Overachiever
Tony Overstake has turned in a
tremendous freshman season
for the Ducks, thanks largely
to a great work ethic. PAGE 7A
The Flash
Penn students protesting
sweatshop conditions
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — About a
dozen University of Pennsylvania
students occupied the lobby of the
school president’s office for a sec
ond day Tuesday to press for closer
scrutiny of working conditions in
factories that produce clothing with
the Penn name.
After meeting with the students,
President Judith Rodin said she still
planned to wait for a report from a
committee that will recommend
how such labor conditions should
be monitored and propose a code of
conduct for manufacturers.
She said she expects a report by the
panel of students, faculty and ad
ministrators on Feb. 29.
Authorities dig in for long
negotiations with hijackers
STANSTED, England (AP) —With the
welfare of more than 150 exhausted
passengers foremost in their minds,
British negotiators said Tuesday
they were prepared to be patient
with the hijackers holding an
Afghan airliner fora third day.
Some people left the plane late
Tuesday night, but police could not
give an exact number or say
whether they were hostages or hi
jackers. SKY TV News reported that
three figures had been seen emerg
ing from the window of the cockpit
and dropping to the ground and
fleeing.
Meanwhile, negotiators said talks
could goon for days.
Teenage girl sentenced to30
years in hatchet slayings
KLAMATH FALLS (AP) — Maintaining
she was not “some psycho,” a 16
year-old girl was sentenced to 30
years in prison for her part in the
slayings of her mother and half
brother, who were beaten with a
hatchet and set on fire in their rural
trailer home.
In return for the 30-year sentence,
Jessica Tibbets of Sand Creek plead
ed no contest to two counts each of
aggravated murder and criminal
conspiracy in the slayings of Bennie
Jo Tibbets, 43, and Billy Ray Tower,
17.
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Reflecting on activism
Michael Crisp Emerald
An over-capacity
crowd ‘loosens up’
in Willamette Hall
Tuesday night dur
ing the presenta
tion of ‘A People’s
History of the WTO
Protests.’
Program revisits WTO protests
■ Activists bring
perspective to events in
Seattle through skits, dance
and photography
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
In an effort to “take back the sto
ry told by the major media,” stu
dents and community members
presented a five-part multimedia
event Tuesday evening showcasing
their experiences at the Nov. 30
World Trade Organization protest
in Seattle.
Hundreds of University stu
dents and Eugene residents or
ganized their efforts and traveled
to Seattle last year to join tens of
thousands of other activists
protesting the WTO meetings be
ing held there. After a full day of
conflicts with police, tear gas,
rubber bullets and an eventual
emergency curfew imposed by
the city’s mayor, delegate meet
ings*were postponed or canceled,
and the downtown streets were
left significantly worse for the
wear.
Despite the isolated acts of van
dalism, howev
er, most pro
testers believed
they had been
successful . in
effectively
bringing atten
tion to the is
sues surround
ing the WTO
and it’s poli
cies.
In addition.**
Another gathering for activists inter
ested in the issues surrounding WTO
policies will be held feb. 19 in Salem.
Speakers from Global Exchange, local
labor and trade organizations as well
as the city’s mayor will be present.
Contact (503) 581-1505X182 for loca
tion details.
“A People’s
History of the WTO Protests” was
both a recalling of the highly
Tum to WTO protests, page 3A
Access to music software denied at OSU
Alter tying up
network lines
to ‘burn’ free
music, students
at Oregon State
find the plug
pulled
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students at universities
across the country have
found a way to listen to mu
sic for free by downloading
their favorite tunes using
software programs such as
Napster.
Napster allows on-line
users to download tracks
encoded in the MP3 format
directly from their comput
ers, without paying a dime.
Its use has grown quickly
among college students,
causing the residential com
puting network at Oregon
State University to block ac
cess to students.
Although debate has
heated up in the past year
over whether MP3 music
breaks copyright laws,
OSU’s decision to ban ac
cess to Napster’s MP3 li
brary came as a result of
limited computer network
space, or bandwidth,
rather than violations of
the law.
Napster is currently being
sued by the Recording As
sociation of America on be
half of 18 record compa
nies, charging that Napster
supports a black market for
Turn to Napster, page 4A
This is just
a temporary so
lution to a big
gerproblem.
Chris White
OSU residential
computing net
work coordinator
Serving cottee gets candidates in hot water
An ASUO
senator files a
grievance
against a pair
running for
ASUO
Executive,
claiming they
furnished
refreshments
in return for
votes
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
It may only be $40 for cof
fee and snacks.
But it may also force
ASUO Executive hopefuls
C.J. Gabbe and Peter Larson
out of this year’s race.
On Monday, Student Sen
ator Jennifer Greenough
filed a grievance with the
ASUO Elections Board after
the pair hosted an Interna
tional Student Coffee Hour
on Feb. 4.
Greenough said in her
grievance that by paying for
the refreshments at the
meeting, Gabbe and Larson
violated ASUO elections
rules. Currently, student
candidates cannot offer po
tential voters any service or
thing of value in return for
efforts to promote an elec
tion’s outcome.
Greenough said the re
freshments qualified as a
“thing of
value” and
by having
posters and
a table with
buttons,
they were at
tempting to
influence
the outcome of the election.
She is calling for Gabbe and
Larson to be removed from
the ballot if they are found
in violation of the rule.
While Gabbe admitted he
and Larson were promoting
their position on the issues,
he said the grievance still
caught him off-guard.
“I was a little surprised to
get the grievance,” Gabbe
said. “We’ve been asking
questions [all along] to make
sure we knew the rules and
could keep away from griev
ances.”
Melissa Unger, Gabbe and
Larson’s campaign manager,
said she paid the $40 for re
freshments out of her own
pocket and disagrees with
Greenough’s accusations.
“Obviously we were there
to promote our campaign.
But we weren’t there to pro
mote the outcome,” Unger
said. “We never told people
to vote for us.”
Greenough said she didn’t
see how that could be.
“If they weren’t running
in the election, would they
still have done it?” she said.
Turn to Grievance, page 3A
GABBE