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match for Ducks Oregon's offense staggers a bit, but like always, its defense is there to save the day, as the Ducks pick up their third Pac 10 win Thursday: PAGE? The Flash PFC back in the Board Room The ASUO Programs Finance Commit tee approved budgets for eight groups Thursday night, increasing funding for three programs, including Oregon Fu ture Lawyer Association, which was not funded by the ASUO last shoot year. PFC members voted not to hear an ap peal filed by the International Stu dents Association, but they will hear appeals from DELTA/GSO and the Hawaii Club, both of which were not represented at the budget hearings as scheduled. PAGE 5 Total lunar eclipse beautifies night sky (AP) — Across the Western Hemi sphere wherever there wasn’t a cur tain of clouds, one of the greatest shows on Earth played overhead Thursday night: a total eclipse of the moon. Starting about 9:30 p.m. with a shad ow along its left edge, the moon began moving toward total eclipse as it crept into Earth’s shadow. The last total eclipse of the moon was in September 1997. The next, on July 16, will be best seen from the West Coast. Columbine library to be replaced with atrium GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — School board of ficials voted late Thursday to replace the Columbine High School library where two students gunned down their classmates in the nation’s dead liest school shooting. A group of Columbine students and parents has proposed raising $3.5 mil lion to tear down the current library, replace it with an atrium and build a new wing with a new library. “We’re saying to the world that life goes on, yes, life will be better,” Jeffer son County School Board President Jon DeStefano said after the 4-1 vote. In April, 10 Columbine students were killed in the library before gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took their own lives. Two other students and a teacher were killed outside the library. The school was reopened in the fall, but the library has been sealed. Weather Today Saturday RAIN LIKELY RAIN LIKELY high 46, low 35 high 46, tow 35 Friday January 21,2000 Volume 101, Issue 80 www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Autzen expansion hits roadblock Some citizens are concerned about possible effects of Alton Baker Park and surrounding neighborhoods By Jessica Blanchard Oregon Daily Emerald Plans for the $80 million expansion of Autzen Stadi um will remain on hold for now, despite pressure to stick to a tight timeline to be gin construction. The Campus Planning Committee, which held a public hearing Thursday morning, held off on giving their approval to the plans after a handful of citizens voiced their concerns about how the expansion would affect Alton Baker Park and nearby neighborhoods. Construction can only be done between football sea sons, and the University would like to begin work in Turn to Autzen, page 3 Projected renovations The $80 million expansion project for Autzen Stadium is scheduled to be completed by the 2002-03 school year. Centennial Boulevard HH Autzen Stadium property^^M New additions, including new ramps * _and a main staircase [ Existing parking spaces B Exsisting buildings and footpaths B Exsisting fields SOURCE: EHerbe Becket Katie Miller Emerald The heart of the matter By focusing on scholarship and brotherhood, fraternity leaders hope to increase membership and raise public image By Simone Ripke Oregon Daily Emerald If Greek leaders on campus are right, the end of the “Animal House” mental ity is near. Fraternity leaders say they have been looking to turn away from the public conception of partying and drinking and hope to turn the declining trend in membership around. Fraternity enrollment has been de creasing since 1990, said Jon Williamson, executive vice president of the North American Interfratemity Con ference. Williamson said enrollment dropped 25 percent and lowered the number of fraternity members in the na tion to 350,000 undergraduates. How ever, Williamson said fraternity enroll Catharine Kendall Emerald Kevin Gelbrich, president-elect of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, has been actively involved in recruitment of new members. ment has always been cyclical and ex pects an increase in numbers soon. “I predict that there will be a big rise because more and more fraternities are getting back to their values,” Williamson said. Those values are brotherhood, schol arship and community service, the principles on which fraternities were founded. Public image is not the sole reason for the decrease in membership. Williamson said more students are working today to finance their educa tion and might not have the time or the money to get involved in the Greek sys tem. Scott McCulloch, a senior majoring in Turn to Fraternities, page 4 City Councilor Lee not to seek re-election Bobby Lee, a former ASUO president, has represented the University area for three years By Darren Freeman Oregon Daily Emerald Eugene City Councilor * Bobby Lee, who has received acclaim for addressing stu dent concerns and home lessness issues, has decided not to seek re-election to his council position represent ing the University area this year, a post he’s held the past three years. “It would be unfair to the public and myself for me to make a four-year commit ment at a time when I need to consider my personal and professional development,” Lee said. Lee, whose term ends in January 2001, said he will leave the unpaid council po sition to work in the private sector and repay his college loans, which he acquired while earning both his bache lor’s degree in sociology and his master’s degree in plan ning, public policy and man agement from the University, where he also served as the 1992-93 ASUO president. “I’ll truly miss him,” said Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey, who leads the council meet ings. “The University of Ore gon students and faculty have been well represented by councilor Bobby Lee, and the citizens of Eugene have been well represented. ” Lee, who was still a gradu ate student during his first two years on the City Council, has outspokenly represented students and advocated youth involvement in politics. Turn to Bobby Lee, page 3
