Wednesday, April 30,2003
Since 1900
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 143
Locals debate Nike court case
rree speech advocates filed amicus briefs in court,
urging to not ‘squelch Hike's right to speech’; the
court questions what commercial speech means
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The economic success of Nike has left an undeniable mark
on the University, thanks to generous donations from Phil
Knight, co-founder of the worlds’ largest shoe manufacturer. But
now Nike is battling in the U.S. Supreme Court to leave its mark
on the interpretation of free speech for businesses, and legal
experts in Eugene are lining up on both sides of the fray.
On April 23, the Court began to hear oral arguments on a
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Michael Oswalt, Lee
Drutman, Katie
Selenski andAli
Arace protest
outside the
Supreme Court on
April 2 as justices
hearafree-speech
case challenging a
Nike publicity
campaign.
Chuck Kennedy KRT
ROTC in training
ROTC cadets
work out at 630
a.m. in the Student
Recreation Center
three days a week
running laps and
doing other
physical activities.
They also must
participate in
"guerrilla drills,"
which simulate
real battle
situations.
Danielle Hickey
Emerald
Testing limits
ROTC cadet Evan Matthews has
stretched both his mind and body
in the University’s program
War hits home
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
When University junior Evan
Matthews was still in high school, he
was soft-spoken and shy. Now, the
20-year-old history major has made
an about-face. The catalyst for his
change, he says, is his involvement
in the University chapter of the
Army ROTC.
“It makes you be more assertive,
and it helps you take more initiative,”
Matthews said. “Now, I can get up in
front of 60 cadets and can speak with
no problem.”
Matthews, an ROTG cadet, joined
the program as a freshman in spring
2001 after a friend in the program in
troduced him to several instructors.
Joining “was definitely an immers
ing process,” he said, adding that while
he eventually wants to attend law
school, he is looking forward to life in
the U.S. Army after graduation.
“At some point down the line, I will
be leading soldiers,” he said.
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Danielle Hickey Emerald
ROTC cadets work on their upper body strength through a series of
push-ups, as well as by doing the "crab walk."
Budget
proposal
adds funds
to grants
The state Legislature’s Joint
Ways and Means Committee
has proposed $8.7 million
in Opportunity Grant funding
Jan Montry
News Editor
College students in Oregon who have
felt the pinch of reduced Oregon Oppor
tunity Grant funding and higher tuition
may find some relief in the 2003-05
state budget. At the same time, student
advocates are saying current budget
proposals don’t go far enough.
Oregon lawmakers released a budget
proposal earlier this month that would
restore about $8.7 million in total fund
ing for the Opportunity Grant. The
package — offered by the leaders of the
Joint Ways and Means Committee,
which writes the state’s budget legisla
tion — would compensate for the $2.7
million that was lost when Oregon’s
rainy day education fund was drained
this year to help balance the budget.
The proposal would also add an addi
tional $6 million for future grants.
However, some student advocacy offi
cials in Oregon say the outlook is still
unclear for future higher education
funding. The proposal conflicts with
Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s budget, which
doesn’t include the extra $6 million to
the Oregon Opportunity Grant but also
doesn’t cut as much from other areas of
higher education. Both proposals would,
at the very least, compensate for the
grant loss earlier this year.
Melissa Unger, legislative director for
the Oregon Student Association, said
OSA is supporting different parts of both
budgets, including more grant funding
from the Legislature’s proposal and few
er cuts to higher education from Kulon
goski’s proposal. She added that despite
good points from each budget, many
students will still be left in the cold.
“Are we going to support the $6 mil
lion (to the Oregon Opportunity
Grant)? Yes. But that’s not good
enough,” she said. “There are pieces
we’re going to support in both budg
ets, but all in all, both budgets are
inadequate.”
Unger added that the budget fight will
become clearer as new revenue fore
casts are released and other budget’s
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rolice release robbers names, recover stolen money
Two men were named and
charged for robbing a West
Eugene bank, a third man was
anested but not yet identified
Brook Reinhard
News Editor
After the dramatic capture Mon
day of two men charged with rob
bing a West Eugene bank, police
have released the men’s names, re
covered the stolen money and ar
rested a third man in connection
with the hold-up.
Joshua Edward Hicks of Eugene
and Wayne Taylor Wood, both 21,
face federal charges for a robbery at
Pacific Cascade Federal Credit
Union at 1155 Chambers St. and
have been transferred into the cus
tody of the FBI. The third man,
whose identity has not been re
leased, was caught by police after
one of the two men in custody told
authorities that an accomplice was
still in hiding.
Debi Hill, Pacific Cascade vice
president of marketing, said less
than $10,000 was stolen in the rob
bery. As of Tuesday afternoon, the
credit union could not verify
whether the money had been re
turned but Hill said there was a
“good chance” of it happening. Hill
said the West Eugene branch used to
be a favorite target for criminals.
“We had a flurry of robberies at
our Chambers Street branch about
four years ago so we remodeled it,”
she said, adding that Monday was
the first time the location had been
hit since the remodel.
One of the suspects allegedly
walked into the credit union and
presented a note demanding cash to
the teller at 3:08 p.m. Monday.
Roughly 10 minutes later, police
tracked the man to a house two
blocks west, where witnesses said he
and another man fled after leaving
the bank.
After more than a dozen squad
cars surrounded the house at 1208
Grant St., Hicks, who identified him
self as the renter, came out and sur
rendered to police officers. Wood
took refuge in the attic until a K-9
unit scared him out of his hiding
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