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Two overtimes too many The Ducks appreciate all they’ve learned from their over time dramas in Washington, but they’d like to wrap things up in regulation. PAGE 7A The Flash People's forum to address crime issues After the Eugene riots in June 1999, nearly 60 of the 300 protesters met to brainstorm ways to prevent future conflicts between activists and police. In the final phase of the solution pro posed at that meeting, the community is invited to meet tonight at a people’s forum to discuss “Cops, Courts, Jails & The Prison Industrial Complex” at 6:30 p.m. at the Lane County Courthouse. Speakers tonight will range from Eu gene Police Chief Jim Hill to anarchists who were arrested in the June 1999 ri ! ots. Speakers will have five minutes to address the audience, which will then | have 80 minutes at the end for ques | tions and input. Page 4A Gates gift boosts foundation to world's largest SEATTLE (AP) — Bill and Melinda Gates have donated another $5 billion to their foundation, boosting its endow ment to about $21.8 billion and mak ing it the world’s richest. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surpassed London’s Wellcome Trust with the latest gift from the Microsoft Corp. founder and his wife, the Chroni cle of Philanthropy confirmed Monday afternoon. ; Wellcome Trust now has 13 billion pounds, the equivalent of $21.4 bil lion, a Chronicle spokesman said. Hundreds trapped as Myan mar rebels seize Thai hospital RATCHABURI, Thailand (AP)—Thai se curity forces stormed a hospital Tues day where heavily armed insurgents from Myanmar had trapped hundreds of patients, visitors and staff in a 22 hour hostage drama. Automatic weapons fire crackled and explosions thudded from inside the hospital, possibly from grenades or | . mines that the hostage-takers had I rigged after taking it over Monday morning. There were no initial reports on casual ties in the attack, which was launched ! in the predawn hours. Weather Today Wednesday RAIN MO&niUbY high 49, low 31 high 45, low 35 Tuesday January25,2000 Volume 101, Issue 82 _o_ot_b_e_web_ www.daHyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene,Oregon An independent newspaper DDS may alter focus, shift service The ASUO proposes changing the bylaws of the Designated Driver Shuttle to include shuttle services to sober students 1 i i \ By Cathlene McGraw Oregon Daily Emerald The ASUO Executive may have found a resolu tion to the recent controver sy surrounding Project Saferide without having to provide a separate rape-pre vention service for men. ASUO President Wylie Chen will submit suggested alterations to the ASUO Designated Driver Shuttle bylaws today. By changing the laws, Chen hopes to modify DDS policy and so lidify the fact that the serv ice accepts all customers, not just those that may be in toxicated. This will effec tively help accommodate overflow from those stu dents unable to use Saferide and Tandem Taxi. “To address the issue of availability, services like the Tandem Taxi, OPS (Office of Public Safety] and DDS [Designated Driver Shuttle] will take on Saferide pa trons if Saferide is otherwise absent,” Chen said. Chen will submit changes in the wording of DDS’s driver bylaws to ensure that unaccounted-for Saferide and Tandem Taxi patrons have a ride if they need it. He said he does not advo cate the provision of an all male service or a co-ed serv ice because he thinks that most males do not face the same safety issues as women. Saferide, a program ex tended to women through the ASUO Women’s Center as a means of preventing sexual assault, came under fire last week when Pro grams Finance Committee member Aaron Week filed a grievance against Saferide based on affirmative-action law. He objected to the fact that a similar service is not provided for men and un successfully attempted to postpone Saferide’s budget hearing. “I felt that under the cir cumstances I had to comply with federal and state laws,” Week said. “It is my job to interpret those laws.” According to affirmative action law, a similar if not equal service needs to exist for both men and women. Week contends that the need to feel safe during the night is not gender specific. “All students need to fit under that category. Every one has the right and ability to feel safe,” Week said. Project Saferide Co-Direc tor Sarah Cohn said she thinks leadership in DDS is more receptive this year. “Saferide has never been in the [DDS] bylaws. We are Turn to DDS, page 5A Shuttles available to students Designated Driver Shuttle, 346-RIDE. Hours of opera tion: 7 nights a week from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. while school is in ses sion. Saferide, 346 4239. Winter term hours of opera tion: Sunday through Thursday, 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Friday and Satur day, 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tandem Taxi, 346 TAXI. Hours of op eration: Sunday through Thursday, 6to11p.m. Executive sets new goals, abandons others ■ Chen and Anoushiravani admit not all their campaign goals can be met By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald With about half their term in office behind them, there are many campaign goals ASUO President Wylie Chen and Vice President Mitra Anoushiravani still need to accomplish or have found they can’t accomplish. The leaders of the student body say, however, that they are proud of what they have accomplished so far and have not been frustrated by roadblocks they’ve encoun tered from the University ad ministration and the Oregon Student Association. Turn to Promises, page 6A ii The whole point was to address many is sues and see how feasible they were. Wylie Chen ASUO president Sleep deprivation plagues students throughout term Sleep deprivation during the work week SixtHive percent of Americans don’t get the recommend ed amount of sleep each night Thirty-five percental adults Only 35 percent of adults sleep between six and a half sleep the recommended and eight hours per night eight or more hours per^ night Thirty percent of adults sleep six and a half hours per night or less. KstteNesseSfneiald SOURCE: National Skep foundation By Jessica Blanchard Oregon Daily Emerald After getting only four hours of sleep the night be fore, the only things keep ing sophomore Suzanne Liabraaten awake Monday were caffeine and adrena line. “I kept all my homework for last night, so I just stayed up really late and got up really early this morning to do it,” she said. “I could take 12 credits and get more sleep, but I want to graduate within a decent amount of time.” Liabraaten, a pre-busi ness major, is one of hun dreds of University stu dents who don’t get enough sleep during the school week, a common problem according to University health officials. While some students might think their sleep pat tern will even out by sleep ing more the next day, their performance, whether at school or work, will be off, said Dr. Gerald Fleischli, di rector of the University Health Center. Sleep deprivation can cause irritability, loss of at tention and fatigue and has been blamed by health pro fessionals for everything from automobile accidents to students falling asleep in class, according to informa tion from the National Sleep Foundation. Lost sleep accumulates into a “sleep debt” that the Turn to Sleep, page 5A Students should regulate their sleep patterns and avoid using stimulants to stay awake
