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Wednesday, November 2002
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 58
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The most common
types of spam
Adult entertainment sites
Advance fee scams
Chain letters
Work-at-home schemes
Weight loss scams
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(No) more spam!
Proposed ‘anti-spam’ law would help rid unwanted e
mail, but people must register to have the service
Jody Burruss
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
A new law, proposed by Oregon Attorney General
Hardy Myers, may keep unwanted e-mail solicitations
such as chain letters or get-rieh-quick schemes from
crowding your inbox.
The “anti-spam” law will be submitted to the state Leg
islature in January, and will have an “opt-out” style of en
forcement, which means if consumers don’t want to re
ceive spam, they must register with the state in order to
put an end to it.
“People do have the right to send unsolicited e-mail, but at
some point people should have the same right to say they
don’t want it,” said Kevin Neely, spokesman for the Oregon
attorney general.
The law was proposed after the attorney general office
received thousands of complaints about spam from users.
Neely said the reason users must register with the state
to have spam stopped is because some people actually
want spam.
According to the Department of Justice Web site, the
most common types of spam are chain letters, work-at
home schemes, weight loss scams, adult entertainment
sites and “advance fee” scams, which often ask for users’
bank account numbers in return for the promise of huge
paybacks at a later time.
ResNet Administrator Norm Myers said when he gets
complaints about spam, it is usually about users receiving
pornographic material. He said he approves of the new law
because if users wanted to receive a certain advertisement
for something, they could do so by adding themselves to
that list.
Myers, himself, said he gets annoyed when he ends up
with pornographic advertisements after entering drawings
to win prizes for certain sporting events.
“Just because I like sports, it doesn’t mean I like (porn),”
Myers said.
Some users may have spam filters available through their
e-mail provider, and although these can reduce the amount
of junk mail a user receives, it may not eliminate receiving
Turn to Spam, page 5
$10 million
will launch
child study
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is funding
University research into parenting and behavior
problems as a way to cut down on substance abuse
Jillian Daley
Family/Health/Education Reporter
The University’s Child and Family Center received a grant of
more than $10.1 million to embark on a five-year study.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse at
the National Institutes of Health awarded
the center the grant to begin “The Early
Step Project,” a study focusing on parent
ing two-year-olds. The three-site study is
designed to work in conjunction with the
Women, Infants and Children programs in
Eugene, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Char
lottesville, Va.
A total of 720 families in the WIC pro
gram — an organization whose mission is
to assist low-income women and children
— will participate in the study.
The research is meant to determine how
parents can help prevent the early emergence of behavior prob
lems, which can be a major risk factor for substance abuse, said
Tom Dishion, founder and director of research at the Child and
Family Center.
Dishion
Turn to Grant, page 8
KEZI, OSU agree
to broadcast
Civil War game
OSU debated announcers and production rights
with Chambers Communications before settling
on neutral announcers for this Saturday’s game
Brad Schmidt
News Editor
Chambers Communications Corp. and Oregon State Univer
sity reached an agreement Tuesday ensuring Saturday’s 12:30
p.m. Civil War showdown will be shown on KEZI-TV, ending
speculation the game wouldn’t be aired locally for the first time
in five years.
The two sides — in disagreement over who would call the
game — finally settled on neutral announcers.
“We are very pleased that this game is going to be available to
our viewers,” said Scott Chambers, president of Chambers
Communications.
After what appeared to be a standoff, OSU finally backed
down Tuesday after the two sides publicly released letters
Turn to Broadcast, page 5
Weather
Today: High 55, Low 38,
morning fog, partly sunny
Thursday: High 57, Low 40,
morning fog, partly sunny
Looking ahead
Thursday
Pulse columnist Joseph Bechard
finds what's wrong with MTV2
Friday
And the turf is finally ready to be
rolled out and glued down. *.
OUS officials plan for expanded enrollment
Funding issues may hinder the effort,
but the chancellor of higher education
wants 100,000 students by 2010
Ken Paulman
City/State Politics Reporter
Officials from Oregon’s seven public universi
ties are looking at different ways to meet Chan
cellor Richard Jarvis’ goal of expanding Oregon
University System enrollment capacity to
100,000 by 2010.
The goal, which is part of Jarvis’ higher edu
cation plan known as “The Deal,” is an effort to
meet future demand for higher education.
University Provost John Moseley said whether
that goal is met depends on hpw much funding
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“That will only happen if the state is willing to
invest quite a bit more money than it’s investing
now,” he said. “Right now, the state is not fund
ing the enrollment that we have.”
Moseley said an effort to enlarge physical ca
pacity “is going to have to start moving pretty
fast” if the University hopes to meet the chan
cellor’s goal. He said that with the business
school under construction, the University is al
ready operating beyond capacity.
Bob Kiernen, director of Institutional Re
search Services for Oregon universities, said that
although about one-third of the system’s stu
dents are enrolled at the University, that doesn’t
necessarily mean the University will absorb an
equal proportion of the increased capacity.
“A fair percentage of the growth may happen
at other campuses,” he said.
Bob Bontrager, assistant provost for enroll
ment management at Oregon State University,
said the enrollment goal includes adults return
ing to school to enhance their vocational skills.
“We’re not necessarily talking about traditional
students,” he said. “We’re looking at expanding ca
pacity by rethinking how we deliver education.”
Bontrager said meeting increased demand can
be accomplished in part by using branch cam
puses, such as OSH’S Cascades Campus in Bend.
Students can pursue a variety of degree pro
grams at Cascades, including business, educa
tion and liberal arts.
Another strategy to accommodate growth is
allowing students to enroll in community
Turn to OUS, page 6