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Tuesday, October 8,2002
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University of Oregon
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Volume 104, Issue 28
Bush lays out case for war against Iraq
The president speaks to the
nation as Congress prepares to
decide on a resolution giving
him authority to attack
Ron Hutcheson
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
CINCINNATI — Trying to rally the
nation and the world behind a possi
ble attack on Iraq, President Bush
said Monday night that the Iraqi
regime is the single gravest danger
confronting humanity.
“While there are many dangers in
the world, the threat from Iraq
stands alone because it gathers the
most serious dangers of our age in
one place,” Bush said, citing Iraq’s
pursuit of chemical, biological and
nuclear weapons. “By its past and
present actions, by its technological
capabilities, by the merciless nature
of its regime, Iraq is unique.”
The White House released ex
cerpts of Bush’s prepared remarks
before the president’s scheduled 8
p.m. EDT appearance at the Gincin
nati Museum Center.
Bush traveled to America’s heart
land to make the case for war in a
prime-time speech designed to
muster domestic and international
support for military action. His ad
dress was timed to influence this
week’s debate in Congress on a reso
lution that would authorize him to
attack Iraq, but Bush also aimed his
remarks at a much larger audience.
Congress is expected to give Bush
the broad authority to wage war
that he seeks in votes this week or
next, but several new polls suggest
that domestic support for military
action is tentative. While roughly
two-thirds of Americans support us
ing force to topple Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein, public support
plummets if the United States has
to act to alone or if the war results
in heavy U.S. casualties.
Although there was little new in
his speech, Bush presented his
most detailed case for war on Iraq
yet, one year after launching the
first air strikes against Afghanistan
in response to the Sept. 11 terror
ist attacks.
Although Bush assured Congress
that passage of a resolution author
izing the use of force against Iraq
“does not mean that military ac
tion is imminent or unavoidable,”
he left no doubt about his determi
nation to force Iraq to scrap its nu
clear, chemical and biological
weapons programs.
“The time for denying, deceiving
Turn to War, page 8
A spot in the Sun
The SunSpot, Sigma Kappa’s
former sorority house, offers
female students a new place
to live close to campus
Jillian Daley
Family/Health/Education Reporter
For female students already sick of
their rooms or their roommates,
there’s a new place to live — and this
place buys residence hall contracts.
The three-story yellow building,
called The SunSpot, was formerly the
Sigma Kappa sorority house, but the
organization found the house difficult
to maintain, and sorority members
thought the mortgage was too high and
too much responsibility.
The sorority still owns the building,
located at 851 E. 15th Ave., near the
Knight Library, but Sabre Management
LLG started running it Sept. 10.
“We made the decision to run an all
women’s boarding house,” Sabre Presi
dent Steve Frichette said. “It’s just like
a private dorm except our rooms are
larger and cheaper.”
Residents of The SunSpot only
have to pay rent, instead of the
$7,000 per month mortgage the
members of Kappa Sigma paid.
“The house can hold 50 people,
but they never had 50 people living
there, so it was a pretty big burden,”
landlady and University alumna Mon
ica Little said.
Kappa Sigma is still active on campus,
but is now a nonresident group, said Lit
tle, who was a member of the sorority in
college and remains active in sorority
activities. Many sorority members have
moved, and new renters are settling into
available spaces.
Rent includes utilities and meals.
The SunSpot has a private cook who
Adam Amato Emerald
Freshman Alana Willman, who didn't want to move into an apartment, likes The SunSpot
because of its location, space and atmosphere.
provides continental breakfast and
serves lunch and dinner and on week
days. The cook also makes sure stu
dents have enough to eat during the
weekend by stocking the fridge.
Music major Catherine Rehm said
likes the free meals as well as the clos
ets in the building — which she said
are as big as residence hall rooms.
“I couldn’t really ask for more,”
Rehm said. “I think I have a better set
up than most of my friends do.”
She said the charge for moving out
of the residence halls is balanced out
by the cheaper rent, since she plans
to live in her new room for the rest of
the academic year.
There are nine remaining rooms —
two are doubles and five are super
singles. A double costs $590 per
month or $5,310 per academic year,
which is less than the price of a resi
dence hall room. A super-single costs
$685 per month and $6,165 for three
terms. Small singles are $525 per
month and $4,725 per year. Regular
singles are $625 per month or $5,625
Turn to Spot, page 4
EMU lab stops
free printing
to decrease
paper costs
Because of a funding shortage, the EMU computer lab
starts charging 5 cents per printed page today
Jody Burruss
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
It’s true — beginning today, the EMU Microcomputing Lab
will no longer offer free printing.
In an effort to curb skyrocketing paper costs caused by ex
cessive waste, the lab has been forced to start charging 5 cents
per page for printing. The decision has caused some dissatis
faction, however.
“It’s an inconvenience,” junior Stephanie Heater said. “We
pay for so much else, I don’t think we need to pay 5 cents for a
piece of paper.”
But lab officials contend it’s the only way to continue provid
ing necessary student services. With paid printing, the hope is
that students will limit what they print.
Until now, students could print as many pages as they wanted
for free. But because of a decrease in funds received from the
Educational Technology Fee, computing personnel had to look
for money elsewhere.
EMU lab manager Amy McCoy said a committee of students,
faculty and staff went to a quarterly meeting in the spring and
asked for funding to supplement rising paper costs. But the
committee was told they could not have the funding and that
they must start charging students.
McCoy said she worries student voices are not being heard
because some students on the committee have missed meet
ings.
The money from the Educational Technology Fee has gone
to support other technology-based needs, such as dial-up con
nection fees that allow students to use the University’s server
from their computers off campus. Money is also used to en
hance Internet connections in the residence halls and to make
“smart classes,” with technologically-enhanced learning.
Meanwhile, the Knight Library decided to lower its print fees
from 10 cents to 7 cents per page to avoid a large difference in
charges. The library started charging for printing in 1997 to re
duce paper waste and cover staff fees.
Turn to Printing, page 8
a registered sex offender was cit
ed for not changing his address
when he received a minor in pos
session citation.
Police focused on keeping
drunken students from getting
out of control, which is what led
to the September dot
Weather
Today: High 70, Low 45, mostly sunny with morning fog
Wednesday: High 67, Low 45, partly sunny, chance of rain
Looking ahead
Wednesday
Software program may help
people avoid traffic jams
Thursday
Business school grading
requirements might change