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Wednesday, March 5,2003
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Volume 104, Issue 112
World still unsure on U.S. war
The U.N. remains divided
while the Bush administration
says it will be ready to attack
as soon as late next week
Diego Ibarguen
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
UNITED NATIONS — War must
be a last resort, U.N. Secretary Gen
eral Kofi Annan said Tuesday, as the
sharply divided Security Council ap
peared headed for a showdown vote
next week on
whether to ap
prove military
action against
Iraq.
In London,
Russian For
eign Minister Igor Ivanov warned
anew that Russia was prepared to
veto a war resolution.
“If the situation so demands,
Russia will of course use its right of
veto — as an extreme measure —
INSIDE
Turkey refuses
U.S. aid, troops
PACES
to avoid the worst development of
the situation,” Ivanov said. He
added that Russia “will not support
any decision that would directly or
indirectly open the way to war
with Iraq. ... Abstaining is not a
position Russia can take. We have
to have a clear position, and we are
for a political solution.”
Nevertheless, two senior Bush ad
ministration officials said Tuesday
that the United States would be
ready to attack Iraq as early as late
next week, and was prepared to do
so without a new U.N. resolution.
Both spoke only on condition of
anonymity. Another heavy Army di
vision, the 1st Armored Division,
stationed in Germany, received de
ployment orders Tuesday.
Hanging over the Security Coun
cil is a draft resolution submitted
last week by the United States,
Great Britain and Spain that
effectively would clear the way to
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Putting the smack down on spam
Unwanted spam continues to frustrate e-mail users,
but companies such as AOLand The Spamhaus
Project are fighting to hold “spammers” accountable
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
“It seems like every time I open my e-mail, there are 10
more pieces of junk mail,” one University student said.
While this statement is true for most e-mail users, sopho
more Erica Reid articulated a feeling many people have
when they open up their inbox: frustration. For many e-mail
users, spam — aka junk mail — has become an intricate
part of an expanding computer lifestyle.
The University has taken precautions to keep offensive
spam out of students’ University accounts. The computing
center Web site asks students to forward any spam mail to
spam@uoregon.edu. The University can then file a com
plaint or fix the filter used to block the address that is send
ing the spam.
Reid has three e-mail addresses, and while she rarely uses
her University-provided account, she likes that the Univer
sity takes action against spam producers.
The battle against spam is growing outside of the Univer
sity, as well.
The Spamhaus Project is an Internet Web site that tracks
some of the Internet’s worst “spammers,” companies that
send out and support spam mail. Spamhaus also works with
law enforcement agencies to pinpoint and remove the more
persistent spammers from the Internet.
In August 2002, Spamhaus became aware of two massive
spam attacks by two different spammers directed at e-mail
users of hotmail.com and MSN.com.
The spammers hit Hotmail’s server more than 52 million
times in the first five months, using a method called diction
ary attacks, said Steve Linford of Spamhaus. A dictionaiy
attack implements computer software that opens a connec
tion to a target mail server — hotmail.com being an example
of a possible target — and then rapidly submits millions of
random e-mail addresses, many of which have only slight
variations. The software then proceeds to record which e
mail addresses are real, and then adds the addresses to the
spammers list.
AOL is another company that has been fighting a battle
with spammers. Unlike Hotmail and MSN, however, AOL
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CODAC
explores
policies
on race
The Center on Diversity and
Community is holding a panel
to discuss affirmative action
admissions issues in the U.S.
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
Students and staff have the opportu
nity today to explore the myriad issues
surrounding the fate of affirmative ac
tion at a moderated discussion open to
the public.
The Center on Diversity and Com
munity is holding a panel discussion
called “The End of Affirmative Action?
Diversity, Higher Education and Public
Policy” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in 175
Knight Law Center.
Many policy makers and school ad
ministrators have begun to focus on affir
mative action admissions policies in the
wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s deci
sion to hear oral arguments for two court
cases April 1 that concern controversial
affirmative action programs at the Uni
versity of Michigan.
The University of Oregon’s affirmative
action program is relatively free of con
troversy because the school admits
everyone who meets specific academic
standards, but at the University of Michi
gan, race is one of many factors that can
make or break an applicant.
The two court cases were filed on be
half of three white students who were
denied admission into the University of
Michigan’s undergraduate and law pro
grams. They contend that lesser-quali
fied minority individuals were admitted
in their stead because of the University
of Michigan’s race-conscious admis
sions policies.
Nearly a quarter of a century has
passed since the Supreme Court first es
tablished the murky guidelines concern
ing the use of race in determining college
admissions. In 1978, the court ruled that
the use of quotas was unconstitutional,
but race could be employed as a factor in
making admissions decisions. This ruling
left room for interpretation, and many
policy makers are now hoping the
Supreme Court will clearly define what
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Weather
Today: High 47, Low 40,
rain likely, light winds
Thursday: High 45, Low 40,
rain at times, breezy
Looking ahead
Thursday
Tune in to the UO's first student
run TV show — Duck U!
Friday *
Coverage of the first "Bikes
not Bombs" anti-war ride
Sports forum seeks community input
Members of the Task Force on Athletics
will discuss the future of the task force
with community members at 4 p.m.
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
The balancing act between the goals of inter
collegiate athletics and academics has received
moderate attention during the past few years,
and members of both communities will get off
the teeter-totter tonight to discuss the current
situation at the University.
Last month, the University’s Task Force on
Athletics presented a 13-page report to the
ASUO Student Senate on three issues regarding
athletics at the University. The forum, taking
place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., will host a panel
of task force members including Martin Smith,
the head men’s track coach. Students and com
munity members are encouraged to attend.
The point of the forum is to get campus com
munity input in order to see where the task force
should go next.
“I have some very strong and positive
thoughts on all intercollegiate sports ... in the
University,” Smith said.
Smith added that it is good to get thoughts
from a coaching perspective out to the commu
nity, and it is also beneficial as a coach to hear
the community perspective.
The task force, which was formed in Decem
ber 2001 with members jointly appointed by
University President Dave Frohnmayer and for
mer University Senate President Nathan Tublitz,
decided on two goals for its mission.
The first objective is to advise the University
president on “significant national issues related
to intercollegiate athletics, especially those in
volving the fiscal impact of increasing competi
tiveness among institutions.”
The second issue facing the task force is the
issue being discussed in the forum tonight: the
connection between the Athletic Department
and the University.
In the February presentation to the Senate,
three main topics were talked over: whether
the University fulfills its educational mission
with respect to student athletes, whether it
uses student athletes to generate revenue and
whether student athletes receive inappropri
ate preferential benefits.
In all three cases, the task force supported the
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