Apartment fire near campus injures UO student Living with HIV

the University.Gordon’s journey to where he is today was a

long and difficult one. It began in the rural town of Cecilia, La., where

“there’s still a lot of racism,” Gordon said.As a child, Gordon, who is bi-racial, said he

was shuffled between family members becausenobody wanted to deal with him. He was “degraded” and “belittled” by his white relativesbecause he identified as black. He said his

parents favored his younger brother, “who wasstraight and did sports.”

A student who excelled in high school, Gordonleft Cecilia for the Xavier University of Louisianain 2003. But Gordon, who was supporting himself financially, couldn’t afford to stay inschool and returned to Cecilia halfway throughhis second semester.

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A 19-year-old University student was in criticalcondition at a Portland hospital Wednesday nightafter being rescued from his burning campus-area apartment early that morning.

Firefighters pulled John Huddleston through awindow of his ground-floor apartment on East18th Avenue and resuscitated him shortly after4:09 a.m. Huddleston was then transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center by ambulance be-fore being moved to Legacy Emmanuel Hospitalin Portland by helicopter.

The blaze left six other students homeless after it spread upstairs and into the building’s

attic, blackening the front of the two-story com-plex and leaving the inside of several apartmentscoated in gray ash. Piles of burnt clothing and a destroyed mattress lay outside Wednesday after-noon next to a car warped by the fire’s heat.

No one else was injured in the blaze, saidGlen Potter, spokesman for the Eugene Fire Department.

He estimated damage to the building at $200,000.

The blaze started when a smoldering cigaretteleft on a green couch outside Huddleston’s apart-ment caught the couch on fire and flames spreadinside, Potter said.

University senior Jason Beck, who lives in the

apartment directly above Huddle-ston’s at 765 E. 18th Ave., wokeup around 4 a.m. to peopleyelling, ‘Fire.’

“I looked out the window, andI just kind of saw this orangeglow,” he said. “And at first Ithought it was just my car wason fire, and I opened the doorand I got hit by all this heat andsmoke and I realized the buildingwas on fire.”

Beck grabbed his cell phone, called 911, put ona jacket and ran from the blaze.

“At that point, the fire was just basically thefirst floor; it was just kind of coming out the first-floor windows,” he said. “It kind of like slowlystarted building up, and I was getting kind ofworried it was going to just completely engulf my

apartment, too.”Then firefighters arrived.Senior Andrew Scott, who

lives across the alley from theapartments, watched as firefighters dragged Huddlestonfrom his apartment and resuscitated him.

“He didn’t look like he wasalive,” he said.

After Huddleston was res-cued, firefighters quickly extinguished the fire,Scott said.

American Red Cross volunteers responded tothe fire Wednesday morning. The organization isputting up some students in hotels until they findnew apartments, spokeswoman Jenny Carricksaid. Others received vouchers for clothing.

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Fire crews (left) arrive at an apartment fire on East 18thAvenue that critically injured one student and left six othershomeless. Senior Jason Beck’s (above) apartment and carwere also damaged in the blaze Wednesday morning.

Apartment fire near campus injures UO student John Huddleston, 19, was in critical condition Wednesday after being

rescued from the blaze; six other University students were displaced

Student getsMarshall

Scholarship

BY KELLY BROWNNEWS REPORTER

University senior Alletta Brenner doesn’thave to worry about financing her postgradu-ate work.

Brenner, a history and women’s and gender studies double major with a minor inpolitical science, was selected as a MarshallScholar, making her the first University student to win the prestigious scholarshipawarded by the British government.

She’ll attend the University of Edinburgh inScotland next year to pursue master’s degrees

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MARSHALL, page 4

Christopher Gordon draws onhis experiences to teach othersabout avoiding HIV and AIDS

“Like the butterfly, my life may be short, I plan on making it a beautiful one.”CHRISTOPHER GORDON

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Christopher Gordon talks about his experiences; the acceptance he has found in Eugene, his life with HIV, lessonshe hopes to impart to others and his plans to study at the University.

BY KATY GAGNONNEWS REPORTER

Last May, just eight days before his 20thbirthday, Christopher Gordon discovered hewas infected by the Human Immunodefi-

ciency Virus, the virus that causes AIDS.When he found out, Gordon said, he didn’t

feel anything. His mind and body went intoshock and everything went numb.

But that night, Gordon broke down. He criedfor the next couple days without stopping.

“I sat in a corner. I didn’t want anyone to touchme or talk to me. I just wanted to be by myself,”he said.

Six months later, Gordon is volunteering forthe Eugene HIV Alliance, educating youths aboutthe risks of contracting HIV.

In January, he hopes to begin his first term at HIV, page 16

Honors College student AllettaBrenner was recently named asrecipient of the eminent award

L i v i n gwith HIV

PARKER HOWELL | EDITOR IN CHIEF

On Monday, President Bush unveiledhis newest plan to recapture his conser-vative base. After five years of calls fortighter border security from the right,the president has finally proposed legislation to make the country safer.

Or so I thought. After reading the textfrom his speech at Davis-Monthan AirForce Base in Arizona, I came away dis-heartened. I was hoping President Bushhad finally seen the kind of threat thatopen borders pose.

The president’s proposal, though astep in the right direction, stops short ofenacting any meaningful reform. Itdoes call for tighter security by increas-ing border guards, building fences andsetting up cameras.

However, Bush’s proposal has onemajor flaw: It grants worker visas to il-legal immigrants already in the country,which will be renewable for up to sixyears. How is this going to make ourcountry safer? Rewarding criminalswith legal status not only encourages il-legal immigration, but also threatensnational security.

Perhaps the worst part of PresidentBush’s bill is what’s missing. The billdoes nothing about illegal aliens al-ready in the country. While increasingsecurity is a step, we must remove theincentives for crossing the border.

Many people don’t realize what adrain illegal immigration is on our sys-tem. Last year in Oregon we spent anestimated $400 million educating illegalaliens, according to the Department ofEducation. Eight states have even goneso far as to grant in-state tuition to ille-gal aliens as long as they’ve attendedhigh school in the state. Eleven otherstates, including Oregon, have recentlytried to pass similar legislation.

Every day, illegal aliens use welfare,Medicaid, hospitals and schools with-out paying a cent in taxes. Many will ar-gue that offering free social services is asmall price to pay to keep the nationrunning. This country thrives on thework of millions of immigrants and vis-iting workers — the agricultural sectorwouldn’t be able to function withoutseasonal laborers. But our financial

need does not justify turning a blindeye to the illegal aliens in the country.

President Bush’s plan completely ig-nores another problem — the accept-ance of the matricula consular, or con-sulate card. The card was originallyintended to help the Mexican con-sulates identify Mexican citizens livingabroad. Now, the matricula consular isused as a valid form of identification inthe United States.

All a Mexican citizen needs to do isreport to one of 65 Mexican consulatesin the United States and present his orher birth certificate. The problem is the Mexican government has no nationwide registry of criminals, birthcertificates, death certificates or evenmatricula consular cards.

There is no background check per-formed, no fingerprints taken andthere is no database of matriculas con-sulares, which enables illegal aliens tosimultaneously hold several cards —even under different names. Thismakes it difficult for the Oregon con-sulate to verify the applicant’s identityand criminal history.

Most disturbing is the fact that manystates, including Oregon, accept thesecards as a valid form of ID. Oregon andnine other states even grant driver’s li-censes to illegal aliens who hold a ma-tricula consular. The driver’s license inturn gives an illegal immigrant the abil-ity to buy a house, get health insuranceand open bank accounts.

Of course, Mexico’s lack of infra-structure is its own problem — butthe United States has no business ac-cepting an ID card that is so unreli-able. Because of the matricula con-sular ID cards, terrorists could easily

enter the country and settle in Ameri-ca without having to be processed bythe government, which would enablethem to travel around the countryvirtually undetected.

It may seem ridiculous to talk aboutMexican terrorists — but who wouldhave expected terrorists to enter thecountry from Canada before Sept. 11? Ifa man from the Middle East did crossthe Mexican-American border, he couldobtain a matricula consular ID cardwith ease. Since Mexico has no real reg-ister of births or deaths, all he wouldhave to say would be that his parentsemigrated from Saudi Arabia and thathe was born in Mexico.

Who would be able to argue? Infact, this makes more sense than a ter-rorist entering through the Canadian-American border — it was alreadydone in preparation for the 9/11 at-tacks, so why not try to enter througha border that isn’t being watched forMiddle Eastern terrorists?

Of course, many illegal aliens ar-rived here legally and have overstayedtheir visas. This is how MohammedAtta and many of the other Sept. 11 hi-jackers arrived in this country. TheINS, however, does not generally pur-sue visa violations. Instead, they pre-fer to focus on deporting criminals,not “law-abiding” aliens.

In fact, Tony Lew, the Los AngelesINS spokesman, said in 2001 that “ourpriorities are to go after illegal immi-grants committing crimes. If they arelaw-abiding citizens, we don’t have theresources to go looking for them.”

The problem with this stance is thatillegal aliens are not citizens, nor arethey law-abiding. By being here, theyhave already broken the law and needto be deported. The president shouldrealize that illegal immigration doespose a serious threat and the time forbeing compassionate is over. Eitherthey wait in line and submit themselvesto thorough background checks like le-gal immigrants or they need to findwork elsewhere.

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CORRECTIONWednesday’s editorial (ODE “Now is the time to startlearning from history”) should have said former Secretaryof State Colin Powell in 2004 called the situation in Darfur genocide.

Vacationgives all anopportunity

to serveFrom Dec. 9 until Jan. 9, University students

are free from classes and homework. While play-ing video games and bar-hopping may be on thetop of some stressed-out students’ lists of ways tospend winter break, we hope some Eugeneanswill use the long vacation to help people in needthrough volunteer work.

Although the damage wrought by HurricanesKatrina and Rita is no longer at the forefront ofthe media, the work to repair New Orleans andsurrounding cities has only just begun. TheAmerican Red Cross is spearheading many effortsto help. People can fill out an application to vol-unteer for the Red Cross at www.redcross.org.

The Oregon Pacific Chapter of the AmericanRed Cross provides opportunities for volunteersto help in Eugene. It has its office at 862 BethelDrive. Call 541-344-5244 to find out about volun-teer opportunities such as Meals on Wheels andthe Child Care Food Program, or visit www.ore-gonpacific.redcross.org. Wednesday, the RedCross provided food, clothing and shelter to stu-dents whose homes were damaged by the firenear campus on 18th Avenue.

Smaller local organizations also create manyopportunities to help the hungry and homelessin Eugene.

The Eugene Mission, a shelter on 1542 W. FirstAve., provides food, clothing, shelter, gospel andwork therapy to homeless people. The Mission isopen 24 hours a day and serves breakfast, lunchand dinner daily. Volunteers can help with serv-ing meals or by participating in chapel services.To find out how to help, call Linn Antis at 541-344-3251 and ask about volunteer opportunities.

The Family Dinner Program, sponsored byFOOD for Lane County, provides another oppor-tunity to help hungry Eugeneans. Every week-day at locations in Eugene and Springfield, theUnited Way of Lane County-funded agencyserves an evening meal to individuals and fami-lies in need. Volunteers aid with food preparationin the afternoon and help serve meals in theevening. The program’s main office is located at770 Bailey Hill Road just of West 11th Avenue.Those interested in volunteering can call SheylaNorte at 541-343-2822 or visit United Way ofLane County’s Web site at www.volunteersolu-tions.org/uwlane. The Web site provides a 28-page list of other volunteer opportunities.

Today is World AIDS day, which brings tolight another opportunity to serve: the HIV Al-liance. Visit www.hivalliance.org or call NicoleBuffington at 541-342-5088 ext. 10. Volunteersfor the Alliance can “care for pets during aclient’s hospitalization, help with errands,plumbing or just be there to listen,” accordingto the UWLC Web site.

Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Since you get morejoy out of giving joy to others, you should put agood deal of thought into the happiness that youare able to give.” So take some time out of yournot-so-busy schedule over winter break and helpsome people in need.

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Lane County Transitsalutes Rosa Parks todayFifty years ago today, Rosa Parks re-

fused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, sending amessage against discrimination thatstill evokes strong emotion from many.

With Parks’ passing in October, theanniversary has gained even more recognition.

Lane Transit District, as well asmany other transit organizationsacross the country, will celebrateParks’ statement today by proclaimingDec. 1, 2005 as “A National TransitTribute to Rosa Parks.”

LTD will reserve a seat on each busfor Parks, right before the rear exit onthe left. Each seat will have a laminated sheet of paper with a picture of Parks and the statement “Onthis date in 1955 she changed thecourse of history and inspired us all.”

LTD worked with the local NationalAssociation for the Advancement ofColored People office and the EugeneHuman Rights Commission to develop the event. Elizabeth Aydelott,the Human Rights Commission’s representative to LTDfor the event, said the overcrowding onsome LTD buses was a concern forthose planning the event. Still, she be-lieves that may add to the power of the statement.

“If one extra person has to stand up,that’s significant in itself,” Aydelott said. “For other people to giveup a seat for her is a sign of respect.”

LTD will also give a free day pass toanyone who donates a canned fooditem to FOOD for Lane County.

“It’s so we can contribute something back to the community inRosa Parks’ name,” LTD Marketing Representative Angie Sifuentez said.

Canned food donations can bebrought to the LTD Customer ServiceCenter at 11th Avenue and WillametteStreet, or the Springfield Station atFourth Avenue and South A Street. Do-nators can receive the day pass or a $1-off coupon for either Bean Buzz at theCustomer Service Center or the Spring-field Station Burrito Boy.

LTD Graphic Artist Hannah Brad-ford has given presentations at localelementary and middle schools onParks’ life and achievements, andthen encouraged the children todraw pictures. LTD has taken the pic-tures and made a Rosa Parks quilt,which will be displayed at the Customer Service Center.

—Chris Hagan

West University Neighborsdiscuss upcoming yearWith its officer elections complete

and a month without students approaching, the West UniversityNeighbors will start preparations for the new year at its meeting this evening.

“We’re going to get to know every-body and line up our agenda for thecoming year,” WUN board memberDrix Rixmann said.

At its last meeting, the WUN electeda new board, as well as a new chair-man: ASUO President Adam Walsh.

“We’re not expecting a huge turnoutwith it being Dead Week and with finals coming up,” Walsh said.

Walsh hopes to discuss what speak-ers the group would like to invite to visit, such as Eugene MayorKitty Piercy and Police Chief RobertLehner. He would also like to spendtime delegating responsibilities, suchas production of a newsletter.

“This will be a planning meeting ofthe year,” Walsh said. “It’s the lastchance for people to throw in their twocents for what they want to see happen in the upcoming year.”

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“We’ll see if we can take theirideas and suggestions and put theminto effect for the neighborhood,”Rixmann said.

The group hopes to decide on a newmeeting place, Rixmann said. Recentmeetings have taken place at the Atri-um Building downtown, which is out-side the WUN’s borders and has beena problem for some members.

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in theSloat Room of the Atrium Building atWest 10th Avenue and Olive Street.

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UO student accused ofstabbing brother released

A University student arrested oncharges of stabbing his older brother todeath with a kitchen knife has been re-leased from jail after $35,000 in bailwas posted on his behalf.

John Andrew Grillo, 19, an Asianstudies major, was released fromLane County jail on Nov. 23, morethan two weeks after he was arrest-ed and lodged at the jail on a chargeof manslaughter in the second de-gree. Since his release, the man hasbeen seen in Hillsboro, where hegrew up.

Eugene police arrested Grillo after

he stabbed Paul Michael Grillo, 22, inthe heart once during dispute at theirhome, at 1463 E. 21st Ave. in Eugene,police said.

After stabbing his brother, John Gril-lo called 911 and administered first aidto his brother, who died before emergency officials could arrive, Eugene Police Sgt. Scott McKee said.

In the 911 call, Grillo told police thestabbing was accidental, but police be-lieve he engaged in reckless conductwith the knife and killed his brother,McKee said.

No court appearances have yet beenscheduled.

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Senior AllettaBrenner isone of 40Americanstudentsawarded theMarshallScholarship.She plans to study internationalpolitics and Africanstudies.

in international politics and African studies.

The Marshall Scholarship was established after World War II by theBritish government to honor Gen.George Marshall, the author of theMarshall Plan, which was used to rebuild Europe.

Associate Vice Provost for Under-graduate Studies Marilyn Linton sug-gested Brenner apply for the Rhodesand Marshall scholarships after Brenner won a first-place prize at theUndergraduate Library ResearchAward for a paper she wrote.

“She kind of twisted my arm a littlebit, got me to come see her and cometalk to other people, and they convinced me that it would be a greatopportunity,” Brenner said.

After she was selected as a finalist,the regional selection committee flewher to San Francisco for an interview,and by the time the plane landed inEugene, she had received a voicemailon her cell phone, alerting her that shehad been selected.

“I was jumping around on theplane, and the people next to me wereall excited,” she said. “They didn’t really know me, but I was obviouslyreally happy.”

Brenner plans to study the role oftwo nongovernmental organizations(NGOs) in changing perceptions ofslavery in Niger.

“For many parts of the country,(slavery) is a very old, traditional prac-tice,” Brenner said. “I’m sort of look-ing at this question of what happenswhen you have international humanrights standards ... and yet you havetraditions within particular places inthe world that are otherwise.”

She said labor rights and the inter-action between human rights and theenvironment are extremely importantto her, and she hopes to eventuallywork as an international lawyer.

Her interest in NGOs was piqued

when she interned at the Environmental Law Alliance World-wide last summer.

“They work on a lot of environmen-tal but also human rights cases, and sothat was a really great experience,” shesaid. “I’m really interested in the role(NGOs) play not only in politics ... butalso the way they influence people’slives on the ground in the work thatthey do.”

The Forest Grove native said she became interested in workers’ rightsand social justice when she helpedwith her church’s efforts to bring food,clothing and supplies to migrant work-ers who lived in the area.

During high school, she co-foundedStudents Organized Against Prejudiceand was one of the valedictorians ofher class.

While at the University, Brenner hasbeen very involved with the Robert D.Clark Honors College. She’s workedextensively as the program coordinatorfor the internship and mentorship programs, and last year was the president of the Clark Honors CollegeStudent Association.

“Alletta is an exceptionally giftedand hard working student ... She hasbrought great honor to the academicprogram of the university,” UniversityPresident Dave Frohnmayer said in anews release.

Pauline Austin, a spokeswoman for the University, agreed with Frohnmayer.

“The University is so proud to haveour first Marshall Scholar,” she said.

She added that the University wasparticularly pleased to have two students who were finalists in both theRhodes and Marshall scholarship programs. Brenner was a finalist forthe Rhodes scholarship, and psychol-ogy senior Drew Shipley was a finalistfor both awards.

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BY KRISTEN GERHARDPULSE REPORTER

There’s a group of people, a phenomenon in our country,affectionately referred to as “Rentheads.” Chances areyou’re friends or at least acquaintances with one of theseindividuals. They’re often characterized by ownership ofcertain memorabilia, such as a two-disc soundtrack fromthe original Broadway musical that opened in 1996; a castposter that looks like an abstract Technicolor version of theBrady Bunch; or more than one ticket stub from the show,proof that they are a true “Rent” aficionado.

Proponents of the new film adaptation of “Rent,” whichhit theaters last week, will more than likely be composed ofmembers from this sect. However, whether a fan of theoriginal musical or not, audience members will probablyleave this film feeling more than a bit bewildered. This is notto say they will certainly like or dislike the film, but someconfusion about what happened to them during the past135 minutes of their life will undoubtedly be present.

“Rent,” originally written by Jonathan Larson and basedloosely on Puccini’s opera “La Boheme,” tells the story ofseven friends living in New York City’s East Village in a timeperiod that, while undetermined, seems to be somewherein the ’80s. Upon its release, the musical was both heraldedand scorned for its unabashed portrayal of AIDS, homo-sexuality, drug use and the counterculture lifestyle of alter-native musicians, independent filmmakers and abstractstage performers.

What excited most Rentheads about the film adaptation was that the main characters in it would be re-vived by almost all of the original Broadway cast. Indeed,

the heart these actors and actresses brought to their roleswas palpable. Most noteworthy was the portrayal of AngelDumott Schunard, a transgender street performer withAIDS, by Wilson Jermaine Heredia. The performancethat won the actor a Tony and a Drama Desk award forBest Featured Actor in a Musical in 1996 is unquestion-ably the most powerful of the film. Overall, one must givecredit to the cast for being able to finesse the sameroles on the big screen that they performed on the stage.

In this way, a fine line betweensuccess and failure exists whenadapting ascreenplay fromany other medi-um. For instance,when creatinga film from abook, screen-writers anddirectorsfrequentlygrapplewiththeprob-lem of limitedtime, whichmeans they mustlearn to give life toonly the most

vivid of scenes and sift out only the most important plotpoints. When moving from the theater to film, however, thechallenges are quite different. Characters must be toneddown from their ostentatious stage versions to be more be-lievable, and they must be able to move in settings thatwere once unembellished in the playhouse but have be-come a real world with all its complexities on the screen.

The setting of the film works at times and fails mis-erably at others, though it more often falls into a

murky and apathy-inspiringmiddle ground. When it

works — as it did in the “Tango

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Once Dave passes out after a few too manydrinks, his friend Mike dresses him up in women’sclothing. Mike takes pictures and posts them onthe Internet.

What does Dave do to seek revenge? He callsup Ryan Dunn.

Welcome to the world of MTV. The new show“Homewrecker” is hosted by Dunn, who becamefamous after appearing on the MTV shows “Jack-ass” and “Viva La Bam.” Dunn helps friends getrevenge by redecorating rooms in a notoriousfashion. Mike’s room gets turned into a spa, com-plete with a woman getting her corns removedand a man relaxing in a mud bath.

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John Mayer Trio, “Try!”: Too many musicians fell off the deep end this year andfailed to satisfy loyal fans with their new releases. These artists seemed to have losttouch with their roots and instead attempted to please the masses rather than thefans that have been around since the beginning. Thank goodness John Mayer didnot follow that path.

John Mayer is best known as a pop star. He began his journey into stardom withthe sugary “Room for Squares,” followed by 2003’s “Heavier Things.” True fans ofMayer’s — the ones who appreciate him acoustic and live and really can’t listen to“Room for Squares” because it induces vomiting with its cheesy background vo-cals and horrible poppy beats — should welcome “Try!” the first release from the John Mayer Trio. Mayer has fi-nally released the album true fans have been anticipating since the beginning: a bluesy, live recording with a de-lightful mixture of classics like Ray Charles’ “I Got A Woman” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Wait Until Tomorrow,” as well asnew favorites such as “Vultures” and “Good Love is on the Way.” And for those who can’t quite let go of Mayer asa solo artist, he performs his well-loved hit “Daughters” as one of the encores.

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Hollywood rents this new classic, with mixed resultsThe movie ‘Rent,’ based on the musical of the same name, features most of the

cast members from the original Broadway production reprising their roles

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What do fake palindromes and violins havein common? See page 8 to find out.Thursday, December 1, 2005

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Aside from a few outstanding ti-tles, 2005 was a weak year for gam-ing, especially when compared to

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This year proved gamers shouldn’t ‘Narc’ on ‘God of War’Most developers have put their recent focus on new

consoles, leaving consumers with an array of bad gamesthat many can’t seem to kick.

It seems that in 2005, many compa-nies shifted their focus to the next con-sole generation, leaving consumersout in the cold. But there were a few ti-tles that bucked this year’s trend.

2005 GAMING STUDS

‘Resident Evil 4’“Resident Evil 4” is 2005’s game for

dedicated gamers. In “RE4” playerstake control of Leon, a special forcesagent on a mission to rescue the presi-dent’s daughter from an enigmaticSpanish cult.

“RE4” approaches perfection. Thegame’s weapons are solid, satisfyingand fun to upgrade. The combat is fran-tic, and the boss battles are intenseand memorable. But the game’s stand-out element is its atmosphere: playersget the feeling that it’s them against theworld as they shoot their way throughold Spanish villages and dank castlecorridors. The graphic engine does agreat job of rendering the horde ofcreepy not-quite-zombie villagers.

The fun doesn’t end when playerscomplete the campaign, either. Thereare loads of unlockables on both theGameCube and PlayStation2 versionsof the game. “Resident Evil 4” is one ofbest single player games that has beenreleased in years. If you haven’t playedit then go out and get it. Now.

‘God of War’“God of War” is 2005’s game for all

gamers. Players take command ofKratos, a Spartan soldier turned hitman for the gods. Kratos flays his waythrough ancient Greece, gouging outthe eyes of Cyclopes, beheading gor-gons and impaling Minotaur on aquest to kill Ares, the god of war. Com-bat in “God of War” is amazing.Kratos takes on his enemies with oneof gaming’s coolest weapons: theBlades of Chaos, a pair of largeblades attached to Kratos’ arms bychains. “God of War” showcasessome of the best boss battles everseen in gaming. Even the game’s puz-zles are entertaining. Although thegame is a little on the short end, oddsare players will want to play throughthis masterpiece more than once.

‘Guitar Hero’Anyone who has ever watched

someone play “Dance Dance Revolu-tion” or any of its ilk will be familiar withthe concept of “Guitar Hero.” Musicplays as colored dots scroll down thescreen. These dots correspond withbuttons on the neck of the game’s cus-tom guitar controller. All you have to dois hold down the right button and pluckthe “string” at the right time, simpleenough. That’s the beauty of “GuitarHero”: it’s simple. Anyone can pick upthe game and play through a fewsongs, which include more than 30 de-cent covers of artists ranging fromBoston to Megadeth. The game startsplayers with three buttons and awhammy bar, but as the difficultyramps up players will use all five but-tons. “Guitar Hero” is an excellent playand it’s almost impossible to put theguitar down after one song.

“Guitar Hero” is retailing for around$70, but it comes with the game and thecontroller. With over 30 songs, and fourdifficulty levels ranging from easy topunishing, “Guitar Hero” is a good

choice for any music lover with a PS2.

‘Shadow of Colossus’“Shadow of Colossus” is 2005’s cult

classic. It isn’t for everyone, but thosewho get into it are in for a treat.

“Shadow of Colossus” feels like noother game. Many games make play-ers slog through a horde of menial ene-mies as they work their way to theboss. In “Shadow,” the enemies havebeen replaced by 16 colossi, stat-uesque creatures that are often thesize of skyscrapers. Players will climband slay these monumental beasts.

Like “RE4,” “Shadow of Colossus”benefits from an amazing sense of at-mosphere. The game is quiet andbeautiful, and there is an overwhelm-ing sense of solitude as players explorethe game’s vast countryside. If you findyourself bored over winter break, gorent “Shadow of Colossus.” It’s defi-nitely worth a few (or more) hours ofyour time.

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BY AMY LICHTYPULSE EDITOR

The Christmas season can easilybe the most stressful time of theyear (it doesn’t help that finals aremixed right in there with the gift-buying and decorating that damnspiky pine tree), but it can also beone of the most humorous times of

the year, as illustrated by authorLaurie Notaro in her latest book, “An Idiot Girl’s Christmas:True Tales from the Top of theNaughty List.”

In true Notaro fashion, “An IdiotGirl’s Christmas” is hilarious andcringe-inducing at the same time.Notaro is not one to censor her

words, saying exactly what’s on hermind, but she manages to do sowithout being overly crude or ob-noxious. She puts humor intoeveryday situations (like that an-noying neighbor who goes way toofar in decorating his lawn or spend-ing that first Christmas with the in-laws and managing to tag all of thegifts incorrectly), with wit, sassi-ness and occasional exaggeration.

‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’

It’s a sad state of affairs when thebest game released for the Xbox thisyear was a game that was released onthe PS2 last year. “Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas” on the Xbox is the best“GTA” knockoff we’re going to see onthis generation of consoles. It ispacked with so much content that itwould take the average gamer monthsto fully complete it. Although thegame’s graphics are weak when com-pared to LucasArts’ “Mercenaries,”another decent title, the game’s solidart direction makes the most of thegame’s aging engine. “GTA: San An-dreas” makes almost every other free-roam game obsolete.

2005 GAMING DUDS

‘Marvel Nemesis’/‘Fantastic 4’

Historically, superhero games havesucked, which is odd because super-heroes seem to be a perfect fit forgames. The past few years have seen afew decent comic-inspired releases in-cluding “Spider-Man 2” and “Hulk: Ulti-mate Destruction,” but for every qualitytitle that hits consoles there is anequally disappointing release.

“Marvel Nemesis” and “The Fantas-tic 4” are each great examples of li-censing gone awry. “Marvel Nemesis”is half-baked brawler that is nowherenear as good as its potential. “Fantastic4,” which was released at the sametime as the movie, is a sub-par brawlerthat isn’t even a four-player game.

‘NARC’Midway got its name all over the

news in the ’90s when controversymade “Mortal Kombat” a householdname. “NARC” reeks of a similar mar-keting scheme. This controversial“GTA” knockoff allows its players touse street drugs as power-ups. So ifyou smoke pot, the world slows downand if you take LSD you hallucinate.The gameplay was boring and the druggimmick didn’t add anything to thegame. “NARC” was only $20 when itdebuted in March, and I have no doubt

Midway was hoping that controversywould sell their shoddy game. Midway,if you’re going to release a game thatticks off parents, at least make it one akid’s going to want to play.

‘Castelvania: Curse of Darkness’

I’ve always loved “Castelvania”games. The Game Boy Advance andNintendo DS titles have seen the 18-year-old series maturing. The 2Dgame’s history and style could fit per-fectly in a well-developed 3D world.Unfortunately, “Castelvania: Curse ofDarkness” sees all the series’ potentialsquandered on a lukewarm bore. Thecombat is monotonous and uninspired.The same goes for the game’s boringenemies and lackluster environments.

‘Tony Hawk’s AmericanWasteland’/ ‘SSX On Tour’The “Tony Hawk” series has been

showing signs of age over the past fewyears. “American Wasteland” is thesixth sequel since the series’ debut in1999. The past few iterations have beenmore about style than they have beenabout substantial changes to thegame’s core gameplay. “AmericanWasteland” nixes load times and addsa BMX element to the game, but thatcan’t hide the fact that this is the samegame we have been playing for thepast six years.

The animated-middle school note-book menus of “SSX On Tour” were themost interesting things about thegame. EA is notorious for its sequelsand the gaming giant thrives on its suc-cessful sports titles. I hope that the nextgeneration of systems will see moreoriginal titles, because the sequel-driv-en game industry is getting a little stale.

The PlayStation PortableAs a gaming device, the PSP is a rip-

off. It’s been nine months since its half-decent launch and all PSP owners getis a bunch of stripped down ports. Sure“GTA: Liberty City Stories” is a goodgame, but is it worth $300? As a musicplayer, it’s expensive, bulky and fragile.And who wants to pay $30 for a copy of“Sin City” that they can only watch ontheir PSP?

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back Bird’s guitar, voice, glockenspiel and whistling.

It’s a far cry from the music Birdcreated in the late 1990s. His firstband, Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire,rode on the popular wave of the neo-swing movement, along with thepopular East Coast swingers theSquirrel Nut Zippers. The five-pieceBowl of Fire cranked out antiquatedgypsy swing and blues with Bird’svirtuoso fiddling, melodic voice andabstract lyrics. His traditional soundaccompanied songs about cloningsheep and Etch-A-Sketches.

But Bird’s ambitions reached fur-ther than Bowl of Fire and the Ameri-can-roots music that it championed.Bird found himself constricted byworking with a consistent group. Aband playing the same kind of partsevery time pinned down his songsand restricted his experimentation.

“I needed to indulge myself again and let the songs breathe a little more,” Bird said in a phone interview.

Bird bought a farm in Illinois togive himself some stretching roomfor his music to grow. He startedworking with the looping equipmentthat would become the cornerstoneof his live sound and began forminga new style without the constraintsof a regular band. Bird has almostexclusively played all the music on

his most recent recordings. With theexception of rotating drummers, theinstrumentation, both on stage andon CD, is all his own.

“It’s nice to have total control,”Bird said. “There’s morechance that your music will endup weirder.”

The results are, in fact,weird, and that’s a com-pliment. The music onhis newest album,“The MysteriousProduction of Eggs,”defies conventional definition. Theambient layersof violin accom-panied by Bird’seccentric lyricscreate anunusual world.

The music draws fromso many different musicaltraditions that it is impos-sible to pinpoint a domi-nant influence; it spanssounds from folk to Indi-an to rock. The sound isas twisted and compelling as the lyrics it accompanies.

Bird’s eccentric approach tolyrics may be the only thing that re-mains from his Bowl of Fire days. Hislyrics are sprinkled with what he

calls “fake palindromes.” A palin-drome is a word or phrase that isspelled the same way backward andforward, such as “race car” or

“never odd or even.”“I was looking at real palin-

dromes and noticed that they kindof have a similar cadence to

them,” Bird said.Bird starts writing his

lyrics by making strangevowel and consonantpatterns, bringing mean-

ing in after the fact. In the songtitled after his lyrical motiva-tion, “Fake Palindromes,”

Bird sings, “My dewy-eyedDisney bride what tried

swapping your blood withformaldehyde.”

“Late at night after a coupledrinks, who’s going to bother tocheck whether that’s a realpalindrome or not?” Bird said.

Whatever Bird is doing, it’sworking. He has toured endless-ly since the release of “Eggs” inFebruary. In the last year he

gained a sudden and surprising following in Europe.

“It grows very quickly over there,”Bird said. He has had no problemgaining media attention on the otherside of the Atlantic. “Whereas it’staken me eight years to gain an

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When Andrew Bird takes thestage, he slings his guitar over hisback and wields a worn violin in hishand. He holds his violin like aukulele and begins plucking a

pizzicato syncopation. He steps on apedal on the ground and the synco-pation continues while he adds an-other syncopation over the top of it.Soon his looping device is crankingout layer upon layer of violin, creat-ing a dense electronic orchestra to


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Overall, the subject matter of thisfilm is still as heavy as it was in the late’90s. The outcries have already begunto rise over the content matter of druguse and homosexuality. And the factthat AIDS is as much an issue today asit was when the musical was releasedmakes the subject matter almost dis-turbingly pertinent. However, the char-acters in the story toe the line of beingoutdated, as has the edginess of thebohemian lifestyle. With shabby chicattire and indie film festivals all the ragethese days, too many filmgoers willleave “Rent” feeling like they’re part ofa way of life that, in reality, they willnever be able to understand. And it’sdifficult to deny that the characters, ifreal and alive today, would likely boy-cott this film version of their lives asthey boycotted the construction of amultimedia corporate office building inthe neighborhood in the show.

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“An Idiot Girl’s Christmas” is No-taro’s fifth book, following 2002’s“The Idiot Girls’ Action-AdventureClub,” 2003’s “An Autobiography ofa Fat Bride,” 2004’s “I Love Every-body (and Other Atrocious Lies)”and last spring’s “We Thought YouWould Be Prettier.” While “An IdiotGirl’s Christmas” is not the best No-taro effort to date, it still succeedsin making the reader laugh and hidehis or her face in shame from thetrue-life stories that Notaro tells.

In the book, Notaro makes readers’worst Christmas memories seem likea walk in the park compared to someof her tales, like “Deck the Mall,” inwhich she has to take her octogenari-an Nana shopping. Notaro’s humor isalso abundant in the humorous “TheMost Unfun Christmas Party HostessEver.” The story weaves the tale ofNotaro’s infamous but accidentalChristmas Party-ruining strategy,which involves pills, disguised flirtingand the cops. Read it to believe it.

Notaro’s writing and witty sense ofhumor are easy to fall in love with,but she tends to veer off on tangentsand repeats herself. But for true No-taro fans, “An Idiot Girl’s Christmas,”which features 10 new chapters andthree previously published tales, fillsexpectations. It’s the perfect comple-ment to curling up on the couch witha cup of cocoa and fuzzy socks whenthis season gets too out of control.

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Few comedians make their breakwith celebrated dating advice andbest-selling books on relationships(or lack thereof). Greg Behrendt, how-ever, has managed to pull it off, andhis success continues with the re-lease of his latest stand-up comedyDVD, “Greg Behrendt is Uncool.”

Behrendt was catapulted tocomedic stardom in 2003 when theauthor and comedian reached mass-es of single women through what wasprobably one of the best mediums fordoing so: the HBO

series “Sex and the City.” A consult-ant on the show, Behrendt was the to-ken straight male in a group of sevenwomen and two gay men.

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O’Brien,” “Larry King Live,” “TheTonight Show” and even “Oprah,” butthe dating guru isn’t done dishing outknowledge yet. On Nov. 15, he re-leased his first solo comedy project,“Greg Behrendt is Uncool,” a 128-minute DVD of a stand-up perform-ance at the San Jose Improv.

Long story short: Behrendt’s routineis hilarious. His subject matter is freshand current, his humor is wonderfullyself-deprecating and smart, and hisfast-paced and poignant delivery isreminiscent of other contemporarycomic idols like Brian Regan and DaneCook, though he’s a bit dirtier than Re-gan and a bit more in touch with hisfeminine side than Cook.

The majority of his jokes are basedon personal experience. Now that heis inching into his 40s with purportedlygreat difficulty, the comic is convincedhe is no longer cool (thus the title) andhe demonstrates the manifold reasonshe believes this to be true.

“You have to understand the jour-ney,” he said during his routine. “I

came to Los Angeles in 1993 to be arock star. I am now a contributor forCosmo Girl. I have a chain wallet waypast my prime. I have to wear glassesto watch porn. I hurt from sleeping,but I love my life.”

To Behrendt, “your 20s are sub-versive and unquestionably cool.”Certainly, he must have learned a little something about that right herein Eugene. Attending the Universityof Oregon in the ’80s, he started outas a business major but eventuallyended up in the theater department.When you reach your 30s, Behrendtsays, “you’ve hit your stride,” butwhen your 40s come to call, you’resuddenly “blind-sided by a wave of uncoolness.”

This premise, however, is fairly de-ceptive. Even though he publicly airsout fears that he is “too old to rock”and that he’s become “the creepy oldguy” at concerts, Behrendt is far fromuncool. At least the women in the au-dience of his performance seem tothink he’s cool, and it’s easy to under-stand why. His book and much of his

stand-up empowers women. He isboth sensitive and masculine, not tomention sexy — the dream guy com-bination of the “Sex and the City” set.

Indeed, the comic is not afraid toshow his knowledge of fashion.During a bit on why “adult rockshows” — a 25-and-older concertwith no opening act that starts at 7p.m. — would be a good idea, hewarns a young concert-goer who isdrunk off “gin and guava juice orwhatever he stole from his parent’sliquor cabinet” to “back it up” be-cause he’s wearing cashmere.

But this ease with his feminine

side does not mean Behrendt is outof touch with other men. In fact, helikely reaches many with a jokeabout his wife and a fellow momfrom their children’s play groupdropping their pants and discussinggrooming tips when the secondmother announces she will be posing for Playboy.

Also, despite his fixation on age,Behrendt’s jokes are appreciatedby many generations or at leastthose who are old enough to hearthe f-word. From tips on trick-or-treating, to the proper way to rockan air guitar, to the challenges ofplaying Pictionary with his wife onmarried-couple game night,Behrendt touches on experiencesalmost everyone can understand or recall.

Overall, this DVD is well-worth $15and two hours of your time. And thosewho enjoy it may want to look intoBehrendt’s stand-up tour, which isscheduled to begin in January 2006.

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attention of his compatriots. Duringthe last stretch of his North Ameri-can tour, Bird played to sold-outcrowds. Now he heads into a national tour with bluegrass bandNickel Creek.

His live shows prove to be ascompelling as his studio work. Thelive set allows him to experiment onstage with sounds and syncopationin ways that he never could in hisearlier Bowl of Fire days.

“I could change the arrange-ments, try something new and Iwouldn’t get any dirty looks for it,”Bird said.

Now Bird gets looks of admiration.The relationship between musicianand audience is close at his liveshows. The experimentation ofrhythms and his playful vocals,which stray and wander from theoriginal melodies, bring the audi-ence close to the creative process.

“Anything could happen stum-bling around, sort of cooking some-thing up on stage,” Bird said. “I real-ly enjoy sort of discovering things onstage in front of the audience.”

But don’t get used to it. At the heartof Bird’s experimentation lies an impe-tus to move forward. Bird workedclosely with electronic musician Mar-tin Dosh during the last leg of his tour,and hopes to collaborate in the future.Bird said he hopes to record a moreminimalist album next.

“I want to make something veryspare, but still engaging,” Bird said.

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The network started out with continu-ous showings of videos, differing fromother networks that focused on half-hour or hourlong programs.

The network started out by airing“Video Killed the Radio Star” by TheBuggles. Indeed, MTV transformedthe music industry by changing theway music stars were born. Thethree-minute clips helped mold thepopularity of Duran Duran, MichaelJackson, Madonna and Prince. Thenetwork even employed video jock-eys, or VJs, taking on the likes of radiodisc jockeys.

When Viacom bought MTV in 1985,the network showed a narrow rangeof rock and pop, but soon branchedout to other genres, such as heavymetal with “Headbangers’ Ball” andrap with “Yo! MTV Raps.”

In 1985 MTV launched VH1, a sta-tion similar in format that kept its fo-cus on soft rock. Soon internationalMTV spin-offs started in Europeand Asia while MTV began to airnews, sports, sitcoms, documen-taries, cartoons, game shows andreality TV shows.

Viewers today are lucky to catchany music videos at all on MTV. Thebest bet is Total Request Live, whichairs clips less than 30 seconds longand has viewers requesting songswhile the video plays.

MTV isn’t too worried about themusic — it’s all about the money. Thenetwork has a tough time sticking toits initial devotion to music as it mustcook up something new each seasonin order to attract the elusive 12-to-34-year-old market.

“It’s difficult for MTV to target theteen market, which is very fluid,” Horizon Media Senior Vice Presidentof Research Brad Adgate said in May.

“Once something becomes too popu-lar, it goes out of vogue with teens.MTV always has to reinvent a newprogramming genre.”

MTV has continued to recreate andrecycle old shows by replacing themwith similar shows and characters.“Homewrecker” came from “Viva LaBam,” which came from “Jackass,”which came from “The Tom GreenShow.” Examples that stretch furtherinto MTV history include dating showsfrom “Singled Out” to “NEXT” andmakeover shows from “Becoming” to “MADE.”

More recently, reality shows re-volving around celebrities and theirfamilies bombarded the networkwith shows like “The Osbournes,”“Newlyweds,” “The Ashlee Simp-son Show” and “Meet The Barkers.”

Complaints concerning MTV’slack of music videos began in themid-1990s and continue into the21st Century as MTV shifts evenfurther away from music. “Beavisand Butthead” in the ’90s at leastplayed videos like Radiohead’s“Fake Plastic Trees” while the duooffered their asinine commentary.

While MTV has abandoned itsoriginal mission, the question is:Does it really matter?

The approach has worked as MTVhas become one of the most prof-itable networks in television and isone of the few mediums to reachyoung audiences (the average MTVviewer is 20). Viewers — 87 million tobe exact — have proved they wantmindless television. “Real World: LasVegas,” anyone?

However, for those who wantmusic, options exist. Launched justtwo years ago, Fuse TV came outwith the goal of playing “more mu-sic, less crappy TV” — an obvious

bash against MTV. Fuse, which isnot currently available on basic ca-ble, now has 37 million viewers.

MTV has launched its own seriesof offshoot networks like MTV2 —the real competition for Fuse —that focus more on music videosand music-related shows.

If MTV suddenly played a varietyof music videos all the time, view-ers and bands would still find timeto complain. Being played on MTVmeans a band or singer hasachieved the ultimate conquest inreaching stardom. Would bands incertain genres such as punk reallywant to be on MTV? (Cough, cough,Green Day.)

The future does not look bright.MTV’s Web site includes castingcalls for “Room Raiders” and fornew shows asking: “Is it yourdream to be a beauty queen?” or,“Guys, do your friends think yoursister is beyond hot?”

Viewers will have to turn to othersources such as Fuse for musicvideos. Music fans can also turn toother mediums for music videossuch as the Internet, with sites likeMySpace, and MP3 players, withthe newest iPod capable of storingup to 150 hours of video.

These technologies will provewhat MTV did in the ’80s and ’90s:Music stars can be born in newways thanks to new mediums.

While the complaints will contin-ue over MTV, it will continue toevolve into a less music-orientednetwork that should take the “Music” part out of their title.

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Terry Jonz’s story of becoming the newvoice of Oregon women’s basketballstarts with a noticeable L-shaped scar

on his right elbow. The surgical wound fol-lowed an injury he suffered while pitchingfor Oregon State in the early 1970s. ForJonz, the injury ended one career and began another.

Jonz’s journey to covering women’s bas-ketball at Oregon is the result of hisodyssey both to and from his hometown ofEugene. His elbow injury was just the be-ginning for him. With it, he shelved hiscleats and textbooks and entered the work-ing world after two years of college. Onething he kept in his back pocket was hisdream of becoming a play-by-play an-nouncer. Because he was in need of a well-paying job he could only find elsewhere,his career behind the microphone was leftfor another day.

“Without baseball I didn’t see a need tostay at Oregon State so I left early,” Jonz re-calls. “I wanted to get into the radio busi-ness but had to put that on hold. I startedworking in finance for Honeywell.”

Jonz climbed the corporate ladder withease at Honeywell. The company sent himto Ohio where he worked until a death inthe family brought him back to Eugene.

“My grandmother passed away and Icame home thinking I’d stay for only a fewdays,” Jonz said. “It turned out to beyears.”

Eugene felt like home for Jonz, who wasmore accustomed to having the rolling hillsof the Willamette Valley as his backdrop.

“I asked people in Ohio if there were anymountains around and they told me‘yeah,’” Jonz said. “Then they pointed toone no bigger than one of the hills you seeheading up 18th Street and I was like ‘yougot to be kidding me.’”

Staying in Eugene turned out to beJonz’s biggest career move. One of his co-workers at Honeywell had friends working

Eugenean Terry Jonz couldn’trefuse KSCR’s offer to becomeOregon’s new radio announcer

BY KAI-HUEI YAUFREELANCE REPORTER

It’s not every day that one has the oppor-tunity to meet with an icon.

The Eugene Nike Running Club receivedsuch a treat when Alberto Salazar paid a visit Wednesday.

“Too many people showed up, so we’ll haveto reschedule this,” joked Salazar as he beganhis talk.

At the Eugene Nike Store, Salazar gave tips tothe approximately 15 runners at his talk. Healso went on a run with them on the trails liningthe Willamette River.

Salazar is a legendary marathon runner whois best known for winning three consecutiveNew York City Marathons from 1980 to 1982.He also won the Boston Marathon in 1982,which was the only Boston Marathon he com-peted in. He was on the 1980 and 1984 Olympicteams, and has spent the last 24 years promot-ing running with Nike as a part of the Nike Ore-gon Project, which trains Olympic-caliber ath-letes. In addition, Salazar has been a mentorand coach to 19-year-old University track and

cross country star Galen Rupp.“It’s especially fun for me to come back

here,” said Salazar, who helped Oregon win the1977 NCAA cross-country title and is a formerco-owner of the Oregon Electric Station. “Thisis where Nike started. There’s a lot of historyand heritage. It kind of brings me back to wherewe all started.”

“Keeping running going strong in this townis still very important for us. It’s my paycheckand also my hobby,” Salazar added.

Salazar offered running tips and fielded ques-tions before going on a run with the club. Hestressed that runners should seek to developthemselves as complete athletes because run-ning can be debilitating. He demonstrated a fewstretching techniques.

“You’re only going to be as flexible as yourleast flexible tendon,” he said.

He also spoke about how much running haschanged since he was competing professionallybecause of the improvements in running shoetechnology and sports medicine. Marathon run-ners are now able to train for 120 miles per

He didn’t promise anything but his interest.Weeks passed with exchanged e-mails andphone calls.

The opportunity of an internship with a dailynewspaper proved worthy of waiting for. The mi-nor details: It was unpaid and it meant that thislife-long California resident had to move to asmall town in a state he had never seen before.

By reading this column, you, the daily reader,can see the internship through managing editorMike Konz and The Kearney Hub in Kearney,Neb., paid off because that intern was me, andnow I am fulfilling my dream as a sports writer.

What’s important about this experience? Manypeople have had quality memories of hands-onexperience for a future occupation.

When Drake coach Amy Stephens and herteam played the University of Oregon Mondaynight, memories of Nebraska fare, such asrhubarb pie and Runza (hamburger, onions andcabbage), filled my head.

Stephens, a former coach at Division II power Nebraska-Kearney, had just started coach-ing at Drake in 2003 when I interviewed her onher former point guard Nicole Gruntorad.

The ensuing feature I wrote resulted in one ofnumerous experiences I gained writing for a dailynewspaper. For a recently graduated high schoolstudent, leaving in the summer of 2003 andspending six weeks in Nebraska left me withmore knowledge gained than I thought possible.

If you have the chance for an internship —even if it’s small — take it.

I conformed to a dress code, worked from 8a.m. to 5 p.m. and covered sports, news andfeatures. The natural writer in me shuddered attaking photos, but I grew to enjoy shootingfront-page art.

I would never have considered tasting rhubarbpie or Runza without Konz’s helpful nudging.

Cultural and lifestyle differences came too. Ihad faithfully driven my car to school each dayonly to switch to riding a bicycle to work.

Changes, although requiring adjustments, alsocame with benefits.

I witnessed and covered high school basketballat its finest in the Mr. Basketball and Miss Basket-ball tournaments. Top basketball talents fromacross the country visit Kearney every summer.The alumni list is revealing: Chicago Bulls guardChris Duhon, Memphis Grizzlies forward MikeMiller and New York Knicks forward ChanningFrye to name a few.

The player I remember most is Josh Dotzler ofCreighton. He possessed extraordinary vision andfound teammates with pinpoint accuracy.

I experienced many new things, including writ-ing an article on an annual car show and visitingthe Archway Monument, which commemoratedthe old wagon trail.

Looking back, it’s easy to forget details, butthe true effect — becoming a stronger writerand gaining a willingness to try new things —lasts a lifetime.

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“God has a sense of humor.”Oregon women’s basketball play-by-play radio announcer Terry Jonz, who

was one of four brothers growing up and is now the father of four daughters.

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Terry Jonz, the new voice of Oregon women’s basketball, called the Ducks’ victory over Drake Monday, including Cicely Oaks’ layup. JONZ, page 14

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Alberto Salazar gives running tips during his visit withthe Eugene Nike Running Club Wednesday.SALAZAR, page 14

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as commentators for the PortlandTrailblazers. Jonz passed them tapesof himself covering games andwound up doing play-by-play along-side them. His talent had alreadytaken him to the level of profession-al sports, but after listening to him-self years later, Jonz can’t help butwonder how he got so far.

“I don’t have that many tapes tobe honest,” Jonz said. “I think Iburned all of them.”

Trying to balance his radio careerand life with his wife Stacy, whomhe married in 1981, was not easy for Jonz.

“It was hectic trying to follow adream,” he said. “But my wife wasvery encouraging.”

The ball kept rolling for Jonz. Afterreceiving a two-year degree in broad-cast journalism in 1982, he had hisown half-hour sports talk show andrefined his skills doing play-by-playfor high school swimming whileworking for WNND. Jonz recallspassing the microphone between himand coaches in the press box franti-cally trying to cover swim meets.

“I figured if I could do that I coulddo anything,” he said.

In 1987, Jonz joined Magic 94.5in Cottage Grove where he coveredhigh school and collegiate sports.He spent 19 years in the booth untilNovember, when he signed on withKSCR to work at his new stomping

ground — McArthur Court.“(KSCR) called me out of the

blue,” Jonz said. “I couldn’t refuse.”Now six games into the season,

Jonz has his feet wet, and he’s lov-ing every minute of it. He enjoyscovering women’s basketball andhis interactions with Oregon’s play-ers and coaches. He feels the Duckscan go further than many expect.

“I like to have fun, and workingwith coach Bev (Smith) is fantastic,”he said. “It’s been fun getting toknow the new staff and players. Themedia picked them to finish fifth inthe conference and I think they’re go-ing to be good. Anything is possible.”

Aside from KSCR, Jonz recentlymade another career move. He be-came the new Program Director forCumulus Media’s Star 102.3. Acquir-ing the job was a surprise for Jonz,who still finds time to juggle workingin the media and his four daughters.

“God has a sense of humor,” hesaid, referring to the fact that hegrew up as one of four brothers. “Itwas unexpected for me to be here. Itstarted with my wife and me, and Ihad my one dream. Soon we hadfour daughters, and I had newdreams to fulfill. As life changes,you change your priorities.”

For Oregon fans tuned in to thewomen’s basketball games on KSCR1320 Thursdays and Saturdays,Jonz offers accurate and conciseplay-by-play commentating. His at-tention to detail is a tribute to hisdecades working in radio, which heplans on doing at Oregon for manyyears to come.

“I love doing this with thewomen’s team,” he said. “And I’dlove to do this as long as they keepme here.”

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week, an unheard of amount oftraining while Salazar was compet-ing, he said. He then pointed to theincreased level of training athletesdo to run with correct form, which,he said, is necessary to competeprofessionally now.

“He’s always been a role modelfor me, so I definitely wanted tomeet him,” said club member ErinLynch, who ran her first marathonlast year and ran competitivelythrough high school and college.“He’s a legend among runners.”

“He kind of inspired me 20 yearsago to start running with hisBoston Marathon run,” said clubmember Stan Talbott. “He’s a greatinspiration for the area.”

“He has the ability to mold run-ners. He’s taken nonathletes andmade them into athletes,” said Uni-versity student Jessica Brandes,who is a Nike Store employeestudying Public Relations in theJournalism School.

Salazar now lives in Portlandwith his wife, Molly, and their threechildren. He was inducted into theNational Long Distance RunningHall of Fame in 2000. He keepsbusy with his job at Nike as well ashis work with Rupp.

“I’m just glad to be a part of it,”said Nike Store manager MicahHudson. “I feel like a little kid. I amexcited to be running with one ofthe best runners in the world.”

Buzzer-beating bucket sinks Ducks in NashvilleHeartbreak marred the Oregon

men’s first road game of the seasonas Vanderbilt’s Mario Moore sunkan off-balance, one-handed three-pointer as the buzzer sounded in front of 12,626 in Nashville,Tenn., to send the Commodores to a76-75 victory over the DucksWednesday night.

“The kid throws up a 45-footer,there is nothing we can do aboutthat,” Oregon coach Ernie Kent said.“I can’t fault my guys for that type ofa shot — throwing it up at the buzzerand letting it go in.”

Oregon nearly had the game wonwhen point guard Aaron Brooks made

a high bank shot with 3.3 seconds re-maining to break a tie at 73. Followinga Vanderbilt timeout, Moore receivedthe inbounds in the backcourt and randown the right sideline before nailingthe game-winner.

Oregon’s Malik Hairston scored acareer-high 25 points with 10 re-bounds, but it was his first-half performance that allowed the Ducksto gain a 35-30 halftime lead. Tiedat 29 with just less than three minutes to go in the first half, Hair-ston scored eight straight points forthe Ducks.

“Malik was awesome tonight,” Kentsaid. “Malik had a great, great game.”

The Ducks built a 10-point leadeight minutes into the second half,but Vanderbilt wouldn’t go away.The Commodores used a 17-5 runto gain their first lead of the secondhalf with 6:27 remaining. Maarty

Leunen answered with a three-pointer 10 seconds later and BryceTaylor did the same nearly two minutes later to regain the lead forOregon’s at 66-64.

Brooks, who finished with 15 points, scored seven of Oregon’sfinal nine points. Taylor added 13.

“This team grew up in the heat ofthe battle,” Kent said of the Ducks. “Ittells me a lot about their character.They are going to be a good basketballteam because they have tremendouscharacter to fight through all of this.”

Vanderbilt made 76 percent of itsfield goals in the second half com-pared to Oregon’s 43 percent. TheCommodores scored 17 points off12 Ducks’ turnovers.

The Ducks host Georgetown Saturday at noon.

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Beck, who said he doesn’t haverenter’s insurance, returned Wednes-day afternoon to survey the damage.He kicked at the melted plastic liningthe doors of his 1989 BMW sedan thathis father gave him a little more than amonth ago.

He is staying at his father’s house inSouth Eugene but he hopes to use win-ter break to find another studio closeto campus. He was able to retrieve histextbooks from the apartment after thefire but wasn’t able to go upstairs laterin the day.

“I think the main concern was, youknow, the fire damage to the floor andhow sturdy it was,” he said. “That’sbasically what the fire departmentsaid, too.”

Beck said there was “really no firedamage” in second-floor apartments,but firefighters knocked out walls,leaving damp drywall on the ground.

“In my apartment, like all the wallsare coated with black. I don’t know ifthat’s from the smoke or from theash,” he said.

Beck said he didn’t know Huddleston but thought Huddlestonshared the two-bedroom apartmentwith a roommate.

Amy, a University sophomoreand complex tenant who asked thather last name not be printed, saidshe has been friends with Huddle-ston for about five months. The couch appeared outside his

apartment about two weeks ago,she said.

Rob Bennett, owner of BennettManagement Company, said this wasthe first he’d heard of the couch. Gen-erally, “the rental agreement does notallow for furniture outside,” he said.There is no “full-fledged on-site man-agement,” and no one regularlychecks for infractions.

“You hope people follow the rules,”he said. “As a management company,we visit the site from time to time.”

Although each unit had a workingfire detector, Bennett said the building,like many low-rise buildings, had noexternal fire alarm.

Beck said he didn’t hear a fire alarm.Amy said she tested her smoke alarmabout two weeks ago, but “it just didn’t activate or something.”

Bennett said it’s “going to beawhile” before students can moveback, although they will be able to retrieve some items.

“There’s a tremendous amount ofcleanup and demo work that has to occur before we can start building itback,” he said.

His company will try to help the dis-placed students find other apartments.

“We’re trying to help a little. I thinkpeople are generally, on a very basiclevel, basically on their own,” he said.“It’s an unintended and very difficultsituation for everybody.”

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Fire: American Red Crosshelps students find shelter

HIV: Gordon tries to saveothers from getting the virus Soon after returning home, his step-

father kicked him out, he said. Withhis last few dollars, Gordon boarded abus heading to New Orleans.

For the next few months, he lived onthe street, surviving by selling his bodyfor sex. During this time, Gordon hadsex with 50 to 70 men. Most of those encounters were unprotected.

Then, a man in New Orleans encouraged him to move to Eugene.He did, but he soon found himself onthe streets again.

He was visiting Looking Glass NewRoads, a local drop-in shelter forhomeless youth, when a representa-tive from HIV Alliance offered him $10to get tested for HIV.

The test came back positive.At 18, when Gordon first started

having sex, he said, he did it for attention and “just wanted to feel important.”

The first time he had unprotectedsex was around Mardi Gras of thatyear, he said.

“I was more focused on the atten-tion and didn’t feel like putting up afight about asking about protection ornot,” Gordon said. “If he didn’t wantto use a condom, we didn’t use one.”

Today, in his workshops with

at-risk youths, Gordon stresses thateveryone is important enough to askabout protection.

“I didn’t have that,” he said. “It’s toolate for me, but I can use my experience and my story to protectsomeone else.”

Gordon is not afraid of living withHIV, and he wouldn’t change anythingabout his past, even if that meant never becoming infected, he said.

“Maybe the reason why I’ve gottenit is to save someone else,” he said.

Niki Martin, youth educator andoutreach director for HIV Alliance, said Gordon has been a “phenomenalasset.”

“He has done more in six monthsthan I’ve seen been done in a longtime,” Martin said.

Gordon said he really likes Eugeneand is looking forward to attending theUniversity next term.

“I always tell people that Eugene isthe cocoon that’s changing me from acaterpillar to a butterfly,” he said. “Andalthough, like the butterfly, my lifemay be short, I plan on making it abeautiful one.”

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WORLD AIDS DAY EVENTIn support of World AIDS Day, the ASUO Women’s Center will host a talk

and slide show by world-renowned public health educator and photographerLindsey Reynolds.

The event takes place today from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the EMU’s Inter-national Resource Center. Reynolds will share her experiences of working withAIDS victims in Africa, said Stefanie Loh, Women’s Center spokeswoman.

Reynolds is also the co-director of the non-profit organization Thembanathi,which cares for orphans and other children made vulnerable by AIDS, the or-ganization’s Web site stated.

For the past three years, Reynolds has worked in South Africa on HIV pre-vention projects to provide care for orphans and children with AIDS.

In South Africa, 21.5 percent of adults are HIV positive and 370,000 adultsand children died of AIDS in 2003, according to the Joint United Nations Pro-gram on HIV/AIDS.

Admission to the event is free.“World AIDS day is this big official event,” Loh said. “This brings it down to

a more personal level.”— Katy Gagnon

Apartment fire near campus injures UO student Living with HIV

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