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Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 59
SEEING DOUBLE
Ethan Firpo
(foreground)
and his identical
twin Andrew
Firpo are split
by the Civil War.
Ethan attends
the University
while Andrew
goes to Oregon
State University.
Despite not
1 being big
football fans,
the two still
engage in small
battles about
the schools.
Courtesy
Sibling rivalry
Alliances are forgotten when
the Civil War sets siblings'
schools against each other
By Jared Paben
News Reporter
The American Civil War divided families at
their heart, often pitting fathers against sons
and brothers against brothers. It was a battle
in which winner takes all.
This weekend's Civil War game between the
Ducks and the Beavers will do the same to
identical twin brothers Ethan and Andrew Fir
po. Ethan is a student at the University of Ore
gon; Andrew attends Oregon State University.
Ethan and Andrew may attend rival schools
slated to battle, but they're not big football
fans. A rivalry on the field doesn't translate to
a rivalry in the family.
At least not too much.
"(Andrew) does have this crazy idea that
OSU is going to beat UO in the Civil War
game," Ethan said. "Which I don't think is go
ing to happen at all."
Ethan said he realizes the Ducks fell off
midway though the season after a strong start,
but he believes the Ducks will come out on
top because of the history of the winning
home team.
"I think we tend to be a late-season team,
so I think we can come through," he said. "I'm
still confident that the UO will kick the pants
offofOSU."
Turn to CIVIL WAR, page 3
Increased
costs spur
awareness
campaign
The ASUO and OSA campaign
features information and tips
on coping with tuition hikes
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
Many students will have to cope with
yet another tuition increase next term, and
the ASUO has launched a new campaign
to inform students and to offer tips on
how to deal with the additional winter
term expenses.
For the past few weeks, ASUO and Ore
gon Student Association representatives
have been visiting classes to speak with
students about the increases as well as "to
get students voting on these issues they are
affected by," OSA Campus Organizer
Courtney Right said.
"We wanted to get the information out
to students before they register," Might
said, adding that there was no attempt by
the administration to inform students
about the increases. "They're not going to
know what's coming," she said.
After the Oregon State Board of Higher
Education planned the tuition increase
this summer, the ASUO and the OSA lob
bied to delay the increases, originally set
for fall term, until winter term 2004 to ed
ucate students. Next term, resident stu
dents will pay an extra $20 charge per
credit from 14 to 16 credits. Non-residents
will pay a $60 charge per credit from 14 to
16 credits.
Junior Missy Columbo said she would
have to save up this term or else take out
more loans and ask her parents for a little
extra cash.
"I'm saving a lot of my money from this
term in order to pay for it," she said,
Turn to TUITION, page 4
Fairmount residents scrutinize city’s development plan
Parking remains a primary issue for
the city's new 20-year plan
for East Campus development
By A. Sho Ikeda
Senior News Reporter
University officials and residents of the Fair
mount Neighborhood presented their opin
ions concerning University development in
the East Campus area during a public hearing
held by the Eugene Planning Commission at
City Hall on Tuesday night.
The University recently completed an 18
month process to update its East Campus De
velopment Policy, a 20-year development plan
that suggests many changes to the area. Uni
versity officials are seeking land-use approvals
from the city that are necessary to develop
University-owned property in the neighbor
hood. The necessary land-use approvals in
clude amendments to the Eugene-Springfield
Metropolitan Area General Plan, which guides
the overall development of the Eugene area.
The University's proposed amendments af
fect 29.7 acres of the 35-acre East Campus area
and, if approved, future development in the
neighborhood may include the construction
of new student housing and other University
structures.
However, more buildings will probably
bring additional traffic and parking to the
area, a scenario that many neighborhood resi
dents worry about.
Fairmount Neighborhood Association
member Steve Gab said the neighborhood as
sociation is mostly in support of the Universi
ty's proposal, but also wants the University to
concentrate on certain issues.
Gab said the association would like to see
the University improve existing parking con
ditions and pay more attention to the future
impact the University might have on parking
in the neighborhood. He said the University
should also try to cooperate with the city of
Eugene in order to mitigate the traffic impact
that more University buildings would have on
the area.
Christina I lolzapfel, a resident of the Fair
mount Neighborhood, said that the University
provided "inadequate" on-site parking for
University buildings along Agate Street. She
added that parking meters installed along
Agate Street and East 15th Avenue and a two
hour limit on parking along streets have
pushed parking into residential areas.
"Our local residential streets have turned
into little more than cruising lanes for com
muters who need parking spots," she said.
University Vice President for Administration
Dan Williams said he wanted to address
the"understandable anxiety" that some residents
Turn to MEETING, page 3
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