Free throws
cost Ducks
No. 23 Oregon plays tough,
but a 33- shot disparity infree
throw attempts hurts in the
end, as it falls to No. 9
Arizona, 77-77. PAGE 7
The Flash
City councilors, mayor
on their way to wages
A committee of Eugene residents ap
pointed by th Eugene City Council ap
proved a proposed ballot measure
Thursday night that would, in effect,
allow mayors and council members
tipends for their work.
If the City Council approves the pro
posed charter amendment, Eugene
voters will vote on the measure in ei
ther the May or November elections.
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Investigators recover second
‘ black box* from wreckage
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (AP) —Investi
gators found the second “black box”
recorder from Alaska Airlines Flight
261 on Thursday, quickly locating the
devices that could tell them why the
plane flipped upside down and plum
meted into the ocean.
Navy crews off Southern California re
covered Flight 261 ’s cockpit flight data
recorder. It should show the positions
of the plane’s controls and whether a
problem with the horizontal stabilizer
was merely a symptom of a larger fail
ure that led to Monday’s crash and the
deaths of all 88 aboard.
Fox network announces
agreement on ethnic diversity
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox announced
an agreement with civil rights groups
Thursday to promote ethnic diversity
in its TV shows and inside the compa
ny. Among other things, it will hire a
vice president of diversity.
CBS was expected to announce its own
agreement with groups including the
NAACP later in the day, becoming the
last of the four major broadcast net
works to strike a deal.
Refloating remains
of New Carissa unlikely
COOS BAY (AP)—A year after the New
Carissa ran aground, the ship’s insurer
says refloating the remaining section
of the wreck may be impossible.
Britannia Steam Ship Association Ltd.
has asked the state to consider letting
salvage crews remove only parts of the
stern, which remains mired in the surf
300 feet from the beach.
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Lighting the way
A series of organized safety walks through campus at night will help to determine which areas need better lighting.
_
Catharine Kendall Emerald
Walks improve campus safety
Improvemets
can be made
to benefit
students by
identifying
poorly lit
areas such as
parking lots
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students, along with representa
tives from the University offices of
Public Safety, Student Life and Facil
ities Services embarked on the first
two of four safety walks after sunset
on Wednesday and Thursday.
The walks, sponsored by the
ASUO, are an attempt to identify
poorly lit and otherwise unsafe ar
eas on campus, ASUO Safety Ad
vocate Jennifer Eliot said. “There’s
a lot of lighting on campus, but I
think a lot of it is too dim for peo
ple to feel safe,” she said, on the
Wednesday night walk.
Led by Eliot, the walk was an ef
fort to find out how students feel
walking from the library to their
residence hall rooms. Eliot led a
group from the Knight Library to
the parking lot by the Bean Com
plex, while Anne Leavitt, associate
vice president of student affairs,
led another group to Riley Hall and
the University Inn.
ASUO President Wylie Chen
said safety and lighting on campus
was part of his and Vice President
Mitra Anoushiravani’s ASUO Ex
ecutive campaign last year and
these walks are a step toward iden
tifying problems, which are sched
uled to be solved soon.
“They should be implemented
this fall,” Chen said.
Eliot and her group found sever
al spots along their walk that had
plenty of lighting fixtures and yet
hardly lit up the area they covered.
Their route led them from the
Knight Library along Gerlinger
Hall, through the parking lot be
hind the EMU, past the residence
halls and across the crosswalk on
Agate Street to the Bean Complex
parking lot.
Representatives from Facilities
Services pointed out that some of
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Smoke permeates
through Collier House
Fire officials
found no actual
flame when
they entered
the building;
damage will be
assessed today
By Jessica Blanchard
Oregon Daily Emerald
An electrical motor in a service elevator
in the Collier House shorted out Thursday
morning, partially filling the house with
smoke and causing campus public safety offi
cials to call the Eugene Fire Department.
Students, many of whom were between
classes, milled around near the EMU as
public safety officers tried to secure the area
and clear the roads around the building for
the fire engines and ambulance that re
sponded to the call.
Three fire engines, an ambulance, a fire
chief unit and numerous public safety units
responded to the call at 10:50 a.m.
No one was injured, and firefighters did
n’t see any actual flames when they entered
the house, said James Trubia, a fire protec
tion manager for the University. Damages
have not been estimated yet, though Trubia
said preliminary astimates should be avail
able later today.
The cause of the incident is still under in
vestigation, but fire officials said it was like
ly caused when a bucket of water used by a
custodian was accidentally tipped over in
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University still among top
recruiters for Peace Corps
■ Volunteers get a chance to
travel, gain worldly experience
and use their skills to help others
By Sridevi Palanivelu
for the Emerald
Although the University is one of the top
25 universities with the largest number of
Peace Corps volunteers, its standing has
plunged from ninth to 15th in recruiting
this year, according to the latest annual list
released by the Corps.
Some students thinking about volunteer
ing for the Peace Corps are unsure about
joining through the University, while oth
ers like Deborah Kelly Neighbors, who has
finally completed putting together the
“meaty” application, think otherwise.
“I’ve been thinking about being a Peace
Corps volunteer for a long time,” said
Neighbors, a junior political science and
women’s studies major. “It’s a major com
mitment and it’s probably better if the U of
O is stricter about new applicants. This will
help the students realize if they are really
ready to do the service.”
However, Carla Semmler, the Public Af
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CC The Peace
Corps has al
ways been
very popular
with stu
dents, and
there's still a
high demand
for volun
teers.
Fred Jarman
University’s %%
Peace Corps^ ■
representative