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Tuesday, March 11,2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 116
ASUO opposes fee hikes
A hearing today will address
proposed special fees, among
other expenses, for 2003-04
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
University students have been digging
deeper into their pockets to pay for the
increasing costs of higher education, but
today they will have the opportunity to
say how much is too much.
Members of the University communi
ty are invited to attend a public hearing
on proposed special fees, fines, penalties
and service charges for the 2003-04
school year at 2:30 p.m. today in the
EMU Walnut Room.
An 87-page packet details the special
fees that include lab fees for science
classes, physical education activity fees,
parking fines, room rental fees and nu
merous other special fees.
Hilary Berkman, director of the Of
fice of Student Advocacy, and ASUO
Vice President Ben Buzbee are object
ing to several of the proposed fee in
Turn to Fees, page 8
Courage through adversity
Student Selma Mahmuljin looks
to the future after growing up in
a war-torn country and living
through the death of her parents
Ducks in profile
Aimee Rudin
Family/Health/Education Reporter
Selma Mahmuljin dreamt about being
a dentist like her father. She wanted an
office next to her house so she could stay
close to home, and to her family. She
wanted to watch her parents grow old,
wanted them to see her graduate from
college, have a career and children of her
own. It didn’t seem like that much to ask.
Now looking back, Mahmuljin, a 19
year-old University student, realizes how
much in life is taken for granted.
In 1992, war erupted between Serbian
forces and non-Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegov
ina, not far from Mahmuljin’s small home
town of Zozarac. Suddenly her dreams of
family life began to crumble. By the time
the war ended in 1995, Mahmuljin was
left with only proud memories of her fa
ther, a young girl’s longing for her moth
er, the love of her brother and the chance
for an opportunity in a foreign land.
Torn by war
Serbian forces sought the creation of a
“Great Serbia.” In a policy called ethnic
cleansing, a polite term for genocide,
they terrorized the Bosnian countryside,
killing many non-Serbs on site, detaining
others in concentration camps and forc
ing thousands to move from their homes
to beyond the Bosnian border.
To keep her safe, Mahmuljin’s parents
sent her to Zagreb, Croatia, to live with
an aunt and two cousins in a very small
apartment. She was eight years old.
“I left everything behind — home,
family, school, friends — everything,”
Turn to Mahmuljin, page 12
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Selma Mahmuljin left Bosnia with little more than pictures of her past, and continues her
future at the University through the International Cultural Service Program.
Weather
Today: High 55, Low 48,
rain at times, light wind
Wedesday: High 55, Low 48,
windy, rain likely
Looking ahead
Wednesday
We kick off a three-part series
about faith and Oregon athletics
Thursday
Women's basketball season is over;
two players now look tb the future
News brief
The Oregon Daily Emerald did
not include a full list of available
student political positions for
the ASUO 2003 election in its
Thursday article. Students must
file with the ASUO elections
office by 5 p.m. today to be
eligible candidates. A complete
list of political positions can be
found by going to
www.dailyemerald.com,
selecting “News" and then
“ASUO Elections.” Here are
the positions that were not
listed Thursday:
ASUO PEC, At Large
■ 1 two-year term **
EMU Board, At-Large
■ 2 two-year terms*
• 1 two-year term **
*Denotes two-year term
**Denotes two-year term that is
being filled halfway through the
term; the student who wins this
position will serve one year
before his or her term expires.
Ridnour wins
Pac-10 Player
of the Year
Ridnour becomes the first Oregon player to win
the award since Terrell Brandon in 1991
Peter Hockaday
Sports Editor
Luke Ridnour became the third player in Oregon history
to be named Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year, Pac
10 commissioner Tom Hansen announced Monday.
In a vote of the conference’s 10 head
coaches, Ridnour won the award over
Arizona’s senior duo of Jason Gardner
and Luke Walton, among others. Rid
nour was the first Duck to win the
award since Terrell Brandon in 1991.
Ridnour ended the regular season
second in the conference in points per
game, and he easily won the assist
crown. He set a Pac-10 record with 62
consecutive free throws at one point,
and is the biggest reason the Ducks
won 20 games on the season.
Before practice Monday, Oregon head
coach Ernie Kent, who at that point didn’t know Ridnour had
Turn to Ridnour, page 12
Debate speakers
disagree about
necessity of war
Both speakers in the City Club of Eugene’s
Monday meeting shared views on President
George W. Bush but differed in opinion about the
effectiveness of weapons inspections and war
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
A high school teacher and the director of a major govern
ment think-tank squared off Monday in a debate at the City
Club of Eugene’s monthly meeting. And
while the two supported President
George W. Bush, they butted heads on
whether the United States should wage
war in Iraq.
Joseph Girincione, senior associate
and director of the Non-Proliferation
Project at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace in Washington,
D.G., debated with Churchill High
School social studies teacher Mike
Sterling about the increasing likelihood
of war in Iraq and its consequences.
The majority of the roughly 80 City
Club members and guests came to hear Girincione, a spe
cialist in weapons inspections in Iraq and a frequent media
commentator on arms non-proliferation. Political science
Professor Jane Cramer, who is also a member of Concerned
Faculty for Peace and Justice, said she brought Cirincione
to Eugene because of his knowledge of the efficacy of
weapons inspections.
The presentation was in question-and-answer format, and
Sterling opened the event by quizzing Cirincione. He based
most of his questions on Cirincione’s recently published re
port, “Iraq: What’s Next.”
Sterling explained that while he is not pro-war, the con
sequences of not acting forcefully in Iraq could be devastat
ing. According to Cirincione’s report, China, Syria and other
countries are sending jet airplane parts to Iraq that could
later be used against the United States.
“Are sanctions even working now?” Sterling asked. “Our
hands are going to be tied in the desert while we play cat
and-mouse games.”
Cirincione disagreed and said inspections are effective in
deterring Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but he added
troops — and the threat of force — are necessary.
Turn to Debate, page 3
Cirincione