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.
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DDS may alter focus, shift service
The ASUO
proposes
changing the
bylaws of the
Designated
Driver
Shuttle to
include
shuttle
services to
sober
students
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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