very unique perspective
to the table,' Dalman said. "I have been a
state Legislator and I know what the state
Legislature thinks."
Dalman added that as a former state
Legislator, she would sit in on the House
floor in session when it makes decisions
affecting the University.
Staying within budget
Each of these four candidates - a
newspaper publisher, a business execu-
tive, an academic military officer and a
state representative - want the opportu-
nity to shape the direction of the
University until 2007.
Each would undoubtedly bring a
unique perspective to the table. But, when
it comes down to the issues, the<c
tend to divide along party lines.
One key issue for this electii
been the case most election ye
cost of University tuition -- or,
rate of increase.
All four candidates want the
- keep the cost of tuition d
means of how to do this, howei
for each candidate.
"I find it hard to believe in a
budget, there isn't some waste;
said. She said her highest priori
taining the rising cost of tuition
As one possible solution, Dal
poses that the University guara
year students a constant tuition
four years, only increasing wit
of inflation and the junior-year
White said the University c
mize the state's money by doing
job of dipping into its research c
as sources of revenue. Consid
amount of research coming o
University, White said, it is not I
as much as it could financially.
Brandon said he wants to tigl
of the University's budget to ke
down. "It's a world I'm very co
in," Brandon said.
Power said he sees the impc
upgrading the University's to
transfer efforts, as evidenced b
in rewriting a University bylaw
easier for researchers to get th
tions into the business world.
Doing this, as well as havin
way to benchmark University
are two ways to indirectly affec
of tuition, Power said.
Democrats come from a plethora of an outlook that is crucial in the preser-
different backgrounds, ideas, values vation of the chance for political and
and cultures, but a s o c i a l
common purpose improvement
binds this diverse con- Today's De Socr c that democra-
stituency into a coali- cy affords us.
tion of goals and aspi- Party -unders d T O D A Y ' S
rations. , DEMOCRAT-
Candidates of the the sta e IC PARTY
Democratic Party sel- understands
dom agree on every the need for
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