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Oregon cruises in final tuneup The men's basketball team an nihilates St. Martin's 94-52 on Tuesday night to get ready for the start of Pac-10 play Satur day at Oregon State. PAGE 7A The Flash Cuba hears U.S. request to let father escort boy back home WASHINGTON (/VP)—The Clinton ad ministration has asked Cuba to let Elian Gonzalez's father escort him back to the island if U.S. officials de cide the boy should return to Cuba, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The official said the request is a contin gency plan and does not signal a deci sion by the Immigration and Natural ization Service to resolve the politically charged issue by sending Elian back to his homeland. The official, asking not to be identified, said Cuba is consider ing the request. Elian was retrieved from an inner tube off the coast of Florida on Nov. 25. He had been aboard a Florida-bound boat that capsized, killing 10 other passen gers, including his mother. New Year's resolutions set many up for failure Have you resolved to change a part of your life in the new year? Perhaps you want to stop smoking or to start exer cising? Many people’s New Year’s resolutions fail, but students have found that their chances for success depend on their reasons for making the resolutions. More success is attributed to the deSiVe to actively improve their lives rather than the simple turning of a calendar page. Faced with this daunting task, many University students refused to make resolutions for resolutions’ sake. Page 3A Grant helps Lane County assist its residents in need The federal government is bringing in the new year by awarding a $678,151 grant to Lane County agencies that as sist people who struggle with low-in comes or homelessness. The financial assistance is meant to help several programs continue to serve disadvantaged individuals in a way that will help improve their lives. The funds will be divided among a va riety of programs in the Eugene area. Page3A Weather Today Thursday high 48, low 38 high 43, low 35 Wednesday January 5,2000 Volume 101, Issue 69 _o □_t. ..h—£_web www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Bill Bowerman, renowned University track coach and co-founder of Nike, is dead at 88 In his life 1911: Bom in Portland Feb. 19 1941-45: Served as majorinWWII 1949: Became the University’s track coach 1959: Assistant coach of 1959 Pan American Games team 1962: Received . the Slats Gill “Man of the Year” award (again in 1971) 1971: Won track and field coach of the year honors 1972:Coached the track and field team at the Munich Olympics 1972: Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike' 1990: Bowerman family donated $2.1 million for construction of Bowerman Build ing By Scott Pesznecker Oregon Daily Emerald On the eve of the most giv ing day in American culture, the man who gave so much to the sport of track and field passed away. Bill Bowerman died in his sleep late on Dec. 24 or early Dec. 25 at a retirement home in Fossil. The former Univer sity track and field coach and co-founder of Nike was 88. Bowerman’s prolific coaching career at the Uni versity spanned from 1949 72. During his tenure, Bow erman coached 24 NCAA individual champions and won national titles in 1962, 1964, 1965 and 1970. His Ducks finished in the top 10 nationally 16 times. Residents of Tracktown, U.S. A., may remember Bow erman as the man who coached the late Steve Pre fontaine, or as the man who led future University coach Bill Dellinger to a bronze medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Tom Jordan, meet coordi nator of the Prefontaine Clas sic, said the Bowerman fami Turn to Bowerman, page 4A m courtesy of University Media Services Bill Bowerman directed the Oregon men’s track team to four national titles and 16 top-10 fin ishes during his 23-year career. Bowerman also was instrumental in the founding of Nike. Frohnmayer requests licensee disclosure The Code of Conduct Committee asks the president to petition for labor practice information from companies producing University gear By Jessica Blanchard and Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald University President Dave Frohnmayer has set a March 27 deadline for Uni versity trademark licensees to disclose their manufac turing locations and those of their subcontractors to the school. In a Dec. 29 letter to the trademark licensees, which include companies such as Nike, Champion and Gear For Sports, Frohnmayer in structed the organizations to disclose several key pieces of information to the University, including the locations of all production facilities involved in mak ing University licensed products; the names, titles and phone numbers of company officers; the steps performed in the manufac ture of the products; and a copy of current employee grievance procedures. Frohnmayer wrote the letter at the recommenda tion of the Licensing Code of Conduct Committee, a 12-member group of stu dents, faculty arid adminis trators charged with advis ing the president on this issue. The committee was formed in response to con Turn to licencees, page 6A FROHN MAYER Health center seeks better women's care The University Health Center has restructured its women’s services for two reasons: to use space more efficiently and to provide better care By Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald The women’s services offered at the University Health Center have been re structured in an attempt to use space more efficiently and provide better continuity of patient care throughout the health cen ter. Women’s services have been offered in Area D of the health center through a spe cial women’s clinic. While this set-up provided a special area devoted only to women’s health issues, it also caused problems with efficiency, communication and scheduling, said Dr. Gerald Fleischli, health center director. Turn to Women’s care, page 6A Kitzhaber recognizes alcohol-free fraternity ■ Delta Sigma Phi is presented with the Outstanding Community Service Award in December By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald Delta Sigma Phi made history in 1998 when it became the first fraternity at the University to “go dry” and become sub stance free. On Dec. 21, the Governor's Council on Alcohol and Drug Prevention recognized the members of Delta Sigma Phi for their pledge to keep a dry house by awarding them the governor's Outstanding Com munity Service Award. Turn to Fraternity, page 4A