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Jump in ‘The Pit’ Our own McArthur Court is the nation’s oldest active basketball stadium. Page 3 Spiked The Oregon volleyball team falls 3-0 to No. 7 Arizona. Page 10 An independent newspaper httpyAvww.dailyemerald.com Monday, October 22,2001 Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Volume 103,Issue 40 Ducks’ home-winning streak ends in heartbreak ■ Oregon’s dreams are dashed as the Ducks blow a 14-point lead in the fourth-quarter and end their 23-game home-winning streak, 49-42 By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald On an afternoon that began cloudy and ended sunny, Oregon’s sunny sea son was suddenly clouded. Before Saturday, the fifth-ranked Ducks were 6-0 and aiming for a realis tic shot at playing for the national championship game in the Rose Bowl. But after Stanford waltzed into Autzen Stadium and outscored Oregon 21-0 in the fourth quarter en route to a 49-42 upset victory, all the now 11th ranked Ducks could do was scratch their heads and wonder. Wonder what might have been had they extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 24 games in front of a sold-out Homecoming crowd of 46,021. But now, any chance of a national ti tle? Dashed. Joey Harrington earning the coveted Heisman Trophy? Most likely gone. And that Autzen win streak? Rewind to zero. Because unlike the previous 23 home games, the Ducks (6-1 overall, 3-1 Pacif ic-10 Conference) couldn’t come through in the clutch when it needed to the most to extend their magic carpet ride. “You can only play with a dog so long ’til it bites you,” Oregon comerback Rashad Bauman said. “And we got bit today.” Oregon entered the fourth quarter with a comfortable 42-28 lead, but the tide turned decidedly in Stanford’s (4 1, 3-1) direction when the Ducks’ first two drives of the quarter ended with Jose Arroyo getting his punts blocked. The Ducks dodged a bullet with the first block, as they held Stanford on a fourth-and-goal from the three-yard line. They weren’t as lucky on the next block as the Cardinal recovered the punt on the 17-yard line and on their first play, back-up quarterback Chris Lewis Turn to Football, page 12 Thomas Patterson Emeralc Senior Josh Line walks off the field at Autzen Stadium on Saturday after Stanford ended Oregon’s 23-game home-winning streak. The 49-42 loss was the Ducks’ first defeat at Autzen since Oct. 11,1997. Two men shot during Friday night confrontation ■Police are following up on leads after an argument resulted in the shooting of two people on Hilyard Street By Darren Freeman for the Emerald Two men were shot after an ar gument Friday night near cam pus, police said. Police hadn’t released the names of the two shooting vic tims by Sunday night, but said they were treated at Sacred Heart Medical Center and are expected to recover. The men were outside the Hil yard Street Market at East 17th Avenue and Hilyard Street short ly before midnight Friday when an argument broke out among a group of people gathered there. According to police at the scene, the perpetrator shot one person in the stomach and another person in the leg with either a small-caliber pistol or a high-powered pellet gun. Police are looking for a 5 foot-8-inch man in his early 20s with dark skin, dark hair and possibly a goatee. “There are several leads in the area, and we’re following up,” Eugene Police Department Acting Sgt. Bill Solesbee said Friday night, as'a crowd gath ered around the crime scene. By midnight Friday, police had blocked off Hilyard Street and were interviewing witness es and searching the ground for evidence. One witness, an area high school student named Joe who declined to give his last name, said the shooting stemmed from a confrontation between two groups of student-aged men. “An argument ensued, some pushing and shoving went on and one guy pulled a gun,” he said. He said he saw a the perpetra tor shoot one man in the stomach and cross the street, walking northbound along Hilyard Street. A friend of the first victim chased the shooter, who turned and shot the pursuer in the leg, Joe said. Hilyard Street Market employ ees heard the shots and called po lice. “We heard the sounds inside the store, and we thought at first that somebody threw something against the wall,” said Poramek Dengsot, who works at the market. Tony Starr, who lives near the market and was watching police process the crime scene, said the shooting was “unsettling.” “I’m not really that stressed about it, but it does make an un safe feeling in the area,” said Starr, a junior philosophy major at the University. Darren Freeman is a freelance reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. Anthrax infection hits postal employee ■The number of persons fallen ill climbs to nine with the prognosis of the latest case ‘not great,’ one health commissioner says By James Kuhnhenn & Tony Pugh Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON (KRT) - A Washing ton, D.C., postal worker was in serious but stable condition Sunday after being diagnosed with a pulmonary infection caused by inhaled anthrax, adding a ninth victim to the roster of confirmed cases. Law enforcement officials intensi fied their search Sunday for the source of the deadly germ as more than 2,000 postal workers in and around the na tion’s capital were encouraged to seek testing for anthrax exposure. In the latest case, the man worked in a postal facility that handles mail ad dressed to congressional offices, prompting speculation that he might have been infected by an anthrax-taint ed letter opened last Monday in the of fice of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. Congressional leaders decided Sun day to return to work as planned on Tuesday. The Capitol will be open Monday, but nearby congressional of fices will remain closed as investiga Turn to Anthrax update, page 8 Conference challenges U.S. policies ■The weekend event focused on peaceful solutions and justice for the situation in Afghanistan By Marty Toohey for the Emerald The people and the messages at the Peace, Justice and Globalization Con ference this weekend at the University ran the gamut of liberal thought, but the overall message of the conference was clear: The United States should stop bombing Afghanistan, and citizens should organize to stop the attacks. The conference’s main coordinator, Dave Zupan of Eugene Peace Works, said the event went well and atten dance was “amazingly good,” despite low student turnout, which he attrib uted to homecoming weekend and up coming midterms. Turn to Conference, page 6
