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Monday, December 3,2001
Since 1 900
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 68
Adam Amato Emerald
Joey Harrington (top of the page) is mobbed by fans while waiting
tor a post-game interview with ABC. The Ducks defeated the
Beavers to claim sole possession of the Pac-10 crown.
Senior tailback Maurice Morris (above) dives into the end zone late
in the fourth quarter to secure* 17-14 win over Oregon State..
Thomas Patterson Emerald
CHAMPIONS
■ With their 17-14 win Saturday,
the Ducks become sole possessors
of the Pac-10 title and flush the *
Beavers’ bowl hopes down the toilet
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Nothing could dampen the Oregon
celebration Saturday.
Not wind nor rain nor hail — and
all were present at Autzen Stadium as
the Ducks beat Oregon State, 17-14, to
claim sole ownership of the Pacific-10
Conference title.
“I’m going to wear it nice and pret
ty,” cornerback Rashad Bauman said 1
of the championship ring he’ll receive.
After Bauman intercepted Jonathan
Smith’s last collegiate pass and Joey Har
rington took a knee, the clock ticked
down to triple zeroes and the scoreboard 1
flashed the words “Pac-10 Champs. ”
Then came the fans, who didn’t wait
die mandatory five minutes to rush the
Field after braving more than three
lours of the nasty conditions that only
December football can provide.
“You get a lot of fans who decide
:hat the greatest thing in the world is
:o hit you on the head or the shoul
der,” said Harrington, who completed
ll-of-22 passes for 104 yards. “After
30 minutes of getting knocked around,
t doesn’t feel so great.
“On the flip side of that, it was great
:o be engulfed in all that energy.”
Whether the first 10-win regular season
n school history will be enough to move
Dregon up in the Bowl Championship Se
les rankings will be discovered today
/vhen the new standings are released. The
Ducks received help Saturday with the
osses of Florida and Texas, and on Sun
day, they moved up to third in both the As
Turn to Civil War, page 22
Provost approves reduction of UO energy fee
ASUO President
Nilda Brooklyn’s
goal is to do
away with the
energy fee
altogether
through more
conservation
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
In a meeting with student govern
ment leaders Friday afternoon, Uni
versity Provost John Moseley agreed
to lower the energy fee by one-third
next term.
The fee will be $20 per student in
winter term, said Dan Williams, Uni
versity vice president for administra
tion, who also attended the meeting.
The fee, which was added this year,
was initially $30 per term.
The fee was lowered in response to
conservation efforts by students and a
natural gas bill that was less expensive
than expected, Williams saich He said
high enrollment also made lowering
the fee possible, because more stu
dents are paying the fee than adminis
trators originally anticipated.
At the meeting, ASUO President
Nilda Brooklyn and Vice President Joy
Nair proposed several ways to con
serve energy on campus. Among their
suggestions were specific proposals for
reducing building heating and lighting
costs, which Williams plans to discuss
with the director of the University
physical plant.
Brooklyn and Nair have spearhead
ed a campaign to get rid of the energy
fee by eliminating the need. This term,
the two women, along with ASUO
staff members, formed a coalition with
several student groups to increase en
ergy conservation at the University.
Through energy conservation, the
coalition hopes to lower the Universi
ty’s energy costs and do away with the
need for an energy fee.
Turn to Energy, page 16
Oregon’s
industries
hit by new
recession
■ Most economists do not expect
a rapid recovery, but some think
we have already seen the worst
By Eric Martin
Oregon Daily Emerald
The demise of the high technology
sector last spring slowed the gears of
the Oregon economy and helped steer
the state into its first recession since
1990-91.
Legislators are clearing financial
room in the state budget to accommo
date a looming shortfall, while retailers
are hoping a lucra
tive holiday shop
ping season can
boost sluggish sales
in a shaky econom
ic climate.
But analysts say a
recovery hinges
more on the revival
of the state’s pri
mary production
sectors than govern
ment thrift or extra
deliveries by Santa
— and few expect a
recovery to be swift.
“Retailers every
where are promot
ing sales and have kept prices down to
bring people back and cause them to
start spending,” said James Reinmuth,
professor of management for the Uni
versity business school. “But the other
side of that is, with prices down, prof
its are down.
“It will not have any bearing on the
long-term implications,” he said.
Reinmuth, co-author of a college
economics text and consultant for var
ious start-up firms, said Oregon’s tech
nology, forest industries, agricultural
and service sectors power the state
economy.
He said those sectors were deeply
damaged when irrational expectations
fueled economic players to overinvest
in dot-com companies that had not
proven they could deliver future earn
ings. When many of those firms col
lapsed in March 2000, the ripple effect
sent waves of doubt throughout the
economy and led to the recession,
which many believe began in March
2001.
“Technology collapsed, and along
with it, other industries began to de
cline,” Reinmuth said.
In Oregon, transportation suffered
particularly severe declines, said Tom
Potiowski, state economist for Oregon.
“In 1999 and 2000, we were having
some fairly high gas prices and interest
rates,.and that hit transportation heavi
ly,” Potiowski said.
Turn to Economy, page 16
Inside
■ Oregon is
experiencing its
first recession in
10 years, but local
retailers say
business is fine.
Page 10
M Homeless
families and
community groups
that help them are
feeling the pinch
of tough economic
times. Page 8