tennis falters
Continuing struggles in
doubles competition
cost the Ducks their
matches against both
the Huskies and the
Cougars. PAGE 7
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The Flash
Group raising funds
to help teens in need
Project Safe Place will be
selling gift boxes filled with
coffee, chocolate and cook
ies today and Tuesday from
10 a.m. until 5 p.m. outside
the University bookstore.
The intent of the fund raiser
is to sell good-luck incen
tives for students taki ng fi
nals.
Project Safe Place provides
information and support to
teenagers in crisis. The pro
ceeds of this sale will go to
11-to 17-year-olds in need
of food, shelter or some oth
er type of assistance. PAGE 4
Seminars: A fix
for credit deficiency
The University offers a vari
ety of one- and two-credit
seminars that could help
students work those extra \
needed credits into their
schedules.
Not only can seminars offer
one or two additional cred
its, but they are also intend
ed to educate students
about very specific topics.
PAGE 6
FBI shot more tear gas
than admitted
DALLAS (AP) — Evidence
from the Branch Davidian
siege suggests the FBI fired
more pyrotechnic tear gas
rounds into the compound
than the agency previously
admitted, government in
vestigators said in Sunday’s
Dallas Morning News.
Crime scene records, videos
and photographs call into
question where, when and
how many rounds were fired
by the FBI’s hostage rescue
team, or HRT, at the end of
the siege in 1993, investiga
tors told the paper. The pa
per did not name any of the
investigators or the agencies
for whom they work.
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An independent newspaper
Down by 17 in
the second
half, the men
rally to beat
Arizona by
five. The
women fight
back from
being down 22
with less than
17 minutes to
go and win by
four. All told,
it’s one of the
most
significant,
thrilling
weekends in
Oregon
basketball
history.
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
The decibel level at McArthur Court
reached an unprecedented pitch this past
homestand as Oregon swept the Arizona
schools to record its first 21-win regular
season since 1945 and solidify its stand
ing as a legitimate NCAA Tournament
team.
One fan, entrenched in the student “Pit
Crew”, measured the noise to be 112
decibels—eight less than a jet engine.
It seemed fitting that arguably the two
most important — and amazing — wins
in this storied program’s history took
place on the opening weekend of March.
Because there was indeed, plenty of
Madness taking place.
Two days after senior point guard Dar
ius Wright’s buzzer-beating heave sent
students rushing the court in exhilara
t i o n ,
the Ducks provided their
sold-out crowd of 9,087 with
an equally, if not more, impres
sive encore.
Down by 17 with 12 minutes,
six seconds left in the game, Ore
gon (21-7 overall, 12-5 Pacific-10
Conference) regrouped and
outscored No. 3 Arizona (24-6,
13-3) 35-13, posting the 86-81
upset in front of a national tel
evision audience and sending
the students onto the court once
again.
“We come in expecting to win,
said Wright who went 12-for-12
from the free throw line. “I
think we got lucky the other
night, but we pulled it out. That’s
Turn to Men's hoops, page 10
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
Improbable... impossible ...
And less than one week from probably happening.
Oregon (22-7 overall, 13-4 Pacific-10 Conference)
trailed Arizona (22-6,11-5) by 22 points Saturday in Tuc
son with 16 minutes, 20 seconds separating the Ducks
from a loss that would all but kill their Pac-10 title hopes.
A week earlier, the Ducks walked off McArthur Court
having suffered a dream-de
ferring loss to Southern Cali
fornia — a major derail
ment in their drive for a
second-straight confer
ence title.
But then first
Tum to Women, page 8
1
Student investors
bring in a profit
Using money
provided by
the DA
Davidson
Group, the
University
Investment
Group is
learning about
the stock
market
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Although the energy is not quite as high as
Wall Street or the new Ben Affleck movie “Boiler
Room,” the walls of Gilbert 164-D, home to the
University Investment Group, frequently witness
high flying emotions as stocks go up and down.
Members of the group invest money in the stock
market after analyzing respective industries and
persuading their peers why the group’s money
should be invested in a certain stock. They are not
investing peanuts, but $50,000 provided by DA
Davidson, a brokerage firm in Portland.
Since students started playing the stock market
six months ago, they have earned a 15-percent
profit.
Turn to Investment, page 4
Oregon universities
still losing faculty
■Better opportunities and higher pay are continuing to
draw faculty away from Oregon University System
By Jessica Blanchard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Schools in the Oregon University System are
having an increasingly difficult time recruiting and
retaining faculty, a fact acknowledged by Univer
sity administrators, students and staff alike.
However, the reasons behind the trend are not
widely agreed upon. Faculty within the OUS
blame low faculty salaries for increases in
turnover, while administrators point to other
factors, such as faculty leaving for opportunities
at larger colleges and the high numbers of facul
ty retirements.
Turn to Faculty, page 3
This is the first of
a two-part series
about faculty
salaries.
Today: Many Uni
versity faculty are
leaving for better
paying jobs.
Tuesday: Oregon
universities pay
among the lowest
faculty salaries in
the country.