She's a winner
Freshman Monika Gieczys,
who hails from Poland, is only
the second Oregon women's
tennis player ever to be nation
ally ranked. PAGE 5
The Flash
Piven to speak at Hilton
Francis Fox Piven, the 19th occupant
of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and
Politics, will speak tonight at 7:30 p.m.
at the Eugene Hilton. The subject of
her speech is “Labor Power in a Global
Economy,” and her two-week visit to
the University centers on issues of rich
and poor. During her stay, Piven will
host two public lectures in Eugene and
serve as keynote speaker at the Center
for the Study of Women’s annual con
ference.
Piven, 67, has worked for three
decades toward understanding public
welfare policies and how they impact
or prohibit democratic citizen partici
pation.
Honeymoon ends
for 'multimillionaire’
ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP)—The groom
from “Who Wants to Marry a Multimil
lionaire?” returned to his house alone
after his Caribbean honeymoon and
angrily denied that he had abused an
ex-girlfriend.
Fox TV canceled a rebroadcast of the
show after learning that a restraining
order was issued in 1991 against Rick
Rockwell because an ex-girlfriend ac
cused him of hitting and threatening
to kill her.
Avalanches hit Swiss, Italian
Alps; six confirmed dead
BOLZANO, Italy (AP)—Avalanches
swept down Alpine slopes at the height
of the ski season Monday, killing three
skiers in Italy and three in Switzerland.
In Italy, back-to-back avalanches in the
northern Venosta Valley trapped a
group of seven Germans and one Ital
ian skiing on an unauthorized route,
alpine rescue official Luigi Weger said.
Searchers recovered the bodies of two
women and one man and accounted
for the remaining five skiers, Weger
said. At least one was hospitalized with
severe hypothermia. The valley is
about 90 miles from the northern Ital
ian city of Bolzano.
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February 22,2000
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Candidates sound off at debate
Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
ASUO Executive candidate Jay Breslow speaks at the executive candidates debate.
By Felicity Ayles
Oregon Daily Emerald
Minus two candidates, a
moderated ASUO Executive
debate ran for two hours
Monday night as presidential
hopefuls answered questions
ranging from diversity and
student incidental fees to
neon-colored paper and am
bidexterity.
At the debate, the modera
tor, a volunteer from the Uni
versity’s forensics team,
asked two questions devel
oped by former ASUO exec
utives. The candidates were
then allowed to ask a ques
tion to the opponent of their
choice, ana the floor was
opened to the 30-member au
dience for additional ques
tions and concerns.
ASUO presidential candi
date Joel Rueber was not
present at the debate, nor was
Caitlin Upshaw, who is run
ning for ASUO Vice Presi
dent with Autumn DePoe.
Upshaw was at a dress re
hearsal for the musical she is
currently starring in.
In regards to the issue of
diversity on campus, all can
didates agreed it was a prob
lem, but they had different
solutions.
“To combat the diversity
problem, you need more
speech — more education,”
ASUO presidential candi
date Scott Austin said.
DePoe suggested using
money currently allocated to
Turn to Debate, page 3A
Poor voter turnouts spark political action
This is the first of a
two-part series ex
ploring issues of
voter apathy.
Today: How the
ASUO is attempt
ing to increase
voter turnout,
Wednesday: Why
voter percentages
have declined in
recent years.
■ In efforts to increase
student participation
in elections, ASUO
voting will be on-line
By Eric Pfeiffer
Oregon Daily Emerald
Voter apathy, even at the
University level, is a grow
ing phenomenon that has
received considerable at
tention in recent years.
Politicians, activists and re
formers have long pointed
out the potential damage
that low voter turnout has
on the democratic process.
Now, some student leaders
at the University are trying
to do something to reverse
the trend.
Changes in this year’s
ASUO elections include a
complete cross-over to on
line voting, tighter security
around voting booths as
well as increased commu
nication with students and
local media, according to
the ASUO Elections Board.
The ASUO primaries begin
Wednesday.
In recent years, voter
turnout at the University
has hovered around 16 per
cent. That equates to a little
more than 2,000 of 17,000
eligible students casting
their votes.
What may be more sur
Turn to Voters page 4A
Election
turnout
Students voting in
ASUO Elections
over past three
years:
1999:2,489
1998:2,355
1997:1,166
SOURCE: ASUO Elections
Board
Apparent overdose
kills hockey player
Police
detectives
believe the
overdose was
an accident
and not a
suicide
■
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
University hockey team player Russ At
teridge died Friday afternoon from an ap
parent overdose of alcohol and prescrip
tion pain medication.
According to the preliminary police re
port, Atteridge, 20, who was an unde
clared sophomore, overdosed on alcohol
and the prescription painkillers Valium,
Darvocet and possibly Vicodin. Team
mates said he was alive up until Friday at
11 a.m. and found him in his hotel room
not breathing at 12:30 p.m. Doctors at the
Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center in
Turn to Atteridge, page 4A
Students have option
to bar telemarketers
■ Individuals plagued by phone solicitors have a
way to avoid unwanted calls with new legislation
By Jessica Blanchard
Oregon Daily Emerald
It’s one of the most common annoyances:
sitting down to dinner, only to have the
meal interrupted by an unwanted phone
call from a telemarketer.
There are several laws in Oregon that are
already on the books to regulate the con
duct of telemarketers. But a new “no-call”
law that went into effect this year is de
signed to make life easier for many stu
dents who have been plagued with un
Turn to Telemarketers, page 3A
New law
What: A “no-call”
law that protects
people from tele
marketers.
Cost: $6.50 for the
first year and a
yearly $3 renewal
fee.
SOURCE: Oregon Depart
mental justice