War, war, war, war
lack Freiter and the Ducks can’t wait any
longer for Saturday’s Civil War Page 9
Introducing His Majesty
At22, Justin King’s dedication to his music
shines through on three albums. Page 6
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Thursday, November 29,2001
Since 1 900
University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 66
The clothes make the fan
Thomas Patterson Emerald
Duck
football
success
spurs team
fanaticism,
apparel
sales
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
As fans fill the stands during football games,
Autzen Stadium gradually transforms into
blurry patches of yellow and green. Wearing
various kinds of Duck gear, from replicas of
quarterback Joey Harrington’s No. 3 jersey and
Oregon fleeces to Duck tattoos and Mardi Gras
beads, Duck supporters make their spirit shine.
And as the Ducks plunge through another suc
cessful season, this fanaticism has also shown in
the University Bookstore’s sportswear sales,
which have seen a 15 percent rise from last year,
according to bookstore manager Jim Williams.
“There’s a pretty ground line between the
success of the team and sales,” he said.
“When the success of the team diminishes,
sales definitely go down.”
Because the bookstore is nonprofit, high
sales during football seasons also benefit stu
dents, he added. The sales are a major reason
students can get a 10 percent course book dis
count each term. The bookstore gives back
about $847,000 to students through discounts
each year, he said.
Junior Jeff Struthers is one of those big fans
Turn to Ducks, page 3
Mike Barnhill
sports his Duck
gear at the
Oct. 20 Stanford
game. The sale
of Oregon
merchandise
helps students
get a discount
at the University
Bookstore.
Is $28,000 too expensive for a health message?
■ The University’s profit from tobacco
sales exceeds that of other campuses,
and it may affect the EMU decision
By Diane Huber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Only a handful of universities nationwide
still sell cigarettes on their campuses, and the
University of Oregon is one of them. Recently,
students and faculty at the University and
across Oregon campuses have considered the
prohibition of tobacco sales. But without to
bacco revenue, the Erb Essentials convenience
store in the EMU could lose nearly $30,000 —
more than double the loss other schools face.
University health officials, faculty and some
students have expressed concern that the Uni
versity is selling harmful products on school
property. Professor V. Pat Lombardi brought
the issue to the EMU Board at the end of Octo
ber, and ever since, board members have con
sidered alternatives that could compensate for
the loss of tobacco revenue.
Meanwhile, the Bookstore’s Board of Di
rectors will meet Dec. 4 to discuss and possi
bly vote on prohibiting tobacco sales in the
bookstore, Williams said.
The EMU Board concluded its Nov. 8
meeting undecided about whether to contin
ue to sell tobacco in Erb Essentials. Board
members wanted more research about other
colleges and universities that have already
banned tobacco.
Oregon State University banned tobacco
more than a decade ago, according to OSU
health and Memorial Union representatives.
Portland State University and Lane Commu
nity College continue to sell tobacco on their
campuses, but both are considering propos
als to discontinue tobacco sales.
Erb Essentials’ financial loss, however, could
be significantly higher than that at other schools.
If the convenience store discontinued tobacco
sales, it would suffer a yearly loss similar to last
year’s profit of $28,000, EMU Food Services Di
Turn to Tobacco, page 4
Cigarette Sales
Annual tobacco profits
for Oregon schools
Russell Weller Emerald
EPD puts
terrorism
interviews
on hold
■ Eugene Police say the criteria
used to create the list of interviewees
may have employed racial profiling
By John Liebhardt
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Eugene Police Department has de
cided it will not conduct any interviews
of foreign visitors for the federal anti-ter
rorism task force until legal questions re
garding the investigation of the Sept. 11
attacks can be
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day. Oregon ^-S. senators Question
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Hardy My
ers ruled that Oregon State Police can
legally participate in the interviews of
nearly 200 people in Oregon, including
50 in the Eugene area. However, EPD
spokeswoman Pam Alejandre said no in
terviews will be conducted until con
cerns are cleared up. Those concerns in
volve how the criteria used to create the
lists was determined, and what exact
questions investigators plan to ask inter
viewees. EPD has asked the Eugene city
Turn to Interviews, page 4
On-campus
drug arrests
rise in 2000
■ While the University reports
burglary was down from 1999,
liquor and drug violations doubled
By Leon Tovey
Oregon Daily Emerald
There was a significant decrease in the
number of on-campus burglaries at the
University in the year 2000, but the num
ber of on-campus arrests for liquor law
and drug law violations more than dou
bled from the previous year, according to
the latest statistics from the U.S. Depart
ment of Education.
On Nov. 19, the department posted
crime statistics from 6,269 college cam
puses for the 2000 calendar year on its
campus crime statistics Web site.
According to the site, there were 43 cas
es of on-campus burglary reported at the
University in 1999. In 2000 that number
fell to 29. However, there were 185 on
campus arrests for liquor law violations
and 71 for drug law violations in 2000 —
up from 70 and 24, respectively, in 1999.
Associate Director of Public Safety Tom
Turn to Crime, page 3