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'American Beauty’ best With sharp acting and stiff social commen tary, "American Beauty’ is sure to steal the Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars on March 26. PU1SE The Flash Diversity booklet to debut in fall An $8,000 project tentative ly titled the “Diversity re source booklet” will come out this fall as a guide to all students on which University programs support diversity. In addition to contact infor mation, the booklet will in clude information specific to the different colleges on campus and descriptions of what groups are and their ! mission statements. | - The booklet is based on a similar publication at Wash ington State University. PAGE 4 Four dead at house fire in Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn.(AP)—Fire fighters responding to a house fire Wednesday were ambushed by a gunman who stepped out of the garage and opened fire, au thorities said. Four people were killed and two others wounded. A sheriff’s deputy and two fi refighters were shot to death, Fire Inspector Richard Sojourner said. A woman was found dead in ■ „ the garage, but it was un clear how she was killed. A female bystander and the ff gunman also were wound ed, he said. Their injuries were not life-threatening, he |# said. Bush and Gore retool for general election WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush and Al Gore, party || nominations assured, Iff reached out to John Mc Cain’s independent-minded primary voters Wednesday, each man determined to capture the middle ground where the battle for the White House will be decid f! ed. Weather Today Friday high 51, tow 38 high 55, low 41 Thursday March 9,2000 Volume 101, Issue 114 _0—n_lt h e_web ^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Irish hospitaIity Kevin Calame Emerald Blarneystone Irish Restaurant and Pub Manager Michael McLaverty stands in front of his bar. The ceiling of the establishment is mysterious—one, ten and twenty dol lar bills magically stick to it. And those bills will be cleaned off the ceiling today so that the cash can be donated to the Special Olympics. By Sara Lieberth Oregon Daily Emerald Money may not grow on trees, but at the Blameystone Irish Restaurant and Pub, they make their own pot of gold “grow” on the ceiling. “It’s Irish magic,” Manager Michael McLaverty said of the mysterious tech nique’s success — mysterious only in that he refuses to reveal how money actually sticks to the wood slats above. “You’ll just have to take my word for it; it’s magic,” he said with a smirk. McLaverty wraps a paper bill around two quarters “like a candy” and flings them underhanded into the air until they adhere to the 30 ft. ceiling. Performing his trick since last fall with singles, tens, twen Tum to Blarneystone, page 6A Atteridge’s autopsy is inconclusive Russ Atteridge, a sophomore Club Sports hockey player, died of an apparent overdose on a team road trip By Simone Ripke Oregon Daily Emerald Three weeks after 19-year old Club Sports hockey player Russ Atteridge died of an ap parent overdose of alcohol and prescription drugs before this year’s hockey playoffs at UCLA, many questions sur rounding his death still remain unanswered. While Club Sports officials Food pyramid The major professional health organizations promote the food pyramid as the best guide to eating right. f fats, oils, \ sweets ’ use sparingly Tnilk, yogurt § fish, beans/ &cheese | eggs & nuts 2-3 servings 12-3 servings Katie Nesse Emerald and the University administra tion have decided to review the circumstances leading up to Atteridge’s death, both are cur rently waiting for the final and complete police report. Ac cording to Anne Leavitt, associ ate vice president of student af fairs, the crucial piece of information currently still missing is a toxicology report that is expected to clarify At tendge s exact cause ot death. “I think that’s the piece of in formation everyone is waiting for,” Leavitt said. An autopsy failed to reveal what exactly caused the sopho more’s death on Feb. 18. Detective Carlos Mendoza of the El Segundo Police Depart ment in California said the toxi Tum to Atteridge, page 4A Nutritionists tell the truth about high-protein diets ■ Despite recent attention to fad diets, health officials say no studies prove they work By Jessica Blanchard Oregon Daily Emerald Want to lose some weight? Have some eggs, red meat or dairy products and avoid those carbohydrates. That’s the concept behind several popular “high-protein” diets, which push foods that traditional diets have declared taboo. In the high-protein diets, fattening foods such as red meat and cheese are touted as the se cret to weight loss. The diets have appealed to many people who are looking for an easy way to lose weight without exercising or giving up many of their favorite foods. Since they’ve debuted many people have jumped on the bandwagon, said Patty Fahlstrom-Nopp, a registered dietitian at Fruits of Wisdom Nutritional Consulting in Eu gene. “Everywhere I go, I hear ‘I’m Turn to Nutrition, page 6A Every where I go, I hear ‘I'm on a protein diet!’ Patty Fahlstrom Nopp registered dietitian jj
