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Immediate impact Last year's Northern California High School Player of the Year, Andrea Vidlund has fulfilled expectations in her freshman year at Oregon. PAGE 9 The Flash Science and religion merge in symposium Age-old debates about the nature of creation and cul tural mythology have pitted the ideologies of science and religion against one another, and many believe the two systems of belief cannot co exist. Participants in “Human Nature: A Symposium of Re ligion and Science” hope to find commonalities between the opposing fields. During the two-day symposium, which starts today and runs through Saturday, speakers will discuss human under standing of how religion and science can complement each other. PAGE 4 Conference on race and education Scholars from the Universi ty, Eugene ESD and schools across the country convened Wednesday and Thursday in a forum to discuss the forma _tion of the Institute for Lead ershipamcHTiversity Issues in Education. Efforts were aimed at creating methods to teach without incorporating racist stereotypes or relying on “isms,” such as racism and sexism, into school cur riculum. PAGE 6 Boxers at the Smoker were smokin' Twenty-six punch-drunk i students strapped on their boxing gloves and hopped in the ring for the 22nd annual Phi Kappa Psi Smoker. The event raises money for The Children’s Miracle Network. Participants often train for months before the event to get in shape for the three one-minute rounds, which can be grueling, especially in front of the estimated 2,000 fans in attendance. PAGE 8 Weather Today Saturday high 60, low 41 high 63, low 45 Friday May 5,2000 Volume 101, Issue 146 —Q—□-Lb e_w e h ^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Hostilty, fear causes DDS to move A Designated Driver Shuttle worker has a gun pulled on him and the office is vandalized IliSSSI SI1SSSS By Simone Ripke Oregon Daily Emerald After one too many assaults on Designated Driver Shuttle employees, ASUO Vice Presi dent Mitra Anoushiravani invit ed DDS to set up operations in the ASUO Executive office Thursday. But Anoushiravani said the move is only temporary as DDS looks for a permanent home elsewhere in the EMU. The vice president made the decision after an incident early Tuesday morning, when a DDS dispatcher had a frightening en counter with an unidentified male who punched a hole through the window of the DDS front door. He then stared at the dispatcher before walking away. After the incident, DDS co-direc tors decided it was time to move. “Recent events just transpired to the point where it just is un safe for us to be there,” said Bri an Wise, DDS co-director. The dispatcher who worked Tuesday morning, who request ed not to have her name used in this story, said she was alone in the office and was talking on the dispatch radio when she heard a loud noise. She then realized Turn to DDS move, page 5A We’ve had some pretty seri ous stuff happen. ” Brian Wise DDS co-director .-i « tn the Eugene jljjbs section of the wM Willamette River, H most pollutants 1MI are from tainted run-off and ground water. Experts are looking for ways to purify the Willamette River Catharine Kendall Emerald By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald While federal and state envi ronmental agencies focus on the problems of Portland’s stretch of the Willamette River, the river’s quality in Eugene is questionable as well, say ex perts and geologists. The Environmental Protec tion Agency announced early Turn to Willamette, page 7A Catharine Kendall Emerald E-mail vims’ global ruin delivers all except love Un-Lovely e-mail virus How to avoid contracting the Love Bug: Don't open any attachments Where to get help if you have contracted the Love Bug: www.mcafee. com 1 ■ Receivers of an e-mail titled‘ILOVEYOU,’are warned not to open its attachment‘LOVELETTER’ By Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald An e-mail virus has swept the world in the last 48 hours and is wreaking havoc on computers that use Microsoft Operating Systems, including Eugene’s city government sys tems and many machines at the University. Called the “Love Bug” virus, the deviant file, which may have originated in the Philippines, has circled the globe via e-mail. Victims receive an e-mail with the subject line “ILOVEYOU.” The text of the message contains an attach ment labeled “LOVELET TER." Once that document is opened, the virus attacks. At least one mutation of the virus has already appeared. E-mails with a subject line of “Joke” and an attachment of “Really Funny,” will cause the same damage as the “Love Bug.” “When you execute this script, it starts doing all kinds of heinous stuff,” said Spencer Smith, a University micro computer support specialist who has been working on the problem on campus. Users of Microsoft Win dows 95 and 98 can expect the virus to create copies of itself and forward them to everyone in the users Microsoft Outlook address book. The virus will reset a com puter’s Web browser settings and change the home page to a site that automatically down loads more virus codes. Users who try to reboot their machines after contracting the virus will find that all of their Turn to Love virus, page 5A Trustee confirms resignation over WRC situation ■ Board of Trustees President Randy Pape is unable to sway Patrick Kilkenny into changing his mind By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald University trustee Patrick Kilkenny made certain Thurs day that he is resigning from his position on the University Foundation Board of Trustees. Kilkenny sent a resignation letter to Board President Randy Pape Tuesday, citing frustra tions about the University’s de cision to join the Worker Rights Consortium and Nike CEO Phil Knight’s decision to pull his personal contributions to the University as a result. After the University joined the labor-monitoring group, Knight announced he would no Turn to Resignation, page 5A By no means am I bailing out on my interest in that mar velous insti tution up in Eugene. Patrick Kilkenny University trustee yy
