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www.dailyemerald.com Thursday An independent newspaper More than fair trade * Go inside the world of local pawn shops, where trust is the richest commodity. INSIDE SECTION New freedoms, old rhetoric President Bush's “New Freedom Initiative ” is criti cized by local advocates for the disabled. PAGE 6A February 8,2001 Volume 102, Issue 90 Weather today high 42, low 35 Cox endorses OSU for Bend branch campus Frohnmayer defends the strength of the UO’s proposal By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald The head of the state university system has giv en Oregon State Universi ty a strong edge in its race with the University of Ore gon to open a Bend branch campus. But the University of Oregon administration is not throwing in the towel just yet. Oregon University Chancellor Joe Cox an nounced Wednesday morning that OSU would best suit the needs of Cen tral Oregon, and he recom mended the State Board of Higher Education give the Corvallis school a green light to open a branch campus in Bend. While he was unavail able for direct comment, Cox did release a state ment on his decision. “As we analyzed the re gion’s need for academic programs, for workforce development and for edu cation services, the OSU proposal seemed to be a better fit,” he wrote. He also acknowledged the University of Oregon’s efforts to obtain the branch campus and admitted he was torn between the two universities. “This was an extremely difficult recommendation to make,” he said. “Both proposals embrace dy namic ideas and extraordi nary vision for extending higher education through out Central Oregon.” Cox’s decision marks one of the last steps in the process to bring a four-year university to Central Ore gon. The state board will make the final decision Feb. 16 during its regular meeting. The branch campus will be located on the Central Oregon Community Col lege campus and will pro vide a full bachelor’s de gree from the university that is chosen. University President Dave Frohnmayer said he was disappointed by Cox’s recommendation and said the analysis overlooked and “did not sufficiently value” several key ele ments that made the Uni versity’s plan for Bend much stronger. “We absolutely stand by our proposal,” he said. Frohnmayer said the University’s commitment to a high level of collabora tion with COCC faculty and staff was overlooked, as was the University’s fi nancial resources to en sure a quick opening of the Bend branch campus. “We provided for the immediate availability for over $2 million in private funding for an immediate start,” he said. In regard to the final de cision by the state board, Frohnmayer said he could n’t comment on how it would decide, because they’re still analyzing the proposals. He did say that the board is “very inde pendent minded,” and while Cox’s support of OSU does have substantial weight in the process, it was still only a recommen dation.Tim White, OSU provost and executive vice president, said he was en couraged by the news, but wouldn’t be cracking open the champagne just yet. “We’re not going to cele brate until the board’s final decision,” he said. He said Cox’s recom mendation did give OSU’s proposal momentum to be selected by the state board, and he added there was a renewed sense of opti mism in Corvallis for OSU’s chances to open a Bend campus. White said he was proud of the work that went into OSU’s proposal and humble at the prospect of bringing a four year university to Central Oregon. Turn to Bend, page 5A We pro vided for the immedi ate avail ability for over $2 mil lion in pri vate fund ing for an immediate start. Dave Frohnmayer university president _n * I cannot tell a lie rTTl-V,;i-M'! !!!!■'!•!'■'■'•!"" :: 7 . Xj Codes keep law school honorable The law school’s academic honor code could serve as a model for the entire University By Brooke Ross Oregon Daily Emerald The key to fighting the University’s growing levels of academic dishonesty may rest in the law school. University law students are required to up hold the school’s honor code, a pledge each stu dent makes to be honest and ethical in all areas of their academic work. Students who fail to uphold the code risk ex pulsion from the law school. Honor codes are primarily used by private East Coast institutions and smaller schools, but most large public schools do not use them. Each school’s code tends to be somewhat different and is adapted to fit the school’s needs. While some think this system should be ex panded to include the entire University, not everyone is confident that this is a practical idea.Richard Ludwick, the law school’s assistant dean for student affairs, said the entire University could benefit from using an honor code similar to the law school’s. He said the code entails turning in a signed pledge with each exam and written as signment stating the work is the student’s own. In Turn to Honor code, page 5A OSPIRG takes aim at Alaskan drilling ■The environmental group hopes to convince oil company BP not to drill in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald Members of OSPIRG stood at the cor ner of 13th Avenue and University Street Wednesday afternoon, waving two large signs. One showed a drawn face of a vicious wolf and the other a caricature of Sir John Browne, CEO of British Petroleum, the largest oil com pany that wants to drill for oil in the Coastal Plain of Alaska’s Arctic Nation al Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). They asked passersby whom they thought was the greater predator. A few people stopped at the ANWR table to speak to a video camera with comments such as, “Don’t do it, John.” OSPIRG will send these “video post cards” to Browne, in an attempt to stop him from pursuing the exploration of oil in the Coastal Plain of the reserve. Some students also signed EcoPledge, a pledge not to work for, invest in or buy from BP until it decides not to drill in ANWR. OSPIRG will also host an event at 7 p.m. Sunday in 133 Gilbert featuring guest speakers talking about the nega tive impact drilling will have on the en vironment and the native Gwich’in In dian Nation, who depend on ANWR caribou herds for hunting. After President George W. Bush re cently formed a committee to investi gate oil exploration in response to a na tional energy crisis and placed ANWR at the top of the list for potential re sources, some environmental activists experienced waves of deja vu. This isn’t the first time oil companies Tu rn.to ANWR, page 4A (( Polls show that even though there are en ergy prob lems, a lot of people don't want to open ANWR. Its just not worth it to destroy such a beautiful wild place. Dan Ritzman climate campaigner, greenpeace _n
