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Overrated UCLA run out of Pit Oregon keeps composure, catches up and then proceeds to thump the No. 20 Bruins, | 73-58, in front of a soldout crowd at MacCourt. PAGE 9 Tax help available to students Worried aboutfilingtaxesthisspring? The Internal Revenue Service, the Ore \ gon Department of Revenue and the American Association of Reti red Persons a re offeri ng free tax hel p to students be tween nowand the April 17deadline. One-on-one hel pis available at IRSof fices in Eugene or Portland or via the IRS Tax Mobile. The AARP is also offer ing Tax-Aide, a number of tax help ses sions staffed by volunteers throughout Lane County. PAGE 4 Food for Lane County gets new facility Against the backd rop of a recently re leased study on poverty in Oregon, the state’s second-largest food bank, Food ifor Lane County, held an open house for its new, expanded facility in Eu gene. The organization has been col lecting donations, both public and pri vate for two years in order to open the facility—a gigantic warehouse at 770 Bailey Hill Rd. PAGE 3 Austin, Texas, and Phoenix judged best-run cities WASHINGTON (AP)—With robust fi nances and well-trained publicwork forces, Austin, Texasand Phoenixare the best-managed major American cities, according to an analysis by Syra cuse University. The study rated the municipal govern ments of the nation’s 35 largest cities in terms of revenues, assigning grades from A to F on five management crite ria: finances, human resources, capital, information technology and results. Phoenix was the only one with an A or A-in all five categories. Study: People with low virus levels unlikely to spread AIDS SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—An encouraging study suggests that people with very low levels of the AIDS virus in their blood are unlikely to spread HIV to others. Although conducted in Africa, the study could have important implica tions for the future of the Al DS epidem ic in the United States, where drug treatment has lowered virus levels for many. Weather high 46, low 43 high 50, low 36 Today Tuesday Monday January 31,2000 Volume 101, Issue 86 _Q_Qtt h._£_tt.£.—h— www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Prospective candidates (can still file ■ There are still seven empty seats for which no candidate is running ) The new timeline | Tuesday: Candi 1 date filing dead | line; deadline for ! ballot measures | by referendum I Feb. 14: Deadline for ballot meas ures by signature Feb. 23 and 24: | Primary election l March land 2: I General election SOURCE: ASUO Elections Board for ASUO elections By Cathlene McGraw Oregon Daily Emerald Due to an excessively low candidate turnout, the ASUO Elections Board de cided Friday to postpone the candidate filing deadline to February 1. By Friday’s 5 p.m. dead line, only four tickets had registered for the president and vice president posi tions. Only 17 students filed for 18 open Student Senate seats. Three people are run ning uncontested, and seven seats have no candidates running at all, including all three EMU Board seats and the two EMU representative senate seats. If students do not run in these positions, it will be the job of the newly elected ex Tum to Elections, page7 f Deadline set for 1 licensee code i Just over 100 of the University’s 278 trademark licensees have responded to a December letter addressing corporate codes of conduct Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald The Licensing Code of Conduct Committee, led by University President Dave Frohnmayer in creating a code of conduct for Univer sity trademark licensees, set a timeline to complete its task at a meeting on Friday. The committee plans to have reached an agreement on what categories the code will contain by the end of February, said Duncan Mc Donald, vice president for public affairs and develop ment and the committee’s facilitator. The specific language of Turn to licensees, page 8 Diversity on campus Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Stephanie Carnahan takes care of business at her office. Carnahan is leaving the Lesbian Gay Bi sexual Transgender Education and Support Services Program and the University for a better job. In a world of diversity, the University falters ■ Due to low salaries and negative attitudes, the University watches its ethnic community diminish By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald Stephanie Carnahan is leaving the University sim ply because she was of fered a better job. But the director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Education and Support Services Program said she is also leaving dis couraged by what she sees as the Uni versity’s adminis t r a t i o n lacking at tempts to address di versity is sues on campus. “My program was al most ignored when it comes to diversity,” Carna han said. “We were not Turn to Diversity, page 8 This is the first of a three-part series explor ing diversity on campus. Today: Retain ing a diverse faculty Tuesday: Di versity interns’ efforts with student groups Wednesday: Johnson Hall protester up date Students may face mandatory health insurance Staying healthy According to a 1998 health center survey, most University students are covered by some kind of health insurance. But students disagree on whether insurance should be required. Should all UO students be required to have health insurance? Are you currently covered by health insurance? 0.5%no response SOURCE 1998 Unvmrty Health Center survey ■ If passed, a new proposal would force all students to carry a form of basic health insurance to attend the University By Jessica Blanchard Oregon Daily Emerald University students may have to prove they have health insurance in the future, or face purchasing a mandato ry basic health insurance plan from the University. A proposal being consid ered next month by the Ore gon State Board of Higher Ed ucation could require all Oregon public universities to mandate that all students have some form of basic health insurance. Turn to Insurance, page 7
