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www.dailyemerald.com An independent newspaper Ducks rock Cardinal Oregon is perfect in Pac-10 play after taking care of visiting Stanford. PAGE 7 Tuesday Requesting more money Some student programs are asking the PFC for relatively large increases. PAGE 3 January 16,2001 Volume 102, Issue 73 Weather TODAY high 50, low 30 -P—X bINCE I yUU UNIVERSITY OF OREGON tUGENE, OREGON Is Bellotti considering Buckeyes* coaching job? uregon coach Mike Bellotti visits Ohio State to meet with the Buckeyes’ athletic director f By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald More than two weeks after the first 10-win football season in school history, Oregon may lose the coach who guided it to such success. Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti was in Columbus, Ohio, on Mon day at the Ohio State cam pus, where he met with Buckeyes’ athletic director Andy Geiger, according to Oregon media services. “Geiger contacted [Ore gon athletic director] Bill Moos last week and re quested permission to talk with Bellotti,” Oregon assistant athletic direc tor David Williford said. “It is not required to ask permission, but it is recognized protocol.” Williford said that he had not talked with Bellotti, but he did speak with Moos to confirm the situation. Williford also mentioned that he believed Bellotti was in Columbus with his wife, Colleen. Ohio State’s head coaching position has been vacant since it fired long-time coach John Cooper Jan. 2. The Columbus Dispatch reported that Bel lotti may also have been contacted by Geiger last week in Atlanta at the American Football Coaches Association meeting. Geiger and Moos could not be reached for comment Monday, but Geiger did talk about the coaching search on Sunday with Columbus television station WSYX. “I think it will take a few more days,” Geiger said. “I won’t get into names. There are people involved who don’t want their name in the pa per. This is a fairly important decision.” Bellotti’s visit to Columbus sparks new ru mors about his commitment to Oregon. He was linked to the vacant Southern California job in early December, but announced he was staying in Eugene during a Holiday Bowl press confer ence on Dec. 3. He also agreed to a two-year contract extension that day to keep him at Ore gon through 2007. “I don’t subscribe to the ‘grass is greener’ the ory,” Bellotti said back then. “Though some things bear scrutiny, the bottom line is I am very, very happy where I’m at, have been, and I believe will continue to be.” Bellotti, who was spotted at the Oregon women’s basketball game Saturday, is 49-22 in his six seasons with the Ducks. Ohio State is a tradition-filled school that was not pleased with its 8-4 season that ended with a 24-7 loss to South Carolina in the Outback Bowl. Bellotti becomes the sixth name to surface as a possible replacement, joining Minnesota coach Glen Mason, Youngstown State coach Jim Tressel, Stanford coach Tyrone Willing ham, Ohio State assistant Fred Pagac and for mer Buckeyes standout Chris Spielman. It I don't subscribe to the ‘grass is greener’ theory. Mike Bellotti Oregon football coach Adam Amato Emerald Dr. Edwin Coleman, shown in his office, brings historic events to life. The privilege makes the power ■A University professor shares his experiences of segregation and prejudice in a white world By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald For University professor Dr. Edwin Coleman, segregation has been a way of life, not just a term describing racial separation. While he didn’t partake in the Montgomery Bus Boycott or march for civil rights in Washington, D.C., Coleman has seen how black stereotypes are still entwined with past and present American culture. “It doesn’t matter if you are in New York, Mississippi or Chicago,” Coleman said. “A certain element of people don’t see me. Even if I wore my academic gown, that wouldn’t matter.” Coleman retired in 1998 from a full-time posi tion at the University after 33 years, but he contin ues to bring his stories to students on campus, and he can’t seem to keep himself away from teaching English classes. As the eldest of four children, Coleman grew up in El Dorado, Ark., surrounded by poverty and racism. “You learned to live with prejudice and made sure you didn’t walk on the same side of the street as a white man,” Coleman said. Coleman said his father was a barber and his mother cleaned a house for a white family. Cole man remembered how they combined their wages every week for a total of only $30 to $40. His par ents never finished high school, but they taught Coleman right from wrong. He learned how to read at Fairview School in Arkansas. The all-black school was strengthened by teachers who were dedicated to improving stu dent knowledge and reading skills, despite often not having proper teaching credentials. Coleman said his teachers used education as a way to help black people move up in the world. Coleman’s family later moved to the segregated Alameda housing projects in California. The hous Turn to Coleman, page 5 ((lam notfree until everyone isfree. Edwin Coleman professor, English MLKJr. Day speaker says justice goes beyond diversity ■ Dr. Julianne Malveaux’s speech focused on economic justice, rather than ‘softer, fuzzier' messages By Lindsay Buchele Oregon Daily Emerald Dr. Julianne Malveaux, a nationally rec ognized economist, writer and social ac tivist, gave the keynote speech Monday during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day events at the Hult Center. Her speech, given to a crowd of about 400 people in the Soreng Theater, detailed how achieving diversity is only a small part of what needs to be done to create economic justice. “Minorities can make or break corpora tions,” Malveaux said. “If we choose not to eat this, smoke this, buy this — we have the control.” The evening’s celebration, hosted by the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Commit tee, was the end to a day of events, includ ing a march honoring King. The celebration included several selections sung by the University’s Gospel Choir, a presentation of awards, a dance performance, a speech by Mayor Jim Torrey and the keynote address given by Malveaux. Malveaux’s speech was based on the night’s theme: “The Economic Case for Di versity in the New Millennium.” “We tend to focus on the softer, fuzzier Turn to MLK, page 5 Workers go on strike at Nike-contracted factory The Mexican factory makes some apparel for the University By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald A labor dispute is currently in progress at a Nike-contracted garment factory in Atlixco, Mexico, about 65 miles southeast of Mexico City. The factory produces some licensed Univer sity apparel. According to reports from the Worker Rights Consortium and the United Students Against Sweatshops organization, workers at the facto ry are on strike over illegally fired workers, rot ten food being served in the factory’s cafeteria and the company’s failure to pay Christmas bonuses. Both Nike and the University have con firmed there is an ongoing legal dispute at the Korean-owned Kukdong International-Mexico factory, but neither institution could comment on the details of the dispute. Agatha Schmaedick, a member of USAS and a University alumna, said the situation in Atlix co has intensified to include clashes between police and protesters. She said several of the leaders of the protest have been arrested, and others have been hospitalized with injuries re ceived from police. Schmaedick said an unidentified college student was questioned by Turn to Labor, page 4
