Memo gets
an NCAA win
Oregon senior captain
Guillermo Carter serves
to become the Ducks'
first All-American with
a win today in NCAA
Individual Tournament
play. PAGE 9A
The Flash
UO visitors get chance
to assist child care
State and local representa
tives visit the University to
day to support EMU Child
Care Development Centers.
Visitors to the ASUO Execu
tive office can participate in
writing letters, get informed
on child care issues and talk
to other students.
Call the ASUO Executive of
fice at 346-3724 for more de
Public forum on city’s
special response fee
The Eugene City Council
will hear public testimony to
day at 5:30 p.m. in the Mc
Nutt Room of City Hall on an
ordinance drafted by the Eu
gene Police Department. The
ordinance would require ten
ants to repay the city the cost
of repeated police response
to disorderly parties at the
same address.
City Hall is located at 777
Pearl St.
Leadership institute
to continue growth
The second annual Contin
ue) leadership institute
meets this summer to help
public representatives hone
their managerial skills.
About 150 leaders from as
far away as Canada will gath
er at the Eugene Hilton June
26 to 30. PAGE 6A
University offers
education on-line
The Distance Education
program at the University
will offer 11 on-line courses
this summer. The classes give
students the opportunity
take University classes re
gardless of where they will
be. Some students plan to
take courses from outside
the state or even from out
side the country. PAGE8A
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Executive passes torch and advice
TheASUO
Executive office
has officially
changed
hands, and the
ex-exec reflects
on goals set,
problems met
and meetings
left behind
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Former ASUO
President Wylie
Chen has a sugges
tion for people
thinking about run
ning for student
president in the fu
ture: Go into the
election without a
campaign plat
form.
On Wednesday
night, Chen and
Vice President Mitra Anoushiravani
turned the ASUO Executive office over
to Jay Breslow and Holly Magner. While
Chen wasn’t completely serious about
abandoning the idea of a campaign plat
form, the comment
was a telling reflec
tion on what
worked and what
didn’t for the exec
utive this year.
Chen and
Anoushiravani
came into office
with an extensive
list of campaign
ANOUSHIRAVANI promises and
goals.
“We’d find that things we think are
easy are really five-year projects,” Chen
said.
They also didn’t plan for the multi
ple unexpected issues that arose during
the year, including University Presi
dent Dave Frohnmayer’s absence as he
was treated for his heart arrhythmia, the
Southworth incidental fee case and the
Worker Rights Consortium protest.
While these issues slowed their abili
ty to complete their campaign goals,
they were still able to deliver on many
of them and handle the unexpected is
sues that became just as important to
students throughout the year.
Chen and Anoushiravani said they
credit their success and general lack of
Turn to Executive, page 3A
Physical therapists check stroke patient Marge Worley’s balance on a treadmill-like device.
Stroke victims try new plan
■ l he university exercise and
movement science department is
testing a new treatment to help
stroke survivors get on their feet
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
For the third consecutive day, Al
Christensen used his cane to hobble
into Gerlinger Hall’s Motor Control Lab
to participate in a therapy session re
garding the “torture wheel,” as he jok
ingly describes it.
Someday soon — perhaps after two
more weeks of intensive treatment from
University physical therapists — Chris
tensen hopes he will not need the cane
to help him walk. Instead of dreaming
about walking again, the former
marathon runner may be able to live it.
The 74-year-old Eugene resident,
who experiences balance problems
from a stroke he had nearly 12 years
ago, is one of two participants in a pilot
program that aims to substantially im
prove therapy methods for the 400,000
Americans who survive strokes each
year.
“This has been my best day so far,”
said Christensen, who has limited con
trol of the left side of his body.
Ten percent of stroke survivors re
cover almost completely, and 25 per
cent recover with minor impairments,
according to the National Stroke Asso
ciation.
“I feel very lucky to be chosen and
expect great things from this,” Chris
tensen said.
Physical therapist Laura Adomaitis,
a doctoral student who is conducting
the research, said Chistensen’s tests on
Wednesday were part of week-long pre
liminary experiments that evaluate pa
tients’ specific conditions by checking
their balance on a treadmill-like ma
chine — Christensen’s “torture wheel.”
The two stroke patients, Christensen
and Marge Worley, 68, were asked to
stand on the treadmill and try to remain
in position as the machine sponta
neously jerks. The participants are
strapped into a harness to prevent them
from falling.
Marjorie Woollacott, the head of the
department of exercise and movement
science (EMS) and overseer of the proj
ect, said the treadmill is like an “elec
Turn to Treatment, page 7A
New president
guides senate
to watch WRC
■The new leader establishes a subcommittee
to monitor the WRC and clarify the campus
debate surrounding the group
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
In his first act as president of
the University Senate, English
Professor James Earl established
a subcommittee to monitor the
Worker Rights Consortium and
advise the University Senate as
it closely examines the issue
over the 2000-01 academic year.
The primary mission of the
subcommittee — which is made
up of two former senate presi
dents, Ann Tedards and Jeff
Hurwit; David Frank, chairman
of the Faculty Advisory Com
mittee; and Earl as an ex-officio
member — is “to bring clarity to
the many issues surrounding
the University’s membership in
the WRC.”
The subcommittee will ad
vise the senate’s Executive
Committee, which will serve as
the senate’s oversight commit
tee concerning the University’s
membership in the WRC, as
stipulated in senate resolution
US9900-10B, which was passed
April 12. The resolution states
that the senate will review the
WRC and the University’s mem
bership in that labor monitoring
organization annually.
“The University’s decision to
join the WRC and [Nike CEO]
Phil Knight’s public response
created a very heated debate,”
said Earl, who served as senate
vice-president this year.
He said the issue has angered
many people about many differ
ent things, such as radical stu
dent activism, the University’s
system of governance, politics
in a state agency, bad business
practices, faults with the WRC,
issues of courtesy and loyalty,
alumni relations, global eco
nomics and collegiate sports.
"These issues are so entan
gled that it has been difficult
Turn to Senate, page 7 A
(( The Uni
versity’s deci
sion to join
the WRCand
Phil Knight’s
public
response
created a
very heated
debate.
James Earl
new University
Senate
president yy