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Monday
January 8,2001
Volume 102, Issue 68
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Perfect 10
■ Oregon caps the year
2000 with a hard-fought
victory over Texas, its first
ever 10th win
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
SAN DIEGO — The final
chapter officially closed on Ore
gon’s storybook season, but it
did so in a way that provided
much hope for an even better
sequel.
Despite being ranked higher
than Texas, the Ducks entered
the Dec. 29 Culligan Holiday
Bowl as seven-point underdogs.
The spread didn’t seem to
bother No. 7 Oregon too much,
as the Ducks went on to impress
a national ESPN audience and
the 63,278 in attendance at
Qualcomm Stadium with their
35-30 victory.
After the game, players and
coaches hugged one another
with true emotion and excite
ment after securing the first 10
win season in Oregon history.
“It doesn’t get any better than
this,” senior defensive end Ja
son Nikolao said. “It was amaz
ing how we all pulled together.”
The true spark of the team
came from junior quarterback
Joey Harrington, who threw for
two touchdowns, ran in for an
other and even received a
touchdown pass in which he
wobbled and staggered into the
end zone.
“I love being an underdog,”
Harrington said. “It feels good
to open people’s eyes and give
them a wake-up call and say,
‘Hey, we can play football out
here too.’”
The win propels the Pacific
10 Conference co-champi
onship Ducks into the offsea
son, and has them exuding
confidence toward next fall.
For more Holiday Bowl coverage
turn to page 7
Craig Mitchelldyer for the Emerald
Joey Harrington accepts his offensive MVP award, while coach Mike Bellotti proudly looks on.
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A city landmark in the heart of downtown, the Fifth Street Public Market is but one of the many attractions visitors find unique about Eugene.
Destination Eugene:
Culture and Scenery
■ From the Saturday Market to
outdoor pursuits, Eugene offers
tourists unique sights
By Lindsay Buchele
Oregon Daily Emerald
This week, thousands of Universi
ty students will file back into the city
of Eugene and into classes after a long
winter break. But the University isn’t
the only draw to Eugene.
Eugene and the rest of Lane County
attract visitors throughout the year,
thanks to scenic natural surroundings
and the unique culture of the city it
self. The tourism industry has creat
ed 6,500 jobs for Eugene and Lane
County residents as well as revenues
of $426.4 million in 1999.
“Lane County offers a unique com
bination of the great outdoors and a
culture-rich city,” said Natalie In
ouye, vice president of tourism mar
keting for the Convention and Visitors
Association of Lane County Oregon.
The University itself brings in
many tourists — including alumni,
prospective students and visiting par
ents — but is only one of the many at
tractions that bring people to the city.
Turn to Tourism, page 6
Bend campus plan
still up for grabs
■The State Board of Higher Education will select a
proposal fora branch campus in Central Oregon,
and will reach its decision in February
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
The final decision by the State Board
of Higher Education on whether the
University or Oregon State University
will fill Central Oregon’s need for four
year higher education is less than two
months away, and both schools are con
fident their plans for the proposed
branch campus will be the right fit for
the Bend area.
A regional advisory board has al
ready reviewed each university’s pro
posal, and several members said that
each school could fulfill what the area
wants and needs.
Comprised of the area’s education
and business leaders, the 14-member
Central Oregon Regional Advisory
Board will hold its final meeting at the
end of this month and each of the six
voting members will make their recom
mendation to Oregon University Sys
tem Chancellor Joseph Cox. After re
viewing each member’s advisement,
Cox will make his own recommenda
tion to the State Board of Higher Educa
tion Feb. 5. The board is then expected
to make the final decision Feb. 16.
Both schools are eager to tap the
quickly developing Central Oregon re
gion by opening a satellite campus in
Bend. Almost every college in the OUS
already offers courses through the Cen
tral Oregon Community College Uni
versity Center, but the new branch cam
pus would be a permanent site on the
COCC campus to offer upper-division
credit to fulfill degree requirements.
Students at the branch campus would
receive most of their general education
credits through COCC.
While the members of the advisory
board have read each university’s pro
Tum to Bend campus, page 3
I think it
is clear that
we have
included UO
[programs]
in our
proposal,
but that
doesn't ap
pear to be
the case as I
read [the
University's]
proposal.
Tim White
OSU Provost
and Executive
Vice President
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