Club Scene Murder
‘City of
Roses’
A 32-year-old dance club employee
is shot and killed after a New
Years morning altercation outside
downtown night spot
See page 3, inside
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Volume XXXXI, Number 1
Wednesday • January 5. 2011
F c t n E h s l i ta
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Committed to Cultural Diversity
Title Game excitement
Ducks play
for a national
championship
T he O regon D ucks from the
PA C 10 co n feren ce w ill face
the Auburn Tigers from the SEC
conference in the BCS national
c h a m p io n s h ip g am e to be
played M onday night Jan. 10
Kick o ff time from Uni versity
o f P hoenix S tadium in G len
dale, Ariz. is scheduled for 5:20
Mascots for the Oregon Ducks and Auburn Tigers set the stage for the NCAA college football title The BCS cham
pionship game is scheduled to air on ESPN on Monday, Jan. 10 at 5:30 p.m. A special free broadcast will also
take place at the Hollywood Theater on Northeast Sandy Boulevard.
Oregon Ducks Quarter
back Darron Thomas,
(right), a sophomore
who leads his team to
the Jan. 10 BCS title
game with an unde
feated record, will face
Auburn Quarterback
Cam Newton, (left) the
season’s Heisman
Trophy winner.
p.m . E S P N will p rovide the
national television coverage.
O regon's players have a se
rious task ahead: facing top-
ra n k e d A u b u rn a n d th e ir
HeismanTrophy-winningquar-
terback C am N ew ton. The sec
o n d -ran k ed D ucks are also
playing in th eir first national
championship.
"W e're excited to be here,"
O regon coach Chip Kelly. "The
am ount o f support we get ev
erywhere, it's an exciting time to
be a D uck."
N ow com es the biggest week
in the p ro g ram 's 1 15-year his
tory.
O regon (12-0) had a fairly
easy run through the regular sea
son, cru sh in g team s w ith an
uptem po offense that had o p
ponents feigning injuries in an
attem pt to slow it dow n. T he
D ucks had one close gam e —
15-13 o v er C al — and led the
nation with 49.3 points per gam e
w hile averaging nearly 540
yards.
continued
on page 18