Heatm up m
The Oregon men and UCLA women lead halfway
through the NCAA Championships. PAGE 7A
Workers unite
Union representatives held a rally Thursday to show
support for OUS classified employees. PAGE 4A
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Friday
June 1,2001
Volume 102, Issue 161
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Student
accused of
producing
false IDs
■ One University student may
face charges as a result of
allegedly creating and selling
fake drivers licenses
By Aaron K. Breniman
Oregon Daily Emerald
A University student has been im
plicated in the production and distri
bution of counterfeit California driv
ers licenses, Oregon Liquor Control
Commission officials said Thursday.
The allegations came at the con
clusion of an investigation into the
increased usage of false identifica
tion at University area bars, super
markets and convenience stores.
The OLCC turned over information
to the Lane County District Attor
ney’s office Wednesday.
The OLCC alleges that Christo
pher P. Basham, 19, produced coun
terfeit California driver’s licenses
and sold them to fellow students.
Basham is a resident of Parsons Hall
in the Bean Complex.
The charges Basham could face are
now in the hands of the Lane County
District Attorney’s office.
“The case has just come in, and at
this time we’re still reviewing it,”
Chief Deputy District Attorney Kent
Mortimore said.
Basham was cited in October 2000
with three misdemeanor charges
stemming from the attempted use of
a counterfeit Oregon driver’s license
to purchase alcoholic beverages at a
Eugene Albertson’s.
Several attempts to reach Basham
for comment were unsuccessful.
The investigation into the produc
tion of the California IDs began in Janu
ary 2001, OLCC spokesman Ken Palke
said, when counterfeit California driv
ers licenses began appearing at area
taverns and stores. Several students
Turn to Fake IDs, page 6A
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■Junior Santiago Lorenzo wins the
decathlon and keeps the Ducks in the
lead at the NCAA Championships
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
It’s probably safe to say that Santiago
Lorenzo now has a legitimate excuse for his
recent absences from school — and he has
something to show for it, too.
Needing to essentially win
—— the final event of the de
WyfiJIr*] cathlon, the 1,500 meters, at
the NCAA Track and Field
Championships at Hayward
Field, Lorenzo essentially
did just that Thursday
evening, earning himself a
nice trophy to present to his professors.
“I definitely have to catch up in school,”
Lorenzo said after scoring 7,889 points to win
the first NCAA decathlon title in school his
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tory. “I hope my professors will understand.”
Lorenzo’s win was the second national
championship in the first two days of compe
tition for the Ducks, who are in first place
with 27 points after junior Billy Pappas
placed eighth in the decathlon. Redshirt
sophomore John Stiegeler won the javelin ti
tle Wednesday with a school-record throw of
252 feet, 10 inches, while redshirt freshman
Jason Hartmann placed third in the 10,000
meters.
“I’m so excited and so happy for the team,”
said Pappas, who scored a personal-best
7,488 points, but was somewhat disappoint
ed with his eighth-place finish. “Santiago def
initely wanted it more than me. But it makes
me feel better that he won.”
Due in large part to a hamstring injury to
decathlon favorite Claston Bernard of
Louisiana State, Lorenzo was in third place
after nine events heading into the 1,500 me
Turn to Championships, page 9A
Athletics
loses UO
subsidy
■ President Frohnmayer states
that the University will cease
giving the $2 million subsidy to
the Athletic Department
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
By 2005, the University Athletic
Department will no longer receive its
$2 million subsidy from the Universi
ty’s general fund to cover its operating
costs, according to an announcement
by University President Dave Frohn
mayer. A spokesman for the depart
ment says cutting the subsidy is fine
with them.
“That’s good,” said Dave Willi
ford, assistant athletic director of
media services. “It’s proof that the
Athletic Department is concerned
and understands where the faculty
senate is coming from.”
The Athletic Department will
have to cover the hole opened in its
nearly $30 million budget by the
administration cutting the subsidy,
but Williford said that won’t be a
problem. By the time the subsidy is
eliminated, he said, the Autzen
Stadium expansion will be com
pleted, and more revenue will be
coming into the department.
“That’s why we think the Autzen
Stadium expansion is so important
for the Athletic Department and
the UO,” he said.
Williford also said that having
the subsidy phased out shows that
the Athletic Department is a true
part of the campus and not a sepa
rate entity from the University’s ed
ucational mission.
Frohnmayer’s announcement
Wednesday that the Athletic De
partment’s subsidy would be elimi
nated is the latest installment in a
long-simmering debate over the
millions of dollars supporting in
tercollegiate athletics.
Turn to Subsidy, page 6A
Students may soon find apparel from 'no-sweat zone'
■A group of sociology students
recently formed a coalition dedicated
to supplying University T-shirts made
under humane working conditions
By Diane Huber
for the Emerald
Learning about the poor working condi
tions that exist in some textile factories in
spired 29 students to step outside their so
ciology classroom and make a difference on
the University campus.
As an extension of Professor Michael
Dreiling’s class titled Workers, Consumers,
and the Global Economy, the group foriped
the Campus Coalition for Fair Labor earlier
this term. Their initial goal was to create a
“no-sweat zone” where students can pur
chase T-shirts with the confidence that they
were produced under humane conditions.
:‘We want students to have the choice to
buy University apparel that isn’t made by
workers who are paid low wages and work
in hazardous conditions,” said Becky
Clausen, an activist and graduate student in
environmental studies.
Wednesday marked a turning point for
the group members, who met with the Uni
versity Bookstore’s general manager, Jim
Williams, to finalize the project. If the
group’s goals are met, three styles of shirts
will be available for purchase before the
2001 commencement. About 200 shirts to
tal will be ordered as a trial.
The “no-sweat zone” apparel will have a
union label, one of the only avenues to en
sure garments are made in humane condi
tions, Clausen said.
The project is an opportunity to offer an
other choice to students without boycotting
the sports apparel company Nike, said
CCFL member Nick Lougee.
Buying “American” is not the CCFL's
message, however, Lougee said.
“It’s not so much where it’s made, but
how it’s made,” he said.
Williams and the CCFL are working to
gether to find a company in support of the
no-sweat zone effort to produce the shirts.
Lougee doesn’t believe this task will be too
difficult because if the project is successful,
the no-sweat zone could generate a lot of in
come for the clothing company, especially
if the idea spreads to other universities.
Williams is supportive of the project and
thinks that adding this choice for students
will improve sales of existing products.
“The decision to make these products
available to our customers should in no
way be interpreted as though the bookstore
is suggesting anything negative about the
existing vendor partners with whom we do
business," he said. “Offering the union al
ternative is responding to the request to of
fer customers a choice.”
Turn to No-sweat, page 6A