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.
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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