Tuesday
April 25,2000
Volume 101, Issue 138
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UO golfers'
eyes on prize
At home in Eugene, the
hosting UO women end
the first round of play
in the Pac-10 Champi
onships in sixth place.
The men are in second
in Tempe. PAGE 11
The Flash
Controversial Napster
endures legal issues
Metallica and other musi
cians filed a lawsuit against
Napster and the University of
Southern California, Yale Uni
versity and Indiana Universi
ty — which all allow their
students access to the MP3
provider — claiming the
company promotes piracy by
allowing users to trade copy
righted songs at no cost.
Many universities have
banned access to Napster, but
for now, the browser will re
main accessible to University
of Oregon students. PAGE 5
GTFF takes grievance
to higher level
The Graduate Teaching Fel
lows Federation has filed an
unfair labor practice com
plaint against the University
with the Employment Rela
tions Board. The GTFF accus
es the administration of
denying information it had a
contractual right to. PAGE 10
Six children shot
at Washington zoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun
f i re rang through the National
Zoo on Monday evening as a
feud between youths turned
violent, leaving six children
wounded. A 12-year-old boy
was in grave condition.
Capt. Brian Lee, a
spokesman for the District of
Columbia Fire and Emer
gency Medical Services, said
one boy suffered grave
wounds to the head, and the
others did not appear to have
life-threatening injuries.
Hours later, police were still
seeking a gunman, circling
the zoo in helicopters and in
vestigating whether shots
were fired by more than one
youth.
The victims ranged in age
from 11 to 16, Police Chief
Charles Ramsey said.
Weather
Today
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ii The bonds of trust... have been shredded. ))
— Phil Knight, Nike CEO
Knight pulls all money
(( My his
tory with
the Univer
sity ... goes
back a
long way ”
Phil Knight
Nike CEO
■The Nike CEO confirms his
withdrawal of all personal
donations, which leaves the
Autzen Stadium project in limbo
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
Nike CEO Phil Knight announced Mon
day that he will halt all donations to the
University, clearing up recent rumors with
his statement: “For me personally, there
will be no further donations of any kind to
the University of Oregon. ”
In a statement released by Nike late
Monday, Knight called the University’s re
cent decision to join the
INSIDE Worker Rights Consor
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labor monitoring “With this move the
groups led to University inserted it
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PAGE 7 economy where I make
my living — and insert
ed itself on the wrong side, fumbling a
teachable moment,” Knight said.
The statement confirmed campus fears
that Knight’s anticipated $30 million
pledge to the Autzen Stadium expansion
project will be rescinded.
Dave Williford, assistant director of me
dia services for University athletics, said
because of the confirmation of Knight’s
withdrawal, athletic department officials
Turn to Knight, page 7
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(above) The Autzen Sta
dium renovation proj
ect was going to benefit
from Knight’s donation,
(right) The Knight Li
brary is named after
the Nike CEO’s family,
(below) The William W.
Knight Law Center, ded
icated in August 1999,
is named after the for
mer benefactor’s father.
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Phil Knight’s full statement
The Nike founder and Oregon alumnus explains
his decision to cut ties with the University.
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speak with
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Dave
Frohnmayer
University
president
■The move surprised some
students; others say it should
have been heavily considered
when the UO joined the WRC
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Many students who fought for
the University to join the Worker
Rights Consortium didn’t expect to
hear Nike CEO Phil Knight’s an
nouncement that he was pulling his
personal contributions from the
University as a result of its joining
the labor monitoring group for a
one-year contract.
Many of the protesters who spent
Emerald 10 days, and sometimes nights, at
Johnson Hall said they are frustrat
ed by how much stock people are putting
into the University alumnus’s decision. But
other students who have been watching the
issue unfold since the protest began on April
4 said Knight’s monetary importance should
not have been ignored by the administration
when they joined with the WRC.
The protest “was never about making Phil
Knight withdraw from the University,” Hu
man Rights Alliance member Chad Sullivan
said. “It was about workers being treated fair
ly-”
When ASUO President Wylie Chen heard
the news, he was more surprised than an
Turn to Reactions, page 8
Legislators on campus, urge students to vote
■Several state government officials come to
campus Monday, encouraging students to
understand the power in their numbers
(( Voting
registration
among the
student pop
ulation is an
extremely
pressing
issue.
Robin Miller
ASUO federal
affairs
coordinator
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By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
State government represen
tatives and ASUO members
took to the campus streets
Monday afternoon, inviting
students to have their voices
heard by registering to vote.
Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio,
State Sen. Tony Corcoran and
Reps. Vicki Walker and Floyd
Prozanski joined with ASUO
President Wylie Chen and oth
er student government mem
bers Monday afternoon on the
corner of 13th Avenue and Uni
versity Street for about 15 min
utes, encouraging students to
sign voter registration cards.
“If you’re not registered and
you can’t vote, someone else is
going to determine your future,”
DeFazio said.
In recent years, people be
tween the ages of 18 and 34
have traditionally had the low
est national voter turnout. The
low numbers have been a cause
of growing concern for both
elected officials and students
alike.
The ASUO’s goal is to get an
additional 5,000 students regis
tered in time for the fall elec
tions. This is in conjunction
with a statewide goal of 27,000
additional registered voters.
“Right now the message is
out there — and it’s been out
there for a long time — that says
students don’t vote,” said Brian
Tanner, one of the volunteers
who helped register students on
Monday. “We’re looking to
change that trend. We want peo
ple to know that we’re not apa
thetic, that we are concerned
about our community and the
Turn to Student votes, page 4
Catharine Kendall Emerald
Rep. Vicki Walker stands on the corner of 13th Avenue and Uni
versity Street Monday registering students to vote.