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Intruder breaks into Hamilton Complex
An unknown man entered at least nine rooms on women’s floors in Spiller
Hall between 3 and 6 a.m. on Friday, but no harm or major theft was reported
Allie Grasgreen
News Reporter
University freshman Rachel Reynolds awoke
around 5:30 a.m. Friday and saw an unknown
intruder hovering over her roommate. She remained calm, and the man fled when he realized he wasn’t the only one awake in the room.
The man trespassed into Spiller Hall in Hamilton Complex, one of the University’s Residence Halls, early Friday morning and entered
at least nine unlocked rooms on a women’s
floor from about 3 to 6 a.m. The Department of
Public Safety will not release any information
relating to the case because it is an “ongoing
investigation,” but several residents encountered the intruder and reported the incidents to Resident Assistants and DPS the
following morning.
The unidentified man was first spotted on
the second floor around 3 a.m. The intruder
left some doors wide open, and blacked out the
peepholes with whiteboard markers on rooms
he entered. No students reported any harm or
major theft.
COUNTY FUNDING
Federal timber
dollars will
delay cash crises
The reauthorized money, part
of the Iraq war spending bill, will
save 250 Lane County jobs
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Jason N. Reed
News Reporter
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Re-authorization of federal timber dollars, included in the Iraq war
spending bill, was passed by Congress
on Thursday and signed by President
George W. Bush on Friday. The funding will provide Lane County with $47
million, and save 250 county employee
positions from being cut this summer.
Although the money will provide a
reprieve for county budget members, it
will only last one year.
“The work to secure a long-term extension and re-authorization of these
funds must continue,” Congressman
Greg Walden said on the House floor. “I
will not give up. I will not quit. I will not
rest. The Congress will be forced to address this issue over and over and over
again until we reach agreement on a
long-term solution.”
Lane County officials still need to create a budget by the June 30 deadline
that meets the approval of a host of individual interests, and that deadline has
raised panic about public safety, misuse
of county funds and possible pink slips
for hundreds of county employees. At
the same time, the failed county income
tax leaves an even bigger uncertainty of
where to turn for future funds.
The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
(SRS) was an extension of payments
to counties hurt by the decline in logging revenue. The funding ceased in
2006 and many states and counties have
scrambled to find alternative sources
of income.
Oregon’s schools and counties received more than 54 percent of the
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BAR VIOLENCE
Christin Palazzolo | Photo Editor
Senior Tommy Skipper celebrates after clearing a school and Pac-10 Conference outdoor pole vault record at 19-0 1/4 Friday. For more meet coverage, TURN TO SPORTS, PAGE 5.
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Dat Tien Phan, the first winner of NBC’s ‘Last Comic Standing,’ had a UO
audience in stitches as part of the APASU’s Asian Heritage Month
Tess McBride
News Reporter
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“Last Comic Standing” winner Dat Phan performed in 100 Willamette Thursday evening as part of Asian Heritage Month.
“Last Comic Standing” season-one winner Dat Tien Phan performed to a packed
audience in 100 Willamette Thursday evening as part of Asian Heritage Month, where
he talked about his life as a VietnameseAmerican, his career as a comedian and, of
course, his mother.
After two hours of performing, answering questions and meeting with fans,
Phan looked dizzy, exhausted and constantly scanned the room in search of
his manager.
“I’m very hard on myself. If I don’t do a
level eight or above, I really blame myself,”
he said after the show. “I have bad days like
everybody else, but in the end, if the universe asked me if I’m happy with my life,
I’d say yes.”
Phan, the youngest of 10 children, grew
up in San Diego, Calif. after emigrating from
Vietnam as a baby. Phan became interested
in comedy in college and decided to devote
his life to making it as a stand-up comic
after Sept. 11.
Phan moved to Los Angeles in his late
20s and lived in his car while working four
jobs as a doorman at various comedy clubs
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arrested for
assaulting patron
The man was handcuffed and
repeatedly struck after being
told to leave the Rock N Rodeo
trevor davis
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Police arrested two bouncers at a
downtown Eugene nightclub over the
weekend for using excessive force on a
club patron last Thursday.
After an investigation, Eugene police
arrested Michael Guggenmos, 28, and
Jonathan Skinner, 32, on charges of assault relating to an incident Saturday
morning at Rock N Rodeo club, 44 E.
7th Ave.
Management could not be reached at
Rock N Rodeo, but other Eugene bars
said bouncers are trained to prevent
altercations among patrons.
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Smoking ban will improve state health
Thanks to Senate Bill 571, lighting
up in bars and restaurants is about to
become against the law. The bill has all
ready passed the Oregon State
Senate; now it has to pass the House
of Representatives.
Unsurprisingly, Democrats rallied
around the legislation, while Republicans balked at what they argued was a
usurpation of individual rights. The legislation provides minor exemptions to
cigar bars, tobacco shops and, strangely, the Portland Meadows racetrack.
Oregon’s Native American casinos will
not be affected by the legislation.
Although the state of Oregon is set
to lose an estimated $25 million from
reduced lottery play and a potential
reduction in alcohol and cigarette
consumption, Kulongoski appears to
support the legislation and will sign
it when it crosses his desk. Likely,
over the long run, the lost revenue
will become insignificant — a mere,
transitory blip, before people become
accustomed to lighting up outdoors.
Some Oregon communities, Eugene
included, have already passed similar
legislation. City smoking bans in the
region date back to July 2001, when
then-Gov. John Kitzhaber struck a
deal with the state Legislature to ban
smoking in workplaces and restaurants. Since then, smokers have
seen their options severely pinched,
with smoke-designated areas limited
to bars, taverns, and other areas
restricted to minors.
Smokers and individual rights activists argue that in areas where admission is restricted to adults, people
should be treated as such. This in-
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Second-hand killer
342,000 Americans die each year
35 million suffer from chronic lung disease
There are more than 4,000 carcinogens in second hand smoke
— Source: Mayo Clinic and America Lung Association
cludes being able to smoke if one so
chooses. But supporters of the antismoking bill point to secondhand
smoke, and the hazards associated
with it, as reason for toughening the
state’s stance on smoking.
But this logic doesn’t hold up considering that the collateral damage of
that “adult behavior” is responsible for
killing 8,000 Oregonians each year, according to the American Lung Association of Oregon. Inhalation of secondhand smoke has been revealed to cause
many of the same physiological impairments as direct smoking. Because the
dangers of secondhand smoke extend
beyond the individual performing the
act, it is in the collective interest of
Oregonians to ban smoking indoors
— even in local watering holes.
It’s a logic lost on some. How can
smoking be banned in a place where
people come to drink alcohol? People in
bars are aware that what they’re doing
is harmful to them, but they are mature
enough to weigh the consequences of
their actions. Why, then, can’t they do
the same with cigarettes?
The answer may lie in neighboring
states. California and Washington are
among the sixteen states with smoking
bans that extend to bars. Add to that
Idaho’s and Nevada’s stricter secondhand smoke ordinances, and it would
appear that Oregon is merely struggling
to keep pace with its health-conscious
neighbors.
The bill is sure to prove divisive.
In lieu of Gov. Kulongoski’s apparent
conviction to sign the bill, smokers will
certainly continue to argue for their individual freedoms. Health advocates,
meanwhile, will just as surely be there
to rebuke with data and stories of the
unfortunate victims of secondhand
smoke. In the meantime, bar patrons
craving a drag will just have to take
their act outside — or pay the price.
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tax would destroy local microbrews
Over the past decade, Portland, Ore.,
has become the fastest growing beer
Mecca in the world. According to the
unfortunately named beer writer and
expert Michael Jackson, Portland has
more breweries per capital than any
other city in the country, and possibly
the world.
That’s right, the world. Tschuss, Berlin. Adieu, Brussels. Get bent, Dublin.
Portland is becoming the beer capital of
the world. And not just Portland. Stop
in any small or midsized town in Oregon, and you will come across a slew
of craft breweries.
Nothing can get in our way — well,
with the possible exception of the Oregon State Legislature, which is attempting to push through an imprudent
brewers’ tax.
For the last 30 years, Oregon has
had one of the lowest beer taxes in
the country. But with the current beer
boon, the Oregon legislature is eyeballing a number of proposed bills that
would raise this tax.
This is so incredibly transparent: Oregon brewers have toiled for years to
build their businesses. In doing so, they
have concocted products that have
won numerous awards and whetted
numerous palates — palates far too
long subjected to the watery lager of
the Midwest.
France has its wine, Oregon its beer.
I’ve lived in Germapolitical move.
ny, and I’ve traveled
According to an
through Europe. In
Associated Press araddition to this, I’ve
ticle, proponents of
tasted a number of
the legislation say
different beers from
that the proposed tax
Asia, South America
would target large
and Oceania. Oregon
breweries and would
beers rank among
not affect Oregon’s
the best, for the best
multibillion dollar
Dyspeptic Rumblings
price, of any around
microbrew industhe world — behind,
try; brewers, on the
perhaps, only Belgian
other hand, argue
beers; but it’s hard to compete with a that this is an empty promise, because
hearty, 11-percent-alcohol-by-volume wholesalers and retailers would simply
bottle of Delirium Noel.
increase beer prices across the board.
If this legislation passes, then it will This would effectively price many cusbecome abundantly apparent that Or- tomers out of the market.
egon relies far too heavily on taxing the
The beer industry provides nearly
so-called “sin” industries. Cigarettes are 13,000 jobs and accounts for $276
already subjected to the third-highest million in paid wages. It already pays
rate of taxation in the nation. Although seven million dollars in state excise
Oregon currently taxes breweries at a taxes and $114 million in overall state
reasonably low level, comparative to tax revenue, according to the Oregon
other states, the proposed legislation Brewers Guild.
would create one of the highest beer
Our legislators, though, are incataxes in the nation.
pable of talking about the issue withThat, in a sense, is understandable; out quibbling on the issue. State Sen.
Tobacco Road is a coast away, after all. Bill Morissette, D-Springfield, told The
Beer, on the other hand, is a native- Register-Guard that as many as 75
born industry. We cannot, and shall percent of Oregon inmates committed
not, allow our impotent legislators crimes related to alcohol or drug abuse.
to cavalierly, imprudently subject a Pardon me, but what the hell does that
native industry to taxation based have to do with the issue? Seventysolely on the fact that it is an easy five percent of Oregon’s non-prison
population undoubtedly enjoy a Widmer
occasionally. This is merely another
politically motivated move to create a
new revenue stream for our lackluster
state government.
I mean, if the issue were about
preventing violent crime, why not
focus the tax on beverages that
Oregon’s prison population probably
drank? Why not place an excessive
excise tax on Hurricane Ice? Or
Boone’s Farm? We could ban Steel
Reserve outright.
But this isn’t about crime prevention
(because, well, that’s ludicrous), this is
about taking advantage of a successful
industry. The Oregon legislature has a
noxious habit of tying certain economic
policy’s to the Consumer Price Index,
which measures urban growth and
inflation (Oregon’s minimum wage,
for example). The problem, however, is that the price of beer increases
more slowly than inflation, creating a
potential long-term burden for
beer producers.
As unfortunate as it may sound to
many, Oregon may need to look to
other forms of taxation. A sales tax may
not be popular, but it may be the most
effective reality for a state that is proud
of its native industries. Beer is one of
those native industries.
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Intruder: Residents thought the man was someone’s boyfriend, didn’t call authorities
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Freshman Kristina DiGesu was
awake late writing a paper and saw the
man — who appeared to be in his early
20s — open her door, peek in and slam
it three times within an hour. DiGesu’s
male friend quickly looked out into the
hall and saw the man run into the bathroom. He offered to investigate, but DiGesu assumed it was another resident’s
boyfriend and ignored it.
“You don’t want to get somebody in
trouble,” said DiGesu.
Some time later, the man was caught
attempting to enter another room. After
a freshman opened the door while the
intruder jiggled the doorknob, she saw
him dart up to the 4th floor.
Freshman Robyn Chavez went to
use the restroom and saw the man follow her into the restroom. She left and
returned to the restroom 15 minutes
later and witnessed him attempting to
open multiple doors.
“I assumed it was someone’s boyfriend,” said Chavez.
That was the justification given by
most residents for not contacting DPS
or a Resident Assistant. DPS officer
Robert Guse said his main concern is
that several residents saw the man, but
not one of them contacted the police.
Girls’ boyfriends
the man to make
residence hall intrusion
frequent the halls An unidentified man trespassed into
sure he did not
late at night and Spiller Hall, part of Hamilton Complex,
attempt anything
many do not know early Friday morning and entered at least
dangerous.
the other residents, nine rooms on both female floors.
“I knew that it
so nothing seemed
was best to not
Nobody was harmed and no major theft
out of the ordinary, was reported.
confront the perChavez said.
son unless they did
Some residents, The man was in the hall from about 3 to 6
something more
a.m. and was spotted by several residents,
like Reynolds
than just staring,”
but nobody contacted police or Housing
— the last to ensaid Reynolds.
officials.
counter the inWhen the man
truder — assumed The man was college-aged with very short realized he was
at first he was a hair and green shorts, residents say.
being watched, he
male resident from Anyone with further knowledge of the
bolted out of the
incident should contact the Department
another floor.
room and, most
Reynolds awoke of Public Safety immediately.
likely, left the
while the man
building. Reynwas in her fourth floor room at 5:30 olds said he left the room extremely
a.m. The first time she heard shuffling quickly and seemed too alert to be inacross the room, she assumed it was toxicated. She later discovered that the
her roommate, freshman Kate Spilde. man had taken her duct tape and used
Reynolds looked over and saw some- it to cover up the door’s peephole. DPS
one standing near the bed, and “fig- will obtain her fingerprints in the event
ured it was just one of the guys from that the tape is found, and she will be
the first floor, just messing around.” reimbursed for the theft.
She closed her eyes but opened them
“Initially I kind of assumed that
a few moments later when she heard it wasn’t someone from outside our
Spilde moving around in bed. Reyn- dorm,” Spilde said, “but then once I
olds saw the man leaning over Spilde found out that it wasn’t any one of my
with his head very close to hers, staring friends or anything it kind of took away
intently as Spilde slept.
my sense of safety for sure.”
Reynolds stayed still, watching
Although DPS will not comment, the
general consensus among Spiller residents is that the intruder was about 5feet 11-inches, with very short hair and
green shorts.
Several residents expressed the need
for cameras at Residence Hall entrances, but because of students’ willingness to let anyone into the buildings,
some say the residents just need to
take responsibility.
“As it stands, the basic concept
of our security should work, it’s just
based on if the students actually carry
it out,” said one University Housing
employee. “It definitely varies among
students. As a whole most students are
very safe ... Housing staff has tried to
enforce the policy more this year than
any other year and make residents
acutely aware of how dangerous it can
be to let in strangers.”
“I always feel pretty safe here,” said
Spilde. “It depends a lot on people so
that’s probably where the problem is. I
don’t know what else they could do to
make us more secure.”
Anyone with further information
relating to the incident should contact
DPS immediately.
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Timber: Congressmen have been working for a multi-year extension of federal funds
it’s clear that rural counties need this
assistance more than ever,” Congressman DeFazio said in a press release.
“This funding will help stave-off some
of the layoffs and cuts in critical services like law-enforcement and health
care, and prevent the state from having
to take over those essential services,
while we continue to work together on
a longer-term solution.”
That solution does not rest in the
hands of federal legislators, some argue. Members of the political action
committee that led the charge against
the income tax, “We said No,” said the
county budget committee has sufficient
money to fund all of the necessary programs to keep the county residents
safe, but spending needs to be redirected and funds allocated properly.
Another local solution is an increase
in the county property tax.
Lane County’s tax rate is 40-50
percent lower than directly comparable counties, and it was at the very
bottom of Oregon’s 36 counties as far as overall tax
rate is concerned, a budget
report stated.
The decline in revenue for the general fund is nothing new to the budget
committee as 12 of the last 15 years
have seen budget cuts at an annual
average reduction of $1.2 million.
The SRS Act was mandated to end
in 2006 and county commissioners
have been aware of its cessation from
the moment of its conception.
With these three factors, many believe the county budget committee
and commissioners, while well-aware
of the past, have the responsibility to
work toward a stable plan for the future. But one source inside the state
legislature said that is like “looking
into the crystal ball for an answer
nobody has.”
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Bouncers: Security guards can use necessary force on customers, as long as it’s reasonable, EPD says
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N Rodeo and saw two bouncers striking a handcuffed man
in front of the bar entrance
Thursday evening.
The officer called dispatch for additional units and
stopped the altercation.
After interviewing witnesses, police discovered the man
was asked to leave for smoking a cigarette in the bar and
for being too drunk.
The 26-year-old victim is
not being identified, but police spokeswoman Melinda
Kletzok said the man is not a
University student.
Witnesses told police the
bouncers handcuffed the man
after spraying him with pepper
spray. The bouncers struck the
unidentified man with their
fists and a baton, according
to police. Witnesses told police the bouncers continued to
strike and spray the man after
he was in handcuffs.
The man sustained cuts on
his head and declined to be
taken to the hospital.
“Security guards can use
force when necessary to take
trespassers into custody, as
long as the force is reasonable
and necessary,” police said in
a press release.
Kletzok said club bouncers can legally carry handcuffs and other tools to
restrain someone.
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to use them in a safe and
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Bartenders at other clubs
in Eugene said employees are trained to avoid
similar situations.
Three or four bouncers
check patron identification
at Diablo’s club on Pearl
Street on a typical night, said
Val Serrano, a bartender
at Diablo’s.
“Basically, their main objective is to stop anything before
it happens and keep an eye
out,” Serrano said.
When hiring a potential
bouncer, Serrano said management checks references
and discusses safety policies
with the bouncer.
The bouncers at Diablo’s
don’t carry any tools or
weapons, Serrano said.
“All our bouncers are big,”
Serrano said. “That in itself is
a deterrent.”
At the campus-area bar
Rennie’s Landing, bar manager Dan Geyer said employees rotate schedules to check
identification at the door.
“In our case, the main priority is to keep customers and
bartenders safe,” Geyer said.
In the event of a fight, Geyer
said employees are trained
to try and “talk down” the
fight and ask the involved
parties to leave. If the tactic
doesn’t work, bar managers
call police.
The Rock N Rodeo incident
will go to the district attorney’s
office and a grand jury could
potentially review the case,
Kletzok said.
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With the first session of Congress
closing in October, many are doubtful any action will take place until
the second session commences in
January 2008, six months before a
new Lane County budget will need to
be completed.
“Two months ago a one-year extension for county payments seemed
completely out of the question,” Congressman Walden said. “Would I have
rather had a multi-year extension?
Of course.”
A measure that would have supplemented the general fund’s loss of SRS
payments was voted down by 71 percent when Lane County voters gave an
overwhelming refusal for an income
tax earlier this month. County commissioners expressed their doubts that
a new measure could be passed by
county residents as the last two ballot
measures for an income tax failed.
“Given the defeat of local tax
measures around the state last week,
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national total of these payments and
33 of Oregon’s 36 counties rely on the
federal funding.
Lane County’s general fund allocates money for various services, one
of which is public safety. The fund receives 35 percent of its revenue from
the SRS and with the suspected loss of
money, the Sheriff’s Office, Youth Services and Health and Human Services
were expected to suffer substantial cuts
to their programs, compromising safety
in the county.
Congressmen Walden and Peter
DeFazio have been working for a
multi-year extension of federal funds
and introduced H.R. 17, a bill to reauthorize county payments for seven
years, on the first day of the current
legislative session.
The bill has 127 co-sponsors in the
House, but it has not seen any major
action since early February.
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at night and waiting tables during the
day. He studied comedians such as Benny Hill and John Ritter, emulating their
comedic timing and movements.
While living off Top Ramen noodles
and water, Phan auditioned for NBC’s
first season of “Last Comic Standing,”
which he won in August 2003. Since
then, Phan has toured, performed voices on “Family Guy” and “Danny Phantom” and appeared in movies such as
“Cellular” with Kim Basinger.
Phan said he has allowed himself to
be typecast in the past, playing the token Asian character, although he did
turn down the role of “Asian whore”
in “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo,”
he joked.
Phan is currently working on creating
a multiracial production company that
will avoid racial stereotyping, he said.
“I point (stereotypes) out and say that
it’s there, but in the end it’s like when
your family teases you and when you get
down to it, they really love you,” Phan
said, who spends a majority of his comedy routine speaking in a thick Vietnamese accent and joking about his mother’s
Vietnamese habits.
Wannita Nualngam, a University senior and advisor for the Asian Pacific
American Student Union, the organization that hosted the event, said she thinks
Phan brings awareness about Asian
culture and heritage through his routine.
“He brings up issues other comedians
wouldn’t talk about,” she said. “It’s very
different sometimes (because) Asian parents are very strict and there are certain
ways they want their kids to grow up.”
University sophomore Lily Pon, outreach coordinator for APASU, said
Phan’s confrontation of stereotypes
is a different type of humor that points
out what’s unique about Asian families
and culture.
“You don’t see a lot of Asian American
figures out there and for him to win ‘Last
Comic Standing’ was really big for us in
the Asian communities,” Pon said.
Phan said even though he didn’t
elect himself as a role model, he tries
to act like one by giving everything he
has, even though other parts of his life
sometimes suffer.
“I try to make everybody happy, because this is their only chance to see
me,” said Phan. Phan admits he has broken down during the past two years of
traveling through 45 states and
350 cities.
He doesn’t like to mix dating and business and because everywhere he goes
he’s on business, he rarely is able to date,
he said.
“I think I went on a speed date” last
month, he said. “But they all recognized
who I am.”
If it weren’t for “Last Comic Standing”
this wouldn’t be a problem for Phan, who
said he would now either be a teacher or
on the MTV show “Punk’d,” which offered him a job before he left for “Last
Comic Standing.”
“We’re trying to bring his popularity
up to where it was when he won ‘Last
Comic Standing,’” said Emmett Morgan,
Phan’s manager.
During 2008 Phan will continue to
work on his multiracial production company, which is coming out with a romantic comedy he will act in. He will also star
in a reality show to take place in Las Vegas, release a live DVD of his stand-up,
and probably appear on season five of
“Last Comic Standing,” Morgan said.
“I’m the same guy who lived out of my
car,” Phan said. “I just have more money
to take girls on dates now.”
For more information on Phan and to
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A panel of experts and academics on the
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McGrath
qualifies for
Nationals
With a time of 3:46.31,
the junior scored a
fifth-place finish
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Tommy Skipper outjumped the pack on
his way to a mark of 19-0 1/4 and a new
Pac-10 outdoor record at West Regionals
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Two down, two to go.
At least, that’s how Oregon’s Michael McGrath looks
at it. After finishing a qualifying fifth in the men’s 1,500m
Saturday afternoon in a time
of three minutes, 46.31 seconds, the Duck junior said he
was just looking at the weekend’s NCAA West Regional
Championships as preliminary rounds of the big meet,
the NCAA Championships in
Sacramento, Calif., June 6-9.
“We kinda figured there’s
four rounds to nationals and
(I) definitely just advanced
to now, the semifinals of
nationals,” McGrath said.
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Tommy Skipper clears the bar at 19-0 1/4.
SteFanie loH
Sports Reporter
Oregon’s Tommy Skipper thought his performance at the NCAA West Regionals in Eugene on
Saturday was not his best.
But in only his second competitive effort of this
outdoor season, the four-time NCAA champion pole
vaulter set a new school and Pac-10 Conference
outdoor record.
Skipper took first with a 19-0 1/4 (5.80m) mark.
“I actually don’t feel all that well,” Skipper said.
“My left and right calves and hamstrings were kinda cramping up a little bit today, and I think I was a
little dehydrated.
“To be honest, none of those attempts felt very
good. Even on my 19, it didn’t feel technically sound.
And it’s a positive thing: If it doesn’t feel good and
turn to Men, page 6
WOMEN’S TRACK
Johnson puts Noble away early in rematch of last year’s NCAAs
The meeting didn’t nearly live up to the hype as Johnson
took the lead early and never gave it back in the 800m
JeFFReY DRanSFelDt
Sports Reporter
Saturday’s 800-meter race offered
a tantalizing rematch of last year’s
NCAA Championship performance.
Oregon’s Rebekah Noble versus
California’s Alysia Johnson.
Too bad Johnson decided the
result early on. Johnson ran out to
an early lead and never allowed
Noble to threaten Saturday in
her first-place finish at the NCAA
West Regional Championships at
Hayward Field.
Johnson’s first place finish in two
minutes, 2.12 seconds qualifies her
for the NCAA Championships in
two weeks in Sacramento, Calif. Noble came in second in 2:04.95 and
teammate Zoe Buckman ended her
afternoon in fourth in 2:06.82.
The top five individual finishers automatically advanced to the
NCAA Championships in two weeks
in Sacramento, Calif.
“Obviously, I knew that we had
some good competitors in the field
and to come away with a win is obviously something else I wanted,”
Johnson said. “The ultimate goal
is to get to nationals, the Big Show,
and compete there … I was hoping
to run a pretty fast time, a good time
so I was just racing against a clock
there toward the end.”
Both Johnson and Noble attempted to downplay any rivalry between
the two.
“I can’t stress enough that I’m not
really thinking about any one competitor,” Johnson said. “I’m very
happy with my performances and
for me to worry about anyone else’s
would be counterproductive.”
The main goal for Noble Saturday
was making it to the NCAA Championships and she accomplished that.
“Luckily I get to go on, and that
was the main goal, and now I have
someone to go along with me and
that’ll be even better,” Noble said.
“(Track and Field Director) Vin
(Lananna) was like ‘you’ve got a
competitor in you’ so you got to
bring that out today and I feel like
I did in a way, but I got second,”
Noble said.
Noble and Johnson last met up
at the NCAA indoor finals, where
again Noble finished second to
Johnson. Noble sat out another
possible showdown two weeks
ago at the conference meet with a
sore hamstring.
Although Noble’s interview was
cut short so she could prepare for
the 4x400m relay, she scratched and
Oregon went with Kavina Hall, Leah
Worthen, Keshia Baker and Irie
Searcy instead. They stayed close
until the end before they faded into
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Maria Mutola clocks the fastest time in the world this year in the 800 meters
The two-time Olympic
medalist runs a 1:58.79
at Road to Eugene ‘08
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Two-time Olympic medalist Maria Mutola ran the
world’s fastest time in the women’s 800 meters this
year, winning the event at the Road to Eugene ‘08 meet
with a time of 1:58.79.
With a crowd of 3,097 on hand
during an overcast day, Sunday’s
Road to Eugene ‘08 meet didn’t
have the same atmosphere
as the previous day’s NCAA
West Regionals.
But that didn’t stop its competitors from posting some of the best
times in the world.
Maria Mutola, a two-time
Olympic medalist from Mozambique, ran the 800m in 1:58.79,
the fastest time recorded by a
woman in the world this year.
“This was a fast time for a
first meet of the season,” Mutola
said. “I probably wouldn’t have
run this fast in an opener if I was
somewhere else.”
The Oregon Track Club’s Nicole Teter came in right behind
Mutola at 1:59:91, posting the
fastest time by an American in the
event this year. And despite the
dwindled crowd relative to the
earlier events during the weekend, the atmosphere was electric
for competing athletes.
“This crowd is great to have
behind you no matter if the stadium’s completely full — they
cheer you every step and they’re
so knowledgeable,” Teter said.
The top runners were helped
along by Oregon sophomore Leah
Worthen’s pace-setting first lap
of 56 seconds. After running in
front of Mutola for the first 400m,
Worthen dropped out having fulfilled her duties.
Mutola became the main attraction at the meet after American-record holder Sanya Richards dropped out of the women’s
400m after experiencing some
discomfort in her knee that day.
Richards apologized to the crowd,
saying she wanted to keep it safe,
making sure the knee healthy
when she plans on competing at the Prefontaine Classic in
two weeks.
The men’s 800 meters featured
Canadian record holder Gary
Reed, who beat out 11 other runners to finish the race in 1:46.64.
The race featured jostling as
members of the field tried to
position themselves to win the
event.
“It was my first race with a really big field, so I got mixed up
a little bit early,” Reed said. “On
a day like today, I wasn’t concerned about my time.”
Mexico’s Giovanni Lanaro beat
out Olympic medalists Tim Mack,
Toby Stevenson, U.S. Champions Brad Walker and Russ Buller
with a vault of 18-8 1/4.
Nike’s nine-time U.S. champion Stacy Dragila won the women’s pole vault, clearing 14-9 despite recovering from injuries.
“I’m about 70 percent right
now physically, but I’m making
some big strides now,” Dragila
said. “Right now I’m most concerned about trying to get as
healthy as I can, and will let the
marks happen on their own.”
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CLUB BASEBALL
oregon stands one win away
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Oregon’s club baseball team
is one win away from playing in
its first National Club Baseball
Association championship game.
After upsetting top-seed Penn
State on Thursday evening, Jay
Tlougan helped the eighth-seeded
Ducks continue their run by shutting out the three-time defending
champion Colorado State on five
hits. Tlougan tossed a complete
game, striking out six.
On Monday, though, the Nittany Lions avenged their firstround defeat, shutting the Ducks
down on five hits en route to
a 6-0 win courtesy of starter
Ryan Frankeny.
Oregon ace Bryan Hansen
will toe the slab for Oregon in
the elimination game. Hansen
beat the Lions in Game 1, 52. Penn State will likely bring
back ace Peter Chalfin to oppose Hansen. Should the Ducks
win, Tlougan would come back
for the championship game on
Wednesday night.
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you still cleared it, you know
there’s more there.”
Skipper’s performance highlighted an impressive day for
the Oregon men.
The squad faced a difficult
decision with the 4x400m
relay team.
Should Oregon sprints
coach Dan Steele risk keeping junior sprint specialist Phil
Alexander — who was still
recovering from a hamstring
injury sustained at the Pacific10 Conference Championships
two weeks ago — on the anchor leg? Or should he put true
freshman Chad Barlow in the
position of having to carry the
team through to the finish?
Alexander had helped the
Ducks to a third-place finish in
the 4x100m final earlier in the
day, so Steele knew he was at
least fit enough to run a leg in
the 4x400m.
But how fit was fit? Years of
coaching had taught Steele to
be careful with hamstring injuries, and as important as the relay was, he didn’t want to push
Alexander too hard.
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McGrath, who finished
fourth at the Pacific-10 Conference Championships, his first
race since the Oregon Preview
meet in March, said he feels
much better now than he did
two weeks ago.
“I’m stronger today than I
was at Pac-10s, and certainly
at Pac-10s I was stronger than
I was two weeks before that,”
McGrath said. “I don’t expect
to be any weaker going into
nationals, only stronger.”
McGrath has dealt with nagging injuries for most of the
season and said he feels like
he is just now starting to hit
his stride.
“Four weeks ago it was an
uphill battle to think I’d qualify, but I definitely believed I
would,” he said. “I’m very optimistic about what I can do in
the coming weeks.”
Director of Track and Field
Vin Lananna agreed.
“He’s been injured a good
part of the season and I think
he’s on a roll,” Lananna said.
“He looks fresh, he looks
good. Every day it’s better
and better.”
It’s certainly a better result
for McGrath than what happened at the regional meet a
year ago. After finishing in the
top five and thinking he was
going to be competing at the
national championships, McGrath found out after the meet
that he had been disqualified.
This time, there was no
such misfortune.
After jumping out to the
front of the pack at the beginning, McGrath settled back
into the crowd for much of
the race, biding his time. But
with a lap to go, he was stuck
in traffic against the inside
rail, unable to free himself for
the finish.
“That’s kinda like the
story of my racing life. I’m
always boxed in because of
my own stupid mistakes,” he
said. “I need to get used to
moving outside.”
He was able to break out
with about 300 meters to go
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might have already lost his
gamble: the freshman fell behind the leaders, and suddenly
the Ducks found themselves in
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With 5,769 strong on their
feet, Barlow came barreling
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it looked as if Barlow might
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himself over the line, his legs
giving out as he collapsed and
rolled in a heap on the track.
But Steele and his Ducks had
done what they needed to do:
Oregon finished in third place
in 3:08.79. The second-place
Huskies clocked in at 3:08.73,
mere milliseconds ahead of the
young Ducks.
“It was a tough decision
and you second-guess yourself right up to the gun,” a relieved Steele said afterward.
“I just wanted to put them in
a position to finish top three,
and they did what they needed
to do.”
Steele said the injured Alexander had been tasked with
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start of the race that Barlow
would run the anchor leg.
The gun sounded and leadoff man Marcus Dillon took
off. The junior had already run
two races that day; he’d led off
on the 4x100m relay, and then
put everything he had into the
400m, finishing second behind
USC’s Lionel Larry in 46.31,
a .31-second personal best,
and winning an individual bid
to nationals.
But fatigue might have accounted for Dillon’s mediocre
47.23 first leg split, and he
handed off to freshman Ashton
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Eaton made up some ground
for the Ducks, and when he put
the baton in Alexander’s hand,
Oregon was just barely in
second place.
Alexander kept pace with
the leaders, then kicked in
some speed on the final curve
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with Washington just a half
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McGrath’s teammate, freshman A.J. Acosta, struggled,
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“It’s my understanding that
he has a good shot to get in,”
McGrath said. “I hope he’s
there. We’ve done a lot of
good work together.”
Lananna also said
he thought Acosta will
be invited.
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Now accepting applications for Peer
Health Education interns for fall &
winter term through the UO Health
Center. This small seminar class
meets T/R 10-11:50, and accepts 12
new students/term. If interested go
to: http://healthed.uoregon.edu and
fill out the application or call Ramah
Leith 346-0562.
2912 Riverview St. 3 bedrm/2 bath.
washer & dryer. $1000 1-year lease.
Available Sept. 1st. 953-8665
Cute 2 bedroom. 555 E 18th. $970.
2 bed/3bath. 1472 E 19th. $1,050.
Both avail. Sept. 1. Call 343-6000 or
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3 Bd.—2650 Baker.....1395/mon
4 Bd.—2845 Ferry......1460/mon
762 E. 20th.....1780/mon
5 Bd.—2895 Mill.........1675/mon
3217 Onyx Pl..1700/mon
2334 Augusta .1875/mon
2576 Kincaid ..1975/mon
6 Bd.—734 Mill (Spfd) 1770/mon
1795 Augusta .1980/mon
1456 E. 19th...2670/mon
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178 W 29th, Lg living rm & kitchen.
3 bdrms, dw, w/d, No pets/smoking.
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215 Apartments Furnished
Reserving for Summer and Fall.
Super Summer Rates!
220 Apartments Unfurnished
Reserving for Summer and Fall.
Super Summer rates!
3 Bedroom
710 E. 15th Alley
Large, clean, quiet
1 bdrm. units 1/2 block UO.
Spotlessly clean, fully furnished,
big walk-in closet, separate vanity
& bath, on-site laundry, covered
parking. Call now! 484-4103
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1877 EMERALD
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725 E. 14th
* 2 Bedrooms
* State of the art complex
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THE PATTERSON HOUSE
979 Patterson
NEW NEW NEW
September 1st move in
* Studio- one- two- bedroom
* Secured environment
* Parking garage
Available now or reserve for Fall.
High Oak Studios, 766 E. 15th, $520;
1 bdrm townhouses, 1355 E. 19th &
1874 Emerald Street, $625. Parking
& laundry onsite. Call 687-0922.
1 BLOCK FROM CAMPUS
2 bdrm, 1 bath. Newly re-modled.
Spacious living room, bar, balcony.
$995/mo. Everything included but
electric (w/s/g/cable/internet). Covered parking. Available 6/18/07.
(541)912-7265
Quality 1 and 2 bedroom campus
apartments. No pets. $495-$775. Office 1528 Ferry. 541-343-8545.
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Nicely updated quads all utilities
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1, 2 and 3 bedrooms as close as
1/2 block from campus. Quiet, spacious, clean.
Prices starting at $525. 344-4619.
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Willow Lane Apts. 1661 Ferry. 2 bdrm
very spacious living room & kitchen,
No pets. $650/mo. +$600 deposit.
11mo. lease. 343-4137.
For 2007-2008
All applicants must meet all student eligibility requirements
including credits (8U/6G)
Complete position descriptions and applications are available in
the ASUO Office or on the ASUO Website Get Involved Page
(http://asuo.uoregon.edu/getinvolved)
Accepting applications through Thursday, May 31st
at 5pm or until filled
(AA/EOE/ADA)
2 rooms in house. SS and/or Fall.
W/WO furniture. W/D Cable internet,
TV, phone. $300-$315/month. Share
utilities. 20 minutes to UO. 683-5618
evenings
THE SPOT at 1472 Kincaid. Internet
and utilities included. From $295/mo.
541-554-7371.
Large Rooms for Rent in Shared
House. 1914 E. 17th Ave. Near
Campus, Hayward Field & Child care
Center. Foreign Students Welcome.
$440/mo. Includes Utilities.
$450/mo. Large kitchen, LTD route
40. No smoking or drugs. Will perform background check. Gay friendy
please. Jenny (541)543-0673
245 Roommates Wanted
2 roommates wanted to live in a
house with 2 UO students in South
Eugene Hills, 1.5 miles from campus.
$300/mo+shared
utilities.
Lease starts 9/1. (541)513-0721 or
[email protected]
Need a place for next year.
Seeking roommate to share house
in West Eugene. No smoking/pets.
$400/month + 1/2 utilities. (503)
559-3371
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ASUO Executive Appointment to ADFC
Athletic Department Finance Committee Members negotiate a contract to
purchase student tickets for men’s football and basketball games. Stipend
ASUO Executive Appointment to PFC
Programs Finance Committee Members educate and assist the ASUO
Programs with the budget process and allocate student incidental fees.
Stipend
ASUO Executive Appointment to EMU Board
Erb Memorial Union Board Members make general policy decisions and
long range plans for the EMU. Stipend
EMU Board – At Large
Erb Memorial Union Board Members make general policy decisions and
long range plans for the EMU. Stipend
ASUO Student Senate – Seat #5 – EMU Board
The Student Senate is responsible for allocating incidental fees and
representing the collective interest of students. EMU Board Senate Seat 5
shall also serve on the EMU Board. Stipend
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Journalism/Education
The Student Senate is responsible for allocating incidental fees and
representing the collective interest of students. Academic Senate Seat 10
shall serve on at least two student/faculty committees per term of office.
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The Student Senate is responsible for allocating incidental fees and
representing the collective interest of students. Academic Senate Seat 18
shall serve on at least two student/faculty committees per term of office.
Applicants must be a Graduate/Law student. Stipend
ASUO Student Receptionist
The ASUO Receptionist Team assists all levels of ASUO Government with
a variety of tasks while learning valuable business skills and earning an
hourly wage.
ASUO Executive Appointment to SRC Advisory Board
Student Recreation Center Advisory Board Members assist with general
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sixth place in 3:40.58.
Britney Henry advanced
to the NCAA Championships
with a third place finish in the
hammer throw. She launched a
throw of 215 feet, three inches
to survive an elite field showcasing USC’s Eva Orban, who
was first at 219-0, and Arizona
State’s Sarah Stevens, who was
second at 217-8.
Javelin thrower Rachel
Yurkovich only made one
throw Friday afternoon.
Bothered by a sore shoulder,
Yurkovich launched her first
throw 178-9 and sat out the
rest of the competition.
Yurkovich injured the shoulder at the Oregon Twilight. She
felt fine throwing, but felt sore
the next morning. It took her a
week to fully recover. Yurkovich aggravated the injury at the
Pac-10 Championships and it
led her to work with her coach
on a strategy for regionals.
“It’s a brand new thing for
me and, I mean, it’s not in my
vocabulary to fail,” Yurkovich
said. “When I was talking to
my coach about it, it was a little upsetting, a little frustrating,
but you have to realize what
the bigger picture is. What’s
more important, regionals or
nationals? And you can’t do
well at nationals or win with a
hurt shoulder.”
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Men: Brandel and Richotte both earn trip to Sacramento
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simply maintaining the Ducks’
place to put Barlow in a position to stay with the leaders
and challenge at the end.
“Chad held off Harcourt
in an exciting race indoors in
Seattle earlier this season,”
Steele said. “He’s not going to
run down anyone like Lionel
Larry, but as long as we’re in
a good position when he gets
the stick, I was pretty confident
that he’s not going to lose us
any ground.”
Barlow ran the last leg in a
season-best 46.90.
The Ducks’ third-place
4x400m relay finish capped
a successful weekend that
saw six men and both relay teams progress to the
NCAA Championships.
Ryan Brandel placed second in the javelin with a 2183 mark, securing his first bid
to the NCAA nationals. Brian
Richotte won the hammer
competition with a 221-6 effort, and will also make his first
trip to nationals.
Other Ducks who managed
to extend their post-seasons
include Galen Rupp, who won
the 5,000m in 14:08.03, Ashton
Eaton, who placed fifth in the
long jump with a personal best
of 24-6 1/4, and Michael McGrath, who finished fifth in the
1,500m in 3:46.31. Freshman
distance runner A.J. Acosta
finished the 1,500m in ninth
place (3:48.43), and could earn
an at-large bid to Sacramento.
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