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—Q—Q-L h ft_w r h ^ www.dailyemerald.com A good start The Oregon wrestling team opened its season with a well-executed victory against UC Davis. PAGE 7 Since 190 0' University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Monday November 13,2000 Volume 102, Issue 54 Weather TODAY CLOUDY high 40, low 35 . Dan Brunell Emerald Oregon wide receivers Keenan Howry (left) andMarshaun Tucker (right) celebrate after Howry caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Joey Har rington early in the fourth quarter to give the Ducks their first lead of the game, 18-17. Oregon’s 25-17 victory over Cal was its eighth straight. Down to the wire ■ Both the Ducks and Beavers win, keeping the Rose Bowl up for grabs in next week’s highly anticipated Civil War By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald The stage has been set for the biggest Civil War ever. Oregon beat California, 25-17, on a cold Saturday afternoon in Autzen Sta dium. The win guaranteed the Ducks of at least being the Pacific-10 Confer ence co-champions and kept the na tion’s second-longest home winning streak alive at 20 straight games. It also marked Oregon’s eighth straight victo ry of the season, second only to Okla homa’s nine. Then all eyes were glued to the tube for the Saturday night contest between Oregon State and Arizona in Tucson, Ariz. If the Beavers had lost, Oregon (9 1 overall, 7-0 Pac-10) would be headed to the Rose Bowl. Instead, Oregon State won — con vincingly — 33-9, to keep the race for the roses alive and make next week’s matchup in Corvallis as big a game as there can be. Especially considering that Oregon climbed one spot to No. 5 in the Associated Press poll, while the Beavers jumped to No. 8. “It’s been a banner year for Oregon football, and we have a chance to do something special next week,” Oregon athletic director Bill Moos said...“We have a chance for a 10-win season and chance for a Pac-10 championship and Rose Bowl berth.” Should Oregon lose, however, it could be headed back to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, for the second straight year. In order for Oregon State to go to the Rose Bowl, it must beat the Ducks and hope Washington State beats Washington. The Huskies get the ticket to Pasadena if they beat the Cougars and Oregon loses. All Oregon cares about, though, is that it still controls its own destiny. “We’re co-Pac-10 champions right now, but that’s not enough,” junior cor nerback Rashad Bauman said. “I don’t like to share anything, so we’ve got to go out there next week and get this victory and get ready for the Rose Bowl Oregon will have closed practices all week to help keep the players focused on their preparations for Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. contest at Reser Stadium. The stakes will be high and no doubt the anticipation will be hard to contain as the week goes on. “This is going to be the biggest game that anybody here has ever played in,” said junior quarterback Joey Harrington, who completed 20 of 35 passes for 252 yards and a touchdown, as well as rush ing in for two other touchdowns. “It’s go ing to be fun. Everybody’s going to be fired up, and it’s going to be a loud, hos tile environment. We’ll really be playing for bragging rights in the state, and we re ally want to come out on top. ” For complete game coverage, turn to Sports on page 7 Smoking ban faces Council ■ Some local businesses are on fire about a proposed smoking ordinance By Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald The Eugene City Council will decide tonight whether to wipe out smoking in public establishments entirely, but the decision may still be put before voters. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, but the vote on the ordinance is fifth on the agenda. On Sept. 25 the council passed two of the three tobacco-re lated ordinances set before it. The first ordinance tightened laws pertaining to tobacco sales, and the second banned smoking in business establishments with two or more em ployees but excluded bars and bingo halls for a separate vote. The third ordinance, which Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey said should pass tonight, would ban smoking in bars, taverns and bingo halls. “I believe now there are enough councilors to vote yes to pass it,” Torrey said. Taking into account both business interests and the health considerations of non-smokers, the council added an amend ment to allow bars a separate smoking room. Tu rn to Smoking ban, page 6 Florida re-counts again-by hand ■ Democrats say the ballot re-count is necessary for the democratic process, but Republicans disagree By Ron Fournier The Associated Press The legal skirmishing quickened in the overtime race for the White House as Vice President A1 Gore’s lawyers argued Sunday night that painstaking election re-counts have been allowed “since our nation’s founding.” Republicans said the practice exposes decisive Florida to political “mischief’ and human error in Democratic-controlled counties. Updated voting figures in Florida gave Republican George W. Bush a 288-vote margin out of some 6 million votes cast with re-counts under way in four counties. The vice presi dent leads in the nationwide popular vote, but the Electoral College tally is so close that whoever takes Florida almost cer tainly will win the White House. Top Bush adviser James A. Baker III said the GOP legal team will argue that manual re-counts in only four of Flori da’s 67 counties would constitute unequal treatment under Turn to Re-count, page 6 University educational icon leaves law school legacy ineM5 million donation will be used for law school scholarships and professorships By Gabe Dickinson For the Emerald Former University law school Dean Orlando John Hollis’ estate carried out his last wish on Friday afternoon, in the form of a $4.5 million gift to the institution that he helped build and preserve for the majority of his life. The donation, which will be used exclusively for third-year law student scholarships and pro fessorships, is the largest scholar ship in the law school’s history and second largest overall. The largest donation was $10 million from Phil Knight in 1996, which was used to build the law center that bears his family name. “This contribution represents the fruit of a civil servant who has given his life’s work back to his in stitution and students,” said Robert Lowry, who represents the Hollis estate, in an afternoon dedi cation ceremony. Rennard Strickland, dean of the law school, accepted the contribu tion for the school. Strickland praised Hollis as “a legend, not only in the history of the University of Oregon School of Law, but in the history of Ameri can law and education as a whole.” The estate also donated a few other tokens that belonged to Hol lis. Among the items were his original teaching contract, which promised him $220.84 a month af ter the 1933 legislative addendum lowered salaries because of the Depression. Hollis accumulated his fortune mainly through stocks and bonds. “He had a great attention to de tail,” Lowry said Sunday in a tele phone interview, “He knew what companies would last, and he just stuck with them. ” Hollis had no children to whom he could leave his money. He lived a basic and frugal life, Lowry said, and only bought a new car every 15 years. The $4.5 million check to the law school represents the vast ma jority of his wealth. The total will increase once the value of his es tate, including his houses and car, is assessed. Hollis graduated from the law school in 1929 with a doctorate of Turn to Law donation, page 6 CC He had a great attention to detail. Robert Lowry representa tive, Hoilis Estate
