(JO on the
offensive
Oregon softball hopes
its potent offense can
tead the way through
an always challenging
Pacific-10 schedule and
into the College World
Series. PAGE HA
Plans for a new $70 million
federal courthouse have
been put on hold pending a
suitable location in down
town Eugene. The place
ment issue has raised interest
among University architec
ture students and faculty
who share concerns with
community members about
where the building will re
side. Page3A
Student Senate
offers diversity plan
The University Student Sen
ate submitted a public policy
statement of respect to Presi
dent Dave Frohnmayerasthe
first legislative action of
spring term. The policy, de
rived from a pledge for re
spect drafted by the Summer
Diversity Interns, included a
list of commitments promot
ing diversity of opinions on
campus and rejecting bigotry
and discrimination. The sen
ate also announced its sup
port of the Workers’ Rights
Consortium, a group that
tracks the production of Uni
versity licensed apparel.
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Oregon mountaineers
set sights on K2
A group of climbers are
getting prepared to climb the
28,267-foot peak, the sec
ond-tallest mountain in the
world. Members of the trip,
titled K2000: The American
North Ridge Experience, are
raising funds by attracting
sponsors, negotiating a docu
mentary deal and selling ex
pedition T-shirts. One mem
ber, Oregon native Heidi
Howkins, a professional
mountaineer, hopes to be
the first American woman
(and sixth overall) to scale the
giant peak. Page6A
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Faculty pay raise on horizon
Senate Budget
Committee
drafts a
compensation
hike, funded
from
increased
enrollment,
tuition
increases and
private funds
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
Three unanimous votes by
the University Senate officially
launched a plan to bring facul
ty compensation out of the
basement.
On Wednesday, the Senate
Budget Committee presented a
final draft of its White Paper,
detailed descriptions of the
principles behind the plan and
a specific implementation plan
for 2000-01.
Compensation for University
instructional faculty, which in
eludes salary and benefits, is
currently about 18 percent be
low the average at other univer
sities of a similar size and char
acter. The White Paper
provides a blueprint for signif
icantly increasing compensa
tion over the next five to seven
years.
“The SBC has crafted an ex
traordinarily powerful plan,”
said Sen. Greg McLauchlan.
After the Senate resolved to
pass the White Paper,
McLauchlan removed a resolu
tion he had co-sponsored from
consideration. He noted that
the cost of living issues ad
dressed in his resolution were
adequately covered by the
White Paper.
The University has commit
ted to a 5 percent increase to be
distributed in November. The
funds for this increase will
come from two of the five
sources for the long-term in
crease outlined in the White
Paper. A reallocation of current
funds to instruction and an in
Tum to Faculty raise, page 10A
H The SBC
has crafted
an extraordi
narily power
ful plan.
Greg
McLauchlan
University
senator
Recruiting voters
Secretary of State
Bill Bradbury dis
cusses student vot
er participation
with ASUO presi
dent Wylie Chen
and other stu
dents. Less than
9% of young adults
in Oregon vote.
Bradbury urges student democracy
With low
voter
turnouts
plaguing
polls, the
Oregon
politician
meets with
students to
encourage
participation
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
With a big grin and outstretched
legs, Secretary of State Bill Bradbury
met Wednesday afternoon with stu
dents to discuss ideas to increase stu
dent voter participation in Oregon.
Bradbury’s appearance was part of
a bigger effort to encourage student
participation in elections, and while
Bradbury has been traveling around
the state, visiting both high school
and college campuses to encourage
young people to vote, the ASUO has
launched its own effort.
The issue of student voter apathy
has been a pressing matter tor Brad
bury since he was elected Oregon’s
secretary of state last November. The
average age of voters in Oregon is be
Inside
Bradbury lobbies
for primary
election rotation
to give states say.
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years old, and only
one in 12 voters in
the age group of 18
to 35 participates.
“I find that’s just
not OK,” he said.
“To make our
democracy work, it’s absolutely criti
cal that younger people stay in the
process and register and vote. It’s just
so clear to me that they really care
about stun that is not necessarily
cared about by older voters.”
ASUO’s goal for spring term is to
register 1,000 additional students vot
ers, but the main focus is for fall term,
by which time it hopes to have 5,000
more. This is in conjunction with a
statewide goal of getting 27,000 addi
tional students and young people on
the voting rolls.
Efforts on campus for spring term
are underway, beginning with Brad
bury’s visit and continuing with ten
tative residence hall events, meetings
Turn to Bradbury, page 8A
‘Got Beer’ ads dumped after complaints
Groups against
the PETA
campaign to
end milk
consumption
claim the beer
alternative is
irresponsible
and
misleading
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
After a week of pressuring,
Mothers Against Drunk Dri
ving successfully persuaded
the People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals to
change its controversial “Got
Beer?” advertising campaign,
which targets college students
to drink beer instead of milk.
PETA parodied the well
known “Got Milk?” slogan in
the original campaign by re
placing the word “milk” with
“beer.” PETA altered its cam
paign to “Dump Dairy,” and fo
cused attention on die suffer
ing inflicted on cows and
calves in the dairy industry.
PETA’s advertising literature
listed data from the United
States Department of Agricul
ture. A press release from
PETA cites facts from the De
partment of Agriculture, in
cluding that beer has zero fat
while milk is loaded with fat
and beer has zero cholesterol
while milk contains 20 mg. of
cholesterol in every eight
ounce serving.
Despite the claims, the press
release also said PETA recom
mends fresh juices, soy milk
and mineral water over milk or
Facts about milk and beer:
One cup of two percent milk
contains five grams of fat.
One cup of beer contains
zero grams of fat.
Miik contains 20 mg. of cho
lesterol in every eight oz.
serving.
Beer has zero cholesterol.
An average glass of milk
contains 97 calories.
An average glass of beer
contains 122 calories.
SOURCE: People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals
beer.
PETA College Action Cam
paign Coordinator Morgan
Leyh said PETA’s intent was to
urge college students to drink
Turn to Beer vs. milk, page 10A