.Monday, March N, 1999
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Fast relief from colds, flu
Pharmacists can prescribe medicine
for students and let them know if they
needfurther care/ PAGE 10
Ducks dismantle Cal
With a decisive defeat over the
Golden Bears, Oregon earns a spot
in the NTT/ PAGE 11
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Volume 100, Issue 113
University of Oregon
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“ We
would have
really liked
to share this
with our
fans, but we
have to
make the
most of it. ^
Jody Runge
UO head coach
The Oregon women
cheer after the
announcement of
their seating for the
NCAAToumament
versus Cincinnati.
The Ducks were cho
sen along with 63
other teams to play
in this year's
competition.
£( To have
the
opportunity
to host a
game here
at home
and to play
a team the
caliber of
Georgia
Tech, that’s
like a dream
come
true. ^
Ernie Kent
UO head coach
Women play Cincinnati
in first round of tourney
The team will head to Iowa for
the second-straight year, this
time without any injuries
By Allison Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon women’s basketball team
played its last conference game at McArthur
Court two weeks ago, but after averaging
more than 5,000 fans a game, the Ducks
thought they might be back to host the first
two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
Those thoughts were dashed Sunday.
More than 2,000 fans gathered at Mac
Court Sunday afternoon to learn that Oregon
will travel east for the first two rounds of the
NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight year.
The Ducks, who won a share of the con
ference title Saturday, will return to Ames,
Iowa, for the second straight year where
they will face Cincinnati (22-8,12-4 Con
ference USA) in the first round of the
Mideast Region on Friday. Host school and
fourth-seeded Iowa State plays Santa Clara
in the other first-round game in Ames.
Oregon was one of only four schools to
have its pairings party broadcast live on
ESPN, and it was among elite company.
No. 1 Purdue, No. 2 Tennessee and No. 4
Turn to WOMEN, Page 6
Matt Hankins/ Emerald
Oregon head coach Jody Runge cuts the last string of
the home net to celebrate a victorious season.
Oregon faces
GeorgiaTech
in first round
The Ducks are hoping to make
it to New York, but must first
beat the Yellow Jackets
By Rob Moseley
Oregon Daily Emerald
If the Oregon men’s basketball team
had been told at the beginning of this
season that its final destination would be
a spot in the National Invitation Tourna
ment, the overriding reaction would
have been disappointment.
Turn to MEN, Page 9
Oregon educators meet to outline new goals for universities
Universities aim to help
students prepare for
technology-based jobs
By Teri Meeuwsen
Oregon Daily Emerald
PORTLAND — Members of the
Portland community, educators
and others interested in higher ed
ucation learned on Friday how the
Oregon University System plans
to keep up with Oregon’s increas
ing population and growing tech
nology-based job market.
At a City Club of Portland lun
cheon, OUS Chancellor Joseph
Cox said the higher education sys
tem must prepare itself for fast
paced changes.
“Based on the premise that
change is inevitable and we had
the choice of being either a victim
of change or an architect of it, we
chose to be architects,” he said.
“We began this process of self
examination and reform by doing
something American higher edu
cation has not been especially
good at — listening.”
Cox said OUS created a new
budget model to keep up with
Oregon’s increase in technology
oriented jobs like computer sci
ence and engineering.
"It encourages our campuses to
be collaborative and innovative in
responding to the changing needs
— the needs of more than merely
the traditional populations of cam
pus-based students,” he said.
Cox also outlined short-term
goals created by the Board of High
er Education to help universities
keep up with the changing needs
of students and society. By the
next biennium, Cox said universi
ties will:
■ improve graduation rates of
entering students by 2 percent,
N add between 350 to 400 addi
tional graduates in engineering,
computer science, mathematics
and science,
■ increase enrollment of stu
dents with 3.75 grade point aver
ages from 19 percent to 22 percent
by increasing scholarship oppor
tunities,
■ target a 3 percent improve
ment for all graduates on profes
sional licensing examinations in
law, engineering, architecture, ac
counting and other fields, and
■ increase student participation
in internships, up from 68 percent.
“He described the OUS situa
tion very well,” said Portland
State University President Daniel
Bemstine. “I think the club mem
bers got a lot out of it.”
The City Club of Portland “in
forms its members and the com
munity in public matters and
arouses them in a realization of the
obligation of citizenship.” The
group is made up of business and
community members and educa
tors.
The system is seeking $116 mil
lion more in funding from the Leg
islature.
“We’re asking the state to re
capitalize for education,” Cox
said.
Senate Republicans proposed a
$100 million budget for higher ed
ucation and Gov. John Kitzhaber
suggested $75 million for higher
education.