Friday, March 14,2003
Since 1900
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 119
UO student sought in beating of freshman
Eugene police search for 2 5-year
old Eric Dylan Jones in connection
with a vicious attack March 1
on redshirt freshman Devan Long
Caron Alarab
Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter
The Eugene ^Police Department is
seeking the help of the public in locat
ing a University senior wanted in con
nection with the March 1 beating of 19
year-old Oregon redshirt Devan Long,
who sustained multiple facial fractures
and underwent surgery to repair exten
sive damage.
The suspect, 25-year-old Eric Dylan
Jones, is a 6-foot, 185-pound white
male with brown hair and brown eyes.
Investigators have characterized Jones
as the primary aggressor among three
individuals who were present at the
time of the incident. EPD spokesperson
Kerry Delf said the incident appeared to
have been an unprovoked attack. Long
— a 6-foot-4-inch, 255-pound freshman
— has been released from Sacred Heart
Medical Center and is recuperating.
Football coach Mike Bellotti said
Long has already missed a week of
classes because of his hospitalization
and is sure to miss all of spring football
as well.
“This was not a confrontation be
tween two people,” he said. “Long was
attacked because he was at the wrong
place at the wrong time.”
Bellotti stressed the fact that the at
tack has nothing to do with Long being
a football player, and he said the situa
tion will be especially unfortunate if
Long does not finish his classes because
of the incident.
Turn to Attack, page 5
Aviation documentary
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The Hughes Flying
Boat, which is on
display at the i
Evergreen Aviation
Museum in
McMinnville, Ore.,
was built to carry
troops across the
Atlantic Ocean
during World War
II, and it is now the
subject of a news
documentary.
Courtesy
Two legends in history
miter Cronkite narrates a documentary
about the ‘Spruce Goose,” produced
by journalism Professor Dan Miller
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
As far as airplanes come, there is nothing
quite like the Hughes Flying Boat. Built to
carry 700 troops across the Atlantic ocean to
avoid German U-boats during World War II,
the plane, which is made from wood and has
a 320-foot wingspan — only completed one
flight, in 1947.
Now, the “Spruce Goose,” as it was labeled
by the media and others who considered the
venture a failure, is the subject of a documen
tary co-produced by University journalism
Professor Dan Miller and narrated by famed
journalist Walter Gronkite. Cronkite was at
the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMin
nville on Wednesday and Thursday to record
the narration.
“The flying boat was one of the largest ac
complishments in aviation history,” Miller
explained.
Under Miller’s guidance, several University
students produced two films about the Flying
Boat in 2002. One was an 18-minute docu
mentary and the other a time-lapse film that
showed how the giant flying arc was disas
sembled in its former California home, trans
ported along the West coast to Portland and
then ferried down several rivers to McMin
nville and finally put back together. Both
films were produced and edited by former
University student Michael Bex and are dis
tributed by the museum.
Museum assistant curator and film co-pro
ducer Katherine Huit said the addition of
Cronkite will give more authority to the film’s
message about the aircraft.
“Many feel it was a failure — we plan to
show otherwise,” Huit said.
Huit said Cronkite has become an authori
ty on virtually every subject in his 60 years in
journalism and has a particular interest in
Turn to Flying, page 12
West Nile
forums
educate
workers
The two workshops teach
University employees the
hazards of the West Nile Virus
and howto minimize infections
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
The University’s office of Environ
mental Health and Safety held the first
of two workshops Wednesday to train
University staff about how to prevent
the West Nile Virus, which national
Centers for Disease Control and Preven
tion officials expect to spread to Oregon
as early as spring.
The workshop was directed toward
grounds workers and trades maintenance
laborers at the University and focused on
how they can minimize mosquito breed
ing. Infected mosquitos transmit the virus
— which has no cure or vaccine —
among animals and humans.
The second workshop, taking place
April 15, will be for general employees.
The event takes place from noon to 1:30
p.m. in the EMU Fir Room.
The virus, first isolated in Uganda’s
West Nile district in 1937, arrived in the
United States in 1999 when birds in
New York started dying from the infec
tion. Since then, the virus has spread
across the country, infecting horses and
mosquitos in 46 states and infecting hu
mans in 42 states.
Kay Coots, the director of EHS, said
the workshops are important for in
forming students and community mem
bers about the virus.
“Educating people on the risk and
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Weather
Today: High 55, Low 45,
showers, l ight wind
Saturday: High 53, Low 42,
rain throughout the day
Looking ahead
Monday Full coverage of the
weekend's anti-war protests
Also Monday Who will win
residence hall room awards?
Pastors provide outlets for athletes’ faith
Former Oregon star Danny O’Neil
returned to the University and,
along with Pastor Keith Jenkins,
now helps counsel Duck athletes
Faith on the field
Peter Hockaday
Sports Editor
Eight years ago, former Oregon quar
terback and current pastor Danny O’Neil
threw for a Rose-Bowl record 456 yards
in the granddaddy of all bowl games.
Two and a half years ago, O’Neil re
turned to Eugene and started a Bible
study with five members.
And now, O’Neil has come full circle.
The Bible study turned into a church, the
church turned into a success, and O’Neil
now works with the Oregon Athletic De
partment to bring faith back to the group
he was once a part of: Duck athletes.
“I’d like to think I don’t have any agen
da or vision — I just like to be there for
the athletes,” O’Neil said. “I think that
when athletes know I’ve been there, and
that I believe in the truth of scripture, I
think they identify with that, so it makes
our relationship easier.”
O’Neil works closely with the Duck
football team. Head coach Mike Bellotti
holds two separate chapel services for
Christian and Catholic athletes before
every game; O’Neil speaks at the Christ
ian chapel and also runs an optional
prayer session after Thursday practices.
What O’Neil is to the football team,
Pastor Keith Jenkins is to the men’s bas
ketball team. Affectionately termed “Pas
tor Keith” by the players, Jenkins runs
pre-game chapel services for the basket
ball players and counsels individual
Turn to Faith, page 10
A 3 part
series
Wednesday:
Men’s
basketball
Thursday:
Football and
other UO sports
Today: Pastors
to the athletes