Mews
Asking your roommate to taste it is just
one way to test for food freshness.
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Spoils
The men’s and women’s hoops teams
are ready for war—and it won’t be Civil.
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Friday, February 15,2002
Since 1 900
University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 97
EWEB lends
a hand with
utility bills
■The EnergyShare program
has funds available for people
whose payments are behind
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students with money problems
can get help with their energy bill
this year, thanks to the EnergyShare
program sponsored by Eugene Water
and Electric Board.
Armed with a valid ID, income
verification and their latest bill, peo
ple making less than $1402 a month
can get up to $300 a year as a credit
on their utility
bills. Families
making less than
$2695 a month
also qualify for
the program.
There is a
catch, however.
Inside
EWEB may raise
rates 6 percent
to account for a
$40 million deficit.
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The goal of the program is to keep
customers current on their billing
statements, so emphasis is placed
on people who are behind on their
bill. To qualify for EnergyShare,
Glidewell said a customer must be
past due on their bill.
“You need to have demonstrated
an inability to pay,” said EWEB
spokesman Marty Douglass. Power
rates increased 36 percent last No
vember, pushing a typical bill to
$250 a month. EWEB is also con
sidering another rate hike to elimi
nate the utility’s $40 million budget
deficit.
“It’s wintertime and bills are in
creasing,” EWEB spokesman Lance
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Passing with flying colors
—
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Thomas Patterson Emerald
Some students had more to celebrate Thursday than just a cloudless sky. Science major Emily Burke rejoices outside Columbia
Hall after her dreaded organic chemistry midterm. ‘I think I did okay,’ she said.
ASUO ticket vows to eliminate ‘Red threat’ on campus
■ Executive candidate Tim Dreier also
wants to replace the pioneer father statue
with one of ‘patriot’’Joe McCarthy
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Tim Dreier, a sophomore economics major, is
running for ASUO president.
Q: There are at last count, 10 tickets running
for ASUO executive, which is more than in pre
vious years. What do you think will set your
self apart from the other candidates?
A: I’m the only candidate who’s interested in
eliminating subversives from our campus. The
other candidates have no regard for our predica
ment and therefore cannot be trusted. I can be
trusted to perform my duties and eliminate sub
versives from campus.
Q: What is your platform?
A: My platform consists of a few major com
ponents. First of all, eliminating the Red threat
to our American way of life. And secondly, fer
reting out Communists and other subversives in
the ASUO through the establishment of an
ASUO Un-American Activities Committee.
Thirdly, using our resources in conjunction with
other student leadership around the nation to
fight Communism on a national and even global
level. Lastly, I plan to replace the pioneer father
statue on 13th (Avenue) with a statue of patriot
Joe McCarthy. All subversives who pass beneath
this monument to our great
est hero will tremble in fear
and know they will be
black-listed.
Q: What specific cam
pus-oriented initiatives
will you champion?
A: Mostly I will champi
on the replacement of the
pioneer father with Joe Mc
Carthy. Such a monument
will increase anti-subver
sive and anti-communism sentiment on cam
pus. A McCarthy monument will help us have a
united front against all possible threats. The
Red scare is real — from Cuba, from Russia,
from China, from Vietnam and from North Ko
rea. We must be on watch at all times, and a Mc
Carthy monument will remind those of us on
campus that we must be diligent at all times or
we may fall to our enemies.
Q: What will you advocate on the state level for
ASUO
Elections
This is the eighth
in a 10-part
series of question
and-answer
sessions with
ASUO Executive
candidates.
students, and how will you carry out your plans?
A: On the state level, I will advocate for stu
dent safety from this Red menace. The state
must understand that we need help finding sub
versives on campus and keeping the upstand
ing students secure from all
communist threats. I will
also hear student concerns
regarding subversive activi
ty and do what I can to
solve the problem. Any stu
dent with concerns about
communism or subversive
behavior will be more than
welcome to take those con
cerns to me for considera
tion at the state level.
Q: How would you de
fine diversity, and how do you plan to bring to
gether the diverse voices on campus?
A: To me, this word sounds like subversive
rhetoric for dividing thought and taking over the
weak-minded. There can be only one voice on
campus — a voice united against the growing
Red menace to our way of life. The voices of dis
sent need to be investigated for possible connec
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DREIER
UO staff
discuss
position
criteria
■Suggested requirements
for selecting the OUS chancellor
position vary—some say it
should be eliminated altogether
By Eric Martin
Oregon Daily Emerald
University employees said Thurs
day that the person who replaces Ore
gon University System Chancellor Joe
Cox a must be capable of rallying the
Legislature and preserving academic
integrity in sour economic times.
Cox announced July 17 he would
step down after a replacement is se
lected.
Faculty, staff, administrators and
community members attended an
hour-and-a-half roundtable discussion
in the EMU Gumwood Room to pro
vide input on the characteristics a chief
executive of Oregon’s institutions of
higher education must possess.
Meanwhile, members of the Oregon
Public Employees Union, which rep
resents classified workers at Oregon’s
seven public universities, distributed
orange flyers across campus suggest
ing the chancellor’s office is not need
ed — especially for a state facing an
$830 million budget shortfall.
“A lot of people in our organiza
tion feel the chancellor’s office is un
necessary,” union member James Ja
cobson said. “If the state needs to
make cuts, that would be a good
place to start.”
To fill Cox’s powerful shoes, the
State Board of Higher Education
formed a search committee last fall
and solicited the help of Los Ange
les-based national search firm
Kom/Ferry International to compile
a pool of candidates.
Thursday’s discussion offered
many University employees and
community members their first op
portunity to give feedback on the se
lection criteria and process.
“The faculty wants someone who
demands excellence and doesn’t give
up,” University Senate President
Nathan Tublitz said. “The current
system we have encourages medioc
rity. That mediocrity is killing the
University here. ”
Tublitz said diminishing higher-ed
ucation funds are forcing institutions
to adopt a do-more-with-less attitude.
That often translates to a do-less-with
less reality, he said. The new chancel
lor must be willing to fight to restore
funding by negotiating with the pub
lic, the state and the Legislature.
“I don’t see that being done,” he
said.
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