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
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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.
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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.
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■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
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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