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Up for grabs * Oregon leads the NCAA Championships after day one, but other teams are in the hunt PAGE 11 Use of the force The police commission concludes its advisory work with protest policy suggestions for the EPD. PAGE 3 Thursday May 31,2001 Volume 102, Issue 160 Weather TODAY high 85, low 50 Since 1 900 U n i versity of 0regon Eugene, Oregon Stiegeler’s ‘easy throw’ wins NCAA title R. Ashley Smith Emerald By winning the javelin competition at the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field Wednesday, Oregon’s John Stiegeler set a school record at 252 feet, 10 inches while leading the Ducks to first place after one day. He entered the event with a personal best 245-9. ■ With a toss of 252-10, John Stiegeler breaks a school record and wins Oregon’s first individual championship since 1992 By Adam Jude Oregon Daily Emerald By the time John Stiegeler took his victory lap around Hayward Field at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, all but a few dozen of the 4,325 fans remained. Maybe he should take another one today. Stiegeler, a redshirt sophomore, went into the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships ranked No. 1 in the javelin and lived up to the billing at his home field during the first day of the four-day competition. After his first throw sailed wide right, Stiegeler launched the javelin 252 feet, 10 inches on his second toss, earning him Oregon’s first NCAA title since Art Skipper won the javelin in 1992. The mark also broke Skipper’s school record of 251-8.Despite the huge mark and the championship, Stiegeler said he wants more. “That definitely wasn’t everything I could bring,” said Stiegeler, who threw an unofficial 267-5 in the Pacif ic-10 Conference Championships, but it was out of bounds. “I pretty much knew that throw would hold. [But] I expect farther — hopefully a lot far ther.” With the win, Stiegeler’also secured 10 points for the Ducks, who — after a third place performance by Jason Hart mann in the 10,000 meters — are in first place with 16 points after three events. “When he hit the 252, without try ing to sound inappropriate, I think we all felt with a great amount of confi dence that that mark,would hold up,” said Oregon head coach Martin Smith, who pumped his fists and jumped with a huge grin in the Hay ward stands after Stiegeler’s second Turn to Stiegeler, page 12 44 That definitely wasn't everything! could bring. I pretty much knew that throw would hold. [But] I expect farther hopefully a lot farther. )) John Stiegeler NCAA javelin champion EMU termination incites students’ anger, action ■After 17 years in the position, Cultural Forum Director Linda Dievendorf s contract will not be renewed after next year By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald After 21 years at the University, Cultural Forum Director Linda Dievendorf is being forced by the administration to step down from her position — arousing heated dis agreement from students who say they refuse to let her go. With no disclosed reason, administrative leaders Dusty Miller and Gregg Lobisser told Dievendorf last week that her contract with the University would not be renewed. Dievendorf, who has been the Director of the Cultural Fo rum for 17 years, now has one year left on her contract. Prior to her job at the Cultural Forum, she worked at the Career Center for two years and at the EMU main desk. , At a press conference Wednesday, students ex pressed anger and frus tration that the adminis tration did not consult them before making its decision — especially because Dievendorf’s DIEVENDORF position is tundecl by student incidental fees. They said her work is vital to the Cultural fo rum’s existence and that they will continue to demand she be reinstated to her position. ASUO President Nilda Brooklyn said fail Turn to Dievendorf, pages Campus Recycling opts for plastic over paper ■ Overflowing trash cans inspired the group to make the bold move from disposable to reusable dishware during next year's folk festival By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald To put a new twist on recycling, partici pants at the 32nd annual Willamette Valley Folk Festival next year may be eating off hard plastic plates in place of the commonly used paper ones. At the 2000 Folk Festival, trash bins were overflowing with waste, and members of the University’s Campus Recycling program knew something had to change. “Plastic materials were the No. 1 contami nant in our composting process,” said Pete Chism, the student recycling coordinator with Campus Recycling. So during this year’s Folk Festival, Campus Recycling volunteers set up waste stations for recyclable materials, and positioned educators at each station to inform people about how to cut down on the amount of trash they threw away. Campus Recycling Program Manager Karyn Kaplan said this made the event much cleaner than it had been in the past. Campus Recycling has augmented and in creased waste recycling at athletic events such as football games, street faires, confer ences, the Folk Festival and other campus events for the past several years, Kaplan said. And when Jonathan Borgida, a student ac ademic intern with Campus Recycling, came up with the idea to use plastic plates, it fit with the program’s goals. While Borgida said next year’s Folk Festi Turn to Recycling, page 5
