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Doug Martsch steps away from Built To
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Reporter Jan Montry offers his picks
and pans for the summer blockbusters.
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Freddie Jones, seen here earlier this year, was selected by the Indiana Pacers as die 14th pick in Wednesday night’s NBA Draft.
Off to the Pacers
Freddie Jones becomes the first
Duck since 1991 to be selected
in the first round of the NBA Draft
By Brad Schmidt
Oregon Daily Emerald
For one former Oregon star,
dreams became reality Wednesday.
But for another, the bubble was burst.
Standout guard Frederick Jones
defied odds, doubters and a nagging
shoulder injury to be chosen by the
Indiana Pacers and become the 14th
overall selection in the 2002 NBA
Draft. His former teammate, Chris
Christoffersen, wasn’t so lucky.
The 7-2 center didn’t hear his
name called as one of the 57 players
selected, but former teammate Kris
tian Christensen said he thinks the
Denmark native will play profes
sionally in Europe next year.
Known best for his athleticism,
Jones’ early selection to the Indiana
Pacers altered the middle of the
first round, contradicting rumors
that his stock had slipped over the
past few weeks.
On Tuesday, ESPN.corn’s mock
draft didn’t even list Jones as a
first round selection. On draft
night, Jones became the first non
lottery pick.
Fortunate to go so early, Jones’ fu
ture could have been even more ben
eficial had he been a lottery selec
tion. Lottery picks sign financially
stronger contracts and, in many cas
es, see significant playing time.
Even Jones’ former coach, Ernie
Kent, didn’t expect the shooting
guard to get selected so early in the
draft. Kent said he hoped Jones
would go in the first round but
added that he wasn’t sure it would
happen. Now Jones goes to Indiana
with a guaranteed three-year contract
and the possibility of backing-up
guard Reggie Miller.
“If you’re not a lottery pick, it’s dif
ficult to come in and make an imme
diate impact,” Kent said.
But by just missing the lottery,
one has to wonder what kind of on
court contributions Jones will
Turn to Draft, page 6
Senators draft new bill after budget plan dies
The Oregon Senate rejects the
Republican-supported strategy
to fix the state’s budget hole
By Jan Montry
Oregon Daily Emerald
Looks like it’s back to the drawing
board for Oregon state senators.
The latest Republican budget plan
was sent back to a new budget commit
tee after it failed on a tie vote Tuesday,
and the Senate Democratic leadership
remains hopeful that a more balanced
plan will result with less cuts to edu
cation and social programs.
“I’m confident that the next bill will
be bipartisan and will get the votes it
needs,” Democratic Leader Kate Brown
said. Brown added that she hoped to
see a delay in Measure 88 income tax
breaks and the Federal Economic Stim
ulus Plan in the new proposal.
After a week of debate, the Senate
voted 15-15 to reject a Republican
“no new taxes” plan that would bal
ance an $860 million budget short
fall. The defeat came amid last
week’s failed House plan that includ
ed a cigarette tax and an addition of
$20 million in restored money to K
12 education.
The early morning tie resulted when
Republican .Sens. Lenn Hannon .of
Ashland and Verne Duncan of Mil
waukie sided with Democrats and Sen.
Mae Yih, D-Albany, voted Republican.
Democratic Leader Kate Brown of
Portland said it is “very clear” a major
ity of Oregonians don’t support the Re
publican plan to cut $21 million from
higher education.
“I’m hopeful that at this point in time
we’ve all had a reality check,” she said.
The failed plan was drafted after Sen
ate President Gene Derfler, R-Salem, ap
pointed fiscal conservative Steve Harper
of Klamath Falls to replace Hannon as
committee chairman.
Shortly after the plan failed on
.Turn to Budget, page 4
Students oppose
mandatory fines
in city liquor law
Eugene City Council dropped the proposed clause
in a liquor ordinance after hearing student concerns
By Jillian Daley
Oregon Daily Emerald
University students attended a June 10 Eugene City Coun
cil meeting and were instrumental in striking a proposed
mandatory minimum clause in liquor ordinance revisions.
City Council members reassessed penalties for furnishing
alcohol to minors and allowing minors to drink on one’s
property as part of updating municipal code.
The reassessment initially included both a mandatory min
imum penalty and a mandatory maximum penalty for viola
tions of these sections of the liquor ordinance. The minimum
penalties for both violations was proposed at $350. The max
imum for furnishing alcohol to minors was increased from
$2,500 to $5,000, and from 100 days to one year in jail, or
both. The maximum penalty for allowing minors to drink on
one’s property was a $1,000 fine, community service or both.
Councilors eventually passed the changes, but student tes
timony inspired the council to take out the mandatory mini
mum portion, according to City Council President David Kel
ly, who represents Ward 3, which includes the University.
“Frankly, the only speakers at the (June 10) meeting were
students,” Kelly said. “The students are what changed it.”
The maximum penalties still exist, but judges are free to
give lesser sentences because the mandatory minimum
was removed.
“It’s a revision to city code. It doesn’t change much ... It
still allows judges the same discretion they had before,” Eu
gene Police Department spokeswoman Pam Alejandre said.
The Eugene City Council is calling a special meeting July
1 to discuss further revisions to the law, ASUO Community
Outreach Coordinator Jesse Harding said. Revisions have
been going on since May.
The ordinance has been “transformed three times now,”
Harding said.
Turn to Liquor, page 4
Pledge of allegiance
banned in schools
by 9th Circuit Court
By Howard Mintz
Knight Ridder Newspapers
SAN FRANCISCO (KRT) — Provoking a nation’s patriotic
fury, a San Francisco federal appeals court on Wednesday
banned the pledge of allegiance from public schools in Cali
fornia and eight other Western states, saying one of the coun
try’s most treasured classroom rituals is unconstitutional be
cause it includes the words “under God. ’’
A divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ruled that reciting the pledge in school amounts to the gov
ernment’s endorsement of religion, setting off a torrent of criti
cism from schoolhouses to the White House at a time when pa
triotism is on the rise and July 4th is around the corner.
President George W. Bush called the ruling “ridiculous. ” Cali
fornia Gov. Gray Davis labeled it a “sad day” for freedom. Senate
Majority leader Tom Daschle derided it as “just nuts.” And the
Republican Party’s national campaign committee urged every
school board in the country to simply “ignore the decision.”
With schools out for summer and the case still fresh on the
books, the immediate impact of the ruling is likely to be mini
mal. But its reach could be enormous and would remain in
force unless it is overturned.
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