A win for 3 losses
Despite a win at Utah State, the Ducks
will lose three players to injury. Page 9
Not over ‘The Wall’
Local musicians performed Pink Floyd’s
“The Wall” live on Saturday. Page 6
Monday, October 1,2001
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 25
U.S. rejects
Taliban call
for talks
on bin Laden
By Steven Thomma & Juan Tamayo
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON (KRT) — U.S. offi
cials Sunday flatly rejected a call from
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban for negoti
ations over the fate of suspected terror
ist Osama bin Laden, who Afghan lead
ers said was in their control.
“The president has said we’re not ne
gotiating,” White House Chief of Staff
Andy Card said during an appearance
on the Fox News Sunday program.
“We’ve told the
Taliban government
Local massage what they should be
therapists hold a doing. They’ve got
benefit to raise to turn not only
money for victims. Osama bin Laden
PAGE3 over, but all of the
operatives of the al
Qaida organization. They’ve got to stop
being a haven where terrorists can train. ”
Card and other administration offi
cials reacted to the assertion Sunday by
the Taliban that they now knows where
bin Laden is and that he is under Tal
iban “control.”
The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan,
Abdul Salam Zaeef, told reporters Sun
day that bin Laden was in a secure and
secret location in what the Taliban calls
the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and
that the regime was awaiting U.S. evi
dence of bin Laden’s involvement be
fore opening negotiations.
“He is under our control,” Zaeef told
reporters in the Pakistan capital of Is
lamabad. “Wherever he is, he’s in a se
cret place, but that doesn’t mean that he
is out of the control of the Islamic Emi
rate of Afghanistan. He’s in a place
which cannot be located by anyone.”
A week ago, the Taliban said they
could not locate bin Laden to deliver a
request that he voluntarily leave the
country. Sunday, Zaeef said bin Laden
has not replied to th<» request, but that
he wouldn’t be forced into U.S. hands
either, at least not without proof of his
complicity.
Noting U.S. threats to attack unless the
Taliban meets its demands, Zaeef insisted
the United States first present evidence.
“They are thinking of direct attacks,”
he said. “We are thinking of negotiation.
They have provided no evidence, but
they want the man. ”
The United States and allies said the
demand for evidence and negotiations
was all talk.
“It was just a few days ago that they said
they didn’t know where he was,” Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said on
NBC’s “Meet the Press” program. “So I
have no reason to believe anything a Tal
iban representative would say. ’’
Nearly three weeks after terrorists be
lieved linked to bin Laden attacked the
United States, Attorney General John
Ashcroft warned that more could be
coming.
Turn to Negotiations, page 8
Supporters gathered Saturday at Monroe Park to rally for the dissolve of the FTAA and the World Bank.
Local activists meet to protest FTAA
■ Part of a worldwide event, the Eugene
gathering promoted the discussion of
globalization and free trade issues
By Brook Reinhard
for the Emerald
People, dogs and hand-painted posters took
over Eugene’s Monroe Park early Saturday after
noon, with activists gathering to speak against
what they see as increased globalization efforts
by corporations and governments in the wake of
the Sept. 11 attacks.
More than 200 people attended the protest,
which was one of many protests across the globe
Saturday planned to coincide with the Interna
tional Monetary Fund and World Bank policy
meetings scheduled that day. The meetings were
canceled after the events of Sept. 11.
“Originally, this event was scheduled (world
wide) as a day of mobilization because of IMF
and World Bank meetings,” explained one of the
event’s organizers, David Bersch. “Many of the
original sponsors of this event backed out after
Sept. 11. The emphasis now is on a peaceful so
lution to the problem (of economic injustice).”
Event organizers lectured from a makeshift
stage at the center of the park, acted out skits
about problems with increased globalization and
sang songs with refrains such as “No way, FTAA.”
The FTAA, or Free Trade Area of the Americ
as, is a group of 34 nations seeking international
standards on trade issues, according to the site
FTAA.org. An April, 1998 BBC article said the
group originally formed at a summit of nations
meeting in early 1998 in Santiago, Chile. The
group hopes to decrease tariffs, help interna
tional corporations by legislating patent laws
that apply internationally, and use organizations
such as the World Bank and the IMF to fund eco
nomic expansion in member countries, accord
ing to its Website.
“If we’re going to promote a capitalist system,
we need to address the problems caused by it,”
said another event organizer, Lara Skinner. “The
Turn to Monroe Park, page 6
Campus
provides
options
for safety
■ Blue-lit emergency phones, a
courtesy escort service, DDS and
Project Saferide are a tew of the
services available on campus
By Anne Le Chevallier
Oregon Daily Emerald
In preschool, students are often told
that these are the basic rules of safety:
Don’t run with scissors, don’t talk to
strangers and look both ways when
crossing the street.
Although college students’ locations
and situations have changed since their
days in preschool, those instructions
have remained the same.
Lisa Foisy, co-director of the ASUO
Women’s Center, suggested that stu
dents walk with friends and avoid dark
areas such as Pioneer Cemetery.
Foisy also advised single travelers to
walk confidently, directly and remem
ber that “there is no need to be polite to
strangers.”
Tom Hicks, associate director of the
Department of Public Safety, said the
University offers several safety features
to make students more comfortable at
night.
Blue-lit emergency phones are often
a noticeable option for pedestrians.
There are a total of 37 “e-phones” locat
ed both indoors and outdoors around
campus, he said. The e-phones are
equipped with a blue light for night vis
ibility, and the outdoor e-phones are
mounted on yellow pedestals. Once the
red button is pressed, DPS will respond
immediately.
E-phones are attached to the sides of
some buildings. They are also installed
in all University elevators and located
in larger buildings such as the Knight
Library, Lawrence Hall and the Student
Turn to Campus safety, page 7
UO faculty pleased with Knight’s return to funding
■ Financial gifts may indirectly bring
instructor salaries closer to those at
comparable universities
By Eric Martin
Oregon Daily Emerald
University Senate leaders have been critical
of excessive spending on intercollegiate ath
letics in the past, but they welcome Nike CEO
Phil Knight’s pocket-book gift with open cof
fers.
Members of the senate, the sole governing
body for the University, said Friday that
Knight’s unspecified contribution could indi
rectly bolster University teacher salaries. Fac
ulty salaries are 12-5 percent lower than those
at comparable universities, according to a
Senate Budget Committee report.
“The stadium expansion will be able to go
ahead, which will allow the Athletic Depart
ment to become self-sufficient,” said Nathan
Tublitz, biology professor and president of the
University Senate. “And because subsidy
funds are no longer being used by intercolle
giate athletics, they can be used to support fac
ulty salaries.”
In the past, intercollegiate athletics has
drawn $2 million each year from the Univer
sity general fund — a cookie jar that many de
partments count on — to pay for athletes’ tu
ition and other academic endeavors. But last
spring, the Faculty Advisory Council, which
is composed of 10 elected faculty, suggested
the senate incrementally reduce the subsidy
over four years and eliminate it by 2005.
“Basically, the Athletic Department agreed
to reduce that $2 million over a four-year peri
od,” said Tom Larson, director of finance and
contracts for intercollegiate athletics. “With
out replacement revenue, that would mean
some major cuts in programs we have.”
Larson also said Knight’s gift for the Autzen
Stadium renovation “should generate well
more than $2 million a year.”
Athletic self-sufficiency is a first step to ap
peasing the University Senate. Last winter, the
senate was emboldened by excessive athletic
spending to lead other Pacific-10 Conference
schools to vote for a resolution that trimmed
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