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EMERALDS continued from page 5 batting .231 through Sunday, said his goal this year is to improve his hitting and the mechanics of his swing. Pitching has been one of the few bright spots so far. The Emeralds have a solid team ERA of 4.65 with a bullpen including Mike Ekstrom (2 0) and Brian Burks, who both have not allowed a run this year. The highlight this past week was starting pitcher Vern Sterry's per formance in Eugene's 4-0 win last Wednesday. Sterry had a perfect game through 7 1/3 innings, facing the minimum amount of batters, until it was broken up by a double from Tri-City's Stephen Ghutzman. Sterry ended his night going 7 2/3 innings, giving up only one hit and striking out nine. Of his 77 pitches thrown, 59 were strikes. "My goals this season is to devel op more as a player and to work with my pitches, which is what all pitch ers try to do," said Sterry, who is 1 -0 with a 2.84 ERA. 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The reality is more complicated: Some 145,000 foreign forces — most of them American — remain in charge of keeping rebellion at bay. There were no major attacks throughout the day. But Al-Jazeera tel evision reported early Tuesday that militants had killed a U.S. soldier held hostage since early April. It was not known when the American was killed. And after nightfall Monday, four heavy explosions rang out in cen tral Baghdad, near the U.S.-held Green Zone — a near daily occur rence in the capital. The military said there were no injuries in the blasts, which were caused by mortar fire. The U.S. civilian authority, which rode in on a swift military victory that swept away Saddam's generation-long regime, withdrew quietly. Its leader, L. Paul Bremer, left Iraq aboard a mili tary plane two hours after the transfer and was swiftly succeeded by U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte. Hours later, NATO leaders agreed to help train Iraq's armed forces — a decision that fell short of U.S. hopes that the security alliance would take a larger role in Iraq. The shift of authority was held in Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone against a backdrop of Louis XIV furniture and a row of Iraqi flags — the same green-black-red banner that flew over the nation while Saddam was in power. "Please let us not be afraid of those outlaws that are fighting Islam," inter im Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in his inaugural address. "Some of them have already gone to the fires of hell and others are waiting their turn." Bush, whose Iraq policy has drawn criticism abroad and, more recently, at home, was passed a note from Na tional Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice that put it this way: "Mr. Presi dent, Iraq is sovereign." Bush wrote "Let freedom reign!" on the note and passed it back, according to White House spokesman Scott McClellan. Iraq's tentative step toward demo cratic rule will operate under major restrictions — some imposed at the behest of the country's influential Shiite Muslim clergy, which wanted to limit the powers of an unelected administration. The interim government will hold power for seven months until, by U.N. Security Council resolution, elections are held "in no case later than'' Jan. 31. The Americans retain responsibility for security. Bush raised no objection to Allawi's possibly imposing martial law in Iraq or other hard-line measures to deal with the insurgency, including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted militant in the country. "He may take tough security meas ures to deal with Zarqawi, but he may have to," Bush said. "Zarqawi is the guy who beheads people on TV. He's the person that orders suiciders to kill women and children." Saddam will be transferred to the custody of his countrymen and will appear before an Iraqi judge in the "next few days" to face charges, offi cials said Monday. A military spokesman said he will remain in a U.S.-run jail because the Iraqi govern ment lacks a suitable prison. Some Iraqis said Monday's transfer meant little. 'The real date will be when the last American soldier leaves," Qassim al Sabti, an art gallery owner, said after learning of the transfer. "Of course I feel I'm still occupied." The most recent U.S. occupations are cited, even by the countries occu pied, as success stories. Japan, van quished in World War II, emerged from American occupation as a bud ding economic powerhouse. The road for Germany was bumpier but is con sidered a similar triumph. Some world leaders expressed cautious enthusiasm at the develop ments. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, an outspoken opponent of the U.S.-led invasion, sent con gratulations and offered "trusting collaboration." Iordan's King Abdul lah II praised a "landmark in histo ry of Iraq." Others said the event was a sham. "Occupation will wear a new dress," said Syrian political analyst Haitham Kilani. Ali Hussein Ali, a retired teacher, held blue prayer beads as he played dominoes at a Baghdad cafe. "People are afraid to express their happiness, " Ali said. "When security prevails, Iraqis will be very happy. They will celebrate when the American troops leave and when they are no longer taking orders from the Americans." SENATE continued from page 1 A strike would leave many summer classes without instructors, Moreno Villamarsaid. Senator Toby Hill-Meyer said the resolution is an important way for un dergraduates to voice their opinions about wider campus issues. "It does n't have any power to directly influ ence the negotiations, but it sends a message," he said. The meeting took place immediate ly after the Senate Rules Committee voted to bring the resolution to the Senate floor. The Senate passed the resolution 8-1. Senator Kevin Day dissented, ques tioning whether it was right to vote on such an important issue with only nine of the 18 student senators present. "This is an issue for the entire Sen ate," he said, noting that the nine present were all finance senators. Aca demic senators, those elected to rep resent undergraduates in academic is sues, were all absent for the summer. Moreno-Villamar said that in order for a resolution to be effective, it must be issued immediately because the negotiations are expected to end be fore the start of the school year. The timeliness of the issue left the majority in agreement that a vote on the resolution could be done by only summer session Senators. There was some debate about whether issuing the resolution was necessary, because it cannot be for mally recognized by ASUO until it is approved by the Constitution Court. Because the Court is not yet function ing, Hill-Meyer said, that is unlikely to happen anytime soon. Moreno-Villamar said the Constitu tion Court's approval is irrelevant, be cause the resolution can still be effective widiout a formal ASUO endorsement. "This is just a stance," he said. David Cicil of the GTFF said the group is very grateful for the support at the undergraduate level and knows that it can and will make a difference. 'To have their support just so far as saying, 'Look, we think that this should be resolved and the University should do whatever it takes to get it resolved' is really appreciated," he said. In other business, the Senate ap proved a special request from the ASUO Women's Center regarding transfers of funds between different areas of the budget. A similar request from the Literary Society was granted, whereas a re quest by the same group for a portion of the incidental fee surplus was not. Meghann Cuniff is a freelance reporter for the Emerald. 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