Monday,January 7,2002
Since 1 900
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 69
‘Not only was it the biggest win, but it was on the biggest stage...’
-Joey Harrington, Oregon quarterback
Magical season ends with Fiesta victory
Oregon 38
Colorado 16
■ No. 2 Ducks stomp
Colorado in Fiesta Bowl
for record 11th win
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
TEMPE, Ariz. — It was simply
the greatest game of the greatest
season in the history of the Ore
gon Ducks.
A 38-16 thrashing of then-No.
3 Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl
on New Year’s
Day capped off
a school-record
11-win season
for the Ducks,
who finished
second in both
’s and the coaches’
major polls, their highest rank
ing ever.
“Not only was it the biggest
win, but it was on the biggest
stage and we did it in one of the
most emphatic manners that a
Duck team has ever played,” said
Oregon quarterback Joey Har
rington, who finished the game
with 350 yards passing and four
touchdowns.
But the Ducks’ hopes of a na
tional championship fell with
Nebraska in the Rose Bowl on
Thursday. Miami (12-0) defeated
Nebraska, 37-14, to claim sole
possession of the national title.
“I thought we should have
been playing in the (Rose
Bowl), obviously, and I thought
it was very difficult to tell my
team why we were not because
I could not come up with a lot
of good reasons,” Oregon head
coach Mike Bellotti said. “I
think we have done everything
that we can do.”
For complete bowl coverage,
turn to page 7.
The Ducks didn’t finish No. 1, but quarterback Joey Harrington still had reason to celebrate after Oregon’s victory over Colorado
in the Fiesta Bowl. The Ducks are ranked No. 2 in final media and coaches’ polls.
Bush vows
to support
Oregon’s
economy
■The President’s three-hour tour
drew supporters, protesters
and awe-struck students alike
By John Liebhardt
Oregon Daily Emerald
President George W. Bush promised
economic support for the faltering Ore
gon economy Saturday in his first trip
to the state since coming into office a
year ago.
During his three
hour trip to Port
land, the President
toured a job-train
ing center and
spoke to a crowd of
more than 2,000 in
vited guests at
Parkrose High
School. An estimat
ed 500 protesters
greeted Bush at
both stops and
called for an end to the war in
Afghanistan.
“I am deeply concerned that Oregon
leads the country when it comes to un
employment,” Bush said, referring to
Oregon’s 7.4 percent unemployment
rate. “In tough times, people need an
unemployment check, but in the long
term, what they need is a paycheck.”
The President, speaking in front of a
large American flag, touched on eco
nomic issues, the war on terrorism and
his greater campaign themes of charac
ter, American values and spiritual faith.
The crowd rose to its feet many times,
but never as enthusiastically as when
the President offered to help provide
water to the blighted farmers of the Kla
math River basin. Bush said he was
concerned after speaking with Sen.
Gordon Smith, R-Ore., and Rep. Greg
Walden, R-Hood River, about the lack of
water for farmers in the basin.
“They were concerned about some of
Turn to Bush, page 6
Kitzhaber to announce new fiscal plan today
■The plan includes alleviating
the $850 million budget shortfall
in Oregon, generated by a faltering
economy and high unemployment
By John Liebhardt
Oregon Daily Emerald.
State political and education leaders
are anxiously awaiting today’s an
nouncement of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s
plan to alleviate the state of Oregon’s
$850 million budget shortfall.
Kitzhaber said he would like to use
this plan only as a roadmap to re-bal
ance the state’s budget, and would
rather attempt to raise money for the
state than further cut existing state pro
grams. Such revenue could come from
spending tobacco settlement money or
raising income taxes, he said.
“I don’t believe you can responsibly
cut $800 million from the budget and still
have a state that any of us want to live in,”
he told a group at the Downtown Athletic
Club in Eugene on
Thursday.
Kitzhaber had
traveled to Eugene to
prepare local civic,
business and educa
tion leaders for the
seriousness of the
state’s budget woes.
After today’s an
nouncement,
Kitzhaber says, he
expects to hear from
leaders with their suggestions. ‘This is not
just the legislature’s problem; this is our
problem,” he said. “We all own it; we are
all going to live with its consequences. ”
The state legislature will convene a
special session in early February to be
gin legislative action on balancing the
budget.
Kitzhaber said he would like to deliv
er bis official budget proposals before
then - but only after hearing from lead
ers around the state.
“The budget was a tight budget be
fore we started; $850 million more and
it becomes an impossible budget,” said
State Rep. Phil Barnhart, D-Eugene.
“The cuts that we are talking about will
probably affect the University of Ore
gon, big time.”
In October, the state economist re
ported an $850 million shortfall to the
state’s operating budget of $11.4 billion.
The shortfall stems from incorrect rev
enue predictions, which did not ac
count for a poorly operating economy
and the highest unemployment rates in
the country.
Turn to Kitzhaber, page 6
ASUO begins distribution
of student funds
Today, members of the ASUO Programs Finance Com
mittee will begin dispersing student fee money to more than
100 student groups and programs. The budget hearings will
determine each group’s 2002-03 budg
et. They are open to the pub he and
will take place every Monday, Tues
day and Thursday in the EMU Board
Room from 5 to 10:30 p.m., Jan. 7
through Feb. 5. A Saturday budget
hearing will be held Jan. 26.
Groups scheduled for tonight’s
hearing include: The Latino/a Law
Student Association, Kultura Philip
inas, Dance Oregon, the Chess Club
and the Athletic Department Finance
Committee. Also scheduled are the Committee for Musical
Arts, the Arts Administration Student Forum, the Japan
ese Student Organization, Amnesty International, the Eu
ropean Student Association and AVENU.
Look for more PFC schedule information online at
www.dailyemerald.com.
— Kara Cogswell