Not done yet
Despite an 73-66 loss to No. 15
Arizona on Friday, the Ducks
are still in the race for the
Pac-10 title thanks to their
come-from-behind win against
Arizona State. PAGE 7
The Flash
Career internship meeting
will be held today
The Career Development Internship
Program Orientation Meeting will be
held today from 3:30 to 4:50 p.m. in
the EMU Ben Linder Room. The pro
gram is open to juniors and seniors of
all majors who are interested in earn
ing upper division credit in a spring in
ternship. Sponsored by the University
Career Center. For information, call
346-6011.
Hillary Clinton announces
Senate candidacy
PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) — Becoming the
first president’s wife to run for office,
Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her
Senate campaign Sunday from the
state she has called home for only a
month, declaring, “I may be new to
your neighborhood, but I’m not new
to your concerns.”
The race for the seat being vacated by
fellow Democrat Daniel Patrick Moyni
han is likely to pit Clinton against Re
publican New York Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani in what could be one of the
most combative political campaigns in
memory.
Pfizer to acquire
Warner-Lambert
NEW YORK (AP) — In a deal that will
create the world’s second-largest drug
company, Pfizer Inc. is expected to an
nounce today that it is acquiring Warn
er-Lambert Co. for $84.4 billion in
stock, according to people familiar
with the negotiations.
The combined company will keep Pfiz
er’s name and headquarters in New
York.
Alaska jet experiences
stabilizer problem
RENO, Nev. (AP)—An Alaska Airlines
MD-83 jetliner returned to Reno’s air
port shortly after takeoff when the pi
lot reported problems with the hori
zontal stabilizer—the third such
incident involving that jet model with
in a week.
The Seattle-bound jet’s problems Sat
urday night were similar to those dis
cussed by pilots in the tense minutes
before Alaska Airlines Flight 261
crashed into the Pacific on Monday.
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Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
In addition to traditional cheating techniques, students are now using technologically ad
vanced methods, such as programming calculators and plagiarizing off the Internet
This is part one of a
two-day series ex
amining academic
dishonesty at the
University.
Today: Academic
dishonesty is alarm
ingly high.
Tuesday: The Inter
net has taken pla
giarism to new
heights. Such aca
demic dishonesty
has a detrimental
effect on students
and the University.
■ The University
works to fight the
battle against
cheating
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
From crib sheets to pro
grammed calculators,
many students have been
doing whatever it takes,
other than studying, to
get ahead.
The most recent survey
to measure academic dis
honesty reports an alarm
ing 91 percent of students
admitted to cheating on
written assignments or
exams while attending
the University. The sur
vey was sent to 500 Uni
versity sophomores, jun
iors and seniors as part of
a Rutgers University
study that measured aca
demic dishonesty at 10
state universities across
the nation. The mean for
the total sample was 89
percent.
The problem isn’t
Turn to Cheating, page 6
Candidate
urges others
to spend less
■ ASUO presidential
hopeful Autumn De Poe
hopes to level the
playing field by limiting
campaign spending
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Texas Gov. George W.
Bush and Vice President Al
Gore have already spent
millions on their presiden
tial campaigns.
ASUO presidential hope
ful Autumn De Poe has
pledged to spend only $20
on her entire campaign.
On Wednesday, De Poe
and her running mate
Caitlin Upshaw sent an e
mail to the Student Senate
and the other six ASUO Ex
ecutive tickets urging them
Turn to Campaigns, page 4
Limited
spending
ASUO President and
Vice President can
didates Autumn De
PoeandCaitlin Up
shaw have pledged
to spend only $20 on
their campaign.
They have asked all
ASUO candidates to
limit theircampaign
spending to $100.
Presidential candi
dates Daniel Atkin
son and Scott Austin
responded and will
not spend any mon
ey on their bids for
office.
SOURCE: ASUO Elections
Board, ASUO Presidential
candidate Autumn De Poe
DeFazio ready
for South Pole
■ Rep. Peter DeFazio leaves for
Antarctica today with hopes of returning
with information about the ozone layer
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
While most Oregonians’
ideal winter vacations
would lead away from the
drizzly Northwest to a sun
nier, tropical destination,
Rep. Peter DeFazio, chose to
visit one of the harshest,
coldest climates in the
world: Antarctica.
DeFazio is scheduled to
land on the windswept
Antarctic coast today and
board one of the Cast
Turn to DeFazio, page 4
For more
info
To read DeFazio’s
journal or to learn
more about the
Polar Star or
Antarctica, logon
to DeFazio’s Web
siteatwww.house.
gov/defazio/
antarctica.
After ups and downs, elevator soon to be finished
Delays caused
by difficulties
with wiring,
location and
contractors
have pushed
the completion
of the EMU’s
new elevator
back since
October
By Edward Yuen
Oregon Daily Emerald
The elevator by the EMU
breezeway is schedule to be
completed by Feb. 15, mak
ing the north side of the
building compliant with the
Americans with Disabilities
Act.
A building inspection
from the City of Eugene is
scheduled for Feb. 15, and
the elevator will be ready to
use as early as Feb. 22, once
approval is issued by the in
spector, said Mike Nowak,
project manager of 2G Con
struction. The elevator will
provide access to the Inter
national Student Lounge,
the Adell McMillan Art
Gallery and the Emerald.
“It’s been a challenging
Turn to Elevator, page 3
The construction of the new EMU elevator is near completion. The elevator will provide access to
people with mobility impairments. It will be ready for use as early as Feb. 22.