■
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.
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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
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This will
have a bad
effect on stu
dents.
George Hecht
director,
campus
operations j J