Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 2000)
' ~T otiwi... _s_r Seniors’ stories Tonight at McArthur Court Nicole Strange and her Oregon teammates seek revenge on Milena Flores and Stanford for last month's crazy comeback in Palo Alto. PAGE 7 The Flash | Committee discusses trademark code topics The University Licensing Code of Conduct Committee met Wednes day to continue discussing the framework and content of the code that will regulate University trade mark licensees. The group of students, faculty and staff decided on some of the topic areas that will form the bulk of the code. These include working hours, health and safety, child labor, women’s rights, non-discrimination and freedom of association, i.e. the right to form labor unions. These issues will form an outline that the committee will address with more specific content in future meetings. Forbes dropping out, $66 million lighter COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—After spend ing more than $66 million of his own money in a relentless six-year bid for political viability, Republi can publisher Steve Forbes aban doned his second presidential cam paign Wednesday with little to show for his investment. The shy, bookish conservative called it quits after third-place fin ishes in the New Hampshire and Delaware primaries, according to advisers who said Forbes would an nounce the decision Thursday in Washington. Texas drifter indicted for murder DEL RIO, Texas (AP)—A drifter sus pected in killings in at least three states was indicted by a grand jury on charges of slitting the throats of | two girls, killing one. Tommy Lynn Sells, 35, was indicted J Tuesday on capital-murder and at- J tempted-murder charges. He is be- I ing held without bail. Sells was arrested Jan. 2, two days after Kaylene Harris, 13, was killed j and Krystal Suries, 10, was badly wounded. Both were attacked in their beds at the Harris family’s mo bile home near Del Rio. Weather today RAIN POSSIBLE Friday IS % RAIN POSSIBLE high 47, low 34 high45,k>w32 Thursday February 10,2000 Volume 101, Issue 94 _n_n_t h e_M_e_h_ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Small bookstores feeling the squeeze Small, hometown bookstores are struggling to compete with the large franchises and Internet companies By Jessica Blanchard Oregon Daily Emerald With the recent explosion of Internet textbook compa nies and on-line book retail ers, students have more op tions than ever when they want to buy books. But representatives of some independent book stores have charged that. A few large bookstore chains and on-line book retailers are slowly monopolizing the market and edging them out of business. Local book retailers, in cluding the University Bookstore and Mother Kali’s Books on 13th Avenue, have said they worry that fewer bookstores in the market could lead to less availabili ty of certain books or even entire genres, higher prices for customers and smaller publishing houses eventual ly being pushed out of busi ness. Chain and on-line book retailers, however, said the charges are unfounded, and that competition can be ben eficial to a community, ex panding the literary hori zons of people who would not normally read or visit bookstores. “Basically, we view com petition as being a healthy thing,” said Debra Williams, director of corporate com Turn to Bookstores, page 3A Catharine Kendall Emerald Andy Lillich, back-list buyer of general books at the University Bookstore, restocks shelves. The bookstore is working to entice students to continue purchasing course books there in stead of from a large franchise. School of Journalism receives reaccreditation Gail Baker and Sanndra Keyes are part of the Accrediting Coun cil for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. ■ The school falls short in only one category: diversity By Serena Markstrom Oregon Daily Emerald Fifty-two years ago the University’s School of Jour nalism was one of the first schools to be accredited by the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. And on Wednesday, the ACEJMC recommended the school be accredited again. “We look at the quality of the program through a num ber of lenses,” said Douglas Anderson, the ACEJMC board chairman. The board met with jour nalism faculty, students and administration Monday and Tuesday to draft a recom mendation to the ACEJMC national committee, which will meet in March. The school was found in compliance with 11 out of 12 standards, falling short only in minority and women rep resentation. The University has the only accredited jour nalism program in the state of Oregon. Accredited schools must be reviewed every six years to be reaccredited. In 1994 the school complied in all 12 Turn to J-school, page 6A I think ifs a very fair process. Tim Gleason dean, School of Jour nalism and Communication Pilot program seeks to prevent HIV cases Jump-started by the Oregon Health Division, the program is for at-risk people who are willing to make changes in their lives By Brian Goodell Oregon Daily Emerald Lane County Public Health Services is recruiting clients to pilot an 18-month HIV Prevention Case Management program, thanks to a grant from the Oregon Health Division. The program is free and open to both HIV-positive and HIV-negative clients. According to LCPHS, HIV prevention case management is a client-centered pre Tum to HIV programs, page 3A Senate denies ASUO coordinator position ■ The ASUO vice president says the position could help a student government that ‘is in jeopardy’ By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald Emotions ran high at Wednesday night’s Student Senate meeting. The senate ap proved two major budgets for next year, sent one back to be changed and denied the Student Senate Turn to Senate, page 4A
