Defensive win / Page 7
Monday, November 25,2002
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 62
Union, stores compromise to avert strike
worxers ana employers agree
on wages, benefits and hours
Roman Gokhman
Freelance Reporter
Safeway, Albertsons, Fred Meyer
and the United Food and Commer
cial Workers Local 555 averted a
Thanksgiving-week strike by reach
ing an agreement over key labor is
sues Sunday.
The Local 555 announced the pro
posed five-year contract to union
members at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sun
day, after which union members vot
ed to accept the offer. The final vote
was 57 to 19 against the strike for
meat workers, and 396 to 116 against
the strike for grocery workers.
Local 555 Secretary-Treasurer
Ed Clay told union members to ap
prove the deal.
“If you turn this offer down, we’re go
ing to go on strike tonight,” Clay said.
West 18th Avenue Albertsons em
ployee and union member Sherri
Smith said she was relieved that the
employees will not strike.
“I’m a little disappointed, but at
least the health and welfare (cover
age) is good,” she said.
Both sides reached a compromise
on the main sticking points—health
care coverage, pension benefits and
wage increases.
The employers currently pay 100
percent of union member health
care, and they wanted employees to
pay a portion of the premium. Now,
Turn to Strike, page 6
Dammed in Corvallis
The Ducks lose the 106th Civil War
in Corvallis, their fifth loss in six
games, which puts their fragile
postseason hopes in jeopardy
d3n||| Oregon 24
ijKriLOregon State 45
Adam Jude
Senior Sports Reporter
CORVALLIS — It was a fitting end to
a tragic season.
Ranked as high as No. 6 after a 6-0
start to the season, Oregon made the
biggest fall in the history of the program
after a 45-24 Civil War loss to Oregon
State on Saturday.
Losers of five of the last six games, in
cluding their final three Pacific-10 Con
ference games — the first time they’ve
lost three straight in the same season
since 1996—the Ducks (7-5 overall, 3-5
Pac-10) finished the regular season in
eighth place in the conference’s stand
ings. The Ducks’ most likely postseason
bid will be to the Dec. 27 Seattle Bowl,
although even that may be out of reach.
In front of a sold-out Reser Stadium
crowd of 37,154, Oregon State quarter
back Derek Anderson (370 passing
yards, four touchdowns) continued the
season-long assault of Oregon’s second
ary, and Oregon State tailback Steven
Jackson (153 rush yards, three total
touchdowns) became the school’s sin
gle-season rushing leader with 1,656
yards as the Beavers handed the Ducks
their third-straight loss in Corvallis.
Oregon State’s 45 points were the most
it has ever scored in 106 Civil Wars.
“As a senior, it’s something I’m going
to have to live with for the rest of my life.
It sucks,” Oregon defensive end Seth
McEwan said.
Oregon’s battered offense, playing
without tailback Onterrio Smith, strug
gled to find its touch against an Oregon
State (8-4,4-4) defense ranked No. 1 in
the Pac-10.
An Oregon State fan displays his feelings for Oregon on a sign during the Beavers'win in Saturday's Civil War.
With the Rose Bowl on the line here
two years ago, Oregon quarterback
Joey Harrington threw five intercep
tions in a 23-13 Oregon State victory.
On Saturday, junior Jason Fife fol
lowed in his predecessor’s footsteps,
completing just 14-of-33 passes for
183 yards, one touchdown and three
interceptions.
“That was a pretty good defense, I
give them credit,” Fife said. “But we
didn’t show up today... and I take that
upon myself.
“For us not to be productive and
score, it’s hard. Very hard.”
In Smith’s place, backup tailback
Ryan Shaw went down with a sprained
ankle in the first quarter, and freshman
Terrence Whitehead had just 20 yards
Adam Amato Emerald
Turn to Civil War, page 10
David Moretti and the Ducks lost their fifth of six games Saturday.
Weather
Today: High 52, Low 25,
foggy morning, mostly sunny
Tuesday: High 55, Low 28,
patchy fog, otherwise sunny
Looking ahead
Tuesday: A University
alumnus and local lawyer fights
racial references
Wednesday: Area food banks
are actively collecting for the
holidays
Foreign students give thanks
The Office of International Programs
organizes an exchange for international
students to celebrate Thanksgiving and
learn culture with local families
Jennifer Bear
Campus/City Culture Reporter
A four-day weekend and a home-cooked holiday
feast is beckoning many University members to
flock homeward Thursday. But for many interna
tional students, home is out of reach, and Thanks
giving is a foreign concept. Some of these students,
however, still celebrate the holiday as a way to try
something new.
The Office of International Programs organizes
a Thanksgiving exchange where international
students can join a local family for their celebra
tion and holiday dinner. International student ad
viser Abe Schafermeyer said many foreign stu
dents welcome this opportunity to experience an
authentic American holiday and have signed up
for the exchange.
Two such students from Indonesia, Tjhin Siska
Natalia and Meilani Lazuardi, said they enjoy being
able to celebrate the customs and traditions of an
other country, but they miss being able to visit
their families. Summer break is the only time the
two can go home to see their loved ones. However,
Lazuardi said being separated from her family dur
ing the holiday season doesn’t make her sad. As a
Christian, she said she feels more able to enjoy the
holiday season in America than in Indonesia.
“I like Christmas here better than in my country
because most people are of the Muslim faith in our
Turn to Holiday, page 4 '
Students
will get
less grant
money
Oregon Opportunity Grants
will be reduced over the
next two terms because
of legislative budget cuts
Paying for college
Ken Paulman
City/State Politics Reporter
The University’s Office of Financial
Aid and Scholarships will be contacting
Oregon Opportunity Grant recipients
via e-mail this week to inform them of
reductions in their awards for winter
and spring terms.
Because of legislative cuts, the antici
pated grants of $418 per term will be
reduced to $304 per term, a 27 per
cent reduction.
The affected students will be sent a
link to an explanatory letter from Kath
leen Hynes, director of grants and schol
arships for the Oregon Student Assis
tance Commission. The letter can be
viewed online at http://www.osac.state.
or. us/schools. html.
Hynes said the reductions are pri
marily the result of cuts in state appro
priations and an accompanying loss of
federal matching funds. The federal
government provides money to states
for student assistance, she said, but
only if the state maintains a consistent
level of funding.
“We’re not the only state this is hap
pening to,” she said.
Student Financial Aid Director Eliza
beth Bickford said the cuts are significant
for students who are barely scraping by.
“That’s a big deal to students,” she
said. “It’s a big deal to anyone.”
Bickford said the financial aid office
wants to notify students as early as pos
sible of the reductions so they can find
ways to make up for lost funding.
Some students may opt to work over
winter break, but there are other op
tions, including applying for addition
al scholarships. The application
process for scholarships, she said, can
sometime be arduous.
Bickford said the financial aid office
can help students locate and apply for
additional scholarships. A scholarship
workshop will be held today from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. in B13 Klamath.
Bickford emphasized that the deci
sion to reduce the grants was beyond
the control of the University and the fi
nancial aid office, and she said the Uni
versity is trying to find ways to help
compensate for the loss of funds.
“It’s one of those years when things
Turn to Grant, page 4