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Wednesday Buy me some peanuts 9 The Eugene Emeralds look forward to another exciting summer season at Civic Stadium. PAGE 5 Incidentally, who’s in charge? Are students losing their say over how revenue from the incidental fee is distributed? PAGE 2 high 69, low 46 Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Firm’s report goes public, Runge responds ■ War of words: The University releases the law firm’s report that Jody Runge claims aimed to damage her reputation By Adam Jude Oregon Daily Emerald It’s been said before, but only now does it seem to have some substance: Jody Runge’s controversial era as head coach of the Oregon women’s basketball team has come to an end. Nearly five weeks after Runge re signed from one of the most touted women’s coaching positions in the na tion, the University released the 32 page report compiled by Bond, Schoe neck & King, a Kansas City-based law firm charged with providing Athletic Director Bill Moos with “an accurate and unbiased description of the rele vant facts” surrounding the program. Runge, 38, the winningest basketball coach in school history, also released a statement Tuesday. In its report, Bond, Schoeneck & King said that Runge’s program was “on the brink of collapse” and the relationship issues “appear to be irreparable even with mediation.” More than 80 interviews of players, former players, coaches, administrators and community members were includ ed in the report. The names of those in terviewed, as well as Runge’s annual performance evaluations, were omitted from the released report. The law firm was hired after eight members of the women’s basketball team met with Moos and Associate Ath letic Director Renee Baumgartner March 4 and criticized Runge’s communication skills and requested that she be fired. Runge resigned April 30, five days af ter Moos received the law firm’s report. In response to publication of the re port, Runge released a statement — ti tled “Lessons Learned” — discussing her reaction to the firm’s “bulls eye” ap proach in its fact-finding mission. “The publication of the Kansas City law firm report... marks the final step in a year-long plan to damage my personal and professional reputation and destabi lize the program,” Runge wrote in the two-page letter. “As soon as I learned of the players concerns... I set on a course of Turn to Runge, page 8 RUNGE Fun under the sun ■This summer, Eugene and surrounding cities will host an abundance of festivals and celebrations By Lindsay Bucheie Oregon Daily Emerald If there is one thing a University stu dent can count on when spending a summer in Oregon, it’s an abundance of festivals and celebrations. Whether staying in Eugene or ventur ing to other parts of the state, students can find culture and entertainment in Oregon cities throughout the summer months. The University already has an esti mated 5,134 students registered for summer term. For these students and those who will be living in Eugene over the summer, the city offers the Oregon Country Fair and the Eugene Celebra tion. This year the country fair will be held July 13-15 and will feature 12 stages of en tertainment, 250 booths selling hand made crafts and about 50 food booths. En tertainment will range from big band music to jugglers. “The country fair is like the Saturday Market magnetized 10 times,” said Nor ma Sax, country fair administrative as sistant. “It’s a magical and unique expe rience.” Sax said she expects 450,000 people to attend the three day event. Turn to Summer, page 3 10m ranerson tmeraid Dezmoree Hagen and Betsy Johnson take a spin on the Waveswinger during last year’s Portland Rose Festival. Retirees honored Tuesday ■After more than 25 years of service, University employees are looking forward to retirement By Brooke Ross Oregon Daily Emerald Dozens of family members and spous es joined University administrators Tues day to honor 20 retiring University em ployees, many of whom have worked at the University for more than 25 years. The annual event, held in the Ger linger Hall Alumni Lounge, recognized a variety of University employees, includ ing professors, University Health Center employees and classified employees. Helen Stoop, benefits administrator for the Office of Human Resources, said this is the University’s way to appreci ate retirees’ hard work. “These individuals have given the University 501 years of valuable serv ice,” she said. University President Dave Frohn mayer presented all retirees with cer tificates and words of appreciation. “There’s a real richness in the human cement that holds us together,” he said. Among those preparing to retire is Jim Heiss, student loans manager, who began his University career in 1974. Turn to Retirees, page 4 Scholar program helps students succeed in grad school ■The McNair Scholars program provides training and opportunities for students from low-income families By Kara Cogswell Oregon Daily Emerald When senior Zelda Haro begins her gradu ate studies ut the University in the fall, she will already have experience researching the native cultures she plans on studying. Haro is one of 18 University students par ticipating in the McNair Scholars program — a national program that prepares students for graduate school. The University program, which began in 1999, is one of over 100 on college campuses across the country. Without the research opportunity the pro gram provides, Haro said she would not have spent last summer interviewing people of Yaqui heritage, a Native American tribe in which she is a member. Haro used the results of that survey to study the cultural identity of native peoples. The program provides training and op portunities for students from low-income families who are the first in their families to attend college or those who come from groups traditionally underrepresented in graduate schools, said the program’s coor dinator Gail Unruh. Next weekend, Haro will graduate with a degree in ethnic studies. And looking back on her undergraduate years, she said she ap preciates the program that gave her the finan cial and academic support to make her re search possible. “It’s a fantastic program,” she said. By the end of the summer, 15 students in volved in the program this year— many of whom were the first to participate in the pro gram at the University — will have graduat ed, Unruh said. While Unruh said he knows of only eight students planning to attend graduate school in the fall, he still considers the program a success. Those who are not going to graduate school next year will be involved in a variety of activities, he said, and many have plans to attend in the future. “None of the group is giving up,” he said. “It’s just a matter of when they’re going.” One way students prepare for graduate school through the program is by attending various workshops and classes offered dur Turn to McNair, page 4
