The independent student newspaper at the University of Oregon www.dailyemerald.com SINCE 1900 | Volume 108, Issue 112 | Thursday, March 8, 2007 ONLINE FACULTY RELIGION Read the Emerald’s Jesus’ tomb news, sports and Is tenure fashion blogs. DAILYEMERALD.COM being buried in PULSE controversy Thursday, March 8, 2007 PULSE EDITOR| Lindsay Funston [email protected] pulseYour thumb on t (541) 346-5511 he beat of entertainment A STYLE ALL THEIR OWN Brands like LRGand Upper phased The Discovery Channel aired a Playgr to express ideas about art, music, cul ound are helping men - individualize their wardrobes ture and less about following specific CARRIE HAMM trends, Faulkner said. FREELANCE REPORTER The hip-hop-themed LRG ith new brand- brand, wh ich Faulkner considers ing and design fairly underground, is popula r concepts for men among University men and sells out strutting into stores, quickly at Boardspo W rts Inc. even Eugene males are starting to Every shipment o documentary that some say is just notice their buttons. f the skate, DJ and hip hop-inspired Jonathan Faulkner, LRG clothes has buyer of 11 years at a list of 30 to 40 Eugene’s Boardsports people, Faul Inc. on 13th Avenue kner sells what guys said. Part of the want: T-shirts and brand’s popu- jeans with a spin, larity stems an attempt to make money from music Faulkner said. artists who The men’s fash- ion industry is promote the brand, still fairly main- including stream. But dif- ferences can still Kanye West, be achieved when DJ Shadow and beatmaker Hi-Tek. out? people create their stylish mix. There is Upper Play- ground is an artistic no specific type of men’s brand of mixed- person and everyone media pieces, such has their own way, as photography, Faulkner said. sculpture and vide As a retail indus o. - Brands s try professional uch as LRG and Upper Playground for more than 20 years, use men’s fashion as an avenue Faulkner has decided the for creativity. University junior most important piece to Paul Swanson prefers to dre take away, for men and ss in clothes he will not The National Education women, is having the spot on another student, but he does own BY TESS MCBRIDE ability to sift through the LRG clothes, which his sister bought bra nds and find one’s for him. own style. The Seattle native seeks under “Fashion - is about represented brands to keep his closet finding what looks interesting and competitive. NEWS REPORTER good o n you that “I am really into the way things look makes you feel good,” and the design of things , lik Association says universities Faulkner said. e cars, bikes, and computers. I am attracted to Men use fashion unique stuff,” Swanson, a more as a vehicle FASHION, page 12 music9 exhibit keep professors off tenure track Throughout the millennia, the sub- 10 movie11 Check out Lo-Fi- jects of Jesus and Christianity have be- Fnk, a Swedish duo swinging through Eugene this wee This exhibit captures oneman’s kend 482-mile trek across Oregon Robert Downey, Jr. and Jake Gyllenhaal star in new filmZodiac’ ‘ come as much historical as religious. BY ALLIE GRASGREEN “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” a documen- MEN’S FASHION NEWS REPORTER tary which aired Sunday on the Discov- ery Channel, claimed Jesus’ family tomb New brands make In the world of professorial em- was discovered, fueling both possibility it easier for guys to ployment, “tenure” denotes to PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRENNA CHEYNEY individualize their and controversy as viewers examined most outside the ivory tower a kind the science behind Christianity. wardrobes. PAGE 7 of job security long gone from the American market. The policy pro- Produced by James Cameron, the di- SPORTS vides academic and intellectual rector of “Titanic,” the two-hour docu- freedom to University professors, DANGEROUSDANGEROUS mentary began gaining publicity early but depending on whom you talk last week when questions started aris- to, tenure is either being phased- ing over the accuracy of Cameron’s out of academe or is solidly in place claims that this is Jesus of Nazareth’s as a key policy. tomb, and whether he was married COMBINATIONSCOMBINATIONS and had a son. What is 307 Since the airing of the show, schol- Number of non- Some prescription and over-the-counter drugs ars, religious leaders and students have tenure? commented on what they saw, if they “It protects the tenured full-time have dangerous side effects when combined LACROSSE faculty during that believe it’s accurate and what effect faculty member they think it will have on Christianity. After four games on from being dis- same time. the east coast, the Ducks hope a home missed because What the documentary says of the nature or BY TREVOR DAVIS AT A GLANCE stand will reverse a NEWS REPORTER The documentary begins by explaining outcome of their What: Patients may be mixing losing streak. 404 the basics of what was found before ven- PAGE 13 research,” said tudents may want to think twice when dangerous combinations of Number of ten- turing into what it could possibly mean. Russ Tomlin, ured full-time purchasing prescription and over-the- over-the-counter and prescrip- MEN’S Vice Provost for faculty during counter drugs. As more medications are tion drugs that can cause a In 1980 in Talpiot, the suburbs of Je- Academic Af- prescribed each year, the chances of un- range of side effects, some of rusalem, Israeli construction workers BASKETBALL the 2005-06 aca- S which are fatal. fairs. “They can’t knowingly creating deadly over-the-counter and discovered the 2,000-year-old tomb Malik Hairston has demic year. Why: Some 3.6 billion prescrip- struggled at times, but be fired because prescription drug combinations also increase. Ex- while digging the foundations for an perts say open communication with doctors and tions were purchased in the apartment building. hopes to step up in the people find their Source: Oregon Univer- United States in 2005, accord- Pac-10 tournament. opinions unac- sity System Fact Book. pharmacists can prevent problems. ing to the Kaiser Family Founda- On the outside of the tomb, above PAGE 13 ceptable or con- INSIDE A report recently released by the Centers tion — an increase of more than the entrance, there was a decorative troversial or of- for Disease Control and Prevention found that 70 percent from 1994. symbol, a chevron — an upside-down Terms to know about COLUMN fensive.” What to do: Talk openly to your V — and a circle below it. Found on professor titles. deaths from accidental drug interactions rose Jacob May proposes Despite some 68 percent between 1999 and 2004, and has pharmacist and doctor about the inside were ten ossuaries, which that not winning the national speculation that universi- been on a steady climb since the early 1990s. your health, medical history, are limestone boxes used to store the Pac-10 tournament and medications. Stick to one may help the Ducks. ties are trying to abolish tenure be- Unintentional drug poisonings accounted for bones of the dead. nearly 20,000 deaths in 2004, according to pharmacy so pharmacists can PAGE 13 cause it is more costly, Tomlin said look for any potential complica- “Five of the 10 discovered boxes the University of Oregon approves the CDC, and is the second-leading cause of tions. in the Talpiot tomb were inscribed about 90 to 95 percent of tenure accidental death in the United States, behind OPINION More info: Web sites such as with names believed to be associated cases. vehicle collisions. Drugs.com, Eckerd, Discovery with key figures in the New Testa- This doesn’t mean that the A coroner recently discovered that R&B Health and Drugstore.com al- ment: Jesus, Mary, Matthew, Joseph EDITORIAL University’s tenured faculty rate singer Gerald Levert, 40, died late last year low patients to search for drug and Mary Magdalene. A sixth inscrip- The $17,000 report is high because not all University when he mixed the pain medications Darvocet, interactions, but they warn that tion, written in Aramaic, translates to was an expensive bad patients should always talk to deal for the University. TENURE, page 6 PILLS, page 4 a doctor. TOMB, page 16 PAGE 2 NEWS LADUKE The former Green THE SCIENCE OF Party vice presidential candidate spoke on campus. PAGE 3 POETS Two award-winning WALKING poets, including one University professor shared their work. E. 13TH AVE PAGE 4 Research shows that people are willing to walk up to half a mile to get to their destination WEATHER BY ERIC FLORIP SENIOR NEWS REPORTER ST n a city like Eugene, with miles of paths and trails, it is AT A GLANCE Y Y T not unusual for residents to throw on their shoes and, Recent research I S weather permitting, hoof it a few blocks. But accord- involving Univer- TODAY R ing to a University professor’s recent research, pedes- sity professor Marc PM Showers 52°/42° VE I trians all over may be willing to walk twice as far as most Schlossberg has found that people UNI experts previously expected. The study, co-authored by University public policy are willing to walk and management professor Marc Schlossberg and San an average of half a mile before deciding Jose State University researcher Asha Weinstein, might FRIDAY ST AGATE to drive. The findings Rain 52°/45° E. 18TH AVE have a significant impact on how city planners lay out could allow city plan- the blueprints for urban areas. ners a wider scope in The research found that, though it was generally ac- which to plan future cepted that most people are only willing to walk a quar- urban development ter-mile to get somewhere, subjects averaged about a projects, he said.