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Men’s basketball dominates to open season | 5 An independent newspaper at the University of Oregon www.dailyemerald.com SINCE 1900 | Volume 107, Issue 63 | Monday, November 21, 2005 OREGON 56, OREGON STATE 14 Board asks for details of University housing sale BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF NEWS EDITOR The University should not sell Westmoreland Apartments until a plan is drafted that specifies where the sale proceeds will go and how the University will help the potentially displaced students, the Family Housing Board ruled at its Friday meeting. The board, which makes policy recommen- dations to University Housing, passed a motion 8-1 asking University officials to refrain from selling the 404-unit complex until such a plan has been presented. Board member and Campus Card Office man- ager Joel Woodruff opposed the motion, saying the two task groups University officials created are doing everything they can to address the issues the board is asking be examined. “There’ll be more information available” as the University proceeds with its sale plans, Woodruff said. But many board members expressed TIM BOBOSKY | PHOTO EDITOR concerns about the possible sale and the Oregon seniors Terrence Whitehead and Demetrius Williams prepare to soak coach Mike Bellotti in the fourth quarter of the Ducks’ 56-14 win over in-state rival impetus behind it. Oregon State. Bellotti remains undefeated at home against the Beavers (6-0) and the Ducks’ 56 points marks the most scored by a team in Civil War history. “I think the proposal of the sale is wholly shameful and unethical,” said Kristi Durante, the board’s east campus neighborhood representative. Ducks leave Oregon State in a fog The University announced Oct. 20 its intention to sell the 21-acre west Eugene property and use The Civil War victory secures the second 10-win regular season to the Beavers. With only five wins, Oregon the sale money — which could be between $15 was denied a bowl game for the first time in million and $18 million — to improve on-campus in school history and may propel the Ducks into the Fiesta Bowl seven seasons. housing and purchase property closer to campus, The tables turned on Saturday in the 109th such as the state-owned property east of the Ro- Civil War. BY LUKE ANDREWS “I think we deserve to go,” injured senior mania car lot on Franklin Boulevard. The UO SPORTS REPORTER Gipson intercepted a pass by Beavers Foundation, a private organization dedicated to quarterback Kellen Clemens said. “It would be quarterback Ryan Gunderson and returned it The Oregon Ducks have finalized their case unjust and unfair if we got left out.” fundraising for the University, owns the car lot, 60 yards for a touchdown on Oregon State’s and University officials hope to purchase it as for a Bowl Championship Series bid. Ohio State (9-2) and Notre Dame (8-2) are the first possession of the game. In Saturday’s regular season finale, the Ducks current front-runners, ahead of Oregon, for the soon as funds are available. From there, the rout was on inside a foggy The University is considering doing a private- (10-1 overall, 7-1 Pacific-10 Conference) battled two at-large bids. Autzen Stadium. through a thick fog to become the second team “It’s the East Coast bias,” defensive end public housing partnership on the Romania lot, The Ducks posted 14 points in each quarter Vice President for Finance and Administration in school history to complete a 10-win regular Devan Long said. “Hopefully somebody against the depleted Beavers, which will end the season with a 56-14 rout of in-state rival Oregon gives us a chance and lets us prove to the Frances Dyke told the board. season losers in four of its last five games. At 5-6, Dyke said there will be a written agreement State. Oregon won in front of 58,525 — the rest of the nation that the west coast does Oregon State will miss the post-season for the third-largest crowd ever recorded at Autzen Sta- have some good football.” guaranteeing that University Housing, a finan- first time in four years. cially independent department, eventually will dium and the largest ever to witness a Civil War. The most likely scenario has Oregon play- Leading 14-7 in the second quarter, Oregon The waiting game for bowl arrangements ing at the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, which receive all money from the sale. Durante said scored 21 unanswered points — one touch- she is particularly concerned that the sale mon- now begins for Oregon, whose lone loss came typically takes the Pac-10 Conference’s second- down by Terrence Whitehead and two, includ- on Sept. 24 to top-ranked USC. place team. ey will be used for on-campus housing rather ing a 97-yard kickoff return, by freshman than family housing. Entering Saturday’s game against the Beavers, “In my heart I feel like we deserve a BCS Jonathan Stewart — before Gunderson found Oregon was ranked 10th in the BCS poll. Six game,” said cornerback Aaron Gipson, who Board member Chris Miller, who serves as vice wideout Josh Hawkins for a two-yard touch- chairman for the Westmoreland Tenants Council, conference champions receive automatic bids to recorded his sixth and seventh interceptions on down, cutting Oregon’s lead to 35-14. But the BCS games, forcing Oregon to claim one of two Saturday. “We took care of business.” said he would like the University to make a deci- Ducks again scored 21 unanswered points to sion as soon as possible about who will buy the at-large bids in order to reach a BCS bowl game Regardless of where Oregon ends the sea- finish the scoring 56-14. — most likely the Fiesta Bowl. son, 2005 has marked a turnaround. Last sea- property and when the sale might go through. So do the Ducks deserve a BCS bid? son, the Ducks left Corvallis with a 50-21 loss FOOTBALL, page 6 HOUSING, page 4 Nonviolent Iraq War protesters arrested on University campus The Eugene Police Department detained seven on charges Eugene Police Department Headquarters downtown and then released. of trespassing in front of the Military Science building “We are openly breaking the law in order to bring attention to the much greater injustice of the Iraq war,” Peter BY KELLY BROWN the building, located at East 16th Avenue NEWS REPORTER Chabarek, one of the organizers of the and Agate Street. Many people held event, said during the protest. “We are Seven people, including a former graphic signs depicting American and calling attention to the brutality of the University professor, were arrested on Iraqi victims of the war. war, the illegality of the war and the campus Friday at the Military Science Eugene residents Karla Cohen, 36, misleading and deceitful practices of building after blocking the building’s Henry Dizney, 79, Ruth Koenig, 64, Pen- the recruiters.” TIM BOBOSKY | PHOTO EDITOR entrances and holding a sit-in to protest ny Palmer, 64, Fraeda Scholz, 26, Dore- The group planned ahead of time Henry F. Dizney, professor emeritus of the Counseling Psychology Program, is escorted the Iraq War as part of a national day of an Schubert, 50, and Kyle Yamada, 28, who would be arrested and even to the police wagon Friday morning after opposing the United States’ continued non-violent civil disobedience. were arrested and charged with Crimi- involvement in the Iraq War and military recruiting at the ROTC building on Agate Street. By 9 a.m., about 50 people had circled nal Trespass II. They were booked at the PROTEST, page 3 CommentaryCommentary Monday, November 21, 2005 NEWS STAFF (541) 346-5511 I In my opinion I Editorial PARKER HOWELL EDITOR IN CHIEF SHADRA BEESLEY MANAGING EDITOR Education and Ethics:A realistic pair? MEGHANN M. CUNIFF UO must JARED PABEN NEWS EDITORS In early November, the White House designed to promote the Ethical seem EVA SYLWESTER SENIOR NEWS REPORTER staff was required to start attending like a good idea, but the trend begs KELLY BROWN ethics lectures in response to the CIA the question, whose idea of ethics will KATY GAGNON hold fans CHRISTOPHER HAGAN leak investigation. Indeed, taking re- be adhered to? BRITTNI MCCLENAHAN venge on a Bush administration Some of Instead’s values sound NICHOLAS WILBUR NEWS REPORTERS naysayer by putting his undercover very positive. Demanding honesty, JOE BAILEY wife in jeopardy, is hardly ethical. working against bribery, using time in EMILY SMITH responsible PART-TIME NEWS REPORTERS These days, it seems like hardly anyone every course to expand upon the play SHAWN MILLER on top is using ethical judgment. of ethics within the business world. SPORTS EDITOR One school wants to change that AILEE SLATER SCOTT J. ADAMS Ethics schools are not a bad idea; I LUKE ANDREWS trend. An international business school FURTHER FROM PERFECTION only hope that they don’t become the for behavior JEFFREY DRANSFELDT called Instead wants to graduate stu- SPORTS REPORTERS moral values.” lame ducks in place of people actually AMY LICHTY dents who are socially responsible in According to Scooter Libby, ethics thinking out their actions, and coming In our last editorial on fan behavior at Ore- PULSE EDITOR their money-making practices. Instead TREVOR DAVIS are making sure that your kin, and to a smart, cohesive conclusion on gon football games (“Too drunk to stand up KRISTEN GERHARD requires entrance exams which test their values and judgments, are what is ethical and what is not in the for football game etiquette?” ODE Oct. 26), ANDREW MCCOLLUM ethics along with aptitude, and ethics PULSE REPORTERS always safe from attack.