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Springing into fall The Ducks improve this spring, but with an influx of talented transfers and high school prospects, Oregon expects to be even better. PAGE 11 The Flash Register-Guard staff stages rally Management at The Regis ter-Guard have hired L. Michael Zinser to assist in contract negotiations with their employees. This addi tion has added to an already charged atmosphere be tween the parties. After hash ing over the contract for 18 months and working for a year with no contract, Regis ter-Guard employees staged a rally Monday to protest the drawn-out negotiations. Page 4 Study links beer and gonorrhea A recently released study presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven tion links increased state tax es on beer to rates of gonor rhea. The study asserts that in states where the tax on beer has increased since 1981, cases of gonorrhea, es pecially among young peo ple, have decreased. University health educators believe the study is lacking in scientific integrity and does not accurately compare two unrelated subjects. Page 6 High school student hires publicist High school student Leslie Schrob, who was banned from her senior prom, trip to Mexico and from speaking at her graduation after being caught in the men’s shower at her school, has hired an agent. Her family contends that with offers for Schrob to ap pear on “The Tonight Show” and Montel Williams” talk . show, a publicist was needed to deal with the media. David Hans Schmidt, who formerly worked for Tonya Harding, is representing the girl. Page 9 Weather Today Wednesday high 60, low 49 high 55, low 47 Tuesday May 2,2000 Volume 101, Issue 143 _Q_n the w ft h ^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper ‘All the world’s a stage’ Catharine Kendall Emerald Jocelyn Fultz plays Ophelia in a monologue from ‘Hamlet.’ Members of the Students Theater Arts Renovations performed in the EMU Amphitheater Monday in honor of Shakespeare’s birthday. Celebration marks the Bard’s birthday Theater students perform a variety of works to promote theater on campus By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald William Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration was more than just words. The University’s theater arts de partment brought the EMU Amphitheater to life Monday afternoon, presenting a variety of the Bard’s works. The sixth annual perform ance included monologues, improvisation, stage fighting, songs, Elizabethan dance and general merrymaking in the spirit of the time in which the writer lived. Approximately 20 volun teers from the theater depart ment paraded into the am phitheater dressed in black costumes accented with fes tive caps, scarves and colorful hats. The performers wel comed the audience with or Turn to Shakespeare, page 5 Students split on WRC results ■ Concerns are being raised about whether the student body had enough information about the WRC to make an informed vote By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald Students voted on it, and stu dents protested for it. But ever since the University signed on to the Worker Rights Consortium and a $30 million donation from Nike CEO Phil Knight subsequently disap peared, students have been strongly divided on whether signing on to the WRC really was the will of the students. The elections on March 1, during which students voted for the recommendation of the fac tory monitoring body to Univer sity President Dave Frohnmay er, had a turnout of only about 10 to 15 percent of the student population. Many who opposed the protests in support of the la bor monitoring body said 10 percent of the campus giving 75 percent approval to an issue does not properly reflect stu dent opinion. Nonetheless, many students, including several members of student government, claim the vote still stands as an accurate authority of student voice. Aside from the number of stu dents who shared their voices in the elections, the bigger issue may be whether there was enough information provided about the WRC for them to make a smart decision. “I think that there was a lot of misinformation and a lot of emotion involved and not a lot of understanding of what was being decided,” junior psychol ogy major Jesse Lichtenstein said. But some said that students did know what they were get ting into when they voted to sign on to the WRC. Even with more knowledge about the WRC, they said, the vote would have turned out relatively the same. “The students really are a voice of what goes on,” fresh Turn to Nike, page 7 ((I think that there was a lot of misinforma tion and a lot of emo tion in volved and not a lot of understand ing of what was being decided. Jesse Lichtenstein junior, psychology n University student crowned Mrs. Oregon Graduate student Taryn Tarver Thompson prevailed over 17 other women at the Mrs. Oregon pageant, which celebrates family values and the institution of marriage By Simone Ripke Oregon Daily Emerald Taryn Ta.rver-Thompson al ready had a long resume before Saturday night. Now, in addition to being a first year graduate student get ting ready to wrap up her mas ter’s degree in journalism, a wife, a mother of three, a grad uate teaching fellow and the as sistant to the chief operating of ficer at a local communications company, she became Mrs. Ore gon International. Tarver-Thompson, who won the Mrs. Eugene International pageant last November, com peted for the Mrs. Oregon title at South Eugene High School against 17 other women. Contestants were judged in a private interview with the six p a ^ u d 11 l judges and in proving their stage presence in aerobic and evening gown wear. The Mrs. Oregon pag eant is dif ierent rrom Miss Ore gon pag TARVER THOMPSON eants in that it celebrates fami ly values and the institution of marriage. Tarver-Thompson, who is the first black woman to ever com pete in the Mrs. Oregon pag eant, said the event is not the stereotypical beauty contest that comes to mind when most people think of pageant compe titions. “It really breaks a lot of the traditional pageant stereo types,” she said. “This isn’t about who’s the skinniest or who’s the prettiest. [Judges] are looking for someone who repre sents the whole package.” Besides representing the state in public appearances, the new Mrs. Oregon will represent Ore gon in an international pageant contest in Tennessee in August. “I’m going to be competing Turn to Mrs. Oregon, page 6 When they finally called me, I just raised my hands ... and I just kept say ing ‘Thank you, Jesus. ’ Taryn Tarver Thompson Mrs. Oregon _n
