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January 4, 2012
Rose Bowl Win
New Year, New Wages
c o n tin u e d fr o m p a g e 3
c o n t i n u e d f r o m fr o n t
left, Russell W ilson m oved the B ad­
gers to the O regon 25 with tw o long
passes, but the Badgers were dow n
to 2 seconds and no tim eouts. A fter
waiting for the ball to be set, W ilson
spiked it to set up a last-ditch heave
to the end zone, but the clock hit zeros
while he did it.
T he D ucks held each other b ack
on the sideline during a video re ­
view that confirm ed tim e had run
out. T hey storm ed the hallow ed field
after holding W isconsin scoreless
in the fourth quarter, celebrating the
biggest victory yet in K elly's three-
y ear football revolution.
"W e had no doubt this y ear that
w e w ere going to com e out and do
big things," said D arron T hom as,
w ho passed for 268 yards. "It's a big
statem ent for the O regon program ."
Indeed: T he last tim e O regon w on
the R ose B ow l, beating Penn 14-0 in
1917, the players w ore leather h e l­
m ets, not the im possibly shiny c re ­
ations they sported M onday. T he
D ucks' innovations aren't confined
to their w ardrobes, and O regon has
now proved its unorthodox style
can w in even the biggest gam es.
"N one o f us w ere around 95 years
ago, and w e never talked about it,"
K elly said. "W e’re a forw ard-think ­
ing operation, and w e're alw ays look­
ing ahead."
O r e g o n 's f o r w a r d - th in k in g
schem es produced 621 total yards
— second-m ost in R ose B ow l h is­
tory — against the tough B adgers,
playing at its usual frantic pace until
the final w histle. L avasier T uinei
caught eight passes for 158 yards
and tw o T D s, including the go-
ahead score w ith 14:35 to play.
M ontee B all rushed for 122 o f his
164 yards in the first h alf for the
B adgers (11-3), w ho lost the R ose
B ow l for the second straight y ear
despite m anaging 508 yards o f their
ow n. W ilso n re p e a te d ly m o v ed
W isconsin in the final m inutes o f
his spectacular single season, but
A bbrederis' m istake and the e x p ir­
ing clock w ere too m uch.
"It w ould have been nice to have
a chance there," said W ilson, w ho
passed for 296 yards and tw o scores.
"W ith 1 second left, I think w e could
have capitalized."
T he D ucks don't doubt it. T he
G randdaddy o f T hem All had never
seen this m any points, beating the
record 80 scored by W ashington
and Iow a in 1991.
"W e knew we had to score al­
m ost every tim e w e touched the
ball," W isco n sin ta ilb a ck Jam es
W hite said.
T he D ucks and B adgers p ro ­
duced the highest-scoring first q u ar­
ter (14-14) and first h a lf (28-28) in
R ose B ow l history, eventually su r­
passing W ashington's 46-34 w in
ov er Iow a 21 years ago w hen W is­
consin coach B ret B ielem a w as a
H aw keyes linem an. O regon's y ard ­
age fell ju st short o f U SC 's 633 yards
against Illinois in 2008.
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Oregon’s De'Anthony Thomas (6) celebrates his 64-yard touch­
down with Mark Asper (79) during the second ha lf o f the Rose
Bowl NCAA college football game against Wisconsin, Monday, in
Pasadena, Calif. (AP photo)
“I have to find a w ay to m ake
due and cancel the unnecessary,”
she said.
O w n er Jin R yu o f Js Food M art
at 33rd and K illingsw orth, said a
bad econom y w as m aking it tough
financially for everyone.
A lthough the 30 cent increase
to em p lo y ee’ s w ages w eren ’ t m an­
datory under law until the N ew
Y ear started, R yu said he adjusted
his em ployee’s paychecks a couple
o f m onths ago w hen the ann o u n ce­
m ent o f the increase became known.
“ I w ant m y em ployees to be
happy, w hich benefits me as w ell,”
he said. “I try to be over, not less,
th an the m in im u m w age. T he
econom y is getting w orse.”
A ccording to O C PP, O regon's
m inim um w age has yet to recover
its purchasing pow er peak o f 35-
years-ago.
In 2011 dollars, O regon's m ini­
m um w age reached $9.09 in 1976,
alm ost 60 cents per hour higher
than the Current m inim um w age.
O regon’s m inim um w age, how-
ever, is the second highest in the
nation, trailing only to W ash ing­
ton, w hich saw its m inim um hourly
w age rise to $9.04 this year.
“O regon is the second highest in
the nation, but that d o e sn ’t m ean
the m inim um w age policy is good or
bad,” said Ryu.
Eddie D e Leon, 23, has received
a m inim um w age from the 76 Food
M a rt lo c a te d a t N o r th e a s t
K illingsw orth and M artin Luther
K ing B oulevard as a gas attendant
for tw o-years now .
A lthough the changes w ill m ake
everyday expenses m ore reason­
able, he said, “ M inim um w age is
okay for m e.”
"A grow ing body o f research
supports the view o f increases in
the m inim um w age as an econom ic
boost that does not dam pen jo b
creation o r raise costs to co n su m ­
ers," S h ek eto ff said. "The $624 in
additional pay for a full-tim e w orker
is m odest and predictable."
De Leon added, how ever, w ith
unem ploym ent high, he is sim ply
thankful to have a jo b at the begin­
ning o f this N ew Year.
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