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The independent student newspaper at the University of Oregon dailyemerald.com SINCE 1900 | Volume 109, Issue 131 | Wednesday, April 2, 2008 “I like Laughing Planet, I support Laughing Planet, but nothing offers this kind of variety of food with so many options University for people who are on restrictive diets or want to lead a healthy lifestyle.” — Laura Scourfield, senior, on Holy Cow’s potential departure from the EMU takes action to prevent SIT-IN SUPPORT phishing After scammers used UO e-mail to collect passwords last month, students urged to be careful online TREVOR DAVIS News Reporter The University is warning that some students may have PROTECT YOUR unknowingly given INFORMATION away personal in- Steps you can formation using the University’s e-mail take if you entered system last month. information Scammers used on the fake “phishing” tactics DuckWeb site: through University e-mail to acquire • Change Duck ID passwords and other password and potentially sensitive security answers information. Students • Check e-mail for can still take steps to prevent such attacks. any suspicious During spring activity break, members of • E-mail Informa- the University com- tion Services at munity reported re- ONLINEVIDEO ceiving e-mails that microhelp@lists. Go behind the scenes at asked them to click uoregon.edu or DAILYEMERALD.COM on a link to read “im- call 346-4412 portant University of to report any Oregon news,” ac- DAVE MARTINEZ | Senior Photographer suspicious cording to an e-mail University senior Jessica Arena makes “Save the Cow” patches during the protest. Many supporters argue that Laughing Planet has outlets in sent to students from activity. Eugene while Holy Cow has no other outlets outside of campus. Information Systems. The link takes users to a page that looks Students showed support for Holy Cow’s ties similar to DuckWeb, but the page is fake. to the EMU food court, while owner Kathee Some students entered their Duck ID pass- word into the fake Web site, said Jon Miyake, Lavine prepares to appeal the decision turn to PHISHING, page 16 MIKE O’BRIEN News Reporter athee Lavine, owner of Holy Cow Café, STUDENT GOVERNMENT would like to clear something up: Holy Cow is not necessarily leaving the EMU. Special election to change structure of While a committee, five EMU employees and ASUO finance committees begins today one University student, unanimously decided Voting for a special election to change the that the Portland-based Laughing Planet Café structure of ASUO budgeting committees be- Kwill replace Holy Cow when the eatery’s 10-year lease gins Wednesday at 9 a.m. and ends Thursday expires June 30, Lavine is working on legally appealing at noon. Students can log on to DuckWeb the decision. to vote. “Everyone keeps saying, ‘Sorry you’re leaving’ and Proposed changes include eliminating the we’re like, ‘We’re not going anywhere.’ Just because DAVE MARTINEZ | Senior Photographer current Athletic Department Finance Commit- one person wants us out doesn’t mean they’re going to Amy Liek holds a sign during the “Save the Cow” protest. Liek and a few tee and creating a new committee responsible others participated in the costumed march through the EMU. for both negotiating student tickets with the turn to SIT-IN, page 8 athletic department and budgeting of con- tracted services, such as ASUO Legal Servic- es and Lane Transit District bus passes. This committee will be known as the Athletics and Contracts Finance Committee. Contract questioned for ASUO conference in D.C. It will also form a Departments Finance Committee and add two seats to the Student upcoming ASUO elections. Senate. In the current structure, the Programs The contract signed by student The ASUO officials who came up with the Finance Committee budgets for all programs, government members was contracts, ASUO Vice President Chii-San Su- contracts and departments funded by stu- nOwen and Student Senate Vice President Pat- dent fees and has a budget of more than $4.5 intended to relax the atmosphere rick Boye, said the idea was to create a more million next year. relaxed environment where the 14 students Student government officials say the RYAN KNUTSON — several of whom are running for ASUO po- changes are needed to reduce the workload News Reporter sitions — could focus on learning, and not on of the PFC and make budgeting more fair for The student government leaders who re- upcoming campaigns. student groups. cently traveled to a Washington, D.C., confer- But one student who attended the March If the changes pass, more student govern- ence signed contracts before their departure 15 - 18 USSA Legislative Conference said ment seats will be open for election and filing CHII-SAN SUNOWEN PATRICK BOYE promising they wouldn’t use the behavior of the contracts were more of a green light will occur Friday. ASUO VICE PRESIDENT SENATE VICE PRESIDENT their political opponents as ammunition in the turn to CONTRACT, page 8 — Jill Aho INSIDE OPINION SPORTS CITY ISSUES EDITORIAL FOOTBALL Local committees meet to discuss Students should take the opportunity Frantz Dorsainvil, a forward on TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY issues such as homelessness, street given them and amend the the basketball team, is trying out Sunny Sunny Showers changes, and building projects. PAGE 4 ASUO Constitution. PAGE 2 for football. PAGE 9 62°/34° 63°/38° 62°/38° EDITORIAL BOARD ELON GLUCKLICH | Opinion editor LAURA POWERS | Editor in chief KATIE MICHAEL | Managing editor JOSHUA GRENZSUND | Columnist ALLIE GRASGREEN | Freelance editor Wednesday, April 2, 2008 OPINION NEWS STAFF (541) 346-5511 EDITORIAL LAURA POWERS Editor in Chief KATIE MICHAEL Managing Editor JILL AHO Senior News Editor ERIC FLORIP News Editor ROBERT D’ANDREA An ASUO addition TREVOR DAVIS JESSIE HIGGINS JILL KIMBALL RYAN KNUTSON MIKE O’BRIEN means ADFC’s subtraction JASON N. REED News Reporters ALLIE GRASGREEN Freelance Editor Today and Thursday, University students will have the opportunity to vote that receive student fees. JACOB MAY Sports Editor on an important amendment to the ASUO Constitution, one that will alter This new process for allocating funds will be a vast improvement over JEFFREY DRANSFELDT significantly the way in which student funds are allocated. the current model, which systematically shortchanges student groups at the Senior Sports Reporter On the ballot is an opportunity to replace the expense of departments and contracts. KEVIN HUDSON BRYN JANSSON Athletic Department Finance Committee The Programs Finance Committee, the body currently in Sports Reporters with two new committees, the Athlet- charge of allocating funds to everyone, is given a bench- MATT SEVITS ics and Contracts Finance Commit- mark every year by the Student Senate. The bench- Pulse Editor TIFFANY REAGAN tee and the Department Finance mark determines how much overall allocations can Associate Pulse Editor Committee. As evidenced by increase. This year it was 5.5 percent, which meant ALEX GABRIEL their names, the ACFC would that no group suffered too much, but in other years KEVIN GLENN JAIME SWINDLE negotiate allocations for it has been a different story. Last year the bench- Pulse Reporters contracted services — in- mark was only 2.5 percent, a number that resulted ELON GLUCKLICH Opinion Editor cluding the Emerald — in cuts to student groups to make up for required NIK ANTOVICH and athletics tickets, and increases in the budgets of contracted services DEBORAH BLOOM JOSH GRENZSUND the DFC would deter- and departments. MATT PETRYNI mine budgets for Contracted groups, such as KAMRAN ROUZPAY JOSEPH VANDEHEY University de- Lane Transit District and the Columnists partments turn to EDITORIAL, page 3 ANDREW GREIF KATIE WILSON Copy Chiefs NICOLE CLARK KELLI CURTIS ALISON ECKER JOBETTA HEDELMAN ROBERT HUSSEMAN EMILY PETERSON Copy Editors MICHAEL CALCAGNO Online Editor ADAM SPENCER DESIREE AFLLEJE Multimedia Reporters ASHLEY CHASE Design Editor NICK CUMMINGS TRISTEN KNIGHT LESLIE MONTGOMERY Designers RYAN HEIDT Graphic Designer CHAZ FAULHABER PATRICK FINNEY Illustrators JAROD OPPERMAN Photo Editor DAVE MARTINEZ Senior Photographer KATE CLARK ANDREW GERSTLAUER CHRISTIN PALAZZOLO TAYLOR SCHEFSTROM Photographers BUSINESS (541) 346-5511 JUDY RIEDL General Manager KATHY CARBONE Business Manager PATRICK FINNEY | Illustrator MATT SHARKEY Fundraising & Development Associate AMANDA BURHOP Administrative Assistant SCOTT ALLEN KEVIN BONNINGTON IN MY OPINION | JOSH GRENZSUND LINDSAY GASIK IAN LAMB JAY TLOUGAN Distribution University’s push for ‘green’ trials just a facade ADVERTISING DISPLAY (541) 346-3712 CLASSIFIED (541) 346-4343 unrelenting and all-inva- year the University’s Event the sustainable aspects, those Eugene and leave them to be LINDSEY FERGUSON sive need for profit in a Management Research Team, that focus on environmental, transported to another location Advertising Director capitalist system. on behalf of the 2008 Olympic social and economic sustain- and reused as track surfacing. TARA SLOAN Asst. Advertising Director The excitement about the Track & Field Sustainability ability, are engineered deep It seems the idea is that this MOLLY BEDFORD “green” and “sustainable” as- Committee, conducted research into the planning, along with feel-good publicity event will DAWN COLEMAN BRYAN DAVIDSON pects of Eugene 08 have given to find out what logos would how fans and athletes will ar- help “save our planet.” The ERIN DAVIS way to more practical concerns best represent “the sustain- rive to Hayward Field by shuttle reality is more along the lines MEGHAN FOLEY MILES HURWITZ about making money. The peak ability aspects of community or bike, eat organic food with that fans are expected to go to JEANNE LONG DUCERÉ USERÉ CLYCLERÉ of green energy seems to have the local Nike store and buy a KELLI MAKS STEPHANIE MCCULLEY waned near the end of last new pair of made-in-Taiwan AMY UNG year. In November 2007 KLCC shoes. This feel-good ideol- RIEHEL ZEREYHOUNE The road to sustainability is Sales Representatives paved with green intentions.