Commentary
Parlez-vous Frangais? Emerald columnist Andrew Adams shares
his views on the University’s language requirement. Page 2
Sports
A balanced offensive attack has led Chris Christoffersen
and the Ducks to a share of first place in the Pac-10. Page 5
Wednesday, January 23,2002
Since 1 900
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 80
Lighting the way...
Jonathan House Emerald
After an initial speech by Mayor Jim Torrey at the Eugene Amtrak Station, Amy Feinberg (above) traveled the first leg of the Olympic torch’s procession throughout Eugene.
Waving flags and taking pictures, crowds of spectators lined the route braving rain, cold weather, and a forty minute delay to cheer on one of the most visible and
prominent symbols of the Olympic Games. After completing its route through Eugene, the torch moved on to Portland.
Supporters
get together
to celebrate
Roe v. Wade
■The ProChoice Coalition of
Oregon sponsors a candlelight
vigil to observe the anniversary
of the Roe v. Wade decision
By Ben Hughes
for the Emerald
A different kind of torch was
passed Tuesday at the First Congrega
tional Church in Eugene — it was not
passed for athletic achievement, but
for the achievements of women, men
and organizations that have helped
women gain control of their right to
choose.
Traveling through the latest cold
wave, nearly 130 people attended the
event sponsored by the ProChoice
Coalition of Oregon to light candles
and show their support for the 29th
anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
A number of state and city repre
sentatives were in the crowd, along
with several other representatives of
pro-choice organizations. Each can
dlelighter had his or her own reason
for lighting one of the 29 candles.
“We’ve got to remind our President
and remind our U.S. Supreme Court
and remind our fellow citizens that
reproductive choice is a core free
dom; it’s a fundamental value and it
is a cherished right for all of us,” said
Oregon Secretary of State Bill Brad
bury.
Bradbury also reminded the crowd
that if President George W. Bush ap
pointed an anti-choice justice, it that
could swing support in the Supreme
Court toward a recall of the Roe v.
Wade decision.
Turn to Vigil, page 3
Ducking
■ Nearly 1,000 Ducks dropped out
this winter, but 486 new students
have enrolled to take their places
By Marcus Hathcock
Oregon Daily Emerald
Not all University students start their
academic year in the fall and end it in
the spring.
Jim Buch, associate vice president of
enrollment services, said 990 students
have discontinued their education at
the University between fall and winter
term — excluding fall graduates. At the
same time, 486 new students
have enrolled.
Freshman Emma Hertzel left the Uni
versity after fall term. After leaving her
native Arizona in pursuit of a journalism
degree, Hertzel said she realized her need
for the friends she left back home.
“It was really hard,” Hertzel said.
"For a while, I just missed my friends so
much it was distracting me. Then I’d
talk to them and think ‘What’s the point
of being here if all I do is talk to my
friends in Arizona?’ Ultimately it was
about me being completely happy.”
Hertzel is now pursuing a psycholo
gy degree at Arizona State University.
She said that in her case, the decision
Turn to Transferring, page 4
Brady Barksdale, a transfer student from Willamette University, searches for history books at the University Bookstore.