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Join us on Sundays for worship services featuring
Holy Communion. We have traditional services on
Sunday mornings and Marty Haugen services on
Sunday evenings.
Sundays 8:15 and 10:45 am & 6:30 pm
Student/Young Adult Bible Study, Sundays, 7:15 pm
Central Lutheran Church
Corner of 18th & Potter • 345.0395
www.welcometocentral.org
All are welcome.
Reading
and
You do not have to be an honors student to take this course.
Open to all students with sophomore standing or above.
Writing
FICTION
s 15:00-16:50 P.M.
2 June 23 - July 18
CRN 42044 Professor Henry Alley
This course will begin with the journal,
move to autobiography and fictionalized
first-person accounts and will conclude
with third-person short stories.
In class, the stories of Welty, Carver,
Porter, Woolf, O’Connor, and
Walker will be discussed to
highlight technique, as well as
concerns of characterization,
style, tone, and plot. When
appropriate, we will listen to
recordings of authors reading their
own works.
Writing assignments include several
stories and a writer’s journal. Class
enrollment is limited to twenty-two.
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New directors to lead bookstore
The University Bookstore’s
Board of Directors elections
included 31 candidates
running for seven open spots
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The power behind the campus’
biggest bookseller is being passed on.
The 2003-04 University Book
store Board of Directors have been
chosen, ushering in a new body
of leadership.
According to University Bookstore
General Manager Jim Williams, this
year’s board of directors election was
the most competitive in nearly 30
years. A total of 31 candidates ran
for the board’s seven open positions,
and voting ended Wednesday with
269 ballots cast.
A number of ASUO-affiliated stu
dent leaders ran in the bookstore
election, and some were candidates
in the 2003-04 ASUO election but
were not voted into office. Gabe
Kjos, Mike Martell and Mike Sher
man all ran earlier this year for po
sitions on next year’s ASUO Stu
dent Senate but lost the election,
and they all ran for the sophomore
position on the bookstore’s board
of directors. However, Sherman
gained sufficient voter approval to
win the race.
Alexis Bishop also was elected to
one of the two open sophomore po
sitions on the board. Ryan Brady se
cured the graduate one-year posi
tion, beating his nearest competitor
by 37 votes. Vanessa Bedford was
elected to the freshman position,
and current ASUO President Rachel
Pilliod was elected to the student-at
large position. James Terborg ran
uncontested for the faculty position,
and E.K. MacCall was elected to the
two-year graduate position.
While “board of directors” might
seem like an abstract concept to har
ried students, the bookstore board
actually makes many policy deci
sions that have an impact on the
University community. This year’s
board expanded the bookstore’s
hours for later evening operation to
adapt to changing customer needs,
as a greater number of students are
taking late classes, Williams said. He
added another important policy
change a previous board made was
to discontinue the sale of tobacco at
the bookstore.
Williams said the University book
store is different from many college
bookstores nationwide because it is
an independent business and isn’t
owned by the University. He added
that the board is responsible for
making the big decisions in running
the bookstore, and student perspec
tive dominates on the board, as only
students can be elected to be presi
dent or vice president, and student
representatives make up more than
half of the total board.
“It’s very student focused,”
he said.
Contact the senior news reporter
atjenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.
DPS investigates eBay fraud
‘Operation Bidder Beware/ a
new law enforcement sweep
of Internet scams, has led to
numerous cases nationwide
Caron Alarab
Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter
According to a report filed one
week ago today, Department of Pub
lic Safety officers are presently in
vestigating a complaint of fraud af
ter a student sold an item on
Internet auction Web site eBay and
never received the agreed dollar
amount. Details about the incident
are presently being withheld as the
case has yet to be closed, but DPS
Associate Director Tom Hicks said
there is a good possibility the culprit
will not be caught.
“The biggest problem with online
scams is tracking down the
suspect,” he said.
Statewide statistics obtained by
the office of Attorney General
Hardy Myers indicate high school
seniors and college students as the
second highest target group when it
comes to Internet auction scams. In
an effort to take legal action on sus
pects in Oregon and across the
United States, a new law enforce
ment sweep of Internet auction
scams called “Operation Bidder Be
ware” has led to the filing of more
than 55 criminal and civil cases na
tionwide. The sweep was coordinat
ed by the Federal Trade Commis
sion in conjunction with the 28
members of the National Associa
tion of Attorney Generals.
After filing court actions in Mari
on and Lane counties against two
Willamette Valley Internet retailers
early last week, Myers said the re
cent rise in scam complaints
prompted the sweep.
“Our consumer protection office
has experienced a ‘spike’ in Internet
auction complaints in the last two
years with that category jumping
from No. 6 to 4 on the Top 10 Con
sumer Complaint List,” he said. “Na
tionally, auction fraud is the single
largest category of Internet-related
complaints, and combating this large
of a problem on the Internet can
only be done by using a law enforce
ment team approach.”
Both of the Oregonians taken to
court — one in Salem, one in Eu
gene — sold computers and elec
tronic items through Internet auc
tion sites, but neither have
admitted violation of law. At least
25 consumer complaints were filed
against Brienne Wait of Eugene for
selling computers and electronic
equipment via Internet auctions
and failing to deliver any goods or
provide refunds.
After being investigated for civil
and criminal violations by Justice in
vestigators and Eugene Police De
partment officers, Wait opted to a
sign civil agreement with the Attor
ney General’s office in lieu of facing
criminal charges. Under her agree
ment, she has 180 days to make re
funds and must refrain from any In
ternet commerce until certain
conditions are satisfied.
In light of the recent action tak
en on Oregon suspects, Attorney
General’s office spokeswoman Jan
Margosian said students, as buyers,
need to be particularly aware of the
frequency of Internet auction
scams. Margosian said students
who sell high-ticket items on eBay,
including computers and bicycles,
are especially susceptible to a re
cent scam in which counterfeit
checks are sent as payment and de
posited. The bank then realizes lat
er that the check is fraudulent and
site offers buyers. Don't
assume all site rules are
the same.
lure buyers off the auction
site with promises of a
better deal.
- Beware of escrow or online
payment services that are not
well known. Check their Web
sites and call their customer
service lines, and if neither
are found, don't use them.
■ Don't provide personal
financial information — such
as credit card, bank account,
Social Security or driver’s
license numbers — until the
site checks out.
action
with the
office if c
neyCei
e fails.
takes legal action on the seller for
depositing it.
“Because students aren’t taking
extra precautions in making these
online transactions, they have be
come the second most targeted
group for the crime,” she said,
adding that people age 50 and older
are first.
In the event that Oregonians de
cide to purchase items from unfa
miliar Internet auction sites, Mar
gosian said students and other
consumers should get in the habit
of using the Attorney General’s hot
line for information.
“It’ll save you money on the long
run,” she said.
Consumers who want more infor
mation on consumer protection and
Internet auctions or who have al
ready lost money to an Internet auc
tion scam can call the Attorney Gen
eral’s Financial Fraud/Consumer
Protection section toll-free hotline at
(877) 877-9392.
Contact the reporter
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com.