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whom were there rooting for the
Ducks, albeit from the top levels of
Gill Coliseum, far away from the floor
where the players were mixing it up.
Jody Runge’s squad (10-3 overall,
1-0 Pac-10) convincingly rebound
ed from the loss at San Francisco on
Jan. 2 by playing with some added
intensity and attitude.
The Ducks didn’t really have a
choice. Oregon State (4-9, 0-1) al
ways comes to play against Oregon,
and Saturday’s game held that true.
The Beavers only trailed by six
at intermission, thanks largely to
the explosi ve play of sophomore
guard Felicia Ragland, who scored
15 of her 17 points in the first half.
But then Ducks regrouped, col
lected themselves and found a way
to continue pressuring Oregon
State for the rest of the game, even
tually wearing the Beavers out.
Shaquala Williams, once again,
was the driving force behind the
Ducks’ breakaway run midway
through the second half. The 5-6
sophomore point guard finished
with 25 points and four assists in
her first complete 40-minute game.
“It was a huge game for Shaq,”
Runge said. “She played with great
composure, was a good leader on
the floor and paced the tempo. And
she did a great job shooting the bas
ketball down the stretch.”
By design, Williams spent
much of the first half getting her
teammates involved, thus opening
up things for herself later.
With 8:28 left in the game, the
Beavers narrowed the score to 50
45 on a couple of free throws by
Nicole Funn. But that was the clos
est they would come, as Williams
and the Dudes came out of a time
out a minute later by going on a 16
4 run which finally put the game
out of Oregon State’s reach.
“It was with five minutes to go that
we really took off, and I think they
just ran out of gas, ” Williams said.
During the conclusive run,
Williams took over, driving to the
hoop and either scoring or getting
fouled. She scored 14 of the
Ducks’ points including the final
shot of the game, a long 3-pointer
with less than 20 seconds left.
“At the end of the game, I want
ed the ball in my hands,” Williams
said. “I have the confidence that I
can finish the game. And that’s
what I did tonight. ”
Definitely something for oppo
nents to keep in mind.
Kind of like how the “incident”
that occurred prior to tip-off in a
hallway below Ralph Miller Court
gave Oregon things to think about.
According to Williams, Beaver
sophomore center Ericka Cook
(formerly Brosterhous) flipped off
Duck guard Lindsey Dion.
Dion immediately recounted
the news to her teammates, and
needless to say, they were even
more fired up that before.
And, as expected, they did so
with a strong vocal backing of the
thousands of Dudes’ fans who came
to support their team that hasn’t
played a home game since Dec. 4.
“We’ve been on the road so
long,” Meharry said; “It’s awe
some to come home again and see
some fans.”
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while in school. The study also found that in Novem
ber, 59 percent of college students had plans to work
during winter break.
In addition to being a full-time student, Hall
Dominguez works part time as a hostess at Ambrosia,
an Italian restaurant in Eugene, and also as an office
assistant at the University’s Recreation and Intramu
rals office, averaging a total of more than 25 hours be
tween her two jobs. It can make doing her homework
and having a social life challenging.
“I’m definitely juggling it all,” she said.
Hall-Dominguez said she constantly finds herself
being busy and has little time to herself.
“It gets tiring,” she said.
Quitting, however, is not an option, she said. Hall
Dominguez needs the money she makes at her jobs to
cover basic expenses while she is in school. She said
she has considered reducing the number of hours she
works a week but concluded that working fewer
hours would not allow her to pay all her bills.
Breaks arid long weekends, times when most stu
dents try to sit back and relax, only provide more time to
work for Hall-Dominguez, she said. Apart from a week
off for Christmas, she worked through the entire break.
Career Center Director Larry Smith said historically
70 percent of University students have worked either
part-time or full-time throughout their undergradu
ate years. He said the Career Center typically notices
an increase of activity in its employment area just be
fore winter break and during the holidays.
Smith said although University administrators
have been trying to keep higher education affordable
for students, tuition has been rising. Students have
been responding to tuition hikes by trying to work
during holidays and breaks in addition to their jobs
throughout the academic year.
James Gilmour, associate director of student finan
cial aid, said about half of the students at the Univer
sity receive some sort of financial aid and the average
debt undergraduates accumulate by the time they
graduate totals about $16,000.
Smith said the fact that students are working more
is simply a reflection of the financial reality they face.
Education costs are also Dave Reed’s motivation for
working. The junior physics major works full-time dur
ing both summer and winter break. When he returns
home to Salem, he not only visits his family, but he also
works 40 hours a week as a cashier at Wal-Mart.
Reed said working during the summer, in addition
to loans an d the financial support his family provides,
allows him to cover expenses for the school year and
working over winter break pays for Christmas pres
ents and other random expenses he has to cover.
Reed said he is trying to transfer to the local Wal
Mart so he can work some during the school year and
take future winter breaks off. Reed said he neither par
ticularly likes nor dislikes his job, but it is a necessity of
life and has made him a better “people-person.” He said
working dining the academic year might not be easy
and will require him to change some of his study habits.
“I’ll just become more efficient,” he said.
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