Today High: 69 Low: 44 Precip: 0% Friday High: 69 Low: 43 Precip: 0% Saturday High: 67 Low: 37 Precip: 10% IN BRIEF University a capella group Divisi wins regionals University women’s student vocal ensemble Divisi won first place at the International Championshin nf Colle giate A Cappella West Regional Finals at Stanford University this past weekend. In addition to scorin; 86 points above the nearest of thei seven competitors, Divisi also woi awards for outstanding choreograph and outstanding solo by Evynne Smiti for Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock.” “We’ve never given a better per formance ever,” Divisi membe Katie Hopkins said. Hopkins addei that the group enjoyed a strong far base at the Stanford show, includinj parents, On The Rocks members and friends. On The Rocks is th male student vocal ensemble a the University. “It kind of felt like a home crowi when we were singing,” Hopkins said Divisi will compete in the ICCA fi nals at the Lincoln Center for th Performing Arts in New York Cit' on April 30, where the six Nortl I American regional champions and r the winners of a cappella tourna 1 ments from other countries will vie f for the title of 2005 International 1 Champion, according to the ICCA Web site. Divisi will perform the same set of songs it performed at di r visionals in Eugene and at Stanford: i “Broken Glass” by Annie Lennox, i “Yeah!” by Usher, and “Wood j stock.” Hopkins said Divisi’s trans , portation costs will be covered by ? ICCA and by proceeds from Divisi t concerts and CD sales. Divisi and On The Rocks perform 1 every Friday at 4 p.m. in the EMU Amphitheater. The groups will . present their last show of the term on ? Friday, March 11 and will resume j during week one of spring term. — Eva Sylwester l University Senate supports effort to restructure athletics The resolution aims to hold athletes accountable for academic integrity and their course selections BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF SENIOR NEWS REPORTER The University Senate endorsed a resolution at its monthly meeting Wednesday from the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics that out lined proposals and guidelines aimed at aiding in the nationwide reform of collegiate athletics. University English professor Jim Earl, co-founder of COIA, said the resolution took years to draft and has been approved by NCAA mem bers. The goal of the resolution is to stimulate a national dialogue con cerning the academic integrity be hind intercollegiate athletics, not to minimize or cut athletics in any way, Earl said. “This is by no means some crack pot faculty scheme,” Earl said. University senators expressed con cern that the senate was only able to vote on the resolution as a whole rather than examine and vote on its specific points, something Intercolle giate Athletics Committee chair Jim Isenberg said was the committee’s main worry when it examined the doc ument at its March 2 meeting. Isenbeig said committee members supported the resolution’s overall intention of im proving the academic integrity of inter collegiate athletics but wanted more power over the specific points. Isenberg said the resolution in cludes three specific NCAA require ments that include collecting data on the academic achievements of SENATE, page 16 Buras: UO might still award his degree Continued from page 1 there, which basically means they were someplace they weren’t sup posed to be.” Buras, who was studying non-prof it administration, transferred to the University last year after working with non-profit organizations in Chicago and Oakland, Calif. He is re membered by students and faculty for his contagious enthusiasm, laugh ter and dedication to social issues. “He’s the kind of student that I saved stuff for,” said Renee Irvin, an assistant professor in the PPPM depart ment. “I would see something and think ‘Oh, Tim would be interested in this.’ He found everything interesting, he was a really fun student.” Buras was planning to graduate in spring and wanted to pursue a career working for non-profit organizations. “Knowing Tim is like being a sports fan,” Irvin said. “Looking for ward to watching his career trajec tory, you just knew he would be do ing amazing things for the world because he already is.” PPPM assistant professor Richard Margerum teaches a senior capstone class in which Buras was enrolled. During Monday’s class, Margerum dropped the class discussion to allow students to talk about Buras. “There are a lot of really nice memories,” Margerum said. “Stu dents mentioned his enthusiasm and his laughter and that he was very dedicated to social issues.” “He is a wonderful young man and an excellent student,” PPPM Depart ment Head Jean Stockard said. “He got along very well with both faculty and fellow students. He’s very dedi cated to trying to help other people. ” Buras may be awarded his degree posthumously: The Office of the Registrar makes the decision and there is a stringent set of guidelines and criteria for awarding the degree. “I don’t know the process, but we would like to pursue (the degree),” Margerum said. “If it’s up to us as a department we will certainly ac knowledge his work.” There will be a memorial service on campus for Buras during the first week of spring term. A member of the Buras family will attend the service. abolsinger@ dailyemerald. com ¥i WT