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Oregon Daily Emerald
An independent newspaper at the University of Oregon
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Since 1900 | Volume 107, Issue 65 | Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Tim Bobosky | Photo editor
Moments
after the end
of the Civil
War game on
Saturday, fans
prepare to
storm the field
near the
northwest
corner of
Autzen
Stadium as
staff attempt
to maintain
order.
Police remove record number of fans
Seventy people were escorted from the Civil War football game
for offensive behavior, including assault and excessive drinking
BY KATY GAGNON
NEWS REPORTER
Eugene police escorted a record number of
people from Autzen Stadium on Saturday dur
ing the Civil War game for what police said was
an unprecedented amount of heavy drinking
and offensive behavior.
Police escorted 70 people from the stadium
for inappropriate behavior and arrested
one man for fighting with police officers, said
Kerry Delf, a spokeswoman for the Eugene
Police Department.
The number was higher than previous foot
ball games this season, including the Sept. 24
game against the University of Southern Califor
nia, when 50 people were escorted out,
Delf said.
The rivalry between the Ducks and the
Beavers and the late starting time of the game
contributed to the high number of people drink
ing at the game, said Eugene Police Lt. Pete
FAN BEHAVIOR, page 3
Student receives generous scholarship
Undergraduate Ephraim Payne won a prestigious
Jack Kent Cooke award, worth $30,000 per year
BY KELLY BROWN
NEWS REPORTER
For Ephraim Payne, winning a
scholarship worth up to $300,000
isn’t an issue of luck or even
necessarily talent.
“It’s not about beating the odds,”
he said. “It’s about putting hard
work in, and the people who get
this award, or any award, are the
people who work hard at it. ”
Payne was one of 24 undergradu
ate students awarded the prestigious
Jack Kent Cooke scholarship, which
is worth up to $30,000 per year for
community college transfer stu
dents working toward a bachelor’s
degree, with the possibility of up to
$50,000 per year for graduate work.
The most a student can receive over
the years is $300,000.
Payne transferred from Lane
Community College for fall term
and is currently working toward de
grees in magazine journalism and
environmental studies. The Jack
Kent Cooke scholarship was one of
three scholarships he was awarded
to fund his tenure'at the University.
He said he was amazed when he
was notified about the scholarship.
“I’d spent my whole winter vaca
tion, when everyone was ... having
SCHOLARSHIP, page 12
Marcus Larson | Freelance photographer
Student Ephraim Payne talks about the multiple scholarships he has won, in
cluding the Jack Kent Cooke award, which is worth up to $300,000. Payne has
returned to academia to pursue his interest in writing.
Bush's nominee draws criticism on campus
Students and professors share their reactions to Samuel Alito, a potential
replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
BY NICHOLAS WILBUR
NEWS REPORTER
President Bush’s latest selection to fill a va
cancy on the U.S. Supreme Court is again draw
ing criticism and doubt among Democratic and
left-wing opponents, despite the nominee’s 15
years in the federal court system and near-per
fect record of arguing before the Supreme Court.
Samuel A. Alito Jr. was nominated Oct. 31,
four days after Bush’s nominee Harriet Miers
withdrew from the running, to replace Sandra
Day O’Connor. O’Connor, who announced her
retirement from the court on July 1, 2005, will
not officially resign until a replacement is
approved by the Senate.
As an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Univer
sity School of Law, Alito has taught courses in
constitutional law and a course on terrorism and
civil liberties. He won the Saint Thomas More
Medal for “his outstanding contributions to the
field of law,” according to the school’s Web site.
Former President George H. W. Bush appoint
ed the Italian immigrant and graduate of Prince
ton University and Yale Law School to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1990.
The Emerald asked University professors and
students for their reactions to his nomination.
Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law Caroline
Forell, a University faculty member since 1978
and co-author of “A Law of Her Own: The Rea
sonable Woman as a Measure of Man,” said she
was disappointed because Alito brings no
diversity to the court.
A supporter of gay rights and abortion rights,
Forell said the Bush administration gave up on
adding diversity to the court after nominating
only one woman.
“Not to say he’s not qualified — he is — but a
lot of other people are too,” she said. “I was just
disappointed that the whole Harriet Miers thing
ALITO, page 12
All charges
against bar
gun carrier
dismissed
Prosecutor says intentionality of a
gunshot fired outside the Indigo
District could not he discerned
BY CHRIS HAGAN
NEWS REPORTER
The Lane County
District Attorney’s office
dropped charges last
week that stemmed
from a shooting at the
Indigo District restau
rant and bar in the West
University Neighbor
hood in September.
On Sept. 25, a single
shot was fired outside the
bar from the gun of 25
year-old Mathew James Hangsleben. The shot
grazed the top of 24-year-old University graduate
Julian Pscheid’s head. Pscheid was treated at the
scene and did not require stitches.
Hangsleben was arrested on charges of
attempted first-degree and third-degree
assault, reckless endangering, unlawful use of
a weapon and criminal mischief.
Lane County Assistant District Attorney
Erik Hasselman said the charges were
dropped because it could not be proven that
the shot was fired intentionally or that
Hangsleben was not acting in self-defense.
“I can’t say our decision condones his
actions,” Hasselman said. “But in our opinion,
we couldn’t carry the state’s burden to prove it
MATHEW JAMES
HANGSLEBEN
GUN CARRIER
INDIGO, page 4
Law school
groups raise
funds, food
for families
In conjunction with FOOD for
Lane County, 20 student groups
adopted 21 needy area households
BY RYAN KNUTSON
FREELANCE REPORTER
Twenty-one poor families will have more to
eat this Thanksgiving thanks to gift baskets
collected and delivered by students at the
University School of Law.
Twenty student groups at the law school
combined to adopt 21 area families in need
this Thanksgiving, to collect more than 4,000
non-perishable food items and to raise rough
ly $ 1,000 for FOOD for Lane County. Groups
each filled at least one laundry basket with
food items for a Thanksgiving dinner. They
also collected other basic necessities includ
ing toothpaste, gloves, hats, toothbrushes and
other toiletries.
After the Nov. 7-18 drive, there was a
banquet reception to gather the baskets and
deliver them to the different families.
FOOD DRIVE, page 4