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
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May 5,2000
Volume 101, Issue 146
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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
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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