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A bitter taste
Oregon soccer ends its home schedule with two
tough losses to the Washington schools. PAGE 12
Centered on diversity
An 18-member committee forms to establish a new
research facility for diversity issues. PAGE 3
Monday
October 30,2000
Volume 102, Issue 44
Weather
TODAY
PARTLY ClOtibY
high 55, low 40
Tempe-rary insanity
■ Oregon’s crazy 56-55 win over
Arizona solidifies their Rose Bowl
aspirations, and keeps hope alive
for a trip to the Orange Bowl.
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Phew.
In a game that tugged on every pos
sible emotional string, the Oregon
Ducks duked it out with the Arizona
State Sun Devils in a fight that was fit
for heavyweight status.
Oregon’s remarkable — and absurd
— 56-55 double overtime victory Sat
urday in Tempe, Ariz., kept the Ducks
(7-1 overall, 5-0 Pacific-10 Conference)
unbeaten in league play and marked
its 10th consecutive Pac-10 win.
The nail-biting affair also kept Ore
gon on track for only its second Rose
Bowl appearance since Jan. 1,1958.
“We don’t talk about that much,”
Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti said.
“We know we’re in the lead, but this
league is as balanced a one as there is.
There are no weekends off.”
Saturday certainly proved that as the
Ducks fell behind 21-7 and 49-35, be
fore coming back to tie it on both occa
sions. Oregon finally took its first lead
on an Allan Amundson one-yard
touchdown run in the second overtime
period that put Oregon on top 56-49.
The Sun Devils would answer with
a score of its own, but instead of kick
ing the extra point, they faked it, and
attempted a pass for the go-ahead two
point conversion. The pass fell incom
plete and Oregon’s improbable come
back win was official.
“That point was awesome,” said
Oregon linebacker Matt Smith, refer
ring to the last play. “I could relax for a
second. I was exhausted, but I went
from exhaustion to elation.”
With the win, the Ducks jumped to
No. 8 in the ESPN/USA Today Coach
es poll, and remained at No. 7 in the
Associated Press poll. The Bowl
Championship Series ratings will be
released today.
Oregon has three games remaining
on its regular season schedule: at
Washington State, home against Cali
fornia and at Oregon State in the high
ly anticipated Civil War.
For complete game coverage, turn to
SPORTS on page 7
Erin Swanson-Davies Emerald
Art Alexakis of Everclear performs in front of a packed EMU Amphitheater Friday. The bands’ free appearance on campus rounded out a full
schedule of Rock the Vote tour events organized in part by Sen. Ron Wyden.
Rock in the vote
■ On a campaign stop
in support of Al Gore, Bill
Bradley and Everclear pack the
EMU Amphitheater
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Call it a voter rally, a massive
stump speech for Vice President Al
Gore or a rock-and-roll sing-a-long,
but Friday’s “Get out the Vote Tour”
brought more than 2,000 people to
the EMU Amphitheater.
University students and communi
ty members, many of whom skipped
class or work for the event, packed
The Rev. Jesse Jackson will speak on campus today
at 6 p.m. in the EMU.
Jackson’s appearance was confirmed late Sunday evening and organizers are still try
ing to secure a room in which the former Democratic presidential candidate will
speak.
When the room has been confirmed, the Emerald will put a notice on its Web page,
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into the amphitheater and lined the
surrounding balconies outside the
EMU.
The crowd braved the cold weather
and gray skies to see Portland rock
band Everclear, which ripped
through five of its radio hits in a short
concert performance.
But before the band’s 25-minute
set, a line of local and national mem
bers of the Democratic party rallied
students to vote — many specifically
urging people at the University to cast
Turn to Voting, page 5
Jeff Davids State Press
Oregon’s Matt Smith (49) celebrates with a teammate after Arizona State
tight end Todd Heap (80) dropped the potential game-winning catch.
Signed DPS memo
is brought to light
■ Confusion arises over the legality of Department
of Public Safety‘s installation of red and blue lights
on its campus patrol vehicle fleet
By Andrew Adams
and Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
When the Department of
Public Safety installed red
and blue lights onto its pa
trol vehicles in March, man
agement had full knowledge
that it would be illegal for of
ficers to use them.
A memo from DPS Director
Tom Fitzpatrick, dated March
7, instructed DPS officers that
the “use of the lights and siren
on the new patrol vehicles is
strictly prohibited.”
In an Oct. 23 Emerald arti
cle, DPS Director Tom Fitz
patrick denied a claim by a
former officer that the staff
signed a memo agreeing not
to use the lights. Kim May
nard, a former DPS officer
who quit about two months
ago, said DPS installed the
lights with the assumption
that officers could become
commissioned to use them.
According to state laws,
only police and fire depart
ment vehicles can use red
Turn to DPS, page 5
Weekend hijinks
ata minimum
■The Eugene Police Department spent the
weekend breaking up parties — not riots— and
issuing alcohol-related citations in neighborhoods
all over Eugene
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
It was a relatively peaceful
Halloween weekend in the
University area, where Hal
loween riots occurred in
1997 and 1998.
The Eugene Police De
partment increased patrols
west and south of the Uni
versity — as it did last year
— and the weekend passed
without a major confronta
tion. The stepped-up patrols
should continue until after
Halloween.
Friday night was the
busiest of the weekend for
EPD, according to police re
ports. Almost 60 minors
throughout Eugene received
minor in possession of alco
hol citations, 21 people
were ticketed for carrying
open alcohol containers in
public and eight people re
ceived citations for allowing
Turn to Weekend, page 5