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higher education
A scholarly pursuit
University junior becomes a finalist for the prestigious Truman Scholarship
check for updates
about James and
Masoli’s hearings plus
chip kelly’s official
statement after both
Hamilton’s reusable plastic
baskets often get trashed,
causing some enviro-anxiety
SAR AH WALTERS | n e ws r eporter
RecycleMania 2010 is in full swing at
the University, but even as this nationwide competition unfolds, some students and employees are concerned
about one residence hall’s use of reusable
plastic baskets.
A Hamilton Food Services employee,
who wished to remain anonymous for
fear of employment repercussions, said
many students in Hamilton Complex
throw away the plastic baskets, which are
supposed to be reused.
“If they realize how many baskets
end up in the landfill, they would be
shocked,” the employee said.
The reusable plastic baskets became
available in the residence halls five years
ago. Students can take these baskets with
them to their rooms and drop them off at
collection bins later. After that, they are
washed and reused again.
“Last year was the best return rate
we’ve ever had. We’ve made good
progress,” Director of Food Services
Tom Driscoll said. “The reusable
baskets are a much better way to go
than compostables.”
Valerie Savercool, a freshman
who works at Common Grounds
cafe in the Hamilton Complex, said
she has seen stacks of plastic baskets on tables in the residence halls.
“It’s kind of a problem when people don’t
bring them back,” she said.
Hamilton Complex Director Jenny
Koslovsky said University Housing has
to spend money on replacing the plastic baskets every year if students don’t
take the initiative to return them to the
collection bins.
The complex government and resident
assistants in Hamilton collect the plastic
baskets twice a week and return them to
the appropriate bins, Koslovsky said.
Diana Sobczynski, dining services
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University
Senate OKs
anti-Forum
resolution
Statement meant to affirm
University ideals, support
those who feel threatened
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University junior Benjamin Eckstein is a finalist in the statewide competition to be Oregon’s Truman Scholar. The Truman
Scholarship awards up to $30,000 to recognize students committed to post-undergraduate public service.
Kaitlin Fl an igan
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Benjamin Eckstein is like any normal college junior. Except that he’s
got a 4.07 GPA, is a member of the
Honors College, is actively involved
in the University community
and is a finalist for the prestigious
Truman Scholarship.
Eckstein, 20, was nominated by
Associate Dean of Social Sciences
Larry Singell and on Wednesday
went to Seattle to be interviewed by
the Truman Scholarship panel.
The scholarship, which can be
worth up to $30,000 to be used
toward graduate school, is awarded
to one college junior in each state
each year, with the exception of
California and New York, which
have three and two Truman Scholars, respectively. Students who have
leadership skills, academic achievement and willingness to serve
the public can be considered for
the award.
“The Honors College sent out a
letter with scholarship opportunities, and I looked into it and found
out it was about public service, so it
seemed like a good fit,” said Eckstein,
who is a planning, public policy and
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student government
Group aspires to keep candidates accountable
Students for Honest Campaigning, which will test elections
claims, has already drawn skepticism for its OSPIRG ties
Ale x Tomchak Scott
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A new organization that has filed to
participate in the ASUO election will
attempt to expose candidates if they
lie, but its ties to OSPIRG caused that
organization’s opponents to question
the fledgling group’s validity.
Students for Honest Campaigning will seek to emulate the Web site
factcheck.org, which aims to test the
claims made by politicians in the federal government, University senior
David Zahn said.
“I don’t want the candidates to be
able to lie and things like that,” Zahn,
the group’s leader, said.
The group is comparable to a
political action committee, a group
football
team status
organized to advance a candidate or
political issue, and will be required to
report its expenditures to the ASUO.
Zahn is a former campaign manager
for Oregon Student Public Interest
Research Group, a statewide nonprofit
group that has generated controversy on campus during winter term.
OSPIRG will seek to restore the funding the ASUO once gave it through a
ballot measure asking students whether they support financing the organization with student fees.
Presidential candidate Alex McCafferty, who has been instrumental in
denying OSPIRG funding for both the
current school year and 2008-09, called
Students for Honest Campaigning’s
ties to OSPIRG “a conflict of interest.”
“I would be slightly concerned simply because OSPIRG has a ballot measure in this election,” he said. “Also,
I believe we will be the only campaign that will not support OSPIRG
returning to campus in its
current form.”
Zahn acknowledged his group’s
ties to OSPIRG. Students for Honest
Campaigning, he said, will contain
himself, OSPIRG Board Chair Charles
Denson and others who have been
involved in OSPIRG. “I’m just getting
into this,” Zahn said. “They needed
someone to run the campaign.”
He said, though, that Students for
Honest Campaigning would examine
statements by those campaigning for
OSPIRG’s ballot measure as well.
Denson said he is not a part of
the group. “I really don’t know anything really about it,” he said. “David
had mentioned it to me, but that’s
about it.”
Zahn said the way the group would
operate was not entirely certain yet.
He said it would likely have a blog,
but that much of the way it works
would be decided between Friday and
the beginning of spring term, when
campaigning officially starts.
“It’s just kind of getting things
organized and things like that now,”
Zahn said.
In addition to Zahn’s campaign,
Thursday’s filing deadline for the
election threw up other surprises.
Four candidates who had already
announced their intention to run in
campus media did in fact file for office,
and one who had not made her intention to run for president known also
filed for the election, while another
did not.
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The University Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution denouncing
the Pacifica Forum “in the strongest
possible terms.”
The resolution was sponsored by
Margie Paris, dean of the University
School of Law, and Bob Bussel, director
of the University Labor Education and
Research Center.
“While the students were very vocal,
we were concerned that the University be
vocal as well,” Bussel said. “Another thing
that we were concerned about was when
people stood up and spoke out, that they
felt vulnerable and alone. This resolution
will help people who felt threatened by
the Pacifica Forum know that they are
not alone.”
In a press statement prepared by Bussel, Paris also clarified why she thought
the resolution had to be passed.
“The best way to answer the hateful
speech often expressed at Pacifica Forum
is with vigorous counter-speech and visible activity affirming the University’s
best values and ideals,” Paris said.
The Senate’s actions came on the
heels of the University moving the Pacifica Forum from its meeting location in
Agate Hall to the University’s downtown
Baker Center on East 10th Avenue and
High Street.
During winter term, students have
vehemently protested and rallied against
the Pacifica Forum, which has created controversy on campus for its antiSemitic speakers. This will be the group’s
second relocation this year; it met in
the EMU until the third week of winter
term, when protests at the group’s meetings became too large for the meeting
room’s capacity.
“It puts them further away from
directly antagonizing the majority of the
University community, and that’s a positive thing,” Bussel said. “But I think the
type of speech that they engage in and
the types of views that they consider is
obnoxious. This move doesn’t remove
the need to be vigilant, to scrutinize and
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players’ EDUCATION first
Basketball coach Ernie Kent extended
his efforts off the court to produce an
academically successful basketball team.
Despite his strong tie to past team success,
and his ability to mold successful young
men, Kent is receiving the pink slip.
Last year the basketball team ended
8-23, and Kent was told to improve to
better than .500 or he was out. His team
so far this year is 16-16 and tied for
eighth in wins in the Pacific-10. Though
not a source of amazement, it is still an
improvement by anyone’s standards,
considering he’s undergoing a rebuilding
phase with a young team.
The team hasn’t been that hot in the
Pac-10 standings under Kent’s leadership
the last four years, either, but they have
done well — extremely well — in the past.
Kent has a record of 234-172 (fourth-best
winning percentage in the Pac-10) and
has led his team to five NCAA tournaments, half of the team’s tournament
attendance since 1945. He brought home
the first NCAA tournament win in 40
years and went to the Elite Eight twice. All
in 13 seasons.
Kent is clearly not a loser but one of
the most successful men’s basketball
coaches to grace McArthur Court, and
yet his greatest achievement is found off
the court. The basketball team, according
to the NCAA, has a non-federal graduation rate above the national average (73
percent compared to 64 percent) and the
second-highest rate in the Pac-10.
Compare that to the football team,
which has a non-federal graduation rate
well below the national average (49 percent compared to 67 percent) and the second-lowest rate in the Pac-10 conference
but came in first in wins in the Pac-10.
Kent retains good students who have
managed graduation success rates 9 percent higher than the national average
and 23 percent higher than the football
team’s. There is a dichotomy here: The
football team performs less impressively
in academics but is a big winner, and the
basketball team is almost the exact opposite. In keeping with this dichotomy, head
football coach Chip Kelly’s job is secure,
and Kent must now say goodbye to his
alma mater.
What people care about with the
sports teams at the University is
singular: winning. Academics are
an afterthought.
It’s sad, indeed, that it’s all about the
winning and the potential money each
win brings to the school. Students’ academic performance gets pushed by the
wayside as the athletic department considers a win/loss ratio — based on recent
seasons for the coach — and not how
many of their players actually graduate.
Let’s hope the next coach maintains
the same standards of academic excellence while still pushing his team to do
well on the court. It’s a tenuous balance,
but coaches who are able to maintain it
should be lauded, not fired just because
of a few bad seasons.
Firing Kent, considering his longstanding history of wins, is a mistake.
The athletic department not taking
into account the good he’s done for his
team academically is short-sighted and
doesn’t illustrate any thought to the
futures of student-athletes.
People should keep one thing in
mind: academic performance. Students
are here to learn. Kent has been good for
his players’ educations, and that’s what
really matters.
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THE GOOD, THE BAD
The opinion desk gives a big thumbs up — and thumbs down —
to the biggest issues this week
Football justice
Jeremiah Masoli was
officially charged with
second-degree burglary.
He and Garrett Embry
will appear in court today
to face the same charge,
and LaMichael James is
now pleading “guilty” to
domestic violence charges.
Head coach Chip Kelly has
pushed his decision on
whether to suspend or dismiss any of them to today.
Let’s hope we get some
better behaving players
next year.
Wal-Mart
(in general)
In the latest installment
of Wal-Mart’s atrocities, one of its Louisiana
branches cut the price of a
black Barbie doll, making
it half the price of a white
Barbie doll. A white Barbie doll runs for about $6.
Apparently, the black Barbie dolls weren’t selling as
well as the white versions,
and the store wanted to
make room for new inventory. Blatant racism? You
be the judge.
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By relocating the Pacifica Forum meetings to a
downtown building, the
administration maintained
the Forum’s right to congregate in a University
building while responding to the student body’s
demand to see the Forum
moved off campus. This
may not affect the neoNazi presence in Eugene,
but it does physically and
symbolically detach the
ugly politics of certain
Forum members from
the University.
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work died.” Here’s to lowered productivity around
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a cool creative outlet
I make a perception check to see what’s
around me.
Dungeon Master (DM): You hear
the sound of goblins rushing toward
you, roll the die to see if you can dodge
an arrow shot at you.
You dodge.
Me: I charge headlong
into the goblins (a wise
idea in my rogue’s leather
armor) and attack.
DM: Make an attack
roll. You hit. Make a
File Not
damage roll. You hit Found
the first goblin for seven
points of damage. You die in a valiant but
foolhardy rush into the goblin ranks.
This is the story of my life: “Dungeons
and Dragons.”
The following image comes to mind: five
nerds sitting around a table in one of their
mother’s basements, hands greasy-orange
from Cheetos, talking fast from overdoing the “Dew,” and standing up to declare
which goblin they are attacking before rolling whatever D20 feels luckiest and praying
to Ao for a natural 20.
This is pretty damn accurate.
I know because this is how I’ve spent the
majority of the Saturdays in my 25-year-old
life. I have adventured through the Forgotten Realms, Planescape, Ravenloft, and
every homebaked Lord of the Rings clone
campaign you could possibly think of. I
have been the noble ranger, the Cleric of
Lolth, the Paladin of Helm, the chaotic-neutral Fighter, the who-knows-what FighterMage-Thief, and of course, the wily rogue.
It’s safe to say that I love me some “Dungeons and Dragons.” Even if it was just a
dungeon that had a dragon in it, I would still
be a fan. I’ve already told you of my propensity for Internet dating earlier this week, so
why not bear my nerddom to you as well?
What I am not a fan of, however, is the
stigma. I have no expectations that our
rabble-rousing, law-breaking members of
the football team will suddenly be uncool
and we law-abiding nerds who politely stay
indoors and frown on drinking and driving (unless it’s Mountain Dew) will for all
intents and purposes remain as heralds to
the kingdom of dorkdom.
Alas, D&D has been related to the
occult, has felt the pressure of religious
zealots, and has earned many a nerd
an after-school wedgie.
I’m here to tell you that there’s absolutely nothing “uncool” about “Dungeons
and Dragons.”
“Dungeons and Dragons” is a roleplaying game; what this is means is you take on
the role of a character to varying degrees,
and for the purposes of the game session,
you are this person.
It’s a way for creative and imaginative
people of all ages to express themselves,
both in terms of creating content and in
putting themselves in someone else’s shoes.
The Dungeon Master (the player who controls the game) may spend weeks perfecting
a campaign to run his players through. He
or she will nitpick and overthink every facet
of the game world, from the type of hat a
certain non-player character wears to what
items are for sale at the local Blacksmith to
the exact number of enemies they’ll face in
their first encounter.
Any sort of activity that by its very nature
forces participants to think, feel and create
should be lauded, accepted and popular in
our society. It is a triumph of humanity. It’s
a game where people get together and think,
both individually and communally, to create a detailed mindscape to exist within. It’s
the perfect creative and social outlet, and it
boggles my mind that it isn’t more popular.
Our society is in a sad state indeed when a
game that allows you to explore your own
humanity and exercise your mind is a
frowned-upon activity (also, reading books
should be considered cooler than it is).
I will tell you this, as I adorn my Helm of
Bugbear slaying that has a plus-2 to attack
rolls against bugbears: If you don’t think
“Dungeons and Dragons” is cool, you’re
missing out. Just check out this helm! This
could be you.
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Guest Commentary
Microfinance a promising
tool for development
Thirty-eight years ago, Muhammad Yunus,
after completing his doctorate in economics,
decided to investigate poverty in Bangladesh.
He found that the theoretical well-functioning
markets did not exist, especially for the rural
poor in developing nations. Their lack of collateral caused banks to refuse credit to them,
leaving many simple, profitable business
ideas unfunded.
Yunus decided to lend small amounts to
the poor, and thus started the field of microfinance by founding the Grameen Bank in
1983. Since then it has grown, funding 5
million borrowers, and many microfinance
institutions (MFIs) have entered the field.
Currently, MFIs are flourishing and have
caused a stir in the development community.
There are several pressing issues within the
field; this article will discuss how MFIs operate, the controversy of profit, female empowerment resulting from microloans, and
finally the extent to which microfinance helps
eliminate poverty.
MFIs use “social collateral” as incentive
for loan repayment, as opposed to traditional
asset collateral (e.g., a house). Creating bonds
strong enough to influence behavior requires
using local communities: for example, providing additional loans to community members contingent on repayment of an initial
loan. Oftentimes MFIs will restructure a loan
instead of allowing a default, continuing the
flow of credit into a community and preventing “debtor runs.” This system of social pressures is not perfect; it can disrupt community
relationships or lead to bribes, but in general
it provides strong incentive for repayment.
Microfinance is unique in its potential to
both promote development and produce
profit: many banks and non-profits (e.g., Citibank, Banco Compartamos of Mexico) have
recently entered the field of for-profit microfinance. These MFIs can raise capital and
expand into underdeveloped microfinance
markets; one estimate claims that demand
for microcredit is at $250 billion, 10 times the
amount lent out. However, for-profit institutions are accountable to investors, obscuring
the goal of development as peripheral. Forprofit microfinance institutions often raise
interest rates (as high as 100 percent with
Banco Compartamos), cost-cut by removing
social services, and encourage existing borrowers to take out larger loans rather than
seek new borrowers.
Microfinance can be an effective weapon
against poverty. It empowers the poor in
developing countries by providing a means
to break the cycle of poverty — a task at
which most traditional forms of aid fail. A
World Bank study demonstrated that participation in microfinance programs correlated
with financial improvements, such as more
consistent consumption, along with nonfinancial benefits, such as increased access to
education and improved nutrition.
The participation of women in microfinance (they are the vast majority of loan
recipients) facilitates a shift in values and
expands their role in society. These women
use the initial capital from microloans to
start their own businesses and develop a
steady income. The Grameen Bank’s early
research in developing countries found
that women had the best repayment rates
for microloans.
Oxford researchers in Ghana also found
spillover effects (benefits realized by nonparticipants) when analyzing microfinance’s
impact on cocoa farming in small communities. Several farmers took out microloans
to pay for fertilizers and pesticides for their
crops. The MFI instructed the farmers on
more efficient application methods, resulting in more fruitful harvests and increased
local employment. Interestingly, non-participant farmers also increased their productivity, suggesting the diffusion of informal
knowledge within the communities.
Microfinance is a new and interesting
form of development that has the potential
to be both more effective (through empowerment) and efficient (through use of incentives) than traditional aid. It raises some
significant concerns (e.g., exploiting the
poor, disrupting communities) but warrants
continued attention and investment from
those interested in ending poverty.
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Amanda Ryan & Tim Stanton
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Econ o m ic s C lu b
Corvallis emerges as leader
in green food waste recycling
First city in Oregon to include in curbside recycling;
OSU dining halls and 15 restaurants participate
M iche lle Ofe lt
Dai ly Barom e ter
Green food waste recycling
has significantly increased
since its inception in Corvallis
last May, and now Allied
Waste and the city of Corvallis
plan to implement a full
organics collection program in
the future.
The pilot green food waste
program was introduced
in December of 2008 and
became an instant hit with
local commercial kitchens.
The program was extended
shortly after that to allow for
meat and protein products to
be recycled.
“We added about a 1,000ton increase of green food
waste from 2008 to 2009, and
last year it was only active for
half a year,” said Julie Jackson,
recycling coordinator at Allied
Waste. “It’s about one-sixth of
all we compost.”
The success of the program
resulted in hundreds of
tonnage avoiding the
local landfill.
“We get about 670 tons
a month and an average of
three tons a week, which is
pretty substantial, as that only
represents about 20 locations
taking part in it,” Jackson said.
“All was going to a landfill, but
now it’s composted.”
Corvallis is pioneering the
way for facilities to gain food
composting permits.
“Our facility is the only one
in state that has a temporary
permit by the Oregon
Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ),” Jackson said.
The permit allows for
senate
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speak out.”
University Senate President
and biology professor Nathan
Tublitz lauded the resolution.
“I think this is a very important statement of University
values,” Tublitz said. “It’s an
affirmation of who we are and
our beliefs.”
David Frank, dean of the
Honors College, also approved
of the resolution.
“I’m proud of what the Senate did. The Pacifica Forum are
food waste to be composted
separately on a paved surface.
“Food waste has the
potential to create pathogens,
and we’re concerned for the
groundwater, so it’s put on a
paved surface so it’s monitored
more carefully,” Jackson said.
City workers are proud
of the green food waste
program innovation.
“We believe we’re the first
one to make it part of curbside
recycling,” said Adam Steel,
franchise utility specialist for
the city of Corvallis.
Composting food is not
a new idea. Portland trucks
its compost to Seattle,
Jackson said.
The green food waste
program is enjoying a warm
reception in Corvallis and
throughout Oregon.
“Our goal is to be the
first successful program in
Oregon,” Jackson said. “We’re
starting to get stuff from all
over Oregon.”
According to the City of
Corvallis 2009 Report Card in
March, 51 percent of citizens
find the yard waste services to
be “excellent,” while 42 percent
report them being “good.”
Also, 53 percent considered
the recycling services to be
“excellent,” and 41 percent
reported them as “good.”
“We’re confident that there
has been a significant increase
from 2008 to 2009 for green
food waste collection,” Steel
said. “When you can offer it
to different participants, you
get more.”
The participants include
15-20 restaurants so far.
deplorable individuals who do
not belong on a university campus,” Frank said. “The campus
will need to continue to talk
beyond about condemnation of
their messages.”
Bussel said he was excited
to see the University community banding together against
hateful speech.
“We certainly believe in the
freedom of expression, but
we feel that this type of speech
denigrates against people on
the basis of race, ethnicity or
sexual orientation,” Bussel said.
“We also believe in rigorous
intellectual inquiry and debate,
“There are several
restaurants in town that
recycle food waste,” said
Barbara Eveland, co-owner
of Nearly Normal’s. “I don’t
know if everyone’s doing it,
but we’re doing it, and Local
Boys recycles a lot.”
Nearly Normal’s and other
restaurants were among the
first to participate in the
pilot program.
OSU is also a major part of
the program.
“Marketplace
West,
Arnold, McNary and the
Catering Kitchen does a lot;
I estimate a ton a week,”
Jackson said. “OSU has been
great to work with. They’re
really progressive.”
The green food waste
recycling process is simple and
will be available to residents
after the success of the program
is firmly established.
“Allied Waste does a run on
Friday and then they take it to
their compost,” Eveland said.
The program runs in
conjunction with yard
debris pickup.
“It’s collected with the yard
debris in the carts that are
provided by regular garbage
service,” Steel said. “You can
also get it separately, but it has
an extra cost.”
Businesses like Nearly
Normal’s enjoy knowing
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Much of the material used in
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program, is tabling for RecycleMania in the EMU and the
residence halls.
The University is competing against Oregon State and
hundreds of other universities
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of all of the recyclable material produced by students, faculty and staff throughout the
entire campus.
Oregon State is ahead of the
University by only 1.3 pounds
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in planning, public policy and
management. Leete helped
Eckstein face the scholarship
panel by preparing him with
a mock panel that comprised
several professors from various studies and members of
University President Richard
Lariviere’s staff.
“I saw him briefly (after he
returned from Seattle), and he
said he was happy about the
actual panel interview,” Leete
said. “Our mock panel was so
hard on him that the real thing
was easy.”
The scholarship is primarily
for juniors intending to attend
graduate school for public
service. Eckstein is considering law school and public
policy fields.
“I don’t know where specifically my career path will
lead,” Eckstein said. “But I
do know that a goal of mine
is to focus on youth engagement and promoting positive
civic attitudes. I’d really like
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Leete was also optimistic.
“Whether or not he gets
this, he’ll have a great career,”
Leete said. “We’ll be very
proud of him regardless of
getting the Truman.”
Singell mentioned that
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of Eckstein and would like
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in doing this level of graduate
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management major. “So far, I
feel like my college experience
has revolved around those
three areas.”
Eckstein has been encouraged and guided by Singell, the
University’s Truman Scholarship adviser, since he first
inquired about the award.
“You’re competing against
the best and the brightest,”
Singell said. “In order to get it,
(a panel) selects people with
leadership, high academic
achievement, prospects of academic success and a career in
public service. Ben has a rare
combination of attributes that
make him perfect for this. He’s
a really unusual character,
and that’s what it takes to get
this scholarship.”
Eckstein, who works in the
ASUO as an Athletics and
Contracts Finance Committee
executive appointee and is
involved in the Office of Student Life, competed against
two other finalists from
Oregon during interviews in
Seattle. Eckstein also plans to
run for an ASUO Senate seat
in the upcoming election.
The Truman Scholarship is
awarded on a state-by-state
basis, with recipients representing the state in which they
attended high school. Eckstein
graduated from West Salem
High School.
“I think he’ll do very well
because he’ll answer truthfully and honestly, because
that’s who he is,” Singell
said, who has discouraged
other students from applying
because they did not have the
necessary attributes that the
scholarship panel looks for.
“It’s not something he’s doing
to fill out a resume.”
In preparation, Eckstein
and Singell turned to Laura
Leete, an assistant professor
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Jerome Randle’s scorching first half
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B. Not at all. Once Pac-10s come
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Tajuan Porter takes the ball down the court against Cal on Feb. 20 in a 64-49 loss. The Golden Bears
beat the Ducks for a third time this season Thursday night, likely ending the year for Porter, head coach
Ernie Kent and the struggling Ducks.
track & field
Ducks send 22 to indoor championships
Rob ert H uss e man | Sports Reporter
The No. 1-ranked Oregon women and the
No. 2-ranked Oregon men have a combined 25
entries for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field
Championships, held today and tomorrow in
Fayetteville, Ark.
The women have 16 total entries in the field,
including the distance medley relay and the
4x400-meter relay.
Senior Nicole Blood (3,000 meters, 5,000
meters), sophomore Amber Purvis (60-meter
dash, 200 meters) and freshman Jordan Hasay
34%
16%
Jerome Randle is in a world of his own in the
Pacific-10 Conference.
The California star and Pac-10 Player of the
Year played a nearly flawless first half as the
Golden Bears torched the Oregon Ducks 90-74
Thursday afternoon at the Pacific Life Pac-10
Tournament. With the win, Cal (22-9) advances to
the next round, where they’ll match up with the
No. 5 seed UCLA Bruins tonight at 6 p.m.
Oregon, however, saw its season, along
with the Ernie Kent era, most likely come
to an end on a losing note. The Ducks finished the season at 16-16 overall with a 7-11
mark in conference play and may have a slim
chance of making the College Basketball
National Invitational Tournament later this
month.
“We shot the ball well today,” Cal head coach
Mike Montgomery said. “When our guys shoot
the ball, we’re hard to beat. Oregon’s a team that’s
capable of scoring a lot of points so we knew we
had to score.”
Shooting the ball “well” was a bit of
an understatement.
Cal shot 54.1 percent (33-of-61) from the field,
including a mind-numbing 55.5 percent (11-of20) from behind the three-point line. In contrast,
Oregon hit just 35.8 percent of its shots from the
field, with a 47.4 percent effort from deep.
Randle came out firing in the first half, tallying all of his team-high 22 points in the opening
20 minutes. He did not miss a shot from the floor
in the half, going 8-of-8 from the field and 4-of-4
from beyond the arc.
“If my offensive game is not going, I know Theo
(Robertson) and Patrick (Christopher) will pick me
up,” Randle said of Cal’s balanced offensive attack.
“So I really wasn’t worried about it at all. I’m glad
I came out and threw the first punch with them
in the first half, you know. The second half they
picked me up.”
Christopher had another outstanding all-
Blood, Purvis and Hasay will
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(mile, 3,000m) are slated to compete in multiple events for the Ducks. Purvis will likely
participate in the 4x400m relay, while Hasay is
expected to run either the 1,200 meters opening leg or the 1,600 meters anchor leg of the
distance medley relay, which has the top seed
entering the meet.
“I feel like our training has definitely prepared us to double,” Hasay said, who is seeded
third in the mile. “I doubled up at Texas (at
the Texas A&M Challenge on January 29 to
30), and after some races, I’ve done workouts
back-to-back.
“It’s going to be a really fun weekend. As a
team, we’re just really, really excited. We have
a great group going into the meet and we’re
work
looking really strong.”
The Oregon women have a significant
chance to take home their first national title
indoors and the first of any kind since 1987
(cross country). Such an accomplishment
would mean a great step forward for a program
often seen as lagging behind the Duck men.
“The women’s team has done amazing. I’m
honestly shocked by how good everyone’s
doing. Those girls inspire me,” senior Brianne
Theisen said, the second-seeded pentathlete in
the field. “Watching some of those freshmen
like Anne (Kesselring) and Jordan coming in
and running amazing times, and seniors like
Nicole, Keshia (Baker) doing awesome things
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The Oregon and USC women’s basketball
teams have gotten to know each other very well
this season.
They have already faced each other twice in
the regular season, splitting the series, and will
match up for a third time during the quarterfinals
of the Pacific-10 Conference Tournament in Los
Angeles tonight.
The Ducks (16-14, 7-11) go into the tournament
as a No. 6 seed, while USC (18-11, 12-6) stands
at No. 3.
Collectively, the team appears to be excited about
the rematch.
“I think USC is the perfect opponent for us,”
head coach Paul Westhead said. “We split (during
the regular season), we actually beat them on their
home court, they beat us here. I think we match up
pretty well.”
The players are also pleased with the draw, particularly senior guard Micaela Cocks, who scored 16
points in her last matchup with the Lady Trojans.
“I’m really excited that we’re playing USC,”
Cocks said. “I think they’re a great matchup for us.
We’ve had two really good games against them …
it’s going to be exciting.”
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aren’t taking either opponent
lightly, though the majority of the
squad is just excited to finally be
back in Eugene.
“Since I’m a freshman, this is
like my first experience for actual
season here,” freshman Allie
Burger said. “I’m very excited.”
“It’s our home,” Skillingstad
added. “It’s what we practice on;
it’s what we live for.”
Burger will be one of a handful of freshmen making their
first official appearances at Howe
Field, but they have already proven they can be productive no matter the location.
Freshman right fielder Samantha Pappas is currently tied for
second in the Pacific-10 Conference with 28 hits and ranks third
in total bases with 52.
Junior first baseman Monique
Fuiava and Pappas are tied for
fourth in the conference with six
doubles, pacing the Oregon squad
that has tallied a conferenceleading 33 doubles on the year.
With little familiarity of Boise
State and North Dakota, firstyear head coach Mike White said
a relaxed approach at the plate
would benefit the Ducks in the
early going.
“We go on the fly the first time
through the order,” he said. “Take
a look, and make adjustments
that way.
“If we’re patient with their
pitching, then we’ll score runs.”
Scoring runs comes that much
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around outing for Cal, scoring
21 points on 5-of-9 from threepoint range. He also swiped
five rebounds and dished out
five assists. Omondi Amoke
and Jamal Boykin rounded out
the Golden Bears’ double-digit
scorers, with 12 and 15 points,
respectively. All of Boykin’s 15
points came in the second half.
The quick first punch
Randle spoke of led to him
scoring seven points in the
opening 1:42 of the game. He
and Christopher combined
to score all but two of Cal’s
first 21 points, including four
consecutive three point makes
between the two.
“The thing I feel good about
is that we got a lot of people to
play and got some rest,” Montgomery continued. “Having to
play 40 minutes three straight
or two straight days is tough.”
Randle left the game 10
minutes into the second half
with a “stiff” ankle, but he said
afterward that it was more of a
precaution than anything else
after tweaking it late in the
first half.
“Things like that happen,” Randle said. “You get
your bumps and bruises, but
Co u rt es y o f G e o ff Thur n e r
A good balance between an explosive offense and solid pitching has paced the Ducks to a 14-5 start this season. The
team looks to continue its success this weekend at Howe Field.
easier when you’ve got a trio of
stellar pitchers doing the work
defensively. Skillingstad (3-3),
freshman Jessica Moore (6-2) and
junior lefty Brittany Rumfelt (3-0)
have handled the majority of the
pitching duties up to this point in
the season, tallying the secondbest team ERA in the Pac-10 at
1.59. The staff also ranks second
with 150 strikeouts, trailing league
leader California at 175, with
Moore accounting for 85 fanned
batters of her own.
have a field day against the weaker
opposing batting orders, though
North Dakota’s Casie Hanson
can’t be entirely blamed for the
Fighting Sioux offensive woes
this season. She’s hitting .410 with
four home runs and eight RBIs,
while scoring 14 of the teams 42
runs this year.
Boise State, however, has yet to
score a run in the seventh inning
in 14 games so far in 2010, giving
a little extra hope to an already
potent Oregon offense.
“She’s just more mature,”
Skillingstad said of Moore.
“Her pitches have always been
good, she’s just developing
more mentally.”
Burger agreed with Skillingstad, adding that her mental
toughness is outwardly evident
when she’s in the circle.
“She keeps her head up high,”
Burger said. “And when things
are down, I think out of all of
them, she’s the most in control of
her emotions.”
The Oregon pitchers ought to
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Tajuan Porter: 26 points,
new career leader in Pac-10
three-points makes (345)
Jerome Randle: 22 points,
4-of-5 from three-point
range
Patrick Christopher: 21
points, five rebounds,
three assists
you know I’ll be ready to go
tomorrow.”
Oregon senior Tajuan Porter
concluded his four-year career
as the Pac-10’s all-time leader
in three-point makes with 345,
breaking former Arizona star
Salim Stoudamire’s record.
The Ducks won the
rebounding battle 33-30,
including a 17-10 edge on the
offensive glass. Both teams
committed 10 turnovers.
Porter paced the Ducks with
26 points on 4-of-9 shooting
from deep, while junior LeKendric Longmire chipped in 16
points and six rebounds, and
sophomore Malcolm Armstead scored 10.
What: NCAA Division I baseball series
Who: Seattle University at Oregon
When: 5 p.m.
today, noon Saturday
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1 p.m. Sunday
Where: PK Park
The Oregon Ducks
baseball team (9-5)
takes on Seattle tonight at 5 p.m. under
the lights at PK Park.
Sophomore Tyler Anderson (2-1) will take
the mound in game
one against the 2-8
Redhawks.
Interestingly enough,
Seattle is going
through the same
scenario the Ducks
went through last
year. The team is
in its first season of
baseball since 1986.
This weekend will
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secutive weekend the emer al d arch ives
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After playing in four consecutive road tournaments
to open season, the Oregon
women’s softball team (14-5)
will finally get the chance to play
its first home games of the year
when it hosts Boise State and
North Dakota at Howe Field on
Saturday afternoon.
Boise State (3-11) and North
Dakota (3-10) will open the weekend road swing against Oregon
State in Corvallis on Friday afternoon, before making the trek to
Eugene for two games on Saturday
and two more on Sunday.
This weekend will also conclude the Broncos’ 19-game road
opener, which has been less than
memorable, as they’ve dropped
to 0-6 in true away games this
season. North Dakota has experienced similar struggles early
on, hitting only .232 as a team,
while every pitcher holds an ERA
of more than seven.
“I don’t think we’ve seen very
much (of them),” sophomore
pitcher Samantha Skillingstad
said. “We’ve looked at a few of
their charts, and we know a few of
their hitters.”
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“Exciting” hasn’t exactly been
the word of choice for the Ducks
of late, as they have dropped their
last six games. The regular season
ended with a two-game sweep
at the hands of the Washington
schools, during which the team
shot just 28 percent from the field.
Oregon has struggled with
various issues throughout
the season, but shooting has
generally not been one of them.
Still, Westhead sees a relatively
simple cure.
“Our players are slightly out of
position,” Westhead said. “So I
worked today on trying to regroup
them to get them into their normal positions and spots, so we’ll
minimize why they’re
missing shots.”
The Lady Trojans are by no
means pushovers on defense, but
signs point to the Ducks regaining
their touch in Southern California.
USC ranks dead last in the Pac-10
in three-point defense, allowing
opponents to shoot .311 from
beyond the arc.
Oregon shot an impressive 8-17
from three-point land in its last
matchup with the Lady Trojans,
and 49.2 percent overall. Though
the game ultimately ended in a
loss, the Ducks remain confident
they can come away victorious.
“(The previous matchup) gives
us some sense of confidence, in
that we know it’s going to be a big
game on both ends,” senior guard
Taylor Lilley said. “It’s just a matter of who plays well that night …
and who can really get down to
the rebounding that night. I think
the Ducks know they can compete
with just about anyone in the conference. The Pac-10 Tournament
is a perfect place to prove just that.
“We just need to play at our
level,” Westhead said. “And we’ll
be right there.”
The rest of the field
After finishing with a perfect
18-0 record in the Pac-10, Stanford is the obvious No. 1 seed in
the tournament. The Cardinal
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winner of eighth seeded Arizona (13-16, 6-12) and ninth
seeded Washington State (8-21,
3-15). Second seeded UCLA
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State (10-19, 2-16).
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look, and missed. So it could have
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Eaton will join 21 other Ducks in Fayetteville as both the men’s and women’s teams look to continue their dominance.
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… I think things like that
really get the energy flowing.”
In possible defense of
their indoor national title
from last season, the Oregon
men also possess a dynamic
combination of youth and
experience among their nine
entries. Freshmen Mac Fleet
(mile) and Elijah Greer (800
meters) are among the top
three seeds in their events and
will both likely compete in the
men’s DMR.
“Those two, they were able
to come in right away and
really mesh with the team,”
redshirt junior A.J. Acosta
said, who will compete in the
mile and DMR. “We have
tons of All-Americans and
members of national championship teams. That maturity
and experience really helps
those guys.”
Two of those All-Americans, seniors Andrew Wheating (800m) and Ashton Eaton
(heptathlon), are the top seeds
in their events. Wheating may
be a DMR participant, while
Eaton could be scheduled for
the 4x400m relay in addition
to his seven events.
The Oregon coaching staff
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from possible overexertion,
even if a national title is potentially in sight. Were it up to the
Duck athletes, no one would
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to secure the program’s
second-consecutive indoor
national title.
“It means a lot. We want to
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my) senior year,” said Chad
Barlow, who will participate
in the 4x400m relay and the
DMR. “We’re all pumped and
ready to run hard.”
Lananna to remain
in Eugene
Oregon assistant athletic
director Vin Lananna did not
travel to Fayetteville with the
Ducks due to medical reasons,
leaving the athletes without
their head coach for the meet.
“I have been working with
Dr. Donald Olson to address
some blood-pressure-related
issues all winter while continuing to work daily with
the teams,” Lananna said in
a media release. “I need to
remain in Eugene while we
continue working on it so that
it can be resolved completely,
and I expect to be ready to go
when the outdoor season starts
next week.”
The Register-Guard reported that assistant coaches Robert
Johnson and Andy Powell will
instruct the women’s team and
the men’s team, respectively.
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