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Going down I They Ducks can't beat j ! Courtney Blades, the [ nation's top strikeout pitcher, as she works her ! [ magic against UO. She j strikes out 10 in SMU’s I 3-0 victory. PAGE 11A Community colleges request added funds Representatives from Ore gon’s 17 community colleges, which are lacking in funding, confronted the Legislature Emergency Board requesting a $16 million increase in their budget. The additional funds would cover a 4-percent in crease in enrollment. PAGE 3A Napster in violation of copyright law A federal judge ruled that MP3 provider Napster has bro ken copyright law by allowing " free downloading of legally protected music. Napster sub sequently banned more than 300,000 users from using its services. Although several universi ties have banned the use of the browser, the University of Oregon has yet to establish J limits. PAGE 4A swinging Professors rewarded for teaching University President Dave Frohnmayer presented three faculty members with awards for teaching excellence Thurs day. Rob Proudfoot, associate j professor of international studies, and Madonna Moss and Jon Erlandson, associate professors of anthropology, received the 1999-2000 Thomas F. Flerman Faculty Achievement Awards for Dis tinguished Teaching and were presented with crystal apples. PAGE 8A Skater Harding sentenced to jail CAMAS, Wash. — For mer figure skating cham pion Tonya Harding was sent to jail for three days Thursday after she plead ■I ed guilty to attacking her boyfriend, who said he has forgiven her, during an argument. high 65, low 47 high 67, low 49 Weather Today Saturday PARTLY SUMir PARTLY CLOUDY T|.Oregon Daily m *m Emerald Friday May19,2000 Volume 101, Issue 156 —Q—H-1 h ft_w r h ^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper mm ■Survivors and supporters expressed a lack of tolerance toward sexual violence at this year’s Take Back the Night March or Spring showers didn’t silence their voices. In fact, their candles lit up the streets of Eugene The 22nd Annual Take Back the Night March be ginning in the EMU Amphitheater was an oppor tunity for approximately 500 students and com to join together in the fight against oppression and vio lence facing women. The event was organized by volunteers from Sexual Assault Support Services and the ASUO Women’s Center and planned in coordination with Sexual Assault Awareness Month. fP* "The whole idea of the march [was] to give women and men a chance to make their voices heard and to take a against violence against women,” ASUO , Women’s Center event coordinator Jennie Breslow Ippp. In the United States, the first march began in San Francisco in 1978 when more than 5,000 women £;were give^an evening to take to the streets and feel safe. That same year, the tradition began in Eugene. “In marching, we are saying to*offenders that vi olence against women will not be tolerated, we are making our voices heard,” Sexual Assault Support Services community educator Elizabeth McCravy said. "We have the right to live in a community free University Day encompasses campus events ■While students, faculty and alumni groomed the grounds, sophomore Christine Carson was interim co-president for a day (( [Univer sity Day] is a statement about what we can do as a com munity to enhance the beauty of the campus. Dave Frohnmayer University president By Adam Jude Oregon Daily Emerald The aroma of freshly laid bark and newly planted flow ers filled the campus Thurs day for the annual University Day, a festivity that brought together students, faculty and alumni in a massive clean-up effort. “It couldn’t have been bet ter,” University President Dave Frohnmayer said of the clear sky and 70-degree weather. University Day “is a statement about what we can do as a community to en hance the beauty of the cam pus.” The highlight of the day — which is intended to prepare the campus for Family Week end beginning Saturday — was the unveiling of a new map, benches and lamp posts in front of Oregon Hall, said University Day co-coordina tor Katy Ho, a senior journal ism major. “It’s been absolutely per fect,” Ho said. “All of the stu Turn to University Day, page 5A Autzen stadium student seating Students will continue i to keep sections 5 ft through 9 for regular ■ season games for the tec next 10 years. « During the preseason, I sections 5 and 9 will be sold to the general public. sponsor section -----I Katie Nesse Emerald Preseason seats sacrificed for regular-season section ■A 10-year agreement also promises students seats after expanding the stadium By Simone Ripke Oregon Daily Emerald Students will have to give up their favorite seats at Autzen Stadium during preseason foot ball games, but in return, they have them guaranteed during the regular season for the next 10 years. This compromise came after a mediation process the Athlet ic Department Finance Com mittee, which negotiates stu dent seating at Autzen Stadium and McArthur Court, and the athletic department entered into when their negotiations about preseason students seat Turn to ADFC, page 4A
