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www.dailyemerald.com Out on a low note The Oregon soccer team is outshot by a combined 33-9 in its final two games of the season. PAGE 7 A trio of sounds Three University music school professors record a new classical CD, “The Call of the Wild. ” PAGE 5 Monday November 6,2000 Volume 102, Issue 49 Weather TODAY MOSTLY CLOUDY high 55, low 30 Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Ducks push to win in Pullman ■The Ducks move up to No. 6 in the nation, their highest ranking ever, after besting WSU in O.T. By Scott Pesznecker Oregon Daily Emerald With a chilling wind at his back and mounds of snow encircling Martin Sta dium, Oregon place-kicker Josh Frankel pulled through when the Ducks needed him most. From 47 yards out, Frankel split the uprights on what would be the game winning field goal in overtime, lifting Oregon over Washington State, 27-24. It happened in front of about 5,000 Duck fans, including Nike founder Phil Knight, who braved the travel and weather to watch their team play in Pull man, Wash. P The win improved Oregon to No. 6 in the Associated Press poll. Never in his tory have the Ducks been so highly ranked. It appeared that Oregon was on its way to blowing out the Cougars when tailback Maurice Morris stormed into the end zone for a nine-yard touchdown run with just under two minutes gone by However, the Cougars answered promptly, knotting the score at seven less than 1:30 later. Despite the loss of Jason Gesser — Washington State’s star quarterback, who broke his leg in the second quarter when sacked by defen sive end Saul Patu — Oregon fell behind and trailed at halftime for the first time this season. The Cougars opened the fourth quar ter with an early touchdown, taking an eight-point lead. With 9:08 to go in the fourth quarter, Oregon quarterback Joey Harrington found Marshaun Tucker in the end zone for a 38-yard touchdown pass. Harrington then connected with receiver Keenan Howry on a perfectly executed two-point conversion, tying the score at 24-24. In the first overtime, Oregon opted to kick the field goal after struggling to move the ball down field. Frankel drained it. Washington State crumbled on its overtime possession, losing 11 yards on a holding penalty and another five for having 12 players on the field. On fourth-and-seven with the ball at the 22 yard line, Oregon’s Jed Boice blocked the Cougars’ 39-yard field-goal attempt to seal the win. For full coverage turn to Sports on page 7 Courtesy of Washington State media services The Oregon defense makes the plays it needs down the stretch to stave off Washington State’s potent offense and save the win. Dan Brunell Emerald State Rep. Vicki Walker discusses transportation issues with freshmen Garret Hinds Friday at a rally in the EMU. Gov. Kitzhaber was also on hand to endorse Walker for the 41st district seat, which covers the West University area. State politicians urge student voting Oregon Democrats spoke to increase voter turnout — at ballot boxes By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald Standing above the “World’s Biggest Ballot Box” outside the EMU, Gov. John Kitzhaber and State Representative Vicki Walk er, D-Eugene, encouraged stu dents not to mail their ballots and to vote for Walker. Kitzhaber and Walker dropped their ballots into the ballot box at the noon rally Fri day, and encouraged students to place their votes in ballot boxes, such as the “World’s Biggest Bal lot Box,” instead of mailing them. Most student voters don’t re alize that ballots must be re ceived by 8 p.m. Nov. 7 for them to count; if they try to mail their ballots on Nov. 7, it will be too late. Amid his statements for voter turnout, Kitzhaber also gave his support to Walker in her reelec tion campaign for District 41, which covers the West Universi ty area and most of campus. Kitzhaber said he felt it was vital for students to elect a repre sentative who shares their con cerns of access to quality, afford able education, to increased student grants and to childcare for student parents. “Because of Vicki Walker, we got college students back on the Turn to Student voting, page 5 The big green box awaits election day ■After Tuesday’s rush, the “World’s Largest” will be torn down and taken away By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald Take one last look at the large, green ballot box in the EMU Breezeway because come next week, it will be just a pile of wood and an empty space. Constructed more than two weeks ago by the Carpen ter’s Union, the “World’s Largest Ballot Box” will be dis mantled by the same group this weekend, and the Uni versity’s Facilities Services will take the leftover wood. “I’ll probably keep a chunk for memory’s sake,” ASUO Pres ident Jay Breslow said. But the box won’t have com pletely run its course until it has survived the final election day push on Tuesday. Ballot drop boxes are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Students who are filing bal lots from counties other than Lane should be aware that they must turn their ballots in to the ASUO Executive Office (not the ballot box) by 3 p.m. today, or else their vote will not be counted. ASUO Legislative Organizer Melissa Unger said that Lane County Elections officials anticipate a flood of bal lots over the next two days. They plan to empty the ASUO’s box three times on Monday because they think it will be full. Lane County Elections (LCE) report that 28 percent — 54,000 of the more than 189,000 ballots sent out — of Eugene voters had returned their ballots by 3 p.m. Fri day. LCE still expects huge lines of people wanting to sub mit ballots Tuesday night. Officials will accept the bal lots of those who are in line before 8 p.m. Tuesday night, Unger said. But anyone there one minute or more after the 8 p.m. deadline will be too late. One large group of voters plans to vote for certain on Tuesday. Between 50 and 75 University students of color will collectively take their ballots to the ASUO’s box at noon on Tuesday to “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” an effort coordi nated by the Multicultural Center. Turn to Ballot Box, page 5
