Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1994
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 71
Packwood discusses timber, dodges reporters
Industry: The senator
ignored protesters as he
talked about log supply
By Rebecca Merritt and
Edward Klopfenstein
Sen. Hot) Packwood came to
Eugene to talk on timber issues
Wednesday, but more reporters
than timber workers showed up
to listen
About 21) timber workers gath
ered around Pock wood at Zip-O
Log Mills to hear him speak on
the Endangered Species \i t and
the sparse log supply that trou
hies man\ local mills
More than it) reporters and
photographers also crowded the
senator, including several repre
sentatives of the national press
On the other side of the mill's
locked gates, an entourage of pro
testers tried their fiest to interrupt
Pack wood's speech with cries of
"Pack it in Bob" and "Dear diary,
I quit!”
Fackwood ignored both the
protesters outside and the
reporters that pressed questions
of his alleged sexual misconduct
as he rushed to a waiting car at
the hack of the mill.
Merrilini Peov. a representative
ot Yellow Kibbon Coalition that
helped sponsor the event, told
reporters not to ask questions
unrelated to timber issues.
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Jesse James (left) and Packwood supporter Lee Duncan argue about Duncan's sign outside the Zlp-O Log Mills In Eugene
UNIVERSITY
IFC member resigns
before hearings start
Budget: New
member cites school
pressures, leaves post
By Edward Klopfenstein
Oregon Oajty £ tn&QjO
Just six days before the start
of the Incidental Fee Commit
tee's annual budget hearings,
one of t fit* IFC’s newly
appointed members resigned
his post because of pressure
from school and other t oinmit
ments.
Committee Member Preston
Cannon announced Ins resig
nation Wednesday Cannon's
resignation was effective yes
terday
"This is my first term back
in school after an absence of
seven years.” said Cannon in a
news release. "It lust got down
to where the committee was
taking more time than my
studies."
Cannon, 31, joined the 1FC
in mid-October. He was
appointed by ASIJO President
Frit. Bowen after three elected
offii mis vacated their posts for
financial reasons.
|ian Liu, IFC chairman, said
Cannon's resignation "comes
as a shock to me personally. 1
just walked into the office and
there was his resignation
I.in is reassigning the I t stu
dent groups Qmnon odvised to
the six remainingIKC memtiers
so each of the groups request
ing funding this year will still
have I PC representation, said
the offii ial. All groups request
ing 1FC funds are required to
have an adviser front the com
mittee.
Groups that Cannon advised
included the ASUO Child Care
Subsidy and Disabled Student
Services, said Liu.
"It's going to be difficult
right before budget season."
said Liu about Cannon's resig
nation. "it will meun greater
responsibility for the IKC. I just
hope Bowen can appoint
someone as soon as possible."
The official added that Can
non's short tenure on the com
mittee gave a strong voice to
the concerns of campus
minorities and non-traditional
students.
Bowen said Wednesday that
the vacant position should be
filled within two weeks
"The IFC still has six very
competent, very educated
members on the committee,”
said Bowen. "(The resignation)
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I Grant creates sports marketing center
Donation: Gift from alumnus starts
unique center in the business school
By Jim Davis
A spurts marketing < enter has been created with
in the College of Business Administration as the
result of a $250,000 gift from a I diversity alum
nus.
The James H Warsaw Sports Marketing (Center,
named after the totvo alumnus, is one of the first of
its kind in the country While some universities
offer sports marketing programs through physical
education departments, the Warsaw Center is
unique in thut it will lie offered through the busi
ness school.
Administrators at the business school hope the
center will generate interest in sports marketing
careers, bring in major sports figures to speak to
classes, and address important issues in the sports
industry
"The biggest benefit for students, .mil liusim
students spot ifically, is that it >.*»v• • -s them .hi
.nmiiii' to study i fast growing industry." said
Mike Kitehey. development offt< or (or the business
si hoot and the program coordinator lor the i enter
"And it shows [Mioplo in sports, and in business,
that the I Iniversity is trying to adapt and keep up
with tim real world. Kilt lies said
People in the sports industry are very interested
in the ■ outer, he said
1 have talked with people from the Hla/ers. the
San Francisco Giants and the San Francisi o 4‘ters.
and they even seem In he interested in offering
internships." he said.
The (.enter definitely will help students and the
University, agreed Professor Lynn Kahle. a It)-year
faculty member at the business si hool who w ill
teach the first sports marketing class offered in the
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GOOD MORNING
^ NASEI.LE. Wash (AH)—
Rex Ziak could lull he'd Ini the
big time: The local gas station
hod changed the “wine-bail
beer-ice" sign to reud, “Rex
wins an Emmy!”
Big time, big deal, says Ziak
(pronounced Zeek). a logger and
self-taught photographer turned
documentary filmmaker When
he was nominated for the award
for his ABC documentary. "Toll
Ship: High Seas Adventure," he
wasn't even sure what an Emmy
was
The documentary, shot two
years ago. was his first film. And
Ziak had never spent more than
high
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a couple hours aboard sailboats
Ixifort* spending 124 days on the
square-rigger as it logged 11.000
miles sailing from Denmark to
New York and back. His still
photos appeared in o 1092 Ufi4
magazine spread on the voyage.
^ SALFM (Al’) — A Beaverton
man has stepped forward to
claim the $H,25 million jackpot
in the Oregon l-oll*»ry'h
Megabucks game.
Jeffrey Miller and his wife,
Susan, learned from reading the
paper Sunday that they had
picked all six winning numbers
in Saturday night's drawing, but
they thought they'd only won $1
million.
State lottery officials told
them of their actual prize Mon
day by telephone Miller's
response: "Oh my God." lottery
officials said.
Miller will receive $41/,500
annually for 20 years Me left the
lottery headquarters Tuesday
with the first chuck of $297,000.