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Monday, April 21,2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 136
One Luke
stays put,
one says
he may go
The star duo could be splitting
up as Luke Ridnour submits
his early entry letter to the NBA
Peter Hockaday
Sports Editor
One Luke is staying, one Luke could
be going, but both Luke Jackson and
Luke Ridnour are happy with their deci
sions about the NBA Draft.
Ridnour submitted a letter to the NBA
requesting early entry into June’s draft,
while Jackson decided not to test the
NBA waters and will return to Oregon for
his senior season. Both players an
$ nounced their decisions at a press con
ference on Friday morning.
Ridnour has not hired an agent, which
means he can reverse his decision any
time until he hires an agent or before the
June 19 deadline, one week before the
draft itself.
“The best thing about the NBA Draft is
that you can explore your options any
time up to the week before,” Ridnour
said. “I’m just going to pray about it a lot
and try to make the right decision.”
Ridnour will begin workouts with indi
vidual teams next month. The most im
portant date on his upcoming calendar
* will be June 4, when he will head to
Chicago for the NBA’s pre-draft camp. At
that event, Ridnour will be able to get a
Turn to Lukes, page 10
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Lindsay Sauve Emerald
Chemistry Professor Jeffery Cina (center) collaborates with his
research assistants Travis Humble (left) and Mary Rohrdanz.
Professor receives $35,000 award
Chemistry Professor Jeffrey Cina is one of only 184
people to be awarded a 2003 Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation award for his work in science
Lindsay Sauve
Family/Health/Education Reporter
Like a beam of light against the black background of the
night sky, chemistry Professor Jeffrey Cina’s research has
caught the eye of the scientific community. Through his work
with ultrafast electronic energy transfer, Gina is making signif
icant scientific headway in understanding photosynthesis, the
mysterious process that, gives plants life.
In recognition of the value of his work to the intellectual com
munity, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded Gina with
a 2003 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award on April 10.
Gina’s research focuses on how atoms move during chemical
processes. Specifically, he uses ultrafast spectroscopy to exam
ine how molecules interact with light. Gina and his research
assistants send short pulses of light, moving at many trillionths
of a second, through matter and record how molecules rotate.
Gina is one of only two people in the Northwest to be awarded the
Guggenheim this year, and only 184 people out of 3,200 applicants
from the United States and Canada were given this prestigious award.
The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was established in
1925 by Simon Guggenheim, a former U S. senator, in honor of
Turn to Award, page 8
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Arsonist strikes six residences
One of six fires on Friday caused an
estimated $35,000 in damage
to a West University residence
Caron Alarab
Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter
Half a dozen fires were set to West University
neighborhood residences and trash bins in a se
ries of mysterious arson attempts early Friday
morning. The Eugene Police Department is
seeking the public’s help in obtaining leads.
EPD spokeswoman Kerry Delf said detectives
don’t have any suspects at this point and do not
know how many people were involved, but
there is evidence that the fires are related. All
six fires were set within a two block area be
tween Patterson and Alder streets and between
East 15th and East 17th avenues, and although
there were no reported injuries, Delf said arson
is a serious offense.
“It may seem like a minor thing when trash
bins are set on fire, but it can be very danger
ous,” she said. “And there were people in some
of the residences.”
Shortly before 4 a.m. on Friday, an arsonist
set a fire at an occupied residence at 1644 Hil
yard St., reportedly damaging the back porch
area before residents were able to extinguish it.
One resident, University freshman Chris Lans
ing, said the fire appeared to have been started
in a pile of cardboard beer cases near the door
way to the porch.
“I originally thought someone had just flicked a
cigarette in there, but that wasn’t it,” Lansing said.
At 4:39 a.m., police and fire personnel re
sponded to a report of a trash bin fire at Serenity
Lane, a drug and rehabilitation center located
Turn to Arson, page 6
Chess-ed to impress
Adam Amato Emerald
Brian Shartz, who has played with the UO Chess Club for several years, focuses intently on
his next move during a game at the Fishbowl.
The UO Chess Club meets once a week
to match wits in a game that incorporates
strategy, maneuvering and practice
Reporter’s notebook
Jacquelyn Lewis
Pulse Editor
UO Chess Club members work out together one night
each week, but they don’t pump iron or pound the pave
ment. Instead, they exercise their minds.
The group meets every Wednesday during the school year
at 6 p.m. in the EMU Fishbowl. I sat across from club mem
ber and sophomore computer and information science ma
jor Ross McClure at the most recent gathering — as he slow
ly, deliberately plotted my demise.
“Look at the board,” he growled, exasperated, eying my
king. “I’m trying to help you!”
But there was no helping me. Given McClure’s 14 years of
practice, the competition was over before it had even begun.
Turn to Chess, page 5
Adam Amato Emerald
University graduate student Stephan Dickert adds his 20 years of
chess-playing experience to the UO Chess Club.