The Cardinal
goes down again
Stanford's mental mistakes in
the final seconds cost it the
game and drop the Cardinal
into a third-place tie with the
Ducks. PAGE 9
The Flash
Overflow campus parking
flooding nearby lots
Limited parking on campus causes
many people to park in local business’s
parking lots during school or athletic
events, making the lots inaccessible to
potential customers.
Because the problem is ongoing at
Burger King across from campus,
restaurant officials have begun ticket
ing vehicles that do not belong in the
business’s lot. Page 3
Student group presents
chance to face Asian culture
In an effort to make people aware of
Vietnamese culture, the Vietnamese
Student Association will present a cul
ture night featuring a series of per
formances, including a fashion show
displaying traditional Vietnamese
wedding clothing.
The event, “Tradition and Culture in
the New Millennium,” will be held Sat
urday in the EMU ballroom. Page4
Doctors test new ways to zap
clots that cause strokes
NEW ORLEANS (AP)—Doctors trying to
stop a stroke in its tracks are develop
ing some entirely new approaches that
use lasers and other gadgets to blast,
smash or grab blood clots lodged deep
inside the brain.
The technology is still in its infancy,
and the first report on one of these de
vices—a laser beam on the tip of skin
ny, flexible tube—was made Thurs
day at a conference in New Orleans of
the American Stroke Association.
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FAA orders jet inspections
LOS ANGELES (AP)—The nation’s air
lines are under a federal order to in
spect hundreds of jetliners after two
Alaska Airlines planes were found to
have equipment damage similar to
that on Alaska Flight 261.
The Federal Aviation Administration or
der announced Thursday covers all MD
80, MD-90, DC-9 and 717 series jetliners
—about 1,100 planes or one-fifth of the
nation’s passenger airline fle$. Airlines j
have three days to comply.
Flight disruptions were expected, but
federal officials said they believed the
traveling public will understand.
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February 11,2000
Volume 101, Issue 95
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University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
An independent newspaper
Gabbe, Larson pulled from race
After a vote
indicated their
violation of
election rules,
the ASUO
Executive
candidates say
they don’t
intend to give up
1.1,1
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
With only two weeks left before
the ASUO primary election, execu
tive hopefuls C.J. Gabbe and Peter
Larson have been removed from the
ballot.
The ASUO Elections Board unan
imously agreed Thursday night that
the pair broke elections rules when
they paid about $40 for refresh
ments at a Feb. 4 International Stu
dent Coffee Hour and should be
reprimanded by being taken off the
ballot.
However, Gabbe and Larson are
not completely banned from the
election. According to election
rules, they are still allowed to run a
write-in campaign with the usual
buttons, posters and other cam
paign publicity.
The decisions came after Student
Sen. Jennifer Greenough filed a
grievance against Gabbe and Larson
on Monday. In it, she claimed that
by paying for the coffee and snacks,
they were offering a “thing of value”
to the people at the meeting in an ef
fort to promote the election’s out
come, which is a direct violation of
ASUO election rules.
In a statement given to the Emer
ald Thursday night, Gabbe and Lar
Turn to Election, page 6
PFC budget decisions frustrate programs
Many groups
that were
denied budget
increases or
suffered
budget cuts
blame the
Multicultural
Center’s 121
percent budget
increase for
putting other
groups at a
disadvantage
during the
budget
hearings
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
After many long de
bates, laughter, frustra
tion and tears, the Pro
grams Finance
Committee has allocated
the student incidental fee
to almost 100 ASUO pro
grams and student
groups. Throughout the
hearings, the PFC aimed
to abide by the 0-percent
benchmark set by the Stu
dent Senate last fall, cut
ting 57 groups’ budgets
and increasing the budg
ets of 37 groups. The cuts
left many groups frustrat
ed with the process and
struggling to continue
their programs.
The Designated Driver
Shuttle took one of the
biggest hits when the PFC
cut its budget by 30.18
percent from $72,282 to
$50,876.
Brian Wise, a senior
journalism major and
DDS co-director, said the
decrease will affect DDS
patrons and employees.
But most of all, Wise
said he is frustrated with
how the hearing went be
cause he felt that the PFC
decided to cut the pro
gram’s budget regardless
of its needs. Wise said the
PFC was predetermined
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Zero benchmark keeps costs down
The ASUO Programs budget has increased continually for most of the past 10 years, peaking in
1998. Many of the increases have been Sate mandated. To compensate, the PFC set a 0-percent
goal from this year to next year’s budgets. f ■
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dollars in millions
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spit out numbers with
complete impartiality, but we do
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SOURCE: ASUO Executive
to cut ljjjo s ouaget to
make up for the 121-per
cent increase the Multicultural
Center received for its new director.
“When we walked into that
room, I think the decision was pret
ty much already made,” Wise said.
Shantell Rice, PFC chairwoman,
said the committee made all deci
sions strictly based on numbers and
all groups were treated equally re
gardless of whether they presented
their budget before or after the MCC.
“We made cuts early on and we
made increases early on,” Rice said.
ASUO President Wylie Chen
said he disagreed with the PFC’s
decision because students voted in
favor of DDS when it went to the
ballot last year.
“It doesn’t make sense to me at
all that DDS would take a hit like
Katie Nose Emerald
that when it is one of the most pop
ular programs on campus,” Chen
said.
Wise said even with the current
budget, DDS has been unable to re
place an old van and patrons often
have to wait for up to three hours
to get a safe ride home.
Turn to PFC, page 6
Scholarship deadlines leave time to apply
Many students
are unaware of
their eligibility
for numerous
scholarships that
award big dollars
By Serena Marsktrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
There is still time to ap
ply for scholarships for
the 2000-2001 academic
year. The Oregon Student
Assistance Commission,
on-line scholarship servic
es and University depart
ments are still accepting
applications for the up
coming year.
“I think people would be
surprised with how many
[scholarships] are available,”
said Joe Stone, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences.
The college has many
department scholarships
with a Feb. 21 deadline for
nomination. With 56 per
cent of the University’s en
rollment in CAS, many
students qualify.
The awards are all fac
ulty nominated. Students
are not required to write
any essays to apply. Inter
ested students should con
tact their faculty advisors
about being nominated,
said Rachel Hunsinger, as
sistant director of develop
ment at the college.
The Oregon Student As
sistance Commission
granted scholarships to
261 out of the 850 Univer
sity Students who applied
last year. Awards totaled
Turn to Scholarship, page 3
44 People would
be surprised with
how many [schol
arships] are
available.
Joe Stone
College of Arts and
Sciences dean yy