The independent student newspaper at the University of Oregon dailyemerald.com SINCE 1900 | Volume 109, Issue 38 | Thursday, October 4, 2007 NEWS HIT anD RUN MEASURE 49 Land-use reform is on the November ballot. Heyer pleads guilty to Reams case charges PAGE 3 Heyer says he panicked after 9 a.m. on Nov. investigation by the Eugene intersection, but he later died at Sacred OPINION 16, accepted Police Department. Heart Medical Center. hitting University student a plea deal on In the early morning hours of March Heyer said after he drove away he COLUMN Reams with his car last March Wednesday 4, Reams was walking home when he realized that he should go back, but he Joe Vandehey’s and agreed crossed Hilyard Street at 15th Avenue. got lost. Heyer, who lives in Coos Bay, imagination runs wild. to 19 months He was hit by a Cadillac sedan just was in town visiting a friend. PAGE 2 RYAN KNUTSON in prison. His as he stepped into the intersection. The morning after the accident, News Reporter license will Heyer, who was driving the sedan, hundreds of Reams’ brothers from Beta GUEST COMMENTARY Aaron Vernon Heyer pleaded guilty be revoked sped away. Theta Pi fraternity surrounded him at Professor Youm Wednesday afternoon for failing to for five years “I was just scared,” Heyer said on the hospital. Two days after he died, discusses the free following his AARON VERNON HEYER Wednesday in the hallway of the Lane hundreds of students filled McArthur press. PAGE 2 stop after he hit and killed University HIT AND RUN DRIVER student Brian Reams with his car last jail sentence. County Courthouse after his court Court for a memorial ceremony. appearance. “I panicked.” Heyer was not intoxicated during PULSE March on Hilyard Street. The 22-year-old Heyer was ar- Heyer, who will be sentenced at rested June 11 after a three-month Reams’ friends tended to him in the turn to REAMS, page 4 HOUSIng Developers will SHOUT OUT LOUDS The Swedish pop group will be coming present plans for to Eugene. PAGE 5 West University area The West University Neighbors will hold a regular meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Central Presbyterian Church, located at 555 E. 15th Ave. The group will hear presentations from two developers who plan to build apartment buildings in the area. One developer, Dan Neal, plans to replace existing buildings at 534 E. 14th Ave. with a nine-unit, 36-bed- PUSHING DAISIES room development. David Corey wants to ABC‘s new show is put a 10-unit, 20-bedroom building in the different — in a good place of two houses at 16th Avenue and way. PAGE 6 Hilyard Street. Also at the meeting, group members plan SPORTS to make nominations for the West University IN MY OPINION Neighbors Board of Directors. The 10-mem- Dennis Dixon won’t ber body currently has three vacant spots. be kept down, and JAROD OppERMAN | Photographer The meeting will conclude with an update neither will Kevin Ashley Beghtel — here signing the word “deaf” — was crowned Miss Deaf Oregon in June. She hopes the title will help her on West University Neighborhood Park, an Hudson. PAGE 11 to be a role model for deaf children. Ashley is currently interning at the Oregon State School for the Deaf in Salem. unfinished park between Patterson and Hi- lyard streets on 14th Avenue. Construction on the park began in August 2006, 11 years after it closed because of increasing crime in the area. Original plans intended the park to be open by 2009. A SIGN OF INSPIRATION —Eric Florip Ashley Beghtel advocates deaf culture by sharing her own life experience MIKE O’BRIEN Next summer, Ashley Beghtel, anything hearing people can do.” News Reporter a senior in the College of Educa- In June, Beghtel was crowned STUDenT GOVERNMenT iss Deaf America tion’s Family and Human Services Miss Deaf Oregon at the Salem HEATHER MEYERS is an ambassador, program, will represent Oregon at Conference Center. Papailiou defeats former running-mate She overcame her a spokeswoman the biennial national competition Her win was partially based on in election for ASUO Senate president sister’s accident and and a role mod- in New Orleans. “Dare to Dream,” her presentation Sen. Athan Papailiou was voted Senate became an impact el.M Next year, she may also be a “I want to show that by win- president Wednesday night, defeating Sen. player. PAGE 11 University alumna. ning this title,” she said, “I can do turn to BEGhtEL, page 4 Kate Jones nine votes to eight. Both were on the same ticket in last year’s election when Papailiou ran for vice presi- ReseaRCH dent. But there was a clear divide in the Senate during last night’s vote. “We had two very smart people but you have to look at who’s going to be a better New study has big president,” Sen. Neil Brown said. He sup- ported Papailiou and cited his experience during three years on the ASUO as his reason for doing so. significance for Sen. Kyle McKenzie said he wants last WOMEN’S SOCCER night to be the final time he sees division be- 10th-ranked Portland tween “two slates that have butted heads” comes to Papé Field. for too long. PAGE 12 very small babies Three other officers were chosen. Sen. Donnie Kim was voted vice presi- WEATHER A study of high altitude-related illnesses dent and Sen. McKenzie was vot- investigates premature infants’ lungs ed treasurer. Both were unopposed and voted in unanimously. Sen. Patrick Boye was elected ombudsman. TREVOR DAVIS done to help premature ba- Boye won the ombudsman position by TODAY News Reporter bies, and he hopes to con- 10 votes to six. One senator, Lee Warnecke, Showers 55°/41° For babies born very duct some of that research abstained from the vote. prematurely, just sur- at the University. The opposing slates were appar- viving may not be the At the University of ent during the vote for ombudsman, only hurdle. Wisconsin School of Medi- where every senator who had backed A University researcher cine and Public Health, Jones also voted for Boye. Only two FRIDAY found that babies born Lovering helped conduct senators who voted for Boye had AM Showers 59°/39° very prematurely may a study as a postdoctoral earlier backed Papailiou. have lifelong chronic lung fellow. In the study, he In other business, the Women’s Center was problems. Andy Lovering, discovered about 30 per- allocated $1,129 from surplus for a laptop COURTESY OF ANDY LOVERING an assistant professor of cent of babies born very computer. Eduardo Dawson was confirmed SATURDAY University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public human physiology, says as the executive appointee to the EMU Board Partly Cloudy 62°/45° Health researchers conduct a study of respiratory conditions. more research needs to be turn to BABIES, page 4 of Directors. — Robert D’Andrea EDITORIAL BOARD ELON GLUCKLICH | Opinion editor LAURA POWERS | Editor in chief KATIE MICHAEL | Managing editor BRYN JANSSON | Senior copy chief JOSHUA GRENZSUND | Columnist Tuesday, October 9, 2007 OPINION JOBETTA HEDELMAN | Freelance editor NEWS STAFF (541) 346-5511 IN MY OPINION | MATT PETRYNI LAURA POWERS Editor in Chief KATIE MICHAEL While boring, land-use measure still important Managing Editor JILL AHO Senior News Editor Okay, I’ll admit it: I’m being a little qualify the argument that land-use laws housing in downtown San Francisco ERIC FLORIP redundant. This is my second column make housing more expensive. The ac- more affordable. If anything, the value News Editor — for the eight or nine people who prob- tual data seem inconclusive. Using Port- of living in the downtown of a larger ROBERT D’ANDREA TREVOR DAVIS ably noticed — on the subject of Mea- land housing prices as the primary data, metropolis drives up the price. But will ALLIE GRASGREEN sures 37 and 49. Land-use regulation is, affordability studies have reached myri- an expanded Portland reduce the cost of JILL KIMBALL RYAN KNUTSON however, an important issue that often ad conclusions about the market effects living in the Pearl District? Probably not. MIKE O’BRIEN gets little coverage (well, it can be quite of the urban growth boundary. Some The increased supply, however, might JASON N. REED News Reporters boring — I mean, who cares if a subcom- find the price has increased compared to make it easier to buy a house somewhere JOBETTA HEDELMAN mittee of the Wilsonville Planning Com- ALL I REMEMBER IS... national averages; others say it has de- in the middle of the Willamette Valley. Freelance Editor mission approved a variance reducing creased, being less subject to land spec- So when we realize that land-use reg- JEFFREY DRANSFELDT Sports Editor the setback of an institutional property scope of previous land-use laws, many ulation; still others have found no rela- ulation may very well increase our hous- JACOB MAY from 15 feet to 10 feet, ugh…). of which suffered serious flaws. It had tionship between the UGB and housing ing prices, we are faced with two op- Senior Sports Reporter But reasonable disinterest aside, one the effect, though, of all but removing prices. Unlike proponents of measures tions: We can increase the supply, lower KEVIN HUDSON DAN JONES fact remains: land-use regulation, (save the laws, something proponents of Mea- that prevent urban sprawl, though, I ar- our quality of life back down to that of Sports Reporters for, maybe, national defense or educa- sure 49 believe wasn’t the true intent of gue that it is likely to increase the value.