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.
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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.
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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