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IN BRIEF
University pursues
purchase of vacant car lot
The University of Oregon Founda
tion is moving forward with plans to
purchase a vacant car lot at 2220
Franklin Blvd., foundation Executive
Director Karen Kreft said Ttiesday.
“We really felt this was a strategic
property to bring into the University’s
inventory,” Kreft said.
It is not known what the University
will do with the site, Kreft said.
The foundation saw it as a great
opportunity to acquire a valuable
piece of property in close proximity
to campus.
She added that the foundation is
looking to help change what Univer
sity President Dave Frohnmayer has
said is the University’s status as a
“landlocked” campus.
“We’re excited about it just to be
able to assist the University with their
strategic goals,” Kreft said.
John Moseley, University senior
vice president and provost, an
nounced the foundation’s intention
to acquire the property during the
University Senate’s Jan. 12 meeting.
The site was listed on the public
market in December, Kreft said,
and the foundation made an offer
shortly afterward.
The organization has entered into a
contract with the Romanias, the
owners of the site, and are currently in
the “due diligence phase,” Kreft said.
Due diligence refers to the period
in which interested buyers examine
the potential purchase to see that
everything is to their satisfaction and
to assure no glitches in the deal could
arise after it is made.
The property purchase will
be in addition to the University’s •
purchase of the Williams’ Bakery
site, located near Franklin Boule
vard on the corner of 13th Avenue
and Moss Street.
The bakery purchase has not
been finalized, but the University
is in the process of concluding
the details of the sales agreement
with United States Bakery, the
company that owns the bakery,
according to a January statement
by Allan Price, University vice
president for advancement.
— Meghann M. Cuniff
Oregon legislation proposed
to help stop spread of fake IDs
BY CHARLES E. BEGGS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALEM — Republican senators pro
posed legislation Wednesday they said
would make it more difficult to falsify
driver’s licenses by requiring electronic
fingerprint and facial feature imaging
on the documents.
The new proposal is linked to the
GOP senators’ package of bills to
fight methamphetamine crime, a
leading cause of identity theft, said
Senate Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli,
R-John Day.
“We want to break the triangle of
meth addiction, property crime and
identity theft,” Ferrioli said at a news
conference outside headquarters of
the state Driver and Motor Vehicle
Services agency.
The measure, to be introduced as
Senate Bill 640, is patterned after a
similar law enacted in Oklahoma in
2003 requiring finger imaging “scans”
to obtain driver’s licenses.
The proposed legislation also
would require DMV agency employ
ees to use fingerprint recognition
technology to log into their comput
ers, to reduce the chances of theft of
driver’s license data from within the
agency or if computers are stolen.
“With a fraudulent driver’s license
or DMV-issued ID cards, thieves
can obtain fraudulent credit cards
and even bank accounts,” said
Sen. Jason Atkinson, R-Central Point.
The intent of the measure is to
ensure “that people are who they
represent themselves to be,” he said.
The new high-tech moves could add
an extra layer of security to the steps
taken in the past few years to make it
harder to create phony licenses.
For about a year, Oregon has speci
fied that certain documents have to be
submitted to prove age, identity and
address to get a license. Renewals or
license replacements require that a
photograph be on file with the DMV.
The senators said Oregon is
ranked by a national driver’s license
security group as having one of the
least secure programs.
PFC: Insurgent to use extra funds for printing
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women’s advancement,” O’Brien said,
referring to Brown’s choice to go to
grad school. “I’d rather have Lori part
time than hire a new person (because
of her experience). ”
ASUO Vice President Mena Ravas
sipour asked the PFC to consider hav
ing the extra package.
“I think this group is in an interest
ing situation,” she said. “It’s up to the
PFC to find creative solutions.”
In the end the committee voted not
to include the extra benefits package.
The center did get money to fund an
annual Women of Color retreat, which
O’Brien said was held for the first time
this year and would be a great resource
for women of color.
The Hawaii Club received $7,567,
a 6.5 percent increase, while
The Student Insurgent got a final
budget of $17,882, representing a
2.2 percent increase.
Extra funds will go toward printing
extra copies of the alternative publica
tion. The Insurgent currently prints
about 3,000 copies, but the staff would
like to increase that figure to 3,500 to
meet demand on campus.
“I’ve talked to a lot of students
who have difficulty finding the
paper,” Jack Crocifisso, an Insurgent
contributor, said.
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Flu: UO health plan covers costs of medicine
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“It’s available, it’s here and it’s
useful,” Malekzadeh said. “But it
is expensive. ”
She said Tamiflu, the most com
mon of the three drugs, costs about
$70 for a five-day supply. The other
two drugs, Relenza and Amantadine,
cost about $50 and $10 each for sup
plies over the same duration. Many
insurance plans don’t cover these
costs, although the plan offered to
students through the University
does, Malekzadeh said.
So far, the University has only
seen one case of the flu, Ryan said,
although other respiratory problems
have been common.
“We aren’t seeing a lot of it at the
University,” Ryan said. “It’s good
news for students, and we’re hoping
it stays that way. ”
karahansen @ dailyemerald.com
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