Friday, April 18,2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 135
Freshman K's/ Page 9
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Officials review stadium sites
i ncre are seven possiDie sues ror me
new basketball stadium, which would
replace Mac Court, scheduled to be
under construction by next summer
Aimee Rudin
City/State Politics Reporter
A new basketball stadium will be under con
struction by next summer if everything goes as
Vice President Dan Williams and Athletic Direc
r
lor Dili ivioos nope.
Once completed, the new arena will be able to
house 50 percent more raging Duck fans than
77-year-old McArthur Court, which seats about
9,000. The as-yet-unnamed arena could cost
more than $100 million and will be funded large
ly through private donations.
According to Moos, it should be possible to
build the entire arena without incurring any
debt to the University.
“There’s been a lot of excitement about the
project, ne saia. 1 ne scnool s been enjoying
considerable achievement, and the donors are
excited to be involved.”
University officials began working with the
consulting firm GSL International in December
to identify appropriate sites for the new Univer
sity basketball arena. Thursday, University offi
cials announced the seven possible sites identi
fied by GSL.
Two of the sites are on land already owned
Turn to Stadium, page 8
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Baltimore pock Dana Ntenouse
promotes and distributes its CD
on the Internet and encourages
file sharing among its listeners
Jacquelyn Lewis and Aaron Shakra
Staff Writers
Music has been about sharing since
its very beginnings, and the Internet
has created plentiful opportunities to
distribute creative works. In fact,
some say music’s very future lies
within the digital realm. Many inde
pendent artists have begun producing
and distributing music without record
labels, using do-it-yourself methods
aided by new technology.
Baltimore rock band Fitehouse re
cently made headlines with its self
promotional campaign to establish
the group’s song “Baltimore” as the
city’s “Official Rock Anthem.” The
four-member band is on a “musical
revolution” mission to prove that cor
porate record labels have become ir
relevant in the development and dis
semination of new music.
“We’re squarely into the digital era,
and the record industry is kind of
lost,” Fitehouse guitarist Joshua Go
hen said. “The big picture is that the
record industry no longer has a clear
definition of what service it provides
to the market.”
The band has just released an al
bum, “Fitehouse Released,” and the
group independently promotes and
distributes the CD using the Internet.
“Distribution has become much
easier,” Cohen said. “We can put up
our CD on the Web, and immediately
we have a form of international distri
bution. (The record labels) have lost
that comparative advantage.”
Cohen said record labels owned by
corporate conglomerates are attempt
ing to hold onto an old system that is
Turn to Music, page 7
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Some up and coming music groups promote file sharing online while record companies continue filing lawsuits.
Four college students across the country
face new lawsuits by the Recording
Industry Association of America, which
is looking to stop campus file sharing
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
Lawyers, start your engines.
The face of digital music technology, which has
been developing since the start of Napster in
May 1999, is now facing another obstacle
course: four new lawsuits. The defendants?
Four students at three different universities
across the nation.
The lawsuits, filed by the Recording Industry
Association of America, are another step in the in
creasing pressure recently placed on universities
to stop campus file sharing.
Turn to Pirating, page 7
Executive
hopefuls
campaign
tirelessly
ASUO Executive candidates
Maddy and Eddy, and Christa
and Greg want the opportunity
to make student life better at UO
ASUO elections
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
With the general election starting Mon
day, candidates for ASUO Executive of
fice have been exhausting themselves
trying to be as welcoming and inviting to
students as a cup of hot cocoa after a bru
tal final exam.
Several weeks of tireless campaigning
are winding down, and students have the
opportunity to shape the future of stu
dent leadership at the University by vot
ing in the general election, which begins
Monday at 8 a.m. and ends Wednesday at
5 p.m.
Maddy Melton and Eddy Morales will
be running against Christa Shively and
Greg Bae for ASUO Executive. Each tick
et has been pressing its message about
how it can make life at the University
better, but the candidates had different
beginnings and have different reasons for
wanting to be student leaders.
Melton, a 23-year-old junior in sociolo
gy and women’s studies, works in the
current ASUO administration as a co
multicultural advocate. She is also chair
woman of the Oregon Statewide Student
Equal Rights Alliance and is active in the
United States Student Association.
Melton said life at the University forev
er changed the course of her life. While
growing up in a small, conservative town
in rural Oregon, she never thought she
would be able to travel and lobby for im
portant legislation in Washington, D.C.
Turn to Campaign, page 8
Elections: Part 4 of 4
The Emerald takes a more
personal look at the candidates
for ASUO J
Wednesday; ASUO Senate Seat 3
6 Seat 4
Thursday: Senate Seat 1 & Seat 2
Today; ASUO Executive
Easter’s observance varies by church, culture
Religious denominations vary
in celebrating the holiday; Easter
symbols like rabbits come from
ancient pagan fertility celebrations
Kelsi Johns
Freelance Reporter
With Easter quickly approaching, different people
are celebrating in different ways. Depending on a
person’s religion, family upbringing or personal
views, Sunday may mean chocolate bunnies and
Easter egg hunts or a time to celebrate the impor
tance of Christ’s salvation.
“I re-read scriptures in the Bible to remind my
self of the significance of the death and resurrection
of Christ,” University junior Katie McCleary said.
While it is regarded one of the holiest Christian
holidays, the word Easter is not mentioned any
where in the Bible. According to the Christian Web
site www.wonderfulworldtomorrow.org, the word
comes from Estere, the name of an ancient Teutonic
goddess of fertility. Feasts and celebrations took
Turn to Lent, page 6
Kevin Rack washes
the feet of a
congregation
member at the
Catholic Campus
Ministry, Newman
Center, located on
19th Avenue and
Emerald Street on
Thursday evening.
Caleb Fung for the
Emerald
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