Sports
The Emerald sports staff remembers the
best of the best in the ‘Year of the Duck.’
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Graduation 2002
Graduating seniors share their best
and worst memories of University life.
Inside Section
Mondayjune 10,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 168
LGBTQA finds vandalized office, bomb threat
as police
investigate the
incident, ASUO
and LGBTQA
members
encourage
students to wear
red ribbons to
show support
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
Queer Alliance members found Friday
that someone had set fire to a poster on
their office wall and left a bomb threat on
the office answering machine, an act
members are calling a blatant hate crime.
The answering machine recorded the
message at about 9 p.m. Thursday. Co-Di
rector Maddy Milton said the message
had two people discussing bombing an of
fice and finding an address of the “lesbian
and gay organization.” The burnt poster, ]
which left a charred black streak up the j
cream-colored wall, had photos of hetero- <
sexual, gay and lesbian couples kissing. ]
Milton said she listened to the mes- 1
sage and found the damage Friday
morning. She said she didn’t know how (
or when people got into the office, i
adding that a couple of groups had used i
the office earlier Thursday evening and i
may have forgotten to lock the door. <
Eugene Police Lt. Chuck Tilby said ti
CPD is still investigating, trying to locate g
uspects and determine whether people
sntered the office late Thursday or early ^
Friday and whether people broke into g
he office to gain access. «
But the incident didn’t put a damper y
m the LGBTQA’s drag show Friday night fi
n the EMU Fishbowl, the first show in
vhich University students were the per- c
ormers. Milton said she was happy Fri
lay’s incident didn’t change the mood of
le show, the last LGBTQA event before
raduation ceremonies.
“All the people who were involved put
in the back of their mind and just had
in,” Milton said. What happened Friday
was most definitely a hate crime, but
ou can’t hide from it. The more you hide
om it, the more you let them win. ”
Although many students personally
onsider Friday’s incident a hate
Turn to Bomb threat, page 12A
Triple the effort,
Triple the learning
■ University senior Andrea Flores was willing
to spend the extra time and money necessary
to complete majors in three areas of study
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Graduating on time can often seem like an uphill bat
tle for students pursuing a single major. Now, up the
stakes somewhat: Imagine being a double major.
More work, more credits and the same amount of
time to get it done.
Senior Andrea Flores knows all about these challenges.
She is one of six University students graduating this week
with not a single major, not even a double major, but a
triple major. That's right, a triple.
The six are among the 4,091 students
earning degrees from the University this
spring. Bachelor's degree candidates
range from 18 to 61 years old, while grad
uate students earning degrees fall any
where from 20 to 68 years old. There are
also 251 double majors graduating.
The past years have seen a steady,
though low, number of triple majors ex
iting the University. According to Assis
tant Registrar Jim Blick, there are only two more triple ma
jors graduating this year than last year. In the past six years,
the numbers have never reached the double digits.
Flores, 26, has taken an average of 17 credits per term at
the University for the past three years — including summer
sessions — to complete her degree in Russian, Spanish and
linguistics. Before that, she earned an associate of arts degree
from a community college.
Inside
BSU’s graduation
looks to be best
ever. PAGE8A
Annual Lavender
Ceremony honors
graduating LGBT
students. PAGE 9A
Turn to Triple majors, page 11A
Russell Weller Emerald
Andrea Flores, a University student completing degrees linguistics, Russian and Spanish, takes a moment to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee in the Straub
courtyard. Flores is one of six students graduating from the University with a triple major this spring.
New program designed to track, regulate international students
■uregon schools race problems implementing
SEVIS, a program designed to electronically
track international students by January 2003
By John Liebhardt
Oregon Daily Emerald
International educators at Oregon colleges and universities
are scrambling to comply with a Jan. 30, 2003, deadline that
forces them to become part of a national database of interna
tional students.
The proposed rule, filed by the Justice Department, outlines
the policies and procedures of the Student and Exchange Visi
tor Information System, or SEVIS, that will electronically track
international students and scholars. The proposed rules
\V’V ,■ * Turn to SEVIS, page 7A/J •
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■ International students hoping
to attend college in the United
States for fall 2002 face more
challenges than in previous years
By John Liebhardt
Oregon Daily Emerald
Nine months after the Sept. 11 at
tacks, details of the new rules and regu
lations concerning international stu
dents are just beginning to appear.
Many educators applaud some of the
new policies like die Student and
Turn to Challenges, page 7A