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www.dailyemerald.com An independent newspaper January 17,2001 Volume 102, Issue 74 Weather today Renter’s rights TheASUO will begin a campaign to educate student renters about their rights. PAGE 3 Intense competitor 9 Oregon women's basketball forward Angelina Wolvert thrives off challenges. PAGE 8 PARTLY CLOUDY high 50, low 35 Wednesday Bellotti to continue coaching career at Oregon Oregon retains its successful head coach, who was hotly pursued by Ohio State By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti withdrew his name from consideration for the vacant Ohio State coaching spot Tuesday, one day af ter visiting the Buckeyes’ campus with his fam ily. In between was a wild 24 hours that consist ed of numerous television, radio, Internet and newspaper reports that linked Bellotti to Ohio State. Bellotti arrived back in Eugene early Tues day morning and then called Oregon athletic director Bill Moos at 11:30 a.m. to inform him of his decision to remain with the Ducks. “My family and I visited the [Ohio State] university because I do think it is one of the quality programs in the United States,” Bellotti said in a released statement. “I was very im pressed with the environment, but it just rein forced my commitment to Oregon.” Bellotti was in southern California Tuesday on a recruiting trip and was not scheduled to return to Eugene until Friday afternoon. Moos, however, was available to meet with the media and didn’t concern himself with the reports that Ohio State was willing to pay close to $2 million per season. “It was not about money,” Moos said. “Mike wanted to explore the opportunity at a tradi tional football powerhouse and compare it to Oregon. I’m very relieved that Mike chose to stay with us.” Bellotti was reportedly Ohio State’s top can didate and did meet with the Buckeyes’ athlet ic director, Andy Geiger, who gave him a tour of the Woody Hayes Athletic Complex. Geiger was unavailable for comment. Turn to Bellotti, page 9 BELLOTTI Department of Public Safety Officer Chris Rouse talks with resident assistants Sarah Robar and Nick Rountree. DPS plans to commission officers Commissioned officers will have the authority to make probable cause arrests and search suspects By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald The Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday that it will seek to commission up to 11 of its officers by the beginning of April to give them more law enforcement privileges. Once commissioned, the officers will be able to use probable cause arrest, and stop and search people suspected of illegal activity on campus. Commis sioned officers will not be allowed to carry firearms. DPS Director Tom Fitzpatrick said the depart ment has been planning to commission officers for some time to enhance the level of security on cam pus and give officers more options when dealing with possibly dangerous situations on campus. “The clear and obvious reason is we feel by doing this we provide a higher and better level of safety and service,” he said. The move toward commissioning came not be cause of any specific campus events or student ac tivities, Fitzpatrick said, but because of suspicious people unaffiliated with the campus who are diffi cult for his officers to detain. “In many cases we find ourselves in difficult po sitions waiting for [Eugene police officers] to ar rive,” he said. Currently DPS officers only have the ability to enforce University rules and make citizen’s arrests. Student Senate President Peter Watts and the Di rector of the Office of Student Advocacy Hilary Berk man criticized the department for not providing what they said were adequate opportunities for input in Turn to DPS, page 5 EWEB considers rate hike options ■The board heard staff-developed proposals for instituting an inevitable rate increase By Lindsay Buchele Oregon Daily Emerald The Eugene Water & Electric Board has some decisions to make regarding the impending electricity price increase that is a result of the recent energy crisis. EWEB’s Rates and Financial Planning Manager Dick Varner presented the board with the choices it must make: first, how much of a price increase is necessary and second, which of the pro posals developed by EWEB’s staff it would accept. This hearing was designed to be an informational one, said EWEB Vice President Peter Bartel. EWEB’s staff had been asked to develop some plausible scenarios for the board to consider instigating. Varner presented these scenarios to the board, but point ed out that a 15 percent price increase was unavoidable re gardless of which scenario was accepted. “[Because of] the impact from Bonneville Power Adminis tration raising its rates by 30 percent, we’ll need the 15 per cent increase to get us through to Oct. 1,2001,” Varner said. Board members voiced concerns about the large per centage proposed for the price increase, but realized there was no way around it. “I don’t like entertaining a 15 percent increase: It sucks,” said EWEB Commissioner Susie Smith. “But I think we have been presented with a realistic number. There’s been a lot of sound work done on this issue, and it leads to an un comfortable decision.” Some members of the public voiced concerns they wished the board to take into consideration when choosing a suitable plan. Jake Elston, a plant manager for Willamette Industries, wanted the board to realize what a price increase would do to big businesses. “We spent over $1.6 million in electric bills last year,” El ston said. “Big businesses are struggling to keep their doors open just like smaller businesses. ” Other concerns related to what could be done for the en vironment while the energy crisis is being addressed. “All of the actions around the rate increase should also consider global warming,” medical herbist Moshe Immer Turn to EWEB, page 5 Insurgent’s animal liberation manual identifies professors The student paper causes controversy by also printing a primer on sabotage By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald At least one University professor is seeking legal counsel after The Insur gent printed a how-to manual on ani mal liberation that included home ad dresses and phone numbers of professors who conduct animal re search. Psychology professor Richard Mar rocco, who in the past has endured protests outside his house because of his research on rhesus monkeys, de clined to comment on the specific legal action he wants to take. The how-to manual in the student ac tivist newspaper also includes a pull-out primer from the Animal Liberation Front. The primer details how to become in volved with the group, get past laboratory security, break locks and deal with po lice. The manual includes profiles of six University professors who use animals in their laboratory research, which were originally printed in a pamphlet by Stu dents for the Ethical Treatment of Ani mals. The dossiers have information on the professors’ research, office phone numbers, e-mail addresses and, in some cases, home numbers and addresses. Although all the contact information is printed in phone books, Marrocco said it angers him when the information is printed next to detailed instructions Turn to Insurgent, page 4
