Bring ’em on
The No, 24 Ducks are
feeling confident as
they head to the desert
for contests with No. 2
Arizona and No. 5
Arizona State. PAGE 9
The Flash
Bicycle maintenance
clinic Monday
Recreational Equipment In
corporated will offer a free
bike maintenance clinic
Monday at 7 p.m. at the Eu
gene store, located at 306
Lawrence St.
The message the clinic will
enforce is that ignoring bicy
cle maintenance can be dan
gerous. Methods for checking
and maintaining tires,
wheels, brakes and gears will
be a primary focus. PAGE 6
HK2K to recognize
Hong Kong culture
The University’s Hong Kong
Student Association will hold
its fifth annual Hong Kong
Night, HK2K, on Sunday,
April 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the
EMU Fir Room.
The event will feature a
fashion show and a buffet
style meal in addition to per
formances including dance,
music and a skit; games and
prizes; and the viewing of
Jackie Chan’s latest film.
HK2K is intended to pro
mote awareness of Hong
Kong culture and history to
the University and the com
munity. PAGE 7
Daylight-saving time
coming up
Don’t forget to “spring for
ward” this weekend; day
light-saving time begins Sun
day at 2 a.m., which means
move your clocks one hour
ahead.
Many fire departments en
courage people to change
[ the battery in the smoke de
tector when they change
their clocks because it can be
: so easy to forget otherwise.
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B reslow, Magner 2000-01 executive
Azle Maiinao-Alvarez Emerald
JayBreslow and Holly Magner celebrate their victory.
■ After much delay, the
release of the ASUO
election result has
generated some surprise
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
All of the grievances have
been resolved —- finally.
All the ASUO Constitution
Court appeals have been de
cided — finally.
And, almost a full month af
ter the March 1-2 ASUO presi
dential election, the result has
been released — finally.
In a come-from-behind vie
tory, Jay Breslow and Holly
Magner defeated executive
front runners C.J. Gabbe and
Peter Larson by a tally of 1,03 7
votes to 806.
“Holy crap!” Breslow said
after hearing the news Thurs
day afternoon. He and Magner
placed second in the primary
election behind Gabbe and
Larson by 286 votes.
The news also came as a
shock to ASUO Elections
Board member Charlotte Niss
er. While she said she believed
Breslow would defeat Gabbe,
she didn’t expect him and Lar
Turn to Election, page 8
Inside
Campaign spend
ing differed great
ly between the
candidates’ cam
paigns. PAGE 8
worth the
The
consequences
of being
caught with
fake
identification
range from
fines to the
suspension of
driver’s
licenses
1
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
The next time you’re stand
ing nervously in line waiting
for a bouncer to check your
identification — unnerved
because the card you’re hold
ing is either not yours or an ille
gal altered version of your own
ID — it might be wise to just
turn around and wait for some
thing else: your 21st birthday.
Technological advances in
graphics software, which
many use to replicate or alter
IDs and driver’s licenses, are
making the jobs of bouncers,
police and even the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles a lit
tle more complicated, though
their efforts are stepping up to
the new challenges.
Such was the case for a Uni
versity student who was re
cently arrested on two counts
of Forgery I, a mandated state
felony carrying potentially
hefty fines and jail time. Police
were notified from an anony
mous tip that the student man
ufactured IDs from his com
puter and was selling them to
fellow dorm residents.
“Now, a circuit court judge
will determine what his pun
ishment will be,” Eugene Po
lice Department Officer Ed
Tsui said. “But it’s an interest
ing issue really because there^
definitely has been an in-^
crease in the last few years of ^
this sort of thing.”
Tsui said students are rou
tinely charged with various
manners of false identifica
tion, including using anoth
er’s license, changing the date
of birth on their own or down
loading other state’s license
templates from the Internet
and inputting information
onto them.
University Housing direc
tor Michael Eyster said stu
dents are not automatically
evicted from the residence
halls when charged with
felonies, but in some cases,
under the conduct code, he has
the option of issuing a summa
ry eviction notice, which takes
effect immediately.
He said he isn’t specifically
aware of how prevalent mak
ing IDs is on campus, but
through talking with students
over the years he’s heard that
many incoming freshmen al
ready have fake ones in their
possession when they arrive.
“It’s sort of a ‘don’t leave
home without it’ mentality,” m
Turn to Fake ID, page 5
Faking it can be costly
If you are caught in posession of false identification, either
a state identification card or altered driver’s license, the
following are some of the consequences you will face:
Minor misrepresentation of age is a Class C
misdemeanor and carries a $265 fine for the
first offense and a minimum $500 fine for
repeat offenders.
For using an altered
driver’s license, the
minor must pay $500
under the state vehicle
code in addition to the
$265 fine.
If someone lends his or her
license to a friend who is
less than 21, both parties
will be issued citations
from the DMV and
fined accordingly.
If caught making (manu
facturing) fake indentification
cards, a felony charge of forgery
will apply, carring heavy fines
and the potential for time
served in jail.
SOURCE: Eugene Poke Deportment
Katie Nesse Emerald
Talent, beliefs to take center stage
A2le MalinaoAftarez S
Joseph Musacchia, a fifth-year theater arts major, is the coordinator
for the Postmodern and Neoclassical Greek Open Air Theater.
■ One student’s dream to
present his play has evolved into
a theater festival for next fall
By Emily Gust
Oregon Oaily Emerald
When your vision is too big to be con
tained within the confines of a walled
room, what do you do?
You simply look outside.
This is exactly how fifth-year theater
arts major Joseph Musacchia was set
onto the path he’s paving today. What
began as a search for a location to hold a
play he had written soon became some
thing more: a full-out endeavor to organ
ize a festival celebrating pagan beliefs.
The Postmodern and Neoclassical
Greek Open Air Theater (PANGOAT)
festival is planned to be, in Musacchia’s
words, “for the students, by the stu
dents.” He wants to avoid interference
by faculty or staff and hopes the festival
can be an entirely student-run event.
“What I am trying to do is generate in
terest in theater, music and dance cam
pus-wide, not just restricted to the the
ater arts department,” he said. I want to
“make this something that the students
Turn to Theater, page 7