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Friday, February 27, 2004
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 109
University
marketing
research
rated No. 1
Research done by marketing
faculty is the most cited source
among the top 22 public
business schools in the country
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
Faculty research in the University's Mar
keting Department tops 22 other public
universities nationwide in terms of how
often the research has been cited in other
publications, according to a University
press release.
A survey released in January by Acade
mic Assessments Services ranks the depart
ment first among the top public universi
ties in the nation. Among the 23 public
and 23 private business schools surveyed,
the department ranks sixth.
The department is also ranked first
among West Coast universities, including
the University of Southern California,
University of California-Berkeley and
Stanford University.
Turn to MARKETING, page 5
Broadway
businesses
repressed
by economy
Since the City of Eugene spent
$2.4 million to open the street
to traffic, few businesses
have moved into the area
By Nika Carlson
News Reporter
The City of Eugene on Sept. 23, 2002,
opened the downtown pedestrian mall on
Broadway to traffic for the first time in
more than 30 years. City officials hoped
the redesigned street would bring people,
business and increased safety to the de
pressed area.
Voters also overwhelmingly supported
the $2.4 million renovation project, which
came up on a ballot measure in 2001.
In the one-and-a-half years since the
opening, however, an equally depressed
Turn to BROADWAY, page 6
MIDWEEK MUSIC
Lauren Wimer Photographer
The Sawyer Family, a Eugene-based “gutter rockabilly” band, played at the WOW Hall with three other bands on Wednesday.
A LOWDOWN, DIRTY SHOW
Throw Rag and the Sawyer Family impress with grinding sets at the WOW Hall
By Ryan Nyburg
Senior Pulse Reporter
The reason for having a concert in the middle
of the week apparently eluded a number of
people Wednesday at the WOW Hall. Audi
ence members were relatively scarce when four
bands took the stage and attempted to liven up the
cold Eugene night.
Opening up was Eu
- gene's own Speedshift, a
0 0 N 0 E R T decent ^ not terribly in
D Of 1 C 111 spiring rock combo. The
If fc V 1 t W subject matter of the
- songs consisted of stan
dard-issue relationship
problems; the music, a bland form of "modern
rock." The performance as a whole felt completely
unmoving.
This is not to say that the band was terrible. They
just need to learn to stretch themselves out a bit. It
might be a good idea for them to write songs that
don't sound like everything that was popular on
new rock radio circa 1995 to 1998.
Next up was the Sawyer Family, another Eugene
band, and this combo is something wicked. It plays
a fast and dirty style of gutter rockabilly that takes
its influence from the Penguins' "Earth Angel,"
"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," beach party
movies and just about everything in between. It's
Turn to SHOW, page 6
Athletics
scheduling
gamers
criticism
The men’s basketball team
may play the University of Illinois,
but law student Frank Silva says
the school’s mascot is offensive
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
A controversy is brewing between Uni
versity officials and individuals in the
community regarding the men's basket
ball team's reported plans to play the
University of Illinois. Some feel the Uni
versity of Illinois' nickname and its mas
cot are offensive.
The hubbub constitutes the re-emer
gence on campus of the American Indi
an mascots issue. Law student Frank Sil
va and others presented University
President Dave Frohnmayer with a reso
lution in the summer of 2002 asking the
University to refrain from scheduling
athletic contests with teams that use
American Indian names and imagery
without tribal oversight.
Silva said the resolution was signed by
240 law students, 25 law professors and
current and former law school deans.
"(Frohnmayer) agreed to take it into
consideration with a wink and a nod
that it's not going to be an issue," Silva
said.
University of Oregon Facecutive Assis
tant President Dave Hubin said Frohn
mayer did not implicitly consent to re
frain from scheduling games against
teams that use American Indian mascots.
Turn to ATHLETICS, page 4
NEWS BRIEF
Bomb hoax may be result
of unfinished homework
A Eugene Police Department investiga
tion has revealed that the University stu
dent who allegedly called in a bomb threat
to the Knight Library Wednesday did so in
an attempt to cancel class because he did
n't have his homework done on time.
EPD spokeswoman Kerry Delf said 46
year-old James Gregory Evangelista, a
graduate student in special education at
the University, allegedly called the Knight
Ubrary from a pay phone in the University
Bookstore and claimed he placed a bomb
in the building to protest President George
W. Bush's administration.
A man also called in a bomb threat to
the Emerald, saying he wanted to protest
"Bush's government," an Emerald
Turn to BOMB, page 4
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Campus buzz.12 Corrections/Clarification...5
Classifieds.11 Crossword.11
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