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Emskeep I first place Eugene lost 6-4 Mon day night to Everett, but stayed 1/2 game ahead of Portland for first place of the North | west League's South Di j vision. PAGE 5 The Flash Two killed in three day hostage standoff ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A three-day standoff inside a suburban home ended Mon day with the death of a hostage and the suicide of the murder suspect who be gan the ordeal, police said. Authorities said the captor, Jamie Dean Petron, 41, killed himself with a shot to the chest and was found dead in the master bedroom. The hostage, Andrea Hall,40, had been dead for several hours. Hall, 40, might have been ! shot Sunday by police sharp shooters who fired into the ; home, said Orange County Sheriff’s Capt. Steve Jones. It’s also possible she was hit when Petron fired at a police robot that entered the home Monday morning, Jones said. Searchers find missing hiker in Opal Creek DETROIT (AP) — Rescuers found a hiker Monday who had been missingforfivedays in the Opal Creek area of the Willamette National Forest. Marchine Newton, 51, of Canby, appeared to be in fair condition. Newton and her compan ion were on a day hike Wednesday when she fell and hurt her knee. The compan ion built a fire, left her with some snacks and her Belgian sheep dog, and went for help. Officials expected to evacu ate Newton on Thursday but when they reached the spot where she was supposed to be, they found a note instead, sayingshe was thirsty and was goingtotrytohikeouton her own. Authorities said the case un derscores one of the hiking safety basics: If lost, don’t move. Weather Todav Wednesday I, low 52 "■ ll Oregon Daily *■ Emerald Tuesday July 25,2000 Volume 102, Issue 10 —Q—□-[ h fi_w r h www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Officials claim WRC off to unstable start Following the Worker Rights Consortium first-ever board meeting University representatives disagree on prognosis for labor monitoring group By Jack Clifford Oregon Daily Emerald Just 15 weeks after the Univer sity signed on for a one-year commitment to the Worker Rights Consortium, student lead ers and administration officials are at odds over the la bor-moni t o r i n g group’s cur rent state of affairs. P r e s i - dent Dave Frohnmay er is con c e r n e d about the organization’s stability following attendance Thursday at the WRC’s first-ever board meeting in Washington, D.C. The University signed on with the group April 12, an act which came after several days of protest by approximately 100 students who camped in front of Johnson Hall to urge the University to join the WRC. The original sign-on letter in cluded several conditions that the University wanted met, in cluding more influence for the 57 university members of the WRC, industry participation and open meetings. Frohnmayer said at the time that he was willing to give the organization a chance to show that it could follow through on the group’s stated goal of improving labor condi tions at foreign apparel-produc ing factories, owned by corpora tions such as Nike and Reebok, among others. With his first good look at how the WRC is set up and how it may operate in the future, how ever, Frohnmayer said his biggest surprise at the meeting was how much work actually has to be done. “This was to be signed on as a monitoring organization,” he Turn to WRC meeting, page 8 FROHNMAYER Accessibility anniversary Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald The access into buildings for people with disabilites has improved since then-President George Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into national legislation on July 26,1990. ADA makes it 10 years The historic Americans with Disabilities Act, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this week, raised the national conscience By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald With 3,000 disability rights advocates, members of Congress and the Administration looking on, President George Bush signed the Americans with Dis abilities Act into law July 26, 1990, the largest such signing ceremony in history. Wednes day marks the 10th anniversary of the ADA and will also be a day to reflect upon the achieve ments in the past decade. The ADA prohibits discrimi nation against people with dis abilities in employment, activi ties of state and local governments, public accom modations, telecommunica tions and transportation. President Bush described the ADA in 1990 as the “world’s first comprehensive declara tion of the equality of people with disabilities, and evidence of America’s leadership inter nationally in the cause of hu man rights. With today’s sign ing of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, every man, woman and child with a disability can now pass through once closed doors, into a bright new era of equality, in dependence and freedom.” Much of what the ADA has accomplished in the past 10 years has not been directly Turn to Accessibility, page 3 Tuition increase likely for Oregon undergraduates By Tonya Alanez Oregon Daily Emerald Frozen tuitions at state uni versities may soon thaw due to the budget plan approved by the State Board of Higher Education on Friday. The Oregon University Sys tem’s budget of approximately $1.75 billion, which seeks $240.9 million in additional state support, may signify an an nual undergraduate tuition in crease of 2.5 percent per year for each in-state student in the 2001-03 biennium. Non-resi dent and graduate students will face an immediate tuition in crease of approximately 5.5 per cent for the 2000-01 academic year. “As far as I know it is an infla tionary increase,” ASUO Presi dent Jay Breslow said, a situa tion which he finds acceptable. If the increase proves to exceed inflationary figures, however, he said the ASUO will be working with the Oregon Student Asso ciation on behalf of student in terests. All along, OUS officials have expected additional funding to come from elsewhere. “At this point, it is a built-in assumption that the budget would be financed by addition al state monies and an increase in tuition,” said Bob Bruce, as sistant to the vice chancellor for communications with the OUS. “This is early in the process. That could change.” Turn to Tuition hike, page 3 A short budget for the Oregon University System could lead to a possible tuition hike for undergrads and a most definite raise for out-of-state and graduate students Fire diminishes Waldo’s forest, but not beauty A blaze caused by lightning has affected the natural scenery of Waldo Lake By Inge Scheve for the Emerald The Waldo Lake north shore area greets hikers, mountain bikers, fishermen and other trail users with a unique, almost ghost-like trail adventure. A large 1996 forest fire drastically changed the scenery for those who have seen what it used to be. The burned-out trails mean Turn to Waldo Lake, page 4 A 1996 forest fire at Waldo Lake in Central Oregon brought a des olate look to the land scape. Future genera tions will benefit from nature’s wrath, how ever, after the trees reseed the area and regeneration occurs. Inge Scheve for the Emerald
