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CRIME WATCH (Reported April 14 through April 25) April 14: Theft, 800 block East 13th Avenue: reselling stolen CDs April 15: Shoplifting II, 1200 block East 13th Avenue: subject stole a Nutty Bar and ate it when confront ed by clerk April 20: Theft, Knight Library: stolen jacket April 20: Burglary 1,1800 block Har ris Street: suspect broke into apart ment and stole a half-eaten block of Cheddar cheese Crime tips of the week from OPS Of ficer Bob Guse: 1. Keep your wallet locked up when playing basketball. Your VISA may go on a shopping spree without you while you set up for the best jump shot of your life. 2. Watch your credit card state ments. Make sure the charges are ones you made. If you find a dis crepancy, call them quickly to re port possible fraud. Source: Eugene Police Department National Residence Hall Honorary Congratulations to the new and current inductees: Shawn Walker Bill Holmstrom Jeff Oliver Bryan Tarr Kate Kranzush Sarah Gray Advisor: Sharon Loschiavo RHA meeting every Wednesday at 4:30 in Bean West Conference Room. 0091P4 University of Oregon Housing SsS°B* w ctosSopeV I PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES The New Europe at the Millennium European Union: The Newest Developments injustice Matters Peter Hobbing Assistant to the Director General of the European Commission on Justice and Home Affairs Wednesday, April 26 7:30 p.m. Knight Library Browsing Room This lecture is sponsored by the Carlton Raymond and Wilberta Ripley Savage Endowment for in International Relations and Peace. For more information, call 346-1521. University of Oregon Emerald Marshaun Tucker (5) is prepared to go 110 percent on Saturday and follow head coach Mike Bellotti’s orders to “cut it loose.” Ducks ready to turn it up ■ Three weeks down, one to go as the Oregon football team prepares for the annual Spring Game on Saturday By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald Spring football is a month to shake off the cobwebs and devel op momentum for the fall. It is a time to refine individual performances, and most impor tantly, to stay healthy. Players realize this. They don’t want to risk a season-ending in jury during a weekly scrimmage. Nonetheless, head coach Mike Bellotti would like to see a little more tenacity out of his troops as they participate in the final week of spring drills. The coach has been rela tively pleased with his team’s first two scrim mages, but ex pects more this Saturday when the Ducks close out spring with the Spring Game at 1 p.m. in Autzen Stadium.. “I think at times I feel we’re playing to protect ourselves,” Bellotti said, “and maybe not hurt a teammate. I think that’s great because one of the goals of the spring is to stay healthy. “But we’ve got to cut it loose and play with the intensity that will make us better.” The team seems to be ready to accept such a challenge in front of the faithful Duck contingent that is expected to be on hand this weekend. “Hopefully we can come out and show the crowd something,” fullback Josh Line said. “We’ll hit a little harder and just give them something to get excited about. We have a long way to go, but we’ll come out and play hard.” Wide receiver Marshaun Tuck er said the crowd’s energy will help them take their game to an other level. “Autzen’s going to be loud — it always is,” he said. “It’s going to be pretty amped, so we’ll be out there working hard. It’s going to be a show.” Bellotti did admit that some of his original goals he set for the spring have not been met. “I think we’re a little bit be hind schedule,” Bellotti said, “because I think in some respects we kind of slowed things down to allow the kids to feel more comfortable with a certain pace.” One specific position that lim its what the team can do is tail back. With no proven runner on the spring depth chart it is tough to truly gauge the offense, as well as the defense. When Jermaine Hanspard moved back to the cornerback slot, the tailback duties were left to redshirt freshmen Carlos Mc Call and Joe Broder. In last Fri day’s scrimmage, Broder led the team with 48 yards on nine car ries, while McCall picked up nine yards on his five touches. “It does make it tougher for us to evaluate on both sides of the ball,” Bellotti said. “I don’t think we present the speed factor at tailback that we hope to have during fall camp. “Certainly, I think the talent level is going to improve dramat ically in the fall when our schol arship athletes come in.” Read between the lines, and you can figure out who Bellotti is referring to. Junior college sensation Mau rice Morris, a 6-foot, 205-pound tailback, is the gem of Oregon's recruiting class. In fact, in most circles he is considered this year’s top junior college prospect. He’s expected to step right in and make a serious impact. He is currently completing classes at Fresno City College and will join the team in the summer. Morris' stats are incomparable. The two-time J.C. Grid-Wire All American eclipsed national jun ior college career records with 3,708 yards rushing, 593 carries and 4,487 all-purpose yards. He also surpassed Fresno City College's school records for most rushing touchdowns in a single season (26 in 1998) as well as ca reer rushing touchdowns (45) and touchdowns overall (49). His highest yardage total in a single game came on Halloween night in 1998 when he ran for 334 yards, and he was held un der 100 yards just once in 20 reg ular-season games (92 yards). "Morris is everything he is billed to be," Bellotti said. "He gives us the power player at his position." Updates... One more former Duck is NFL bound as defensive tackle Faiva Talaeai heads to the New York Giants as a rookie free agesit... Tight end LaCorey C6'llin§ sat out of last Friday’s scrimmage due to a sore hamstring. He also did not participate in Monday’s workout... Among the notables attending last Friday’s scrimmage were for mer Ducks Brandon McLemore, Michael Fletcher, Dietrich Moore and Justin Wilcox. UO basketball player Freddie Jones and profes sional golfer Casey Martin were also in attendance.
