Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Thursday. February 7, 1991
Fugcnc. Oregon
Volume 92. Issue 9S
Faculty and Adminis
trato’rs voted unanimous
ly at a University Assem
bly meeting Wednesday
to request replacement
revenue from the Legisla
ture to supplement funds
lost as a result of Ballot
Measure 5.
See story. Page 3
Persian Gulf
LONDON (AP) - Four
famished Iraqi Army de
serters. talking “inces
santly” of allied bomb
ing. surrendered to West
ern journalists in north
ern Saudi Arabia, The In
dependent newspaper re
ported Thursday.
Reporter Richard Dow
den wrote that he and
three other journalists
cameatcmss the four Iraq
is while driving near the
border with Kuwait,
where the troops said
they deserted Tuesday.
mter speatung wiui
the "unshaven, exhaust
ed and tarnished" Iraqis,
the journalists offered to
take them to allied sol
diers, Dowden wrote.
They drove to a mixed
unit of special forces
where Egyptian comman
dos took the Iraqis into
custody, be said.
The article was accom
panied by a photograph
showing the four holding
a piece of paper the news
paper identified aa a leaf
let dropped by U,S.
planes calling on Iraqis to
surrender.
The four, identified
only as Khalid, Mouse,
Abu Wabed and Moham
med. escaped from the
367th Army Division,
where they lived in a cov
ered foxhole to two
months ami ate paltry ra
tions, said the (apart.
"Bach day. at 4
o’clock, we ware given
rice, just five spoonfuls
eech. a small piece of
breed and a little water,"
Khalid. a corporal, was
quoted aa saying.
They received no other
food and no water for
washing, but had a radio
on whidt they listened to
British Broadcasting
Corp. until their batteries
nut oat 10 days ago. said
the i
this wsr,’’ Afcn Wabed
«!S3te*1$
Iraq should have Kuwait.
H is Saddam who has
dona that... He is crnsy,"
log there were mil
around their positions in
Kuwait and that units of
Iraq's elite Republican
Guard had orders to shoot
deserters.
Ducks dump Beavers
Terrell Brandon celebrates Oregon's 83-66 Civil War win over Or
egon State Wednesday night along with 9,756 fans at \U Arthur
Court. Brandon led all scorers with 32 points
Photo by Sean Poston
Cuts criticized by
Capitol leaders
By Joe Kidd
tmerald Politics f ditoi
SAI.EM Proposed tuition iru reuses tor next
school year drew criticism from state House and Sen
ate leaders Tuesday, leading them to suggest the state
budget for higher education may need c loser than-usu
al review by the Legislature
Speaking to reporters at a Capitol news conference
Senate President |ohn kitzhaber and House Speaker
Lirrv Campbell said they thought proposed 4(1 perc ent
limit'll iiim .1 «iuuiw
be too liinh. and
they questioned thi
coordination of re
cently announced
colleue and uiuver
sity budget cut decisions
l-'urtiiKniion!. the two lenders said Ballot Measure T>
budget reductions could heighten lawmakers' scrutiny
of the higher eduction budget, which would peel hack
this agency’s traditional insulation from close legisla
tive review
kit/.haber, a Democrat from Roseburg. joined other
critics of a 40 percent tuition increase including
Democrat it (lov Barbara Roberts by describing the
proposed attendance costs as "overly onerous
kit/.haber said ways should he found to avoid such a
hike, explaining that many potential students would
be affected
"To the extent that we t an mitigate that (higher
cost). 1 think we should do it." hi said "But that's not
to say that there w ill not he a tuition increase "
Responding to the Novemtier passage of tax limiting
Measure ,r>. Roberts < ailed on all state-funded agencies
last month to redui e their budget plans for the next
two years, proposing a total of $840 million in cuts.
The State Board of Higher Education is required to
eliminate $74 million from its 1991-93 budget The re
sult has been tile planned removal of whole programs
and departments, as well as university tuition hikes
Turn to LEADERS. Page 3
Twentv-five recruits sian with Ducks
Coach Brooks ‘extremely pleased’ with recruiting class
By Ashley Conklin
Emerald Sports Editor
Oregon football Coach Rich
Brooks had little to complain
about on national letter-of-in
tent day Wednesday, as 22 high
school seniors signed with the
Ducks.
That brought Oregon’s re
cruiting class to 25. including
earlier signings of junior col
lege players Brett Salisbury and
Derrick Deadwifer, and the re
signing of Tupu Alualu who
signed last year but was unable
to enroll in school.
While Brooks won't know
just how good this year’s class
is for the next few seasons, it
certainly appears the Ducks
have one of the best, if not the
best, class in Brooks’ 14 years
at Oregon.
“1 think overall we’ve got to
be extremely pleased.” Brooks
said. "Certainly in state, our
recruiting went very well. On
paper, it appears to be a pretty
good one.”
Among the players that offi
cially signed, after earlier giv
ing verbal commitments to at
tend Oregon, are:
• Koseburg High School run
ning back Greg Fogle and
Tigard High School linebacker
Jeremy Asher. Fogle was The
Oregonian's Class 4A offensive
player of the year while Asher
was The Oregonian's defensive
player of the year.
• Three highly touted defen
sive backs in Eugene Jackson
(I.ynwood High School, Lyn
wood. Calif ). Alex Molden (Si
erra High School, Colorado
Springs. Colo.) and Issac Walk
er (Dominguez High School,
lxis Angeles).
• Two vastly different players
that are projected as tight ends
by brooks and his coaching
staff; Six-foot-4. 235-pound
Clint Thompson from Dallas,
Texas and Mitch Siegner. fi-4,
220 pounds, from tiny Crane
High School in Eastern Oregon.
The signing of Molden and
Thompson were big break
throughs for the Ducks.
Molden was considered the
ninth-best defensive laick in the
country and was reportedly the
only in-state player in Colorado
that national champion wanted
and wasn't able to sign In
Thompson, the Ducks benefited
from ties running backs coach
Cary Campbell had in Texas.
One of the biggest reasons for
the Due ks strong recruiting
class was Oregon's ap
pearance in a second
straight howl game this
past fall
"The success of our
football program the last
two years, and the im
provement in facilities
has made a big impact
on our recruiting the last
two years." Brooks said
"We can't be compared
in the category of the
(U)SC's, the Washing
ton’s and the UCLA's,
hut we're starting to
make in roads and get
ting the players we
hadn't been able to con
sistently get in the past
"What we need to do
is continue the upward
mobility of our pro
gram,” he said.
Which was a big rea
son Brooks signed three
defensive hacks that will likely
play curnerhack for the Ducks.
Oregon's top three i ornerhai ks
next season will all l>e seniors,
making getting quality corners
one of Brooks' top priorities
"We’ve had a pattern in the
past at corner where we've
gone with |(' players because
it’s hard to recruit quality (in
< uurlnt pHo(»
Tigard High School teammates lacoh
lohnson (front) and feremv Asher
were among 25 players the Oregon
football team signed to letters-of-in
tent.
coming) freshman corners."
Brooks said
Among some of the other
signet's were Tigard wide re
reiver Jacob Johnson. Roseburg
linebacker Rn (i Ruhl. Corvallis
defensive back I-aMont Woods
and (Portland) Benson lineman
Paul Wiggins