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Volume 105, Issue 22
Professor sues for libel damages
Sociology Professor Douglas
Card seeks more than
$1 million from the authors
of a New York Post column
By Ayisha Yahya
News Editor
University adjunct sociology Profes
sor Douglas Card is suing two New
York Post columnists for libel and in
tentional infliction of emotional dis
tress after months' of wrangling to get
allegedly libelous statements about
him retracted.
Card filed a lawsuit on Sept. 12 in Lane
County Court against defendants Daniel
Pipes and Jonathan Schanzer. Card is seek
ing $1.35 million in damages.
Pipes and Schanzer wrote an article —
"Extremists on Campus," published June
25, 2002, in the New York Post — stating
Card and three other professors were
"left-wing extremists" and taught mate
rial that was anti-Israel.
Pipes, who has written numerous
pieces on the Middle East, is the director
of the Middle East Forum and a con
tentious President Bush appointee to the
U.S Institute of Peace.
Jonathan Schanzer, a scholar in radi
cal Islamic movements, is a fellow at the
Washington Institute. At the time of the
article's publication he was Pipes' re
search assistant.
The columnists wrote that Card said
Israel was a "terrorist state" and "stole
land." They based their assertions on
comments made by a Jewish student
who took Card's class. According to the
article, Card also called Israelis "baby
killers" and "bashed Jews and Israelis at
'every opportunity.'"
The article is now posted on the Cam
pus Watch Web site, an organization that
reviews and critiques Middle East studies
in North America.
"I tried for several months since last
summer to negotiate a solution," Card
said of trying to get the statement retract
ed. "It never happened; it never worked."
Turn to LIBEL, page 5
NEW ARRIVALS
Adam Amato Photo Editor
LaDawna Johnson (right) of Portland moves into her dorm room on the fourth floor of Robbins Hall on Thursday with her friend Tamira
Atkinson. Atkinson's mother Sherri Jones (center) helps the Benson High School graduates unpack.
fewer flocking freshmen
Reduced size of incoming class leaves
more space in dorms and classrooms
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
After surviving the largest freshman dass in the Univer
sity's history last year, the Office of Admissions is taking
things down a notch.
In an effort to stabilize overall enrollment to between
20,000 and 21,000 students, the University lowered the
number of freshmen admitted to the University for the
new school year, said Martha Pitts, director of admissions
and assistant vice president for enrollment management.
"Our goal was to enroll a freshman class that was 3,000
or fewer," she said. "We're definitely going to hit that goal."
In 2002, more than 3,000 freshmen enrolled at the
University and total enrollment was 20,044. Pitts said she
expects this year's total enrollment to be slightly more than
that number.
Although fewer freshmen were accepted overall, Pitts
said more students of color were admitted and she saw an
increase in applications from international students.
This fall 16.5 percent of the freshman class identified
themselves as people of color, compared to 13.5 percent
in fall 2002.
Turn to FRESHMEN, page 8
Students, faculty
frustrated by cost
of new textbooks
A small print run and the used book market
have contributed to increased textbook prices
By Jennifer Marie Bear
News Editor
When sophomore Mark Fazier exited the University Bookstore
on Thursday morning, he was carrying a small fortune with him:
$321.15 worth of textbooks, which is the most he's ever spent.
"I expected to get at least some used textbooks but 1 didn't get
any," said a resigned Fazier, toting a brown paper bag filled with
the required books for his 16-credit course load.
Out of all the expenses associated with college, texts often seem
the most onerous.
Chris Standish, book divi
sion manager at the book
store, said he understands how
the price of textbooks can bog
gle students' minds. Standish
said he often hears students
question how an economics
textbook can cost $90 when
the latest Harry Potter book
costs $8.
PART 1 OF 3
Today: Various factors drive up
textbook prices
Tuesday: How to pay less
for required reading
Wednesday: A University group
aims to curb rising costs
A number of factors drive up the prices of textbooks, Standish
said, but the desire to milk students' pockets is not one of them.
"We try to run this operation for books as close to break even as
we can," Standish said. "But that doesn't mean we won't have
$ 180 books on the shelves."
One of the reasons textbooks are so expensive is because they
have a lower selling volume than trade books.
Standish said publishers of trade books can afford to price their
Turn to BOOKS, page 9
Sports Illustrated
features Oregon
before tromping
Duck players say the Sports Illustrated ‘jinx’
and the loss to Washington State are unrelated
By Hank Hager
Sports Editor
The Sports Illustrated cover jinx
has reared its ugly head once
again on the state of Oregon.
Two seasons ago, Oregon
State was selected as the pre
season's top team. The
Beavers went on to lose their
first game of the season and
finished with a 5-6 record.
Now, after gracing the
cover of the nation's
most-read sporting mag
azine following the
Ducks' victory against
Michigan, Oregon is the
lowly victim.
The Ducks were
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Campus buzz.7 Crossword.19
Classifieds.18-19 Nation & World.3
Commentary.2 Sports.11
Celebrating
Rosh Hashana
on campus
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