'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.
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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.
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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