An independent newspaper at the University of Oregon www.dailyemerald.com SINCE 1900 | Volume 108, Issue 64 | Monday, November 27, 2006 NEWS TRANSGENDER WHAT A COMMEMORATION Hate crime victims remembered with candlelight vigil at EMU. WEEKEND PAGE 3 PAGE 9: More coverage of the rollercoaster weekend in sports. ATHLETICS: BILL MOOS HOOKAHS AND STEPS YOUR HEALTH DOWN Study finds hookah smoking AFTER ZAC GOODWIN | PHOTOGRAPHER AI UEI AU | PHOTO EDITOR may be worse than some 12 YEARS K -H Y think. PAGE 4 VOLLEYBALL: OREGON MAKES IT TO THE NCAA FOOTBALL: THE CIVIL WAR COMES DOWN TO MISSED KICKS TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1989 AND A FINAL SCORE OF OREGON STATE 30, OREGON 28 FOURPLAY | 4 Find out how to keep your sanity during Dead Week. COMMENTARY TURKEY DAY (MINUS THE TURKEY) Innocence SELLING OUT, Vegetarians see a different THE RIGHT WAY project Commentary editor Lucas Thanksgiving table than the Pollock sounds off on carnivores they sit with why the University should expand its corporate funded suspended research. PAGE 2 BY ERIC FLORIP NEWS REPORTER EDITORIAL| 2 Why Democrats’ supposed To most Ameri- for now ‘mandate’ allows them less cans, the Thanks- power than they would like. giving holiday is synonymous Third-year law students sought with a large to clear wrongfully convicted SPORTS turkey dinner, but not every- prisoners doing time in Oregon one is bound to tradition. Many local veg- BY SANJAY SHENAI etarians and vegans FREELANCE REPORTER spent Thanksgiving Law students’ efforts to re-establish the Or- finding ways to en- egon Innocence Project at the University have joy a meatless holiday stalled for the remainder of the fall semester. RECAP: WOMEN’S with their meat-eating Program director Westbrook Johnson and BASKETBALL families, and the task other classmates who are in their final year Carolyn Ganes’ big second can be a challenge of law school have assumed the challenge half leads the Ducks in their for some. of turning the post-conviction investiga- second-half comeback. University sopho- tion program into a student-run organi- PAGE 10 more Kate Melnychuk zation separate from University funding said she has been a veg- and management. DUCKS FOOTBALL etarian for most of her life. “A lot of people have papers due,” said EDITOR GOES DOWN As a native of Grants Pass, Johnson, a third-year law student. Ore. she said life isn’t always EWS A last-second blocked “Student work loads are a constant jug- easy for a vegetarian in an environ- field goal, one of four kicks N | gling act, but somehow we manage to make it missed on the day, decides ment that does not cater well to her eating habits. SUSPENDED, page 8 the Civil War. PAGE 9 EUMAN “I have a very carnivorous family,” Melnychuk VOLLEYBALL | 9 said. “I’m the only vegetarian.” N S. Losses to the L.A. teams Melnychuk said her mother is very willing to are softened by an NCAA VEGANS, page 7 tournament invitation. 1.1 Youth vote The number of pounds the ONLINE VEGETARIAN average college student gains OR VEGAN? over Thanksgiving weekend, sets record according to a recent study at A vegetarian is someone who does not eat any 13 the University of Oklahoma. meat, but may still eat some animal products like dairy items. The approximate number of for midterm A vegan does not eat meat or any other animal pounds of turkey eaten by the av- products, instead consuming foods like veg- erage American each year, most 256 Organized registration drives etables, beans and soy products. of which is consumed on or near The approximate number of CIVIL WAR GAME the Thanksgiving holiday. turkeys raised in the U.S. in 2005. and campaigns aimed at young COVERAGE people see local election success Go online to view more photos from Friday’s game against Oregon State. Traffic spares some, snags others BY CALVIN HALL SLIDESHOW NEWS REPORTER TAPESTRY | STORY Thanksgiving travel on I-5 was unpredictable for Youth voter turnout YOUTH VOTER INCLEMENT WEATHER AHEAD for the 2006 elections Weaver speaks of group students and transportation agency officials alike TURNOUT effort to recreate a famous nearly doubled from tapestry in Scotland. The National Weather Service’s Portland 2002, creating a record bureau is predicting near- or below-freezing turnout after organiz- 34,000 temperatures for Eugene this week. Snow BY JOBETTA HEDELMAN Wednesday and two-hour delays ers registered more Voters aged 18 to 34 WEATHER showers are likely for Monday night and Tues- NEWS REPORTER Sunday, traffic moved along at than 34,000 youth vot- registered across Oregon, day, and temperatures are predicted to drop Despite predictions that con- the 45 m.p.h. speed limit for most ers between the ages according to the Student TODAY Vote Coalition to a low of 23 degrees Tuesday evening. struction on the Pit River Bridge of the weekend. The longest de- of 18 to 34 across the Rain/ 39°/33° Oregon state law requires that anyone over Lake Shasta, Calif. would lead lay came Saturday evening, when state, according to wind Precip:60% 11.2 traveling in snow zones carry chains or have to delays of up to two hours this southbound traffic was delayed Student Vote Coali- Percent increase in overall traction tires on their cars. There is a $144 fine weekend, there was “smooth sail- for 45 minutes. Even that delay tion numbers released Lane County voter turnout TUESDAY for not carrying traction devices. ing” for California-bound drivers, cleared up fairly soon, Mayor said. last week. since 2002 Rain/ 39°/23° Travelers can check ODOT’s 200 roadside “I think people heeded the In Lane County, vot- snow Precip: 30% a California highway department 43 Web cams for live updates of the weather on spokesman said. warnings,” he said. er turnout for all ages Oregon highways at www.tripcheck.com. The Percent increase in youth WEDNESDAY Michael Mayor said that al- Caltrans did report heavy traffic increased by 11.15 per- voter turnout in West Uni- site also provides live views of the roads and on I-5 Sunday evening, however, gives information on wind, temperature and though the California Depart- cent from 2002. In Eu- versity neighborhood and Partly 36°/27° when vehicles were being stopped Autzen Stadium precincts Precip: 10% other weather conditions statewide. ment of Transportation (Caltrans) gene, voting precincts cloudy over 2002 predicted 35 minute backups on TRAFFIC, page 7 TURNOUT, page 8 COmmENTARY EDITOR| Lucas Pollock [email protected] Monday, November 27, 2006 COMMENTARY (541) 346-5511 NEWS STAFF (541) 346-5511 n In my opinion n Editorial RYAN KNUTSON EDITOR IN CHIEF MOLLY BEDFord MANAGING EDITOR If we’re going to sell out, let’s try a little harder Democrats ParkER HOWELL STEVEN NEUMAN A controversy that holds the values evaluation of colleges and universi- NEWS EDITORS of academic pursuit at odds with the ties, the veritable bible for prospec- JILL Aho ErIC FLorIP values of capitalism has long been tive freshmen, the University of LIndsay Funston brewing within institutions of higher Oregon ranks a paltry 120th among should not CaLVIN haLL JobEtta HEDELman education nationwide. While the the nation’s top schools. In regards NEWS REPORTERS lines between government and the to research, a 2005 evaluation by the MEGhan EIGO private sector become increasingly University of Florida, titled The Top TEss MCbrIDE overstate JUNIOR NEWS REPORTERS muddled in our nation’s capital, so American Research Universities, EDWard osER too do those that separate our insti- ranked the University of Oregon 49th FREELANCE/SUPPLEMENTS tutions of higher education as islands LuCas POLLOCK of the top 50 public research universi- EDITOR of disinterested research across the PROGRESSIVELY MINDED ties. These rankings are even more LukE andrEWS ‘mandate’ SPORTS EDITOR country. It seems that the days may investments and launch subsidiaries. disappointing when juxtaposed with JEFFREY DransFELdt be long gone when academic ideal- They increasingly work toward the one of the highest tuition rates for a Needless to say, Democrats are pleased by STEFanIE Loh JACob may ism in research played a large role goals of their beneficiaries, which in public university in the country. the outcome of the midterm elections. With SPORTS REPORTERS determining progress. turn help to bolster their resources. While the debate regarding the their new-found majorities in both the Sen- TREvor DavIS As state and federal funding for Almost every university in the merits of unattached, academic re- ate and the House of Representatives, some PULSE EDITOR university research continue to de- country maintains a department for search, as opposed to research driven MIChaEL CALCAGno feel the time is right to take a hard-line stance MatthEW TIFFany cline, the market increasingly is technology licensing, the develop- by market demand and corporate and spend the political capital the Democrats PULSE REPORTERS playing the role of proprietor in the ment of startup businesses using re- funding is as multifaceted as one can worked so hard to earn. LuCas POLLOCK advancement and general direction search findings and the recruitment be, its implications become slightly COMMENTARY EDITOR At every opportunity they get, leaders of the Rob Adams of academic inquiry. The private of corporate partners with which to more simple when applied to a specif- Democratic party and news media are eager to ILLUSTRATOR sector is picking up the slack where collaborate in their respective areas ic institution with dwindling national claim a new political climate. Rep. Nancy Pelo- TYLER GraF the public is falling short. And of interest. While there are exam- credibility, such as the University of si, who will most likely become the first female BEN LENET with this support, there are always Oregon.