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January 17,2001
Volume 102, Issue 74
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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