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So long, NIT
Oregon virtually says goodbye to its postseason
hopes in a 104-65 loss to Arizona. PAGE 9
Monday
Power struggle
Experts say deregulation in Oregon, set to begin
Oct. 1, will be nothing like California's. PAGE 3
March 5,2001
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ASUO Election postponed by Court
■ Candidates and voters will now have to wait until March 16
to see which two tickets may advance to the general election
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
An 11th hour decision by the
ASUO Constitution Court has giv
en candidates Bret Jacobson anc
Matt Cook a second chance to wir
the student presidency — and has
completely halted today’s general
election.
The court will hold a March 16
hearing at which it will decide to
uphold or overturn an ASUO
Elections Board decision that re
moved Jacobson and Cook from
Thursday’s primary election.
The pair placed second and
would have battled Nilda Brook
lyn and Joy Nair in the general
election starting today had they
not been disqualified by the board.
In the court’s decision, Chief Jus
tice Robert Raschio said the court
will also use its power to immedi
ately halt the general election until
the court can rule on Jacobson’s ap
peal. Jacobson said his campaign
will file its official appeal statemenf
with the court today.
Raschio said the court will de
cide on the appeal no later than 5
p.m. March 19.
The ruling also halts voting on
senate races and ballot measures
for OSPIRG and the Multicultural
Center, which would have begun
today as well.
The ASUO Elections Board re
leased the primary election results
and its decision to remove Jacob
Turn to Election, page 5
JACOBSON
Proving they're ready for the Dance
■ Duck women take their third
game in a row, keeping hope
alive for the NCAA Tournament
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
The women’s basketball team’s
season was all but over 10 days ago.
After losing to last-place UCLA
on Feb. 23, the Ducks appeared to
hit rock bottom, with their hopes of
making an eighth
straight NCAA
Tournament fading
fast.
But all that
changed when the
Ducks returned to
McArthur Court
this weekend,
sweeping the Arizona schools to
rekindle the dangling thoughts of
the Big Dance.
Saturday’s 83-78 victory over Ari
zona in front of 5,593 fans was the
third win in four tries for the Ducks
(16-11 overall, 9-8 Pacific-10 Con
ference), who jumped up two spots
in the standings to fourth place,
ahead of the Wildcats (18-10, 8-8).
“I guess we just like to have our
back in the corner,” guard Jamie
Craighead said. “We seem to step up
when we need to. Hopefully people
are watching these games and read
ing stats and hopefully we can get
in the [NCAA] Tournament.”
An Alissa Edwards three-pointer
at the 9-minute, 49-second mark in
the second half broke a 53-53 tie
and sparked a 16-6 Oregon run. Al
though the Ducks never trailed after
that, Arizona made it interesting.
With 2:06 remaining, Arizona’s
LaKeisha Taylor sank a short
jumper to cut the Oregon lead to 73
69. A Craighead trey was quickly
answered by another Arizona bas
ket, prompting Oregon head coach
Jody Runge to call a timeout.
Following the break, senior Lind
sey Dion sank her third three-ball of
the day — a career-high — to put
the dagger in Arizona’s comeback.
“I thought we had argreat team ef
fort,” Runge said. “It’s a big sweep
Turn to Women’s win, page 10
Laura Smit Emerald
Forward Lindsey Dion hits a driving jumper, cutting Arizona’s second-half lead to 52-50. Min
utes later, a three-pointer gave Oregon a 56-53 lead, and the Ducks never trailed again.
OUS policy won’t
stop labor debate
■ Labor-monitoring issues now move to the state
level, but the University will remain involved
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
University President Dave Frohn
mayer is confident the University will
be able to remain actively engaged in
the labor-monitoring process, despite a
policy established by the State Board of
Education.
The policy, approved by the board
during its regular meeting Feb. 16,
mandates that all institutions in the
Oregon University System chose busi
ness partners in a politically impartial
way, which seems to preclude schools
from becoming members of labor-mon
itoring groups.
Melinda Grier, University general
counsel, said she is still reviewing the
policy and will not know its specific
effects for some time.
Frohnmayer, however, said he be
lieved the board did not adopt the poli
cy for the specific purpose of prevent
ing a school from dealing with labor
issues. He said this leaves room for the
University to maintain an active voice
in preventing labor abuses in contract
ed factories.
“It moves the issue of a code of con
duct to a state level," he said. “There
probably ought to be a universal policy
for the state.”
He added the University can still
work with its larger contractors to en
sure conditions in factories stay at a
quality level.
“No policy prevents us from talk
ing,” he said.
The University would also continue
to listen to reports from the Worker
Rights Consortium and the Fair Labor
Association, Frohnmayer said, even
though it will likely not pursue closer
relations with the two groups.
David Frank, associate professor and
director of the Honors College, is head
ing up an ad hoc committee that has
been studying labor-monitoring issues.
Frank said the committee still plans to
issue a report.
He said the policy has simply
changed the jurisdiction where deci
sions on labor issues will be made, but
Turn to Labor, page 5
ii I’m
hopeful
we’ll be
moving
on to other
issues soon.
David Frank
associate
professor and
director of
Honors
College