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Senate Summer Committee is in session 3 An independent newspaper at the University of Oregon www. dailyemerald. com Since 1900 \ Volume 107, Issue 16 \ Thursday, August 11,2005 Governor signs HB 3143 in Eugene Kulongoski also made stops in Bend and Medford to sign bills on land use and transportation funds BY TYLER GRAF FREELANCE REPORTER Governor Kulongoski made a stop in Eugene on Tuesday to sign House Bill 3143, which expands Oregon’s enterprise zone program by authorizing the Department of Economic Community Develop ment to approve 10 additional enterprise zones. “Eugene has effectively used enterprise zoneS to revitalize its economy, representing approxi mately 40 percent of the state’s economic growth related to the economic zone program,” Kulon goski said in a press release. “This program encourages inno vative community-based ap proaches to creating jobs and economic opportunities.” GOVERNOR, page 4 Mayor Kitty Piercy, left, Auge Sick, gen eral manager of Molecular Probes, center, and Gov. Ted Kulongoski chat before Kulongoski signs HB 3143 to create additional enterprise zones at a ceremony held Tuesday. 1 !M OUBUSKY | r HUIU tUI IUK T-shirts with the winning slogan, "get inDUCKted,” are now on sale in the University Bookstore. imBobosky | Photo editor Decked out DUCKS This year University staff members involved the community in designing the Spirit T-Shirt through a slogan-writing contest BY GABE BRADLEY NEWS EDITOR GET InDUCKted! This will be the slogan emblazoned on the chests of thousands of fans at Autzen Stadium for the season’s first home football game Sept. 10. The slogan for this year’s Spirit T-Shirt, which was unveiled July 22, is about teamwork, being part of a larger group and showing support, ac cording to Nita Nickell who works for the Univer sity’s trademark and licensing department. “Every year for the last three years we’ve tried to build fan support in the stadium,” Nickell said. From this effort came the idea of the Spirit T Shirt, which hit the shelves two seasons ago with the slogan “Lighting Strikes! ” SPIRIT, page 5 Students' spouses no longer get free tickets The ASUO Executive says only fee-paying students can receive sports tickets at no charge BY NICHOLAS WILBUR NEWS REPORTER The ASUO Executive recently decided that spouses of University students are no longer eligible for free tickets to football and men’s basketball games. The new policy change will not affect those receiving a discounted rate at the University Student Recreation Center, but restrictions on eligibility will be tightened to eliminate past abuses of the Spousal Equivalency Card program. The previous program stated: “(An) inci dental fee-paying student may obtain stu dent tickets for his or her spouse, domestic partner and/or child (ren), in addition to ob taining tickets for him or herself, by show ing the appropriate certification card provid ed by the ASUO office,” according to the terms and conditions of the Spouse/Domes tic Partner/Child Certification program. Due to past reports of students abusing the policy, the Executive has decided to maintain consistency within student govern ment and revoke the program’s privileges. ASUO President Adam Walsh said the Ex ecutive initially wanted to restrict eligibility to make it harder to find loopholes, but then realized that the main problem remained. “Student tickets are being given to non students,” Walsh said. “They’re receiving the benefits without paying the incidental fees,” which pay for the football and basketball tickets. In a letter that will be posted outside the ASUO office, Walsh states that student ath letic tickets “are one of the most widely used resources that the fee provides.” The letter later states, “We want to maintain fairness throughout the process and pro grams of the incidental fee. In order to maintain that fairness ... only incidental fee paying students should receive the ben efits of the incidental fee.” Walsh said the reason the Student Recre ation Center discount rate for spouses is not being revoked is because spouses are still paying for the service, and although they are TICKETS, page 5 Couple helps foreign exchange students buy furniture Wayne and Rita Kingsbury have a history of helping foreign exchange students adapt to Eugene BYGABE BRADLEY NEWS EDITOR After years of welcoming interna tional students to the country, a local couple has found a new way to help with the transition. “For the last 16 years we’ve been a friendship family for international stu dents,” Wayne Kingsbury said. Since 1989, Kingsbury and his wife, Rita, have been a friendship family for 23 students from 15 different countries. “It’s really affected our lives,” Mrs. Kingsbury said. “We’ve made some wonderful international friends and family.” As a friendship family, the Kings burys picked up students from the air port and spent time with them. “We have at least eight or 10 that we really consider family,” Mrs. Kingsbury said. “In that time we’ve helped a lot of students ... get settled,” Mr. Kingsbury said. International students simply cannot bring their own furniture. Also, many students are not familiar with the con cept of garage sales or used furniture, which often leads to a dilemma, Mrs. Kingsbury said. “We know how hard it is when someone comes from a different coun try,” Mrs. Kingsbury said. “Students are really in need of furniture when they arrive.” However, because international stu dents often have to select an apartment sight unseen, renting a furnished apart ment is often not a good option. “We went to some of the furnished apartments and we have been appalled at the ripped, smelly, used furniture,” Mrs. Kingsbury said. “We thought, This is horrible,’ and we thought, ‘We can do this better.’” Eventually, the Kingsburys decided to give it a try. FURNITURE, page 5 Rita Kingsbury, left, and her husband Wayne load a sofa onto their truck to deliver to an international student.