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Just another win
The first-place Oregon women
take No. 22 UCLA to school for
the third straight time, 89-72.
But what really matters, the
Ducks say, is that they're one
win closer to another Pac-10
championship. PAGE 7
The Flash
Autopsy inconclusive
in UO athlete’s death
An autopsy performed Thursday on
University hockey player Russ At
teridge turned up no new evidence
into the cause of the 19-year-old
sophomore’s death.
Atteridge died of an apparent alcohol
and prescription pain killer overdose
Friday in California. The team was at
tending the Pac-8 hockey tournament,
although it forfeited its playoff games
after Atteridge’s death.
Police believe the death was acciden
tal and the drugs did not belong to At
teridge.
El Segundo Police Department Detec
tive Carlos Mendoza said police will
have a more detailed idea of how
much Atteridge took and what exactly
killed him when a toxicology report is
released. Mendoza said that should
happen in a few weeks at the earliest.
The police department is also wrapping
up its criminal investigation and will re
lease a report in the coming weeks.
Anne Leavitt, vice president of student
affairs, said the University is waiting
for the police department to finish its
investigation before the University
takes any action against the Cub Sports
hockey team.
Division of ISA presents
Indian cultural event
Students of the Indian Subcontinent
will celebrate their culture through Ut
sav2000, featuring traditional and pop
ular food, dance, songs and handicrafts.
The event will take place Sunday at
5:30 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom and the
EMU Skylight. The cost is $7.50 for stu
dents and $9 for the general public.
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Texas woman executed
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP)—A 62-year
old woman was executed by injection
Thursday after Gov. George W. Bush re
jected her claim that she killed her
fifth husband in self-defense and de
served a reprieve.
Betty Lou Beets became the fourth
woman to be executed in the United
States since the Supreme Court in 1976
allowed the death penalty to resume.
She was the second woman executed
in Texas since the Civil War.
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Exec race results held until Monday
i
Catharine Kendall Emerald
Greg Zimel, a Student Senate candidate, promotes
himself by handing out fliers and wearing a barrel.
■ A hearing today will
determine whether
Gabbe and Larson broke
ASUO election rules
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
This year’s ASUO primary
election results are in, but the
result of the executive race is
still a mystery.
The final tally for president
and vice president is being
held until Monday when the
ASUO Constitution Court can
decide the fate of candidates
C.J. Gabbe and Peter Larson,
who have been both removed
from and reinstated to the bal
lot in the past two weeks.
The primary did settle the
races for student committee
positions and 16 Student Sen
ate seats. Of the 23 available
positions, 17 were decided
outright, and the top two can
Turn to Elections, page 5
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Forensics education
Several
Speech and
Debate
team
members
are on their
way to
national
competition
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
The University Speech
and Debate team scored a
string of personal and team
victories after a marathon
competition schedule last
weekend, and gained na
tionwide recognition in the
process.
The team competed in
three different events Feb.
18-21. It has also finished
among the top three in all of
the competitions the team
has attended since the new
year.
Newcomer and freshman
political science major Hei
di Ford placed second out
of 120 contestants at last
weekend’s competition at
Willamette University.
Adding to Ford’s win, ju
nior political science major
Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
Aaron Knott, a member of the University Speech and Debate team, practices with his group.
Aaron Tauber placed sev
enth and Aaron Knott, a junior po
litical science major, came in
eighth place.
Ford won the competition’s par
liamentary debate, where four
teams of two members compete
against regional rivals ‘ such as
Lewis and Clark College, Pacific
Lutheran University and Western
Washington University. The debate
is one-on-one, but teammates come
equipped with files and laptop
computers to provide the speaker
with new and current information
during the speech.
On March 31, some members of
the team will compete against
tougher national programs like
Cornell University, UCLA and
USC. Three members of the team
have qualified for nationals.
Select members of the team also
scored victories at the National In
dividual Event Tournament Re
gional at George Fox College in
Newberg. Tom Suarez, a junior
Turn to Debate team, page 6
Piven reveals concern for state’s economy
In a forum
Thursday, the
visiting scholar
focused on
local economic
and political
issues including
working
women
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Oregon has the highest
per capita hunger rate in the
nation, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
The poorest 20 percent of
Oregonians pay 11 percent
of their income to taxes,
while the richest pay only 7
percent.
Eugene-Springfield has
become the third least af
fordable housing market in
the country, according to a
study by the National Asso
ciation of Homebuilders.
And working women in the
state earn less than 70 cents
for every dollar earned by
men, a lower ratio than the
national average.
These statistics and their
implications are among the
topics addressed and debat
ed Thursday night at a com
munity forum sponsored by
the Eugene-Springfield Sol
idarity Network.
Francis Fox Piven, visit
ing professor and occupant
of this year’s Wayne Morse
Chair of Law and Politics at
the University, was the fea
tured panelist at the forum
and fielded questions from
the audience of more than
200 local residents and ac
tivists in attendance.
“The last 25 years have
been bad years,” Piven said.
“A lot has changed and for
the worst. We live in a much
more unequal system, and
inequality tears a society
apart.”
Referencing the collapse
of union-based, civil rights
and feminist movements in
the early 1970s, Piven said
this gave business contin
gents the green light to mo
Turn to Piven forum, page 3
PIVEN