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■ Lee headed to nationals —again Oregon leader Doug Lee is making his third trip in three years to the national champi onships. PAGE 5 The Flash ASUO exec results sealed until next term The results of this year’s stu dent presidential election will remain withheld until early spring term. The ASUO Constitution Court announced late Monday that it would enjoin the re sults of the C. j. Gabbe/Peter Larson vs. jay Breslow/Holly Magner race so all parties would have time to study for finals and have additional time to prepare their cases. Bush, Gore prevail on Super Tuesday WASHINGTON (AP)—Two thirds of the voters in the Re publican primaries Tuesday saw George W. Bush as the candidate who could win in November. But the Texas governor still was unable to expand his base of support outside the party. McCain’s overall message played well in New England, but his gamble of criticizing conservative Christian lead ers may have backfired in some key states. More than a third of voters in the Republican primaries said they had an unfavor able opinion of McCain, ac cording to the exit polls con ducted for the Associated Press and television net works by Voter News Ser vice. In the Democratic race, Al Gore got strong backing from Democrats, voters who liked his experience, his leadership skills and his pro posed health care plans. Bill Bradley made health care the centerpiece of his cam paign, but voters preferred Gore’s more modest plan by a 3-1 margin. Seven in 10 thought Gore was about right on the issues ideologically while about half felt that way about Bradley, according to the exit polls. Weather Today Thursday high 52, low 40 high 52, low 42 ’W""! Oregon Daily V Emerald Wednesday March 8,2000 Volume 101, Issue 113 _Q_Qt h e w r h ^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Academic anxiety ■ Lett unchecked, anxiety from papers and final exams can lead to an array of mental and physical afflictions By Jessica Blanchard Oregon Daily Emerald The stress level at the University has gone up several notches this week, as students scramble to study for tests or finish up research papers. “Everyone’s really stressed out right now,” said Annie Weinsoft, a peer health educator and science major. “People tend to perceive school as be ing pretty stressful.” Weinsoft said she gets stressed out too — especially when professors “pile on the tests and the papers. But no matter how tempting it is to pull an all-nighter to cram for that killer final or to finish that dreaded 100-page paper, stu INSIDE dents need to re Students’ work- member that eating loads are general- right and getting ly more intense enough sleep is the than intended best way to help the during Dead body to handle stress Week. PAGE 3 better, according to Weinsoft. “One of the worst things they can do is eat poorly,” she said. “Not practicing good nutrition robs you of energy. It makes it so you’re not as able to cope Turn to Stress, page 4 State Supreme Court visits UO to review cases ■ A stop by the higher court in its ‘road show’ of law schools provides a learning opportunity on legalities By Eric Pfeiffer Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Supreme Court reviewed cases on search and seizure, overtime pay and new sentencing guidelines imposed under ballot measure 11 when it visited the University Tuesday. The court’s visit to the law school is an annual feature of the University’s Legal Research and Writing Program. Rennard Strickland, dean of the law school, said he believes this event gives students and the public a rare chance to see the state’s highest court in action. “Hosting the justices is a great honor for the school,” Strickland said. Paul Beneke, associate direc tor of the University’s Legal Re search and Writing Program, fur ther emphasized the importance of the event to law students and the community. “All first-year law students [were] required to attend the case hearings,” Beneke said. “It’s a great opportunity for them to see professional arguments at work. ” Every year, the high court’s visit is part of the law school’s curricu lum. This visit helps educate law students on the procedures in a high court and prepares them for their own mock trials during spring term, Beneke said. The Oregon Supreme Court visits all law schools in the state as part of its yearly “road show.” This is also a chance for students not involved in the law school, as well as community members, to see their state judiciary branch at work. The event also works well for the court itself, provid ing it with a good public rela tions opportunity, Beneke said. In the actual hearings, the court reviewed three cases turned over from lower courts. Turn to Court, page 3 ii It’s a great oppor tunity for [the law stu dents] to see professional arguments at work. PaulBeneke associate director, University’s Legal Research and Writing Program EWEB rate increase hits low-income customers University students and others on tight budgets will feel the sting from rate hikes in electric and water utilities By Brian Goodell Oregon Daily Emerald Eugene Water and Electric Board commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to approve an across-the-board rate hike of 6.2 percent for electric utilities and 5.7 percent for wa ter utilities. EWEB’s first signifi cant rate hike in 9 years takes ef fect April 1. Although the increase affects most EWEB customers, the com missioners agreed to postpone a decision on Willamette Indus tries and the University’s utility contracts by two weeks so the two customers could have ade quate time to review the rate hike proposal and negotiate in dividual rate increases. “This will have a bad effect on students,” director of campus operations George Hecht said. “A lot of students are struggling to keep going, but as outside forces hike their rates, it’s hard to maintain a tuition freeze. ” Hecht, who spoke at the public hearing, requested that the board authorize a Cost of Service analy sis for the University using activi ty-based cost accounting princi ples and move toward a contract arrangement for service like EWEB’s other large customers, Hyundai and Weyerhauser. “This increase will cost the University about $130,000 — more than $10,000 per month — amounting to a nearly 9-percent increase in our rate,” Hecht said. “This is a very large increase — one that promotes economic in flation in our community, and one that unfairly places an exces sive burden on the University. ” The six board members all agreed the hike would be diffi cult on low-income members of the community but said EWEB was in a do-or-die position. “There is no shortage of con cern on the board’s part on the impact of rate increases on the community,” EWEB commis sioner Susie Smith said. “But people aren’t seeing that this utility [EWEB] has absorbed all Turn to EWEB, page 4 This will have a bad effect on stu dents. 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