Students win Mexico trip
■ Two seniors emerge as the champions of the Pepsi
Spring Break 2000 Three-point Shootout Challenge
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Just a few weeks ago, Jeff Hiatt
and Justin Dickerson’s plans for
spring break looked rather bleak.
Both were broke and faced
spending their break watching
the Eugene rain pour down.
Those plans changed when the
pair won a free trip to Cabo San
Lucas, Mexico, after winning the
fourth and final round of the Pep
si Spring Break 2000 Challenge, a
three-point shootout during half
time of the men’s Civil War game
at McArthur Court on March 11.
Hiatt, a senior sociology major,
and Dickerson, a senior majoring
in finan€b, said they did not
know there was a trip at stake
when they first entered the con
test at the beginning of the basket
ball season.
“We just kind of entered in a
spur of the moment type deal,”
Hiatt said.
And the effort paid off when
the roommates boarded a plane
for their week-long trip spon
sored by Pepsi, which paid for
airfare and lodging. The two
scored not only the winning
shots, but also a large hotel room
with an ocean view and the beach
in their backyard. The only ex
penses Dickerson and Hiatt had
to cover were food and entertain
ment.
Hiatt said although winning a
prize was appealing, he and Dick
erson did not prepare for the tour
nament.
“We took it seriously, but we
didn’t really practice,” Hiatt said.
As the two kept winning round
after round in the tournament,
which started with 16 teams of
two, a week in sunny Cabo San
Lucas came closer and closer. In
the final round, the pair had 35
seconds to beat die other finalists,
who had gone first and scored an
impressive 48 points.
Dickerson said he and Hiatt
then scored 44 points and with
about three seconds to go they
knew the last shots would decide
whether they were going to go to
Mexico or stay in Eugene.
Dickerson said he remembers
Hiatt increased the pressure by
telling him that Cabo San Lucas
was only a few seconds and shots
away.
After taking their finals, the
two packed their bags and en
joyed a week of swimming, play
ing sand soccer and volleyball
with Cabo San Lucas locals,
sight-seeing and celebrating their
success with some friends who
joined them during their vaca
tion.
Senior business major Zack
Wallace, an intern for the sports
marketing department in charge
of the tournament, said the trip to
Cabo was the biggest prize Pepsi,
which is a corporate sponsor for
all of Oregon sports, has spon
sored so far.
“If you won [in the earlier
rounds] you kept going,” Wallace
said. “If not, we had a pack of
Pepsi for you.”
But Hiatt and Dickerson scored
more than some thirst quenchers;
they scored the grand prize.
“We know we were really
lucky on getting hooked up,” Hi
att said. “I can’t believe we won.”
CRIME
WATCH
(reported March 8 through March 27,
2000)
March 8, Burglary 1,1300 block Agate
St., writing in feces on wall
March 10, Forgery l (two counts),
1300 E. 13th Ave., student arrested
for manufacturing false driver’s
licenses
March 13, Arson 1,1300 block Agate
St., initials burned into dorm ceiling
March 16, Petty Larceny l & II, 800
block E. 13th Ave., items stolen by
employee
March 16, Burglary i, 90 Commons
Drive, items stolen
March 18, Criminal Mischief II, 1000
block E. 13th Ave., sign uprooted out
side Fenton Hall
March 19, Criminal Mischief It, 1800
block Ga rden Ave., ti res slashed
March 21, Shoplift II, 800 block E.
13th Ave., items stolen
March 22, Theft II, 800 block E. 13th
Ave., items stolen
March 22, Theft II, 1400 block Mill St.,
items stolen
March24, Public Indecency, 2600
block University St., masturbation in
public
March 27, Shoplift II, 800 block E.
13th Ave., items stolen
Calendar
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