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jobs, JOBS, JOBS, in Oregon Oregon Jobs for Oregon Grads Online Career Fair May 1 -5 Directions to Fair: Go to http://uocareer.uoreg6n.edu, Click on 'OJOG' Sponsored by the UO Career Center NC0 Shakespeare on f Page and Stage Lisa Freinkel, 8:00 a.m.-4:50 p.m. MUWHF/ENG 352/CRN 42614 English in JUNE 12-16 2000 SUMMER SESSION ■ JUNE 19-AUGUST11 Register by telephone now. Pick up a free summer catalog in Oregon Hall or at the UO bookstore. It has all the information you need to know about O summer session, http://uosummer.uoregon.edu/ . _ diversity of Oreeo^N /Check out our < web site Shirts, rally show support for Knight ■Two students are selling ‘I agree with Phil’shirts and planonattendinga rally today to voice their opinion By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald Andy Koper says he and his partner Caleb Smith are just two guys who decided to make some T-shirts and voice their opinion. But the pair of sports marketing . students are also making a little money on the side with their state ment in the form of $10 “I agree with Phil” shirts, created to sup port Nike CEO Phil Knight. The businessman and Universi ty alumnus pulled his personal donations, including a pledge of $30 million to renovate Autzen Stadium, after the University joined the Worker Rights Consor tium, a re cently formed labor moni toring group. The shirt idea also par odies last week’s “I agree with Ryan” cam paign—Ryan being Univer sity football KNIGHT player Ryan Schmid who spoke about his Christian faith in the EMU Amphitheater on April 25. Approximately 250 donned dark red shirts that said “I agree with Ryan” in support. “Basically, we’re just trying to ... get students motivated on the other side of the issue and support a man that has been very generous to the University in the past,” said Smith, a former linebacker for the University football team. [ Koper and Smith are also fuel ing support for a rally today at 10:30 a.m. in front of Johnson Hall to support Knight, although their 1 involvement was inadvertent. “We were just walking through [last week’s] street fair and saw the ‘I agree with Ryan’ shirts and I said, ‘I agree with Phil,’” Koper said. “We just heard about [today’s demonstration] through the grapevine.” Rally organizer Josh Tuski said he hopes University football quar terback Joey Harrington attends { { We’re just trying to... support a man that has been very generous to the University in the past. n Caleb Smith student the rally. He and other organizers have been in contact with Harring ton but have not received an offi cial confirmation from him. Tuski added that support for Knight’s bond with the Universi ty is the purpose of the rally. “We’re not out to say we’re anti WRC or anything,” Tuski said. Koper said their shirts are also not a protest against the WRC or the protesters who spent 10 days and nights on the Johnson Hall lawn in support of the labor group. “It’s not like ‘you did a protest and now we’re going to retaliate 4* . mmm. > with a protest,’” Koper said. Despite not being directly in volved with the demonstration, business has been good for Koper and Smith. Koper guessed they have sold 60-65 shirts in the past two days to friends and people who pass by the Lundquist Col lege of Business, where they set up shop Tuesday afternoon. In fact, one of those shirts may have gone to Knight himself. Koper said two Nike manage ment representatives who were on Campus happened to walk by the bench where the pair was selling shirts. They bought one and said they would deliver it to Knight personally. However, Koper and Smith weren’t the first to display the “I agree with Phil” parody. Ironical ly, one of the most visible Chris tians on campus said he used the idea before they did. The man who offers “Free God News” on the corner of 13th Avenue and University Street, who uses only his first name, Doug, took an “I agree with Ryan” shirt last week and covered Ryan’s name with Knight’s. But Doug said Koper and Smith have his blessing to sell their shirts, and he will attend today’s rally as well. “Good for [them]; I hope [they] sell all of them,” he said. * ' s. $ **» mm &mm m, By next fall, there will be nearly tWICC as many UO modems and only OHC modem number. . . 225-2200 Questions? Contact Microcomputer Services • http://micro.uoregon.edu/modeminfo • microhelp@oregon.uoregon.edu • 346-4412 009262 ,w "m T, i W ** You’ll need more than luck to get a great job when you graduate. You’ll need a resume! The Oregon Daily Emerald is an independent newspaper that provides hands-on experience in the challenging world of advertising. 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