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Polls diss Ducks The Oregon men are ranked No. 23 in the AP poll, but are unranked in the ESPN poll; the women are No. 50 in the all important RPI ranking. More in Oregon notes. PAGE 7 The Flash Prevention the best crime-buster The University has dealt with a rash of bicycle and car thefts over the last week, but to help protect against fu ture crimes Office of Public Safety offi cials say that prevention is the best weapon. Students can use simple crime-prevention tips to check if they are really being the safest they can be. The tips, offered by Crime Prevention Officer Bob Guse, will run alongside Crimewatch weekly in the Emerald. Page 4 Oklahoma City coordinator to help Thurston SPRINGFIELD (AP)—A Portland land scape architect who helped build a memorial honoring victims of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building will advise a group planning a memorial to victims of the 1998 Thurston High School shootings. Paul Morris, a 1984 University gradu ate, will advise a Springfield School District committee that is planning the memorial. Morris also helped the task force that is planning a memorial to the victims of last year’s shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Three bound tor Eugene in Alaskan Airlines crash OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — An Alaska Air lines jet carrying at least 70 people plummeted into the Pacific Ocean 20 miles northwest of the Los Angeles air port Monday after reporting mechani cal problems. Three passengers were bound for Eugene, an airline official said. Flight 261, heading from Puerto Val larta, Mexico, to San Francisco and lat er to Seattle, was reported down about 3:45 p.m. It had been diverted to Los Angeles to attempt an emergency landing, the Federal Aviation Adminis tration said. “Right now they are searching for sur vivors,” said Coast Guard Lt. Jeanne Reincke. Several bodies were found, Coast Guard Lt. Chuck Diorio said, but he could not give a specific number. Weather Today Wednesday high 47, low 37 high 45, low 42 Tuesday February 1,2000 Volume 101, Issue 87 n n the_w £_fa_ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Black history takes center stage Events are staged for Black History Month, ranging from conferences to musical performances on and off campus By Brian Goodeli Oregon Daily Emerald February might be just an other month to some people, but for others it is a chance to recognize and celebrate the important role African Americans have played throughout history. A num ber of events are scheduled throughout the month on and off campus to honor this history and its impact. Mother Kali’s Books is sponsoring a number of pro grams throughout the month emphasizing the im portant role African-Amer icans have played in history and popular culture. “It is important at ever op portunity to expose and af firm the true history of the United States,” Mother Kali’s co-manager Tova Stabin said. “Thus, it is im portant for all people to cel ebrate Black History Month to at least take the time to say out loud and explore the truth about the quintessen tial role black Americans Turn to History, page 5 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Putting technology to use Say goodbye to those boring orientation magazines; a new CD will now show newly admitted students the ropes at the University By Brian Goodell Oregon Daily Emerald The days of the clueless freshman are numbered. On Friday, representa tives from the University and Sony Disc Manufactur ing unveiled “The UO Ex perience,” an interactive, multi-media CD-ROM de signed to bring newly ad mitted students up-to speed about the University. The CD features 13 virtual reality environments, an in teractive trivia game, a sys tem of scalable maps and links to the University net work. Nearly all of the pro duction and design work was done by University stu dents and faculty. “We created ‘The UO Experience’ to produce a much-needed resource that would help engage newly admitted students in the UO environment,” University Provost John Moseley said. “The CD ROM is designed for stu dents who have been ad mitted to the University.” After an initial mailing of 2,500 CDs, the Universi ty Office of Admissions will distribute another 500 to 1,000 copies per week during the peak period of admissions activity. Since many incoming students are admitted to more than one institution, the admissions offide saw this as an opportunity to increase the retention rate of students already admit ted to the University. “We put a great deal of ef fort into talking with pro spective students to find out what they are really interest ed in and concerned about,” Director of Admissions Martha Pitts said. “We put together ‘The UO Experi ence’ to address those needs. The unveiling of the new CD came just three days after The Oregonian concluded it’s three-part series “Majoring in Medi ocrity.” The series blasted Oregon universities for not placing enough priority on technology in education. “It’s true we’re not as good as we could be, but The Oregonian article was Turn to CD-ROM, page 3 Series misleading, Frohnmayersays FROHNMAYER ■ ■ A study of the state of higher education in Oregon misrepresents the success of many schools, according to the University president By Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald An Oregonian series criticizing the con dition of higher education in Oregon has sent shockwaves through the Oregon Uni versity System. University President Dave Frohnmayer called the title of the report, “Majoring in Mediocrity,” grotesquely unfair. It is “real ly a kind of blame-the-victim syndrome,” Turn to Frohnmayer, page 3 Despite resolutions, diversity still concern ■ A bias response team was created to deal with student concerns about discrimination, and a Web site about diversity is in the works By Simone Ripke Oregon Daily Emerald Despite recent efforts of diversity interns to make the University more conducive to diversity, some ethnic students groups feel that problems are far from being solved. Seven months after 10 diversity interns were hired in response to a May 18 John son Hall sit-in sparked by a racial response in a class e-mail discussion, a diversity Turn to Diversity, oaee 6 This is the second of a three-part series exploring diversity on campus. Monday: Retaining a diverse faculty Today: Diversity in terns’efforts with student groups Wednesday: John son Hall protester update
