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Thursday, November 15,2001
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 58
Planes, trains and automobiles
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$198 from Portland
$218 from Eugene
$168 from Portland
$218 from Eugene
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Sample roundtrip airfares for the holiday season
► All airfare specials are subject to seat availability.
► A set number are sold at the lowest rates while the remainder
of seats are sold at higher rates.
► Be aware that taxes and fees can increase the quoted price of
tickets.
$293 from Portland
$293 from Eugene
Chicago
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New York City
$278 from Portland
$314 from Eugene
$312 from Portland
$314 from Eugene
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Miami
SOURCE: Adventure in Travel
Graphic by Heather Gee-Pape Emerald
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■ Amtrakand Greyhound
may be smarter betsfor students
heading home forthe holidays
By Sue Ryan
^ Oregon Daily Emerald
University students wanting to
fly home over winter break may
be out of luck if they have not al
ready purchased tickets, with air
lines having decreased flights
since the Sept. 11 attacks.
“In the matter of folks traveling
by air, keep in mind that the holi
days were booked even before
Sept. 11, and now you have 20
percent less flights,” said Gail
Norris, owner of Eugene travel
agency Adventure in Travel.
Norris said even though many
airlines have recently been offering
low fares to increase business, the
promotion doesn’t mean there will
be any more seats available to sell.
“Even though we see great
prices from the airlines, it won’t
be happening at Christmas,” she
said. “We’re hard-pressed to find
(other) options for people.”
Council Travel, an agency that
markets primarily to students,
said it won’t be able to offer any
kind of inside advantage to those
seeking elusive airplane tickets.
“We expect planes to be full for
Thanksgiving and Christmas,”
said Jeremy Summers, western re
gional manager for Council Travel.
“It’s going to be harder for students
if they haven’t bought already be
cause of the availability of seats
and due to their plans being less
flexible with school and family.”
Most international students —
there are approximately 2,000 at
the University — don’t have the
option of taking the bus or driving
instead of flying home for the
break. Some have chosen to stay in
Eugene over the holiday period.
“I have heard some discussion
among students over whether to
go or not,” said Gabriela Serrano,
public relations director for the In
ternational Student Association.
She said that instead of going
home, many foreign students are
using winter break to sightsee by
car. But Serrano, who is from El Sal
vador, said she felt comfortable
buying a plane ticket home because
of the increased security measures.
“I think it’s been a little bit scary,
but at the same time I feel it’s proba
bly more safe now than it has been
because of all the security (the air
lines) have added,” she said.
Even though the airlines began
requiring additional security
measures, including not allowing
parking at curbside and requiring
photo ID at check-in, other travel
industries have varied their re
sponses to increasing security
Turn to Travel, page 3
Criteria for choosing new chancellor under debate
■Students and faculty say
they want more of a voice
in the search for new chancellor
By John Liebhardt
Oregon Daily Emerald
The University Senate has en
tered the debate over the search for
a new chancellor.
The 48-member body, which in
cludes five students, unanimously
passed a resolution Wednesday
that asks the Oregon State Board of
Higher Education to “create a new
process that specifically includes
formal participation by representa
tives of OUS faculty and students.”
The measure, which is also be
ing debated at faculty senates
throughout the state, points to a
growing dissatisfaction with the
process to find a successor to OUS
chancellor to Joseph Cox, who an
nounced his resignation in July.
The State Board of Higher Ed
ucation will meet in executive
session Friday in Portland to de
termine the structure and criteria
of the search for Joseph Cox’s
successor.
Larry Dann, a business profes
sor and member of the faculty ad
visory board, answered questions
on the resolution. Dann said his
group’s complaints center around
the lack of faculty and student par
ticipation in formulating criteria
for the candidates and input on
the search itself. OUS officials
have said the process will employ
a search firm to create a list of
about 25 candidates. The Execu
tive Committee of the State Board
of Higher Education will then nar
row the list of 25 to an undeter
mined number of semifinalists.
The list of semifinalists will be re
duced to three to five candidates
who will then answer questions
from students and faculty.
University President Dave
Frohnmayer also appeared in front
of the senate for a general ques
tion-and-answer session.
Frohnmayer said he is anticipat
ing the creation of a “Strategic Di
rections Document,” a five-year
plan for the University. He said the
document “will identify where the
University wants to move in the
next five years,” including a capi
tal campaign, a study of the state’s
system of education and changes
in the chancellor’s office.
The president also announced
he will create a committee to
study the role of intercollegiate
athletics at the University. The
committee will advise him and be
a “a major vehicle in discussion”
on athletic issues at the Universi
ty. Frohnmayer said he has not
formally invited any members to
join the committee, but indicated
some members of the University
Senate will serve on it.
Senators quizzed the president
on the search for a new chancel
lor and tuition increases.
Provost John Moseley also
briefed the senate on the budget re
duction plan requested by Gov.
John Kitzhaber. Moseley said the
University is preparing for 6 per
Tum to Chancellor, page 4
Students
approve
funding
■With voter turnout low,
one measure barely gets by,
while the other passes handily
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
By a margin of just 8 votes, students ap
proved a measure on the ASUO special
election ballot.that will give the ASUO
Senate more authority over how the EMU
Board spends building reserve money.
Students voted 211 to 203 in favor of
the measure, which will require the
EMU Board to obtain approval from the
Senate to spend more than 20 percent of
EMU reserve money without budgetary
penalty. Building reserve funds, paid for
with student incidental fees, are used
for maintenance and emergency ex
penses that arise during the year.
A measure to grant the Programs Fi
nance Committee a one-year exemption
to a rule capping major program budget
growth at 7 percent per year also passed,
258 to 155.
PFC Chairwoman Mary Elizabeth
Madden said without the exemption, it
would have been very difficult for PFC
to bring additional programs into its
budget this year.
“I’m very happy,” she said. “It re
lieves a lot of stress. ”
Turn to Election, page 3
uty Council
cuts district
plans to two
■ MayorTorreythinks councilors
may be letting the coming 2003
election year influence their decisions
By Sue Ryan
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eugene City Councilors deadlocked
Wednesday while trying to decide how
to finish redistricting city council
wards. Mayor Jim Torrey cast the tie
breaking vote.
Torrey’s vote followed a contentious
45-minute session of dialogue between
councilors and narrowed die choice to
Violet-A and Indigo-D scenarios. The
council has scheduled Nov. 26 as the
date to choose the final plan, which will
determine the boundaries of city voter
districts for the next 10 years.
Under the Violet-A plan, most of the
councilors would stay in their current
districts. Adopting Indigo-D would un
seat some incumbents and may also re
quire following some additional criteria
set forth by the state.
“According to (the criteria), I have to
Turn to Redistricting, page 4