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An independent newspaper http://www.dailyemerald.com Club baseball can't hang on to a sure win Page 7 Tuesday, April 4, 2004 Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Volume 105, Issue 127 Local man arrested in library theft case Douglas Collver faces first degree theft charges after EPD’s investigation of stolen Knight Library property By Lisa Catto News Reporter The Eugene Police Department is charging a Eugene resident for stealing books from the Knight Library and then selling them on eBay, according to EPD Detective Steve Williams. Williams said Douglas Collver allegedly sold about 250 "fairly obscure" books on the popular Internet auction site, most of which cost less than $100 al though many were 75 to 150 years old. The books were not part of a special collection. The library filed a report of stolen books with EPD on March 4, Williams said. He said a man from Los Angeles bought a book on eBay and took it to a local book dealer, who noticed a faint University library seal on it. The man contacted the library and sent the book for examination. When the library looked up the book on its computer sys tem, it indicated the book had not been checked out, and the library then con tacted EPD, Williams said. EPD used information provided by the Los Angeles man and the library to find the suspect, Williams said. The de tective created an e-mail address and bid on a book for sale from the same person who sold the University's book to the California man. Williams gave the seller the address to the Corvallis police station, and upon winning the auction found the payment was directed to an apartment _ on 7th Avenue in Eugene. Williams said EPD officers obtained a search warrant on March 12 to search the apartment, which Collver shares with his girlfriend and child. EPD officers seized Collver's com puter and used it to obtain a list of all the books Collver allegedly offered on eBay. They then showed the list to the library to cross-reference with its stock on-hand. University Ubrarian Deborah Carver Turn to THEFT, page 5 SEARCHING FOR STANDARDS PART 1 OF 3 Today / Page 12: ASUO Executive and PFC seat 2 candidates Wednesday: ASUO Executive, PFC seat 1 and PFC at-large one-year term candidates Thursday: ASUO Executive and PFC at-large two-year term candidates Danielle Hickey Photo Editor Herbie the Housing Standards House kicks off the 2004 ASUO elections campaigns. The primary election will take place April 12 through 14 and the general election will take place April 16 through 19. NEWS BRIEF Oregon Commentator has 600 copies stolen The Oregon Commentator, a conserva tive journal of opinion on campus, has been a victim of theft during the past few weeks. More than 600 copies of the March 10 issue were stolen from distribution loca tions near the University Bookstore and the Knight Library since the beginning of spring break. Commentator editor in chief Timothy Dreier said theft of the magazine happens "with astounding regularity." "It usually happens when we print something the left might find offensive," Dreier said. "They think they're striking one for the revolution." He said that if someone is offended by the publication's content, that person shouldn't read it. "It's just frustrating to have this from a bunch of people that claim to be open minded," he said. Dreier doesn't anticipate ordering any more copies of the March 10 issue. — Lisa Catto College of Ed ranks near top in national poll In addition to excellent ratings overall, the college’s faculty were honored with a ranking as the nation’s most productive By Chelsea Duncan Senior News Reporter The University College of Education's graduate program received high rankings for the fifth consecutive year in a re cent U.S. News and World Report survey, the University an nounced last week. The survey ranked researchers in the program as the nation's most productive, with federal grant-supported research activity generating an average of $ 1.5 million per faculty member. The program is also ranked among the nation's top five public graduate institutions, and the Special Education pro gram is ranked third, according to the release. "Ihe rankings reflea the expertise and impaa of the college's faculty as they help Oregon schools and communities meet the needs of children and families," College of Education Dean Mar tin Kaufman said, adding that faculty members helped Oregon become one of the first five states to receive Reading First grants totaling about $50 million. The Lundquist College of Business's MBA program ranked eighth among all West Coast business schools and was the only program in Oregon ranked in the survey, ac cording to the release. It ranked 58th overall, compared to its No. 70 ranking last year. Business school Dean Philip Romero credits the ranking to new high-quality faculty members, a higher-quality undergrad uate class and "the new facility that's the envy of the industry." "We have definitely improved our performance substan tially," he said. The news magazine's 2005 edition of "America's Best Grad uate Schools" uses data including expert opinions from deans, program directors and senior faculty, along with statistical data measuring the quality of students and faculty in each school to produce a ranking, according to its Web site at http://www.usnews.com. While the School of Law ranked among the top 50 schools nationwide in academic reputation, and the Environmental Law Program ranked No. 14, law school representatives indi cated that they place little value on these types of surveys. "Deans of all (American Bar Association) accredited law schools tend to be wary of magazine rankings, because so many important aspects of legal education aren't included," School of Law Dean Laird Kirkpatrick said in a statement on the law school's Web site. "But when it comes to academic reputation, the factor most important to our students, we can't help but be pleased to see that we rank in the top fifty in peer assessment and assessment by lawyers and judges, as we have for years." According to a report commissioned by the Association of American Law Schools at http://www.aals.org/validity.html, the surveying methods leave room for potential bias in the subjective portions of the survey, such as school reputation, and leave out factors such as faculty quality. Kaufman said there is no way around subjectivity when it comes to such evaluations as academic reputation, but he added that more important portions of the survey are based on factual data. "The component that is the largest rated component is Turn to SCHOOLS, page 5 WEATHER LOW 38 HIGH 64 INSIDE Campus buzz.4 Classifieds.11 Commentary..2 Crossword.11 Nation & World.3 Sports.7 NEXT ISSUE i Chuck Slothower examines U.S. intelligence before Sept. 11
