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GREEN BOOK
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architecture professor
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building strategies.
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reflects on the
aftermath of the
shooting at Virginia
Tech. PAGE 2
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SINCE 1900 | Volume 108, Issue 133 | Thursday, April 19, 2007
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Allegations, resignations, removal rock Senate
The ASUO Constitution Court
removed executive hopeful Sara
Hamilton as Senate president
In a public forum, Senate voted
against punishing Senator Nate
Gulley for unprofessionalism
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The UO Constitution Court ruled
Wednesday that Student Senate President Sara Hamilton would be removed
from the Senate.
A grievance filed by Senator Erica
Reiko Anderson charged that Hamilton had not been fulfilling her duties
as a senator because on three occasions she failed to send out a Senate
agenda within 48 hours of the regular
Wednesday meeting. The grievance
accuses Hamilton of violating Oregon Public Meetings Law as well as
The ethics hearing for Student Senator Nate Gulley turned into a discussion of institutional racism perceived in
the Senate. In support of Gulley, about
50 people crowded into the EMU Board
Room Wednesday night, holding signs
and wearing white bands over their
mouths with the word “silenced” written
on them.
In the end, the Senate voted against
punishing Gulley, and Sens. Jacob Daniels and Karl Mourfy resigned from the
Senate, but not before students from
turn to HAMILTON, page 3
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Senator Karl Mourfy helps hold back and calm Senator Kyle McKenzie as he reacts to a controversy
over the proper protocol for the ethics hearing of Gulley. Protesters used McKenzie’s comments from
past ASUO meetings to contend that institutionalized racism exists within the ASUO. Mourfy later
resigned from senate.
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VIRGINIA TECH
A memorial service
for the victims of
the Virginia Tech
shooting will be held
at noon today in the
EMU Amphitheater.
Thirty-three candles,
symbolizing the 33
lives lost will stay lit for
24 hours.
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environmentalism opens today
Frohnmayer pledges to take
environmental action and curb the
University’s carbon emissions
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The University’s Holistic Options
for Planet Earth Sustainability conference will kick off today with an
emphasis on the aquatic environmentalism.
HOPES is organized by the students of the Ecological Design Center
and aims to promote the understanding and the application of sustainable design principles in architecture. Registration for the three-day
conference is free for students and
can be done online or at the keynote
address tonight in 177 Lawrence at 7
p.m. Students can also earn academic credit for the conference by picking up a form from the organizers
anytime during the conference and
Oregon has joined other universities across the nation in the effort to
combat global warming.
At the campus Earth Day celebration Wednesday, University President Dave Frohnmayer announced
his inclusion in the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. In signing the
commitment, Frohnmayer pledged
to reduce and ultimately eliminate
campus greenhouse gas emissions.
According to Frohnmayer, the
document includes specifics for reducing the University’s carbon footprint, which entail taking inventory
of greenhouse gas emissions and
developing an institutional action
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In the wake of a tragedy that questions
many aspects of American society, the
community of Virginia Tech was given
solace by a poem written by Hokie professor Nikki Giovanni during Tuesday’s
convocation. (The entire poem is posted at www.vt.edu/tragedy/giovanni_
transcript.php.)
The poem tells the story of mourning (“We are strong enough to stand tall
tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend
and cry, and sad enough to know we
must laugh again”), senselessness (“We
do not understand this tragedy. We
know we did nothing to deserve it”) and
resiliency (“We are better than we think
and not quite what we want to be, we
are alive to the imagination and the possibility, we will continue to invent the
future”). Giovanni finished, her hands in
the air, with the words, “We will prevail,
We will prevail, We will prevail, We are
Virginia Tech,” which was followed by
a standing ovation and collective “Let’s
Go Hokies” chant.
“We felt alive, we felt invincible,”
wrote the editorial board of VT’s student
newspaper, Collegiate Times. Giovanni’s
poem is one of many invigorating tools
that will help the process of mourning
the 33 people who died Monday.
The stupid act of violence that occurred in Blacksburg, Va., proves that
by no means can a single person break
a community. One can kill another and
one can wound a society; but wounds
heal, albeit with scars, and companionship, understanding and a common
sense always prevails.
Though it’s difficult to do, this tragedy must be separated from other like
societal disasters. The connection of the
Virginia Tech tragedy and recent high
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school shootings was made quickly.
After the initial focus on the specific
event, media members and politicians
from around the world were quick to
deem this another American crisis that
goes hand-in-hand with Thurston,
Columbine and others.
This is a typical answer from a national media system that has spent the
last few days, and will spend many
days to come, unraveling every possible detail and encouraging all types
of debate pertaining to the killings,
and comparing them to prior events.
From the inner psyche of the killer to
the indictments against America’s gun
culture, the media cannot help but pervade society with contemplative specifications, because that is its job. Similarly, it is the government’s job to do a
systematic review of the situation and
seek improvements. But these are all
thoughts and while thoughts produce
and evaluate a crisis, the real crisis is
the deep feelings and raw emotions of
those affected.
This current murder spree is separate,
however, because it puts a mark on a
new set of feelings and emotions — the
ones connected to higher education.
This attack did not happen in a setting of
confined growth were stereotypes heavily influence social scenes and where
goals are, for the most part, laid out for
you. This attack happened in a setting
where converging paths and ideas coexist and roam freely. This happened in
an arena of community development.
This senseless attack happened in a setting where the ultimate goal is finding
common sense.
As University student Stephanie
Strahan said during Tuesday night’s
vigil in the EMU Amphitheater, “When
you go to college and it happens in another college, you feel like you’re in the
same community.”
As we take a step back this week to
contemplate, it’s important to remember
why we are on this campus in Eugene.
Sure, everyone needs personal development and self fulfillment, but at the
end of the day, we all possess an inner
desire to strengthen our community. Express ideas openly and open up to ideas
of others; discuss, debate and decide
with a communal rationale. Take time
to celebrate who we are and what we
are doing: We are Oregon, and we are
inventing the future.
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Following the Emerald editorial
board’s endorsement of Sara Hamilton
and running mate Athan Papailiou for
ASUO executive, a few students have
drawn attention to the fact that Papailiou and Emerald Editor in chief Ryan
Knutson are members of the same fraternity. These people have transposed
this connection into allegations of an
editorial bias in favor of the Campaign
for Change, which is the slate Hamilton and Papailiou are running on.
Disagreement with our conclusions
is healthy and welcomed; however,
these are serious allegations that go
beyond disagreement, and they deserve a serious response. Thus, it is
for the sake of transparency that we
explain the way the Oregon Daily Emerald’s editorial board operates.
It’s true that Knutson and Papailiou
live in the same 40-member fraternity
house. However, both individuals
went to great lengths to avoid each
other during the election season,
based on the reality of the situation.
The relationship between Papailiou
and Knutson was not — in absolutely
any way, shape or form — a factor in
determining the endorsement. This
sentiment extends to news coverage
as well.
The board intentionally did not
endorse candidates until after the
primaries, at which point both sets
of candidates were offered an opportunity to answer questions posed
by the four board members. After
much discussion the group made its
endorsements based on the information available. In order to reach a
valid conclusion — one worth writing about in the Opinion section
— each member of the board must be
in agreement, not simply the Editor
in chief.
On the issue of supporting only the
Campaign for Change slate, the editorial board made it clear when the senate seat endorsements were first made
that it was not ideal to endorse candidates from only one slate; however,
because independent candidates lost
in the primaries, we were forced to
make a choice between two groups.
It was difficult to discern what each
individual candidate wanted for the
University because each person essentially recited the same campaign
points. The logic behind one endorsement carried over to the rest, because
in each competition the talking points
were the same. We wanted to endorse
students, not sheets of paper with
ideas — and this became frustrating
and nearly impossible because of the
reality of slate politics.
We made this idea clear on the day
the endorsements ran.
Nevertheless, even if this editorial board had decided from the beginning that it wanted to endorse
a slate — which was not the case
— there would have been nothing
wrong with that. Editorial boards
have the right and the duty to weigh
in on the democratic election process,
and if we did not weigh in we would
be abdicating a crucial function of
editorial journalism.
Although the perception of having
a conflict of interest can be nearly as
bad as having a real conflict of interest, sometimes these perceptions are
impossible to allay. One frustrating
aspect of modern community reporting, for example, is that many editors
prevent their reporters from being involved, on any level, with a variety of
community activities, under the questionable assumption that these activities would undermine the sacrosanct
concept of objectivity. At the University level — a microcosm of sorts of the
real world — this level of all-encom-
passing “objectivity” is impossible.
Campus leaders inevitably know each
other, especially people in the Greek
system, and it is assumed that in order
to be a well-rounded leader at the University one should be active in a variety of community endeavors. Knutson could have recused himself from
the editorial board, though the board
determined that he had done nothing
wrong, that he was not hiding anything and that any criticism resulting
from the endorsement would come regardless and would be directed at the
Emerald’s ASUO elections coverage in
general — both news and opinion.
Moreover, allegations of bias on
the editorial board are, in a way, paradoxical. Editorial boards are designed
to draw conclusions and offer opinions about matters that are pertinent
to readers.
We reiterate that the decision
to endorse Hamilton and Papailiou was made by the board, not
Knutson, and that the Emerald
strives — perhaps to the point of
over cautiousness — to maintain
objectivity in all its endeavors.
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LET YOUR SKIN COME
OUT AND PLAY.
Book by UO architecture professor
provides eco-friendly building strategies
News Reporter
It may not be easy building green but thanks
to a new publication by a University architecture professor, it may be getting easier.
“The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Studies for Schematic Design,” written by
University of Oregon professor Alison Kwok
and Florida A&M University professor Walter
Grondzik, gives readers 40 different strategies
for designing “green buildings” that conserve
energy, water and material resources.
“We wanted to have a way to begin the design for a building with green strategies, because if green design isn’t incorporated into
the schematic stages of the design — the beginning of the idea for a building — it’s very
hard to add it later on,” said Kwok.
The book is intended to be user-friendly and
covers all the bases for initial design development. The 40 strategies it offers are organized
into six categories: envelope (the outside of
the building), lighting, heating, cooling, energy production, and water and waste. Each
section is no longer than 10 pages and includes
a step-by-step design procedure, which helps
simplify the process of implementation.
The book also contains more than 400 sketches, illustrations and diagrams because, as Kwok
said, “Architects are very visual people.”
At the end of the book are nine in-depth case
studies of buildings in places as far away as China, as remote as Africa, and as close to home as
the Lillis Business Complex.
“These studies are examples of how all these
strategies can really come together,” Kwok said.
The handbook was inspired by a design
studio Kwok taught last spring, in which the
students were charged with designing a new
building for a local manufacturer.
“They wanted to do it green and were needing quick resources and how-tos for various
design strategies,” Kwok said. “We thought
then, why don’t we put together something
graphic with lots of ideas and include design
procedures for incorporating strategies into
schematic design.”
Second year architecture student Peter
Henne has used the handbook and attests to
its usefulness.
“It condenses key points into something
that’s easy to use and helps with the initial
design development before (the process) gets
more technical,” Henne said.
While architecture students, faculty and professionals are the intended audience for this
book, Kwok says it could also be employed by
home owners and people who want to build
their own houses.
“I believe that home owners would be able
to read parts of this book and then be able to
discuss it with their contractors. They would
know what questions to ask and would have a
better dialogue with their builder,” Kwok said.
The green handbook was received well by
the American Institute of Architects, who called
it “the ideal companion to the green studio,”
and is also on the “long list” for the Royal Institute of British Architects International Awards .
Kwok began her teaching career in Hawaii,
where she taught chemistry, biology and marine science, but it was her interest in art that
made her consider a career change.
“I thought, architecture is such a wonderful
synthesis of science, technology, design and
art, and it’s for people; it connects with people because buildings are for people,” Kwok
said. After taking a sabbatical, she went to the
University of California at Berkeley, became licensed and got her Ph.D. in architecture.
In 1998, after her first architecture teaching
job at Cornell University, she came to the University of Oregon because of its good reputation for green architecture.
“I think we can move forward much more
quickly with green design with the concentrated community we have here. We’re very
good at sharing information at Oregon,” she
said, also adding that, “The ideas flow outward from Oregon.”
For Kwok, sustainability is a value system.
“What do we value? Do we value the conservation of our resources or being able to
drive our SUVs?” she said.
It is also imperative.
“If we can’t design buildings to not use fossil fuels in the next 10 years, scientists say we
will not be able to reverse the trend of climate
change,” Kwok said.
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unfair but was required to enforce the decision
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Senate rules.
The court ruled that while
Hamilton did not violate the
public meetings law, which
requires only 24 hour notice of
all meetings, she was in violation of Senate rules. The ruling
says the court found four additional instances of Hamilton
not sending the agenda out 48
hours prior to the meeting.
Anderson said she had
asked that Hamilton make a
formal apology to the Senate,
and she did not know what
would happen.
“It wasn’t my goal to get her
removed from Senate,” Anderson said, adding that she was
not going to apologize for the
court’s ruling.
According to article 5.3 of
Senate rules in the Green Tape
Notebook, any Senator found
to not fulfill the duties of their
position must be removed
from their seat. Although the
court stated in its opinion that
the punishment was too harsh,
it had no choice but to follow
the rules as they are laid out in
the governing document.
“While the Court feels that
such a punishment is unnecessarily severe and completely
out of proportion to the offense that has been committed, it is required to enforce
it,” the ruling reads. “The
Rules of the Student Senate
are mandatory authority that
this Court is bound to apply;
they do not permit the Court
to exercise its discretion in
balancing the equities of the
circumstances.”
The Senate discussed the
move and some voiced their
Conner Jay | Photo Editor
University Senior Remi Nagata and about 50 other people listen to the
grievances of University students and senators who stated that institutionalized racism exists within the ASUO.
opinions that the move was
timed specifically to interrupt
Hamilton’s bid to become
ASUO president. Anderson
denied the charges and said
she could not control how
slowly the court operates.
When questioned by Sen. Karl
Mourfy as to whether she had
approached Hamilton about
the problem prior to going to
the court, Anderson admitted
that she had not used any of
the internal means of recourse
available to her.
Sen. Jacob Daniels said, “I
find it morally and ethically
reprehensible.”
Senate Ombudswoman
Natalie Kinsey added that as
ombudswoman, her job is
specifically to deal with discipline issues in the Senate.
Hamilton stated she felt the
move was politically motivated and emphasized her two
years of service to the Senate.
Sen. Ashley Sherrick said
each senator could be accused
of non-fulfillment of duties.
“The precedent set by
this court will effectively set
grounds for the potential removal of every Senate member,” she said.
Dallas Brown, a spokesman
for Hamilton’s ASUO presidential campaign, called the
allegations against Hamilton
“politically motivated and
strategically timed.”
Brown said the effort to
remove Hamilton from the
Senate is an attempt at “defamation of character” and a
distraction from the political
process.
“Such trivial grievances are
aimed at disrupting government and will severely affect
the ability of Senate to serve
students,” he said.
Brown said the timing
of the grievance is “representative of the integrity of
our opponents.”
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It also includes time tables
and mechanisms for tracking
progress to see that goals are
met.
While this new commitment is another important
step in reducing the University’s carbon dioxide emissions, Frohnmayer emphasized that it is neither the
first nor the only time that
the University has worked to
become more environmentally friendly.
“Be proud that this isn’t
just a new project,” Frohnmayer said. “This is something that, in some way, is
part of the DNA of this very
institution.”
Frohnmayer said the United States’ higher education
system plays an important
role as a beacon of progress,
both in the past by battling
for free speech and civil
rights, and by leading the
way in environmentalism for
the future.
“Higher education must
place itself on the front line
of the battle of its time,”
Frohnmayer said. “An overwhelming array of evidence
has convinced many of us
and many more all the time
that the challenge of climate
control and climate change
must be our new front line.”
He said that both the country and the world need to seriously consider the cost of
shifting to an emissions-free
energy system and that the
process “must begin here and
must begin now.”
Second-year student Topher Vollmer was in the
audience for Frohnmayer’s
speech.
“I support him. I think
that it’s important that as a
campus we’re involved in
something like this,” Vollmer
said. “I think that a place like
a college campus is a great
place to start these grass
roots movements.”
University law professor
Mary Wood, who preceded
Frohnmayer on the podium,
began with an urgent call to
action.
“Suddenly and unexpectedly the crisis is upon us,”
she said.
Wood cited melting polar
ice caps and glaciers, warming oceans and thinning Brazilian forests transforming
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Student sets off small
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A 15-year-old sophomore
was arrested at Willamette
High School Wednesday afternoon for setting off a homemade bomb in a plastic, wallmounted garbage can.
At around 11:05 a.m., between classes at the school,
the device exploded, startling
some students, said Pat McGillivray, community relations director for the Bethel
School District. A Eugene
Police Department school resources officer ushered students into classrooms and the
Eugene bomb squad and a
Federal Protective Services of-
Christin Palazzolo | Photo Editor
Students celebrate in anticipation of Earth Day in the EMU Amphitheater
on Wednesday afternoon.
into savannahs.
Six million people around
the world will face starvation, she said, according to
recent UN findings.
Wood also said the
American people have been
“drugged by business as usual,” and that collective action
is needed in order to combat
the problem.
“We must wake up our
government officials. They
should be convening task
forces. Put them on your
speed dial, e-mail them, talk
to them often,” said Wood, to
the applause of the crowd assembled at the EMU.
After Wood and Frohnmayer spoke, Eugene Mayor
Kitty Piercy issued her Climate Challenge to the people
of Eugene. She called for Eugeneans, University students
and professors to log on to
www.sustaineugene.com
and do two things: “Find out
how much carbon you’re
responsible for and identify
one new action each month
you can commit to and add
it to your promise to reduce
your carbon footprint.”
Piercy asked all citizens
to take simple steps, such as
properly inflating car tires or
conducting meetings by teleconference, in order to reduce their personal impact.
“I’m definitely going to
check it out,” said Katherine
Strother. “I’m not quite sure
I will give up my car, but I’m
willing to do the little things I
can do to help.”
Piercy also announced the
formation of a new City of
Eugene manager, commission and office of sustainability. The commission and the
office will work together with
the city council to develop a
new plan to reduce city emissions, said Piercy.
She also spoke to the urgency of combating global
warming and encouraged
citizens to go to the Web site
today.
“This process will take
time, but we don’t really
have a lot of time,” she said.
ficer with a bomb-sniffing dog
searched the school for additional explosives. None were
found and students were allowed out of their classrooms
at about 1:20 p.m.
“No doors were locked, but
it was the same sort of procedure,” McGillivray said.
McGillivray said the sophomore stated he thought it
would be a prank. He said
no one was injured and there
were no damages.
The youth is charged with
manufacturing a destructive
device, possession of a destructive device in a public
building, recklessly endangering and disorderly conduct in
the second degree, according
to an EPD press release.
“When you manufacture
an explosive device and bring
it to a public place, those are
very serious events,” said
EPD Captain Steve Swenson.
Swenson said all Eugene
school campuses have a
regular full-time armed officer assigned. He said this
has worked well for both the
schools and the police department, and has been helpful in
several situations.
“The response today was
intended to ensure the safety
of the students, the faculty
and the public at large,” Swenson said. “We’re very happy it wasn’t part of a larger
problem. We know there’s
a lot of sensitivity about that
right now.”
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shooting aftermath
Virginia Tech gunman sent
package before massacre
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Between his first and second
bursts of gunfire, the Virginia
Tech gunman mailed a package to NBC News containing
what authorities said were
images of him brandishing
weapons and a video of him
delivering a diatribe about
getting even with rich people.
“This may be a very new,
critical component of this investigation. We’re in the process right now of attempting
to analyze and evaluate its
worth,” said Col. Steve Flaherty, superintendent of Virginia State Police. He gave no
details on the material.
NBC said that a time stamp
on the package indicated the
material was mailed in the
two-hour window between
the first burst of gunfire in a
high-rise dormitory and the
second fusillade, at a classroom building. Thirty-three
people died in the rampage,
including the gunman, 23year-old student Cho SeungHui, who committed suicide.
The package included
digital images of him holding
weapons and a manifesto that
“rants against rich people and
warns that he wants to get
even,” according to a law enforcement official who spoke
to The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity because he was not authorized
to speak about the case.
MSNBC said that the package included a CD-ROM on
which Cho read his manifesto.
shooting aftermath
Cowell: Va. Tech comments
didn’t spark expression
LOS ANGELES — An annoyed look from “American
Idol” judge Simon Cowell as a
contestant expressed sadness
over the Virginia Tech shootings was drastically misinterpreted, Cowell and the show
said Wednesday.
Cowell rolled his eyes and
raised his eyebrows as contestant Chris Richardson of
Chesapeake, Va., followed
his performance on Tuesday’s
show with a comment about
the 32 people killed on the
campus by a student.
“My hearts and prayers go
out to Virginia Tech. I have a
lot of friends over there. ... Be
strong,” Richardson said on
stage.
The camera caught Cowell’s expression and showed
him tapping his hand once,
in apparent impatience, on
the table in front of him and
fellow judges Randy Jackson
and Paula Abdul. In contrast,
Abdul could be seen nodding
in approval.
The Fox show went into
damage control Wednesday,
with Cowell — known for his
acerbic comments — and a
series producer denying that
he had heard what Richardson said.
— The Associated Press
HOPES: A ‘Trashy Fashion Show’
will take center stage Saturday
night with outfits made of garbage
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completing certain requirements.
The theme for the conference this year is “Confluence:
Where Water Meets Design,”
and the keynote addresses
will be given by Joan Iverson Nassauer, a professor of
Landscape Architecture in the
School of Natural Resources
and Environment at the University of Michigan, Nina
Maritz, a member of the Namibia Institute of Architects
and South African Council of
Architects, David Leatherbarrow, chairman of the Ph.D.
Program at the University of
Pennsylvania, and Paul Kephart, a renowned biologist and
ecologist.
Other activities include
discussions and workshops,
which will feature hands-on
projects such as the building
of a bioswale — a site with
native plants and soil that acts
as a natural filter for polluted
runoff.
On Saturday there will be
a “Trashy Fashion Show,”
which will feature people
wearing outfits made of trash.
Show participants will fashion their outfits in a workshop
earlier that day. To register and for a full schedule of
events go to http://hopes.uoregon.edu.
Contact the business, science and
technology reporter at lgerstenberger@dailyemerald.com
Gulley: Senators Mourfy, Daniels
resigned as meeting concluded
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several multicultural programs told the Senate they
have often felt the sting of racism from the ASUO.
Senate Ombudswoman
Natalie Kinsey wanted to
have the hearing in executive session, which would
have barred the public from
attending. However, Gulley
requested an open forum.
Under Oregon public meeting
law, a public official cannot
be disciplined in executive
session if he or she requests
an open meeting.
Kinsey said she brought
charges against Gulley for
several questionable practices including unprofessional
behavior, defamation of other
Senators and voting on matters in which he had a conflict
of interest.
The hearing quickly turned
into a forum for students
who feel marginalized by the
University. Gulley gave a
good portion of his rebuttal
time to the students to voice
how they feel about the Senate as a whole.
Students said they felt the
Senate is disrespectful to
under-represented students
when they come before it.
They accused the Senate of
unprofessionalism by laughing, having side conversations, being overly critical
and sending text messages
during the presentations of
various students and student
groups.
Sen. Kyle McKenzie was
subject to special scrutiny for
several statements he made
during Senate meetings, and
for proposing a dress code in
Senate.
While some observers attempted to defend the Senate,
the effort to bring racism to
light in the Senate overshadowed their arguments.
jhedelman@dailyemerald.com
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PULSE EDITOR| Karyn Campbell
kcampbell@dailyemerald.com
(541) 346-5511
Your thumb on the beat of entertainment
hORSe The BAND
What: A Nintendocore band
Where: WOW Hall
When: Wednesday, April 25.
Doors at 7:30 p.m.,
show at 8 p.m.
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enres are dangerous devices. They help us define
all over the place, from growl to shriek. HORSE the Band has
what it is we like and find more of it, but they also
fun and will do anything necessary to achieve that goal.
have a tendency to box us in. We become hip-hop heads and
“We brought a whole forest with us, and then we brought a
indie rockers, we become absorbed in our genres, and we
whole bunch of animals, too,” keyboardist Erik Engstrom said
forget what is going on outside of them. Similarly, artists can
of the band’s current tour. “And we get to talk as much as we
be confined by their labels, forgetting all the fun to be had by
want, which Dragonforce wouldn’t let us do.”
stepping outside these narrowly constructed boxes.
Engstrom’s presence in the band is part of what makes it so
HORSE the Band refuses to fall into that trap. It plays loud
hard to categorize. The keyboard doesn’t traditionally have a
and it usually plays fast. Singer Nathan Winneke’s vocals are
place in hardcore, but then again neither does Birdo, the pink
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The Slip will shake things up when
the band comes to the WOW Hall
New TV service Joost doesn’t
quite live up to its claims
The Emerald sits down for a Q&A
session with author Curtis Sittenfeld
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The Slip’s new album, “Eisenhower,” signals a switch away from the band’s previous
jazzy sound.
The Slip brings its
new sound to Eugene
The Boston trio has
never played at the
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The Slip’s Marc Friedman
has done a lot musically, but
there’s at least one thing he
has yet to conquer: “WOW
Hall. I’ve never played there,
so that should be cool.”
That changes Tuesday night
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when the trio, originally from Boston, takes the stage in support of its
latest effort, “Eisenhower.” The album,
The Slip
released in November of last year, is the
band’s first release in almost five years. In
that time, The Slip has moved away from the
jazzier sound heard on its previous LPs, and
What: Improvisational rockers
Where: WOW Hall
When: Tuesday, April 24.
Doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.
“Eisenhower” gives fans a glimpse of what
happens when The Slip takes on pop music.
Friedman attributes this change, at least in
part, to the Slip’s increased proficiency on the
production end of recording. “I think our ears
went a little more toward recording and layering
of sounds rather than improvising, at least in the
studio. It’s definitely a much different concept.”
But while “Eisenhower” may be a more
produced studio album than its previous
work, The Slip remains a group of extremely
talented, jazz-influenced musicians. Improvisation is in their blood and should make for an
entertaining live show.
Concertgoers can expect a set made up
mostly of newer material, including many of
the songs featured on “Eisenhower” and some
unreleased tunes.
tbrekke@dailyemerald.com
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iN mY oPiNioN | KARYN CAMPBELL
Duteurtre’s critique hits home
The liTTle GiRl AND The CiGAReTTe
kArYN CAmPbeLL
What: A social satire written by controversial
author Benoît Duteurtre.
pulSE EDITor
Smoking bans help keep our
lungs pink and breathing longer,
and, if anything, are good for the
children... right? It’s supposedly
good for the general populace, these
health-conscious laws. But controversial French author Benot Duteurtre
criticizes these seemingly “safe” topics,
including the increasing emphasis on
remaining youthful in his hilariously
horrifying satire “The Little Girl and
The Cigarette,” recently translated into
English. He simultaneously comments on
terrorism and reality television, all in sync
with a common thread: the inescapable
hypocrisy embedded in a “good” deed
in a world increasingly obsessed with
public image.
In a bureaucracy-saturated world,
where children and youth are venerated
to extremes, a bitter and critical, unnamed
protagonist sneaks a smoke, quietly rebelling in a bathroom stall. “How could
I have imagined that after these years of
relative freedom, my social life was going
to be translated into a return to childhood
with its prohibitions, while children were
rewarded with ever-increasing rights?” he
thinks with increasing bitterness toward
the kids who run wild through the public
office he works at.
Not only does the unnamed man crave
simple freedoms, he adamantly projects
his social view, and an unorthodox one at
that: Middle-aged white men are the op-
ToP oF THe cHARTs
Top iTunes downloads:
1. “Give It to Me” - Timbaland
2. “Girlfriend” - Avril Lavigne
3. “Beautiful Liar” - Beyoncé
& Shakira
4. “Buy U a Drank” - T-Pain
featuring Yung Joc
5. “Glamorous” - Fergie
6. “Don’t Matter” - Akon
7. “What I’ve Done”
- Linkin Park
8. “The Sweet Escape”
- Gwen Stefani
9. “I Tried” - Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony
10. “Before He Cheats”
- Carrie Underwood
Top box office
(for April 13-15)
1. “Disturbia” - $22.2 million
2. “Blades of Glory”
- $13.8 million
3. “Meet the Robinsons” $12.5 million
4. “Perfect Stranger”
- $11.2 million
5. “Are We Done Yet?”
- $9 million
6. “Pathfinder: Legend of the
Ghost Warrior” - $5 million
7. “Wild Hogs” - $4.7 million
8. “The Reaping” - $4.6 million
9. “300” - $4.5 million
10. “Grindhouse” - $4.3 million
New York Times bestsellers
1. “I Heard That Song
Before” - Mary Higgins Clark
2. “Nineteen Minutes”
- Jodi Picoult
3. “Kingdom Come” - Tim
LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
4. “Obsession”
- Jonathan Kellerman
5. “White Night”
- Jim Butcher
6. “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” - Mohsin Hamid
7. “The Alibi Man”
- Tami Hoag
8. “Whitethorn Woods”
- Maeve Binchy
9. “Absolute Fear”
- Lisa Jackson
10. “Step on a Crack”
- James Patterson and
Michael Ledwidge
Gist: Think health-conscious laws and children’s rights are inherently good? Think again.
Gem: The plot includes a genius combination
of reality television and terrorism.
pressed. He no longer wants to live within
the stereotype of the easy-living, privileged
and indebted individual. In this futuristic
world, those formerly “oppressed,” women, the elderly, even children become the
oppressors. But Duteurtre cleverly strays
from generalizing when a racist white
man saves the main character because he
too is white.
The book is filled with other dimensionadding paradoxes that reflect the overall
themes of double motives within social
interactions and government policy. For
example, suburbanites drive their SUVs
to the city’s “Fresh air day,” tobacco
company executives steer clear of smoke
and children are the equivalent of wise
men. Sound far out? Duteurte’s clear, unadorned prose will have you reading the
story as if it comes from a trusted news
source, like the circumstances could, or
may already, be happening.
The author brilliantly twists terrorism and reality TV, two sickly fascinating elements of modern society, into
an abominable image: A terrorist
group captures six westerners and
forces them to compete with song, dance
and trivia for their lives. The judges are the
people who vote from around the world
after each episode is streamed online. His
imaginative yet simply put ideas provoke
an uncomfortable, strange, but honest
form of fiction with an end that will make
you cringe, connecting with its raw sense
of humanity.
This cynical, home-hitting commentary
on the saturation of public-relations ploys
in Western society questions how far individuals will sell out in favor of the subtle,
yet unwavering ideas of the masses.
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iN mY oPiNioN | MATT SEVITS
Joost aims high, falls short
mAtt SeVItS
pulSE ASSoCIATE EDITor
Joost fancies itself a
revolutionary new way to
watch TV.
The free online television service, currently in beta testing,
offers viewers on-demand programming to satisfy their immediate entertainment needs.
While this is a good idea that
was bound to happen eventually in today’s YouTube-centric
world, it falls short in several
key areas.
Joost claims to have highquality video. Apparently
that depends on your idea of
high-quality; at best, the picture
is about the same quality as
something you might see on
YouTube. Although YouTube
video isn’t terrible by any
measure, it’s not as good as
recent additions to the online
video scene. For example, ABC
just launched a new online TV
show player, and the quality of
their streaming video is extraordinary. The picture is crystalclear, and viewers have three
different video sizes to choose
from, including full-screen.
It’s not exactly fair to compare Joost, a relatively new endeavor, to the media mammoth
that is ABC, but Joost is going
to have to at least catch up with
the big dogs if it’s
going to be as revolutionary as
it thinks it is.
Joost’s second downfall is a
serious lack of content. While
the service offers some content
from networks like MTV and
VH1, they only offer a couple
shows, like “Laguna Beach”
and “Hogan Knows Best.”
There’s no “TRL” or “Best
Week Ever” in sight, which is
unfortunate, considering the
popularity of those shows.
One would think that with
Joost’s major recent deal with
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Viacom, there would be a considerable amount of Viacom
programming available and
— gasp! — maybe even some
original programming, but
that’s not the case. All the big
Viacom players (Nickelodeon,
Comedy Central, Logo, MTV,
VH1, etc.) are all present, but
simply having the networks
available does not make up for
the content that is not available. As of yet, there’s no news
about when more content will
be added.
In addition to the Viacom
channels, there’s a pretty
healthy selection of other
channels to choose from. The
only problem is that in order to
watch all the channels Joost has
to offer, they have to be added
to your “My Channels” menu.
You could be using Joost with
the pre-set “My Channels” for a
while before you realize there’s
a whole lot more you could be
watching — that is, if you like
“Laguna Beach.”
But it’s not all bad. Fans of
“Stella” on Comedy Central will
be happy to know that Joost
offers several episodes of the
show, and there are several
channels offering international
content. There’s even a channel
consisting solely of Warner Music videos and numerous channels from Much, a Canadian
music network.
JOOST
What: A free online streaming
TV service
pros: Offers on-demand content
without a monthly subscription
Cons: Low video quality and a serious lack of worthy content.
Sign up for Joost beta testing
and download the software at
joost.com
In addition to plain old TV to
watch, Joost also has a number
of special features, including
chats and interactive extra content to go along with the shows
you’re watching. Luckily all
this extra stuff doesn’t get in the
way — you can’t see it unless
you click the button for it. Some
of the features, like the chat, are
unlikely to be useful at all until
there are more people using
Joost, and that won’t be until it
is out of beta and open to
the public.
Some people might like being able to watch dozens of
R.E.M. music videos or the
National Geographic Channel
at any hour of the day. Others,
however, might yearn for
something a little more mainstream, and until Joost is able
to catch up, “America’s Next
Top Model” will be waiting
for them on YouTube.
msevits@dailyemerald.com
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Opera
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Filmscores
CDs, SACDs, DVDs
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THURSDAY | 4/19
Schoolyard Heroes, The Photo
Atlas, Trapped in a Minivan
What: rock concert
Doors at 7:30 p.m.; showtime 8:00 p.m.
Location: WOW Hall
Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.
FR IDAY | 4/20
Banff Mountain Film Festival World
Tour
What: a showcase of this years most poignant
Located @ 23 W. 6th
across from the
Hult Center
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338-8787
outdoor adventure or environmental films
hosted by the University of Oregon Outdoor
Program.
Doors at 6 p.m.; showtime 7 p.m.
Location: McDonald Theatre
Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door for
students.
FADED BUS TOUR
Every Friday & Saturday night from 10 p .m . - 2 a.m.
Taboo is your shuttle bus from campus
(Shuttle bus will depart from U of O Bookstore
and The Commons 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.)
Mackdub, Greenstate, Fellidale,
Dzo, Michael Kay & Marvin
Harley as The Electric Soul
Improv, Loon, Indo, Endr 1, Stupendous, Starbuks, DJ PSL
What: hip hop concert
Doors at 8:30 pm; showtime
9:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10 advance or $10
at the door.
The Slip with Holy
#%&K
What: Rock concert
Doors 8:30 pm; showtime 9:00
p.m.
Tickets are $13 advance or
$15 door.
What: Jazz concert
Doors at 8:30 pm; showtime 9:00 p.m.
Location: WOW Hall
Tickets are $10 advance or $12 door.
What: The concert film series will feature cele-
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Banff Mountain Film
Festival World Tour
What: A showcase of this years
most poignant outdoor adventure or environmental films hosted by the University of Oregon
Outdoor Program.
Doors at 6 p.m.; showtime 7 p.m.
Location: McDonald Theatre
Tickets are $8 in advance or $10
at the door for students.
TUESDAY | 4/24
Bijou LateNite “In-Concert” Film
Series
www.TABOOEUGENE.com
SA TURDAY | 4/21
Rhymefest 2007:
Will Bernard Band with Eleven Eyes
Hosted by DJ Tekneek
i CK S
brated musicians, such as James Brown, Joni
Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Rolling
Stones, Ani DiFranco and Led Zeppelin.
Starts at 11:00 p.m.
Location: Bijou Art Cinemas
WE DNESDAY | 4/25
Horse the band, The
Number Twelve Looks
Like You, Light This
City, So Many
Dynamos
Heavy Metal
Doors 7:30 pm; showtime 8:00
Tickets $10 advance, $12 door
Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
What: Igor Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale” will be performed
by the Eugene Contemporary
ChamberEnsemble
Starts at 8 p.m.
Location: Beall Hall
Admission is free.
IN MY OPINION | MATT SEVITS
Portlander’s voice shines on CD
MATT SEVITS
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When listening to a band
like Scott Fisher & 1 a.m. Approach, one has to consider
whether the voice of the musician or the overall sound
of the music is what matters
most. Lead singer Scott Fisher’s sultry, everso-slightly raspy voice is
like a combination of John
Mayer and Jack Johnson, and
while that’s not necessarily a
unique combination, there’s
just something individual
about Fisher’s voice.
The Portland native, who
was trained in classical
piano, truly makes the sound
of the band. On the album’s
title track, “Step Into the
Future,” Fisher’s voice, set
over a jazzy rhythm of piano,
bass and drums, is seductive
and slightly playful, disguising the fact that he’s singing
about dissatisfaction with
“the hypocrisy of this world
we’ve made.”
Trying to categorize the
sound of Scott Fisher & 1
a.m. Approach is impossible. While “Step into the
Future” sounds jazzy, other
tracks have decidedly different sounds. “Atmosphere”
sounds almost as if it could fit
into the ‘90s-pop landscape
(not necessarily a bad thing),
while “Shades of Blue” alternates between Hawaiian and
big-band sounds.
Fisher’s vocals ride the
changing waves of music,
able to shine through whatever comes his way. This
constantly changing soundscape is refreshing and keeps
the album moving.
The pace slows down a
little on the sixth track, “Forget About the Stars,” and
Fisher’s voice, at its most
seductive, makes everything
but the music melt away.
During that song, it’s easy to
be swept away into the music
and feel as though nothing
else matters.
Sadly, however, “Stars”
signals a loss of momentum
for the album. Of the disc’s
12 songs, the first six are the
strongest and liveliest. They
stand out from the second
half of the album, which
melts together into a string of
pretty-yet-forgettable songs.
The second-to-last song,
“Android,” perks up a little
but fails to save the end of the
album from being ultimately
forgettable. None of the
tracks after “Stars” are able
to reach the level of excitement or emotion heard on the
album’s first half.
The first half of the CD is
REALLY good, so it’s not a
total let-down, but it could
have ended better than it
does. Nonetheless, “Step Into
the Future” is a solid release
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for a locally grown artist and
aspiring producer.
“Step Into the Future” is
not yet available, but Fisher
and his band will be performing in Portland in mid-May
and will be at the Doug Fir
Lounge in Portland for the
CD’s release. For more information on Scott Fisher &
1 a.m. Approach and their
upcoming album, see their
MySpace page at myspace.
com/scottfisherband.
msevits@dailyemerald.com
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iN mY oPiNioN | THOM BREKKE
We can freak if we want to, we
can leave that dance behind
A PANDA
I didn’t go out of my way to
dance too often during high
school. School dances weren’t
even on my radar until junior
year, and at that point I was
just thinking about not going
to prom. I attended my first
high school dance, Winter Ball
2005, in January of my senior
year, and it was a disaster. I had
a new haircut to worry about,
a recent ex to avoid and a suit
that looked sharp enough that I
was sure somebody would see
me dancing.
It only got worse.
with
Q&A
By the end of the night I was
smoking a borrowed clove
cigarette and leaning up against
my parents’ van, relating my
trials to my passengers. My suit
jacket had been stolen from the
coat check, that ex had been too
easy to avoid and now I had to
drive everybody home. I ended
my laundry list of complaints
by shouting “And I can’t
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CURTIS
SITTENFELD
Curtis Sittenfeld, author of the bestselling novels “Prep” and more recently “The Man of My
Dreams,” gave the Emerald insight on how
young writers can flourish. Her own books follow the lives of young women coming of age
and have received praise for their wit, humor
and intelligence. Her debut novel, “Prep,” was
chosen by The New York Times as one of the
top-ten reads of 2005, and Paramount Pictures
has optioned the story, as well. The author will
drop by the University Bookstore Wednesday,
April 25 for a reading, question-and-answer
session and signing beginning at 7:00 p.m.
. . . great events
UO Cultural Forum
— karyn Campbell
Oregon Daily emerald: You’ve been published in mainstream magazines
since your teen years. how and why did you start writing so young?
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arts, contemporary issues, and performing arts events
Curtis Sittenfeld: I started writing stories as soon as I learned to read and write — when I was five or six.
It wasn’t really a conscious decision, more just something I felt the natural impulse to do. I always loved
to have books read to me and to read on my own, and I think a lot of people begin to write because they
admire fiction by other people so much that they want to see if they can create it themselves. When I was
younger I loved the first “Boxcar Children” book (the sequels didn’t exist in my youth), the Ramona Quimby books by Beverly Cleary, and the Anastasia Krupnik books by Lois Lowry. Around fifth grade, I got
sucked into the world of Sweet Valley High.
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Wednesday, April 25
New York Times bestseller
author Greg Palast
ODe: What advice would you give to young writers, especially those in college?
CS: Write what’s interesting to you and don’t worry too much about publication. Also, try to write in as
clear and precise a way as possible; don’t focus on constructing “beautiful” sentences because that
can often result in overwritten work. If you’re interested in writing as more than a hobby, I think MFA
programs (Master’s of Fine Arts) can be really wonderful, but don’t go to an expensive one because it’s
not worth it.
7 p.m. — UO, PLC 180 (14th & Kincaid St)
Students with ID — Free (Others $10-15 at door)
ODe: You write several essays for magazines in addition to your fiction works. Do you prefer one style
above another?
Author of ARMED MADHOUSE: From Baghdad to New Orleans
— Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild
with Radio Hosts: Brian Shaw & Alan Siporin
CS: Fiction is closest to my heart. I believe it requires the most concentration and is the hardest but most
rewarding kind of writing. I’ve worked as a reporter on and off since I graduated from college in 1997, and
that also can be very interesting in a completely different way — instead of sitting in a room alone, you go
out and see people on their turf and ask them intrusive questions.
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ODe: how much did your own experience in school influence the plot or characters in “prep?”
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CS: I did attend boarding school, and the setting in Ault is much like the setting of my school. But the
characters, events, and dialogue are overwhelmingly made-up.
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refreshments provided.
ODe: how did this novel’s international success affect writing your second novel “Man of
My Dreams?”
CS: I had written 3/4 of The Man of My Dreams before Prep was published, so although the second one
was published under a certain amount of pressure, it wasn’t written that way. And in any case, “pressure” is sort of an abstract phenomenon — when I’m typing at my computer, the person I’m trying to
most impress or entertain is really myself. Overall, I feel lucky that Prep was successful, but it doesn’t
affect me much on a daily basis.
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ODe: how should readers who haven’t picked up “Man of My Dreams” approach the book?
CS: With great enthusiasm! (Just kidding.)
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April 29 @ 7 p.m.
ODe: What aspects of the new novel were struggles to write?
CS: I wanted to keep the main character, Hannah, consistent — she’s pretty observant and neurotic, but
I also think she has a sense of humor — while always putting her in new situations; that is, I wanted the
same themes to arise more than once, but I didn’t want the book to be repetitive.
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CS: The best part is having so much control over my time (which is code for wearing sweatpants all day!)
and getting to focus on something that’s very interesting to me. As for the worst part, while I am perfectly
capable of ranting and complaining, I’m hesitant to do so publicly — it feels unseemly.
ODe: What’s it like going on book tours? Do you like it?
CS: I don’t particularly love it or hate it. Generally, I’m a homebody — I like making dinner with my boyfriend, watching “The Office,” playing Scrabble, and just generally being boring. But of course it’s good
to go into the world, too, and I feel lucky to be supported by my publisher because not all writers are.
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ODe: What should people expect from your upcoming reading in eugene?
CS: It’s going to be a life-altering literary experience for everyone involved! No, seriously, I’ll read a little
from The Man of My Dreams, and there’ll be a Q+A when people can ask whatever they want (well, within
reason), and then I’ll sign books. When I visit colleges, I sometimes read from a section of the book where
the main character is in college — she goes to a party, falls asleep, and, to her dismay, wakes up to find a
couple drunkenly hooking up in the room. But I might read another section instead, so stay tuned.
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CS: One fun aspect of touring is that people from your past — your childhood next-door neighbor, your
old college classmate, your second cousin — will show up unexpectedly. The awkward part is that often
it’s hard to remember their name. This sounds pretentious, but it’s true — when you see someone completely out of context, your brain can go blank. And it’s even more awkward if you’re signing their book!
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HORSE: The band’s music has
coined new term Nintendocore
Continued from page 7
Nintendo character who
lends his name to the opening
track on HORSE the Band’s
“The Mechanical Hand.” The
use of the keyboard,
and HORSE’s knack for writing songs around Nintendo
characters, has earned it another label altogether:
Nintendocore.
When confronted with this
title, and his role in bringing
it about, Engstrom laughed
it off, saying, “Yeah, I mean,
I guess it probably wouldn’t
have happened without me,
but the funny thing is I never
play video games.” He added,
“I don’t really care about
(video games), but just when
I was playing keyboard I was
like, ‘Oh, this sound sounds
cool,’ and we just happened
to have some lyrics lying
around about Megaman, and
I think that’s how it started.”
This happy accident helped
earn the band a devoted
following, and while they
have stopped playing most
of the songs from their first
full-length “R. Borlax,” the
Megaman-themed “Cutsman”
can still be heard at live shows.
HORSE the Band’s taste for
the unconventional does not
stop at writing songs about
video games. Their most
recent release, “Pizza,” came
about as an elaborate excuse,
according to Engstrom.
“That was just a complete
joke, and we really wanted
to leave this tour that really
sucked,” he said. “We needed an excuse, so we came up
with the most ridiculous one
we could think of, like ‘We
need to write an album about
pizza.’” Two weeks later
they had written and recorded the EP, which includes a
cover of the “Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles” theme.
Engstrom was quick to
add, “This new album is going to sound nothing like that
and we all, like, hate that. I
mean, we still think it’s funny
but we’re kind of like, ‘I can’t
believe we did that.’ (The
new album) is going to be
way better than that.”
The new album, entitled
“A Natural Death,” is slated
for release in June of this
year, so fans of “The Mechanical Hand” do not want
to miss their show in Eugene.
tbrekke@dailyemerald.com
Brekke: A little variety in our
dancing wouldn’t hurt anyone
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freak dance!”
Since then I’ve become more
comfortable with dancing in
general. I have developed a
number of signature dance
moves, none of which have
caught on, and I promise I go
dumb. I still can’t freak, or
grind, or whatever you want
to call it. It’s a pretty basic style
of dance, I know, and it might
seem impossible to screw up.
It’s not. I could blame it on
my being too tall, or on being
conditioned by society to fear
so much contact, but the fact
remains as simple as it was on
that cool Oakland night two
years ago: I cannot freak dance.
This failing used to bother
me every time I went out, but
now I’m just bored. I know that
in the context of college, “dance
party” usually means rap music
and grinding, and that’s perfectly all right most of the time,
but it doesn’t have to be so.
It’s not that there is anything
wrong with rap or grinding
— simply that there are other
styles of music and other dances to do. People seem willing
to dance to faster stuff when
somebody plays it, and I know
a few people who, like myself,
feel more comfortable experimenting with moves like the
clock, the air traffic controller
— or even the fourth arm.
These moves are just the
beginning. Imagine the possibilities of an entire dance
floor departing from the nightly
grind. If everybody caught on,
we could do anything. We
could bring line dancing back
into the mainstream if we felt
like it. Imagine a room full of
people lined up, doing modified, synchronized snap moves.
At the very least it would
entertain the non-dancers.
movies
Festival will showcase
outdoor filmmaking
information is available
online at outdoorprogram.
uoregon.edu Films begin
at 7 p.m. both nights.
Video footage from higher
altitudes comes to flat Eugene
this week when the UO Outdoor Program presents a twonight event featuring movies
concerning mountains.
The McDonald Theatre
will host the Banff Mountain
Film Festival World Tour
tonight and tomorrow night.
The series, which features selected entries from this year’s
Banff Mountain Film Festival,
includes films on snowboarding, rock climbing, kayaking
and the environmental issues
facing mountains today.
The festival serves to
showcase the best in outdoor
filmmaking the world around
and takes place annually at
the Banff Centre in Banff,
Alberta, Canada. The tour
follows the festival and travels to over 250 communities
around the world screening
the best loved and awarded
films from last years festival.
Admission is $8 for UO students and Outdoor Program
Co-op members in advance,
$10 at the door, $10 for the
general public in advance
or $12 at the door. More
music
I’m not suggesting that
everyone should abandon
freaking altogether, merely that
a little variety would not hurt
anybody. Dance battles might,
but that’s another column. So
next time your neighborhood
sound system switches from
Mims to MYLO, instead of trying to make the grind match
pace, experiment. Come up
with something new. Maybe,
given time, your dance move
will be adopted by a legion of
line dancers.
tbrekke@dailyemerald.com
WOW Hall hosts hiphop festival this weekend
Hip hop steals the limelight
this Saturday when the WOW
Hall puts on Rhymefest 2007.
The concert will feature local
and regional talent, with a list
of names long enough to twist
the nimblest of tongues.
Featured artists include veteran rhymesmith Mackdub,
billed as Eugene’s original
b-boy, who promises to
bring no shortage of West
Coast tinged lyrics with
regional flavor.
Fellow Northwesterner DZO
will also be present to deliver
lava floes of firey flows. Also
on hand will be Michael Kay
and Marvin Harley, performing
as The Electric Soul Improv.
Other acts include Loon,
Indo, Greenstate, Fellidale,
Endr 1, Starbuks, Stupendous,
and DJ PSL, who should all
add up to a long night filled
with all the variety hip-hop has
to offer.
Tickets are on sale now for
$10 in advance or at the door.
Doors are at 8:30p.m.; the
show starts at 9p.m.
-Thom Brekke
SPORTS
Thursday, April 19, 2007
SPORTS EDITOR| Luke Andrews
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RISING ABOVE
THE TIDE
After escaping New Orleans, Oregon sprinter
Marcus Dillon has put his life back together
STEFANIE LOH
Sports Reporter
Like so many other people at the time, Marcus Dillon dismissed the hurricane warning that came in on
Aug. 29, 2005, as yet another false alarm.
Dillon, a sprinter who transferred to Oregon last
summer and is now in his first year of competition
for the Ducks, was then a student-athlete at Butler
Community College in El Dorado, Kan.
On that fateful day when Hurricane Katrina
made landfall in New Orleans, Dillon was at home
with his younger brother, his mother and his
mother’s husband.
“My mom was cooking,” Dillon said, “She was
cooking up a big thing of food, had food on the stove
and everything. Then we turn on the news and its
says we need to pack up and leave, so we thought it
was a threat again because we had been dealing with
these threats already and she was like, ‘We’re not
going nowhere.’”
Dillon’s stepfather eventually managed to persuade
Dillon’s mother to leave the house and drive to Mississippi in hopes of evading the hurricane, but Dillon and his younger brother chose to stay behind in
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TRACK AND FIELD
SOFTBALL
Turning Hayward Field upside down
Eniko Eros is part of a pack
of freshmen making an
early impact for Oregon
The Duck offense, powered by a
Neena Bryant grand slam, sinks
Portland State at Howe Field
JEFFREY DRANSFELDT
Sports Reporter
Eniko Eros sought to try something new — moving to a new
country and a new culture in the
United States likely qualifies.
Eros, a quiet and reserved
freshman, is making her impact
on the Oregon women’s track
and field team.
“First of all, I wanted to come
to America to study language
and so I have family in Portland
and so I tried to find a university
that is close to it and I also heard
that the track team is really good
here,” Eros said.
The 5-foot-10-inch Eros is a
native of Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest is Hungary’s capital,
home to approximately 1.8 million people. Her grandmother’s
sister and family lived in Portland. Eros wanted to try and find
something nearby, so when she
learned of Oregon’s respected
track and field program, it was
a perfect fit.
“She came out at the last minute,” Track and Field Director
Vin Lananna said. “She was
trying to figure out whether the
University of Oregon or Harvard
was the place for her.
“I think what she has brought
to the program is she is an exciting, young woman. She does
the high jump and the pole
vault. She struggles sometimes,
but does a good job most of
Oregon’s bats reawaken just in time
for crucial trip to the Arizona desert
LUKE ANDREWS
Sports Editor
Oregon needed a game like this.
The No. 15 Oregon softball team exited
conference play Wednesday to take on
Portland State and showed no signs of its
recent hitting struggles in an 11-1 victory
in five innings at Howe Field against the
Vikings. It was Oregon’s largest margin
of victory against the in-state foe since a
10-0 victory in 1994.
It’s also Oregon’s largest offensive
output of the season.
The Ducks rested four regular starters
against the Vikings, allowing a few backups to shine, as they prepare for a tough
weekend in Arizona.
Oregon takes on No. 9 Arizona State
Friday before two games in Tucson
against No. 3 Arizona, the defending
national champions.
The victory Wednesday should at
least help restore some
confidence for Oregon.
The Ducks had lost a
season-high three straight
games in which they averaged three runs and
four hits per game. But
Oregon put up seven runs
on three hits in the first
inning — and 11 runs
on eight hits in the game
— to cruise past the Vikings.
“No tougher places to play than the
Arizonas,” Oregon coach Kathy Arendsen said. “We know that’ll be a big challenge, but this is how we want to go in is
feeling better and a lot more confident.
“It was a good win, a dominant win.”
Freshman Neena Bryant emphatically
began the scoring in the bottom of the
first. After leadoff batter Suzie Barnes
singled and Oregon loaded the bases
with consecutive walks, Bryant drilled a
grand Slam, Oregon’s first of the season,
over the centerfield fence to quickly give
the Ducks a 4-0 lead. That was Bryant’s
eighth home run of the season.
“I was seeing the ball pretty good. It
just came pretty easy,” Bryant said. “It
was, all-in-all, a good day.”
The Ducks added three more runs
and cycled through the lineup in the first
when freshman Blair Williamson singled
home a run and Barnes doubled off the
wall, scoring two.
Sophomore backup catcher Courtney
Shlee nailed a one-out solo home run, the
first of her career, to begin the scoring in
the third inning. Williamson singled and
Barnes reached on a throwing error before centerfielder Sari-Jane Jenkins doubled into the left-centerfield gap to score
both and give the Ducks a 10-0 lead.
Freshman Carlyn Re picked up an RBI
single in the bottom of the fourth. But the
Vikings squashed starting pitcher Melissa Rice’s bid for a shutout with an RBI
single in the fifth by Kimi Daniel.
Rice picked up her 20th win of the season by pitching all five innings and giving
up four hits and one earned run. She is
“I’ve just got to take every pitch pitch-bypitch and stay relaxed in the moment. All I
can do is my best. I’m excited.”
GEOFF THURNER | Oregon Media Services
Freshman pole vaulter Eniko Eros has already notched her regional qualifying
mark in the Oregon Preview. She is one of several freshmen making an impact
for the women’s track team.
the time.”
Eros arrived in Eugene and
saw the University and historic
Hayward Field for the first time
since she decided to attend
the school.
“Eugene has a nice track and
the people are nice, too, so it is a
good experience,” she said.
The distance away from home
is lengthy for Eros, who says
she’s never lived away from
her family until now. She stays
in touch through e-mails and
has friends take photos of her
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– Meilssa Rice, Pitcher
now 20-6 on the season. The Ducks will
need her more than ever this weekend as
junior ace Alicia Cook will not make the
trip after falling ill with the same symptoms that caused her to miss six games
earlier in the season.
“I’ve just got to take every pitch,
pitch by pitch, and stay relaxed and in
the moment,” Rice said. “All I can do is
all I can do...just throw and do my best.
I’m excited.”
landrews@dailyemerald.com
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IN MY OPINION | JACOB MAY
In defense of myself
CUPS ARE TRASH!
I’ve never felt the need to write a follow-up to a previous column, but as a result of the response to last week’s piece
on my slamming Chamberlain Oguchi’s
decision to transfer, this will be the first.
Some people question my need to
write critical commentary, wondering
why I feel it’s necessary to criticize these
“kids.” It’s part of my job description and
please, we’re all adults at the University. If you’re calling 20-somethings kids,
then I am a kid, and so was 49ers quarterback Alex Smith during his rookie season when he was 21. If we can’t handle
criticism at this point in our lives, if we
can’t learn from it and have it inspire us
to be better and to make more sound decisions, then maybe we’re not cut out for
our desired future professions.
That said, I do feel that I should have
scaled back my verbal assault on Oguchi,
because I believe there were ulterior (but
unsupported) reasons for his transfer,
but my rationale was just and people’s
perceptions on my motives were wrong.
You can disagree with me all you want,
but don’t believe for a second it was
unethical journalism. I gathered my
evidence and wrote my perception of
his decision.
First, there is no personal inspiration
for me to criticize Oguchi other than his
decision to transfer. It’s rather unprecedented for a projected senior starter on
an Elite Eight team to leave right after
the season ended. When his teammates
and coach are counting on him to help
return to the postseason, I see it as a selfish move. I don’t have any vendetta or
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agenda against Oguchi or any of the athletes. I don’t have any sort of connection
to a single one of them other than our
working relationship. While I have more
respect for certain players than I do for
others, I’ll criticize as I see fit.
Second, the words attached to Oguchi seem speculative but are supported
by what I’ve gathered over the course of
time (not just this season). As a journalist, I see more of him than most fans and
I didn’t try to insinuate that he constantly
exhibited those behaviors I mentioned.
But as a student, I’m privy to information
about the athletes that’s not released to
the public or other sports writers. I have
a variety of sources who have interacted
with some athletes using their celebrity
in stereotypical fashion. Showing up to
a party uninvited and demanding the
host serve you your beverage of choice
makes you a diva, hitting on a girl and
trying to woo her because of your status
makes you arrogant. I’m uncertain why
people condemn my existence because I
believe an athlete is arrogant or exhibits
diva-like behavior. Many athletes do. It’s
really not that unusual or abusive to call
them such things. It shouldn’t come as
a surprise.
Third, there needs to be some voice
of dissent. Not everything about Oregon
athletics is squeaky clean. Why? We’re
all college students. We do dumb things
on occasion, which is why I criticized
Oguchi. Despite a highly successful season, I don’t look at the basketball players
through rose-tinted glasses. I didn’t hear
any complaints when I criticized Dennis
Dixon after his three-interception performance against Arizona. He wasn’t a part
of any postseason success.
Lastly, if you’re going to start another hate group on Facebook (I’ve had
two already during the school year. The
first: I Hate Jacob May. The second: F-- Jacob May) understand that once my
friends get word of it, they’ll begin to use
the group subversively and try to reverse
the original title (such is the case in the
second). In the first group, my roommate
tricked the group’s creator into making
him an administrator after writing several obscenity-laced, grammatically-incorrect messages that typified other people’s
misbegotten ramblings and assumptions
about me. At least I think he was joking.
You’d have to ask him.
And finally, part of me wants to
see Oguchi change his mind, believing
that it’s in his best interest to stay with
his friends and make another magical
run through the NCAA Tournament. I’d
be OK if he never spoke to me again. I
would understand.
jmay@dailyemerald.com
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“I thought it was a threat too,”
Dillon said.
But the two men soon realized that this
time, the warnings were for real.
First, they lost service on all phones,
and thus lost all contact with their mother. Then the elements picked up, and the
mounting hurricane churned the wind
into a frenzy. Dillon and his brother
made their way to the attic and stayed up
there for days.
“Me and my brother stayed in the
house, dealing with the water and wind.
People were yelling, some people walking out, knocking on the doors. This
whole time, the water was actually rising
and getting higher and higher until the
damn cars were knocking into the houses. That was the crazy part.” Dillon said.
“Then you see the alligators and shit. See
them in the water and see some caskets
floating because the graveyard wasn’t
too far from where we lived. And I guess
the caskets came up and you could see
the alligators flipping the dead bodies.”
Dillon and his brother survived the
hurricane and made their way to Caline,
Texas where they were eventually reunited with their mother and her husband.
But the reunion did not change the fact
that their home was gone. They’d lost
everything but the clothes off their backs
and his mother’s set of pots that she’d
piled into the car.
“The house was done, everything was
gone,” Dillon said. “Photos. My national
ring, my high school rings. Everything.”
With his life in disarray, it was a full
year before Dillon — a former junior
Olympic sprinter and Louisiana state 5A
champion in the 400m — finally resumed
his track training.
He spent the next few months finishing up some course work at Butler
Community College in Kansas. Then, a
summer track club coach introduced Dillon to Oregon sprints coach Dan Steele.
And Dillon and Steele began discussing the possibility of Dillon running
for Oregon.
“I was supposed to make it here for the
Pac-10s of last year,” Dillon said. “What
they tell me is that I was the missing link
of the 4X400m and that me being here
would have been extra points they would
have gained to win Pac-10s.”
In the spring following
the hurricane, Dillon arrived in Eugene all set to
enroll in classes and compete for the Ducks.
Then he hit yet another
roadblock: his credits
from Butler did not transfer over in time for him to
compete with the Ducks
in the spring. Disappointed, but determined to make the most of
the situation, Dillon spent a term at Lane
Community College competing for the
Lane track team without a scholarship.
“I started at Lane, running for them,
not even in shape, but I was winning,”
Dillon said. “And that’s how I got hurt:
running damn near everything they
would give me.”
Still, he shook off his hamstring injury in time to spend the summer fighting fires all over the Northwest. In a
single month, Dillon made $6,000, all of
which he donated to his mother and the
Hurricane Katrina relief effort
In the fall, after more than three years
of hopping from school to school to pursue his athletic pursuits, Dillon finally
donned green and yellow for the first
time and made his Duck debut at the
University of Washington Invitational
in January.
Since running a 48.05 400m that day,
Dillon has become one of the Ducks’
most reliable sprinters.
At the Pepsi Team Invitational, Dillon
ran the 400m in 47.11, a regional qualifying mark. He also helped the 4X100m
relay team to a 40.47 first place finish
— another regional qualifying standard.
But Dillon’s not satisfied with his performance so far. He thinks he has a lot
more in him, and he’s out to prove it.
“Honestly, I feel that I’m still not in
shape,” Dillon said. “I’m okay, but when
you’re so used to running something’
“The house was gone, everything was gone.
Photos. My national ring, my high school
rings, everything.”
– Marcus Dillon, Sprinter
bigger, you know when you’re not competing like you normally compete. It
feels different.
“I feel like I’m still not ready. Physically I can be there, but mentally I don’t
think I’m there yet. After not running for
so long, I really think I’ve forgotten how
to run certain events. I’ve got to start all
over again.”
He can cite the numbers to prove it.
In 2002, Dillon’s best time in the 400m
was 46.79. At the moment, he’s running
in the 47 range. But after having had to
rebuild his life, Dillon is certain that he’ll
be able to rebuild his athletic career in
the same way.
“I have to have the patience and
think I’m going to get there and tell myself that I’ll get there,” Dillon said. “Not
running on that level like I’m supposed
to, that’s what scares me most. But I
know it’s going to come. I just have to
keep working.”
sloh@dailyemerald.com
Eros: The Hungarian was one of the best pole-vaulters in Budapest
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competing so that she can e-mail them
back home.
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daily in the Emerald
Eros, along with Nicole Blood, Zoe
Buckman, Kate Gallagher and Keara
Sammons, is one piece of a promising
freshman class that has already made a
large impact
Eros matched the regional qualifying
standard in the Oregon Preview at 12 feet
5 1/2 inches and came in third, right behind teammate and senior Emily Enders.
In the Pepsi Invitational, Eros tied for
sixth at 11-1.75 with teammate Tara Rhein, while Enders earned first place with
a vault of 12-9.50. Eros also did the high
jump that weekend and was sixth in that
event as well with a jump of 5-3.75.
This weekend, Eros is expected to participate in the pole vault at the Oregon
Invitational. The women’s pole vault
competition is tentatively set for 2:45
p.m. Saturday.
Eros has enjoyed the transition to
performing in front of the crowds at
Hayward Field.
“It’s really good because track team
has a lot of fans and so a lot of people are
watching us,” Eros said. “It’s good.”
In Budapest Eros was one of the
top-ranked pole vaulters, consistently leading her age group from 20012006 in the pole vault junior championships. She also led the high jump
in 2006.
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fax to 541-812-0116. EOE.
Willow Lane Apts. 1661 Ferry. 2 bdrm
very spacious living room & kitchen,
No pets. $650/mo. +$600 deposit.
11mo. lease. 343-4137.
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Come view Thursday 12:30pm. Millrace apartments is now reserving for
summer and fall. 2 bedroom/1 bath
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Just minutes from campus off of
Franklin behind Track Town. $595$670. $100 per month off for June,
July and August. www.greystoneproperties.com. 344-5695.
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140 Bicycles
5-Speed 1969 Schwinn Collegiate
Original seat, front and rear fender,
newer brakes, chain, cables, tires,
intertubes. Rack on the back. No
rust. $100 OBO. (503)341-4507
160 Pets & Supplies
Mini Schnauzer $550
Male, DOB: 12/31/06, Friendly,
Healthy and Gentle. 541-301-7333.
175 Wanted
BANJO
I need a banjo. I am interested in
something that is not too high quality but not something super cheap.
Jessica: jlieual1@uoregon.edu or
(971)219-3961
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Executives
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Help Promote Student Co-ops!
Recruitment coordinator for Students’ Cooperative Association.
Work with SCA members to process
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Give Campus Tours
and Represent the UO!
2007-08 Ambassador Staff is hiring.
Applications available 465 Oregon
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Firefighters Needed!
Summer wildlands firefighters needed. No experience necessary. Will
train. Will pay top dollar for experience. Call (541)416-1003 for more
information.
NOW HIRING
Theater and Dance Majors. $10$15/hr. Bring resume by 1491 Willamette Mon- Fri between 5 and 6 pm.
Park Aide III
Summer jobs! Various duties include
cleaning and maintenance of park
grounds and facilities. $11.22$14.60/hr. 20-40 hrs/wk with possible weekend and/or evening work.
Temporary/seasonal position, less
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Required application packets will
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Community Recreation Center, 250
S 32nd St, Springfield, OR 97478.
Drug-free workplace. EOE.
BARTENDING! Up to $300/day.
No experience necessary. Training
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Spring Positions Available
Earn up to $150 per day. Exp. not
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Nanny Needed Now! Two active
and adorable kids aged 19 months &
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6 month commitment. $10/hr. Please
fax cover letter, resume, and references if possible to 484-7153
Camp Counselors needed for great
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Mtns. of PA. Gain valuable experience while working with children in
the outdoors. Teach/assist with waterfront, archery, gymnastics, ropes
course, environmental ed, and much
more. Office & Nanny positions also
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Get your Summer Job Started early
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Hourly wage + bonus(s). $12 to
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minimum! AND get paid just for your
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Apply Direct - Northwest Direct of
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- Workforce Network 2510 Oakmont
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Summer Work: Wildland Firefighters. Experience not required. $14/hr.
Dustbusters Plus LLC an Equal Opportunity Employer. 683-1464
208 For Rent
Studio near Eugene Library. 1057
Charnelton. Newly remodeled, clean,
parking, weatherized. $415/mo. w/s/
g paid. 541-514-2259.
210 Houses For Rent
6 Bedroom House
Close to UO, all appliances included,
large rooms, great condition, $2,460.
345-2326
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Strange Brew by John Deering
Quality 1 and 2 bedroom campus
apartments. No pets. $495-$775. Office 1528 Ferry. 541-343-8545.
West Hills Village
Studio, 1, 2, 3 Bdrm Units
Pet Free Units
Some Smoke Free Units
in West Eugene
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225 Quads
CHEAPEST LIVING ON CAMPUS!
Nicely updated quads all utilities
paid! 1827 Harris. Starting at $295/
mo. 343-6000
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159 E. 15th. $300/mo. includes
electricity, water, sewer & garbage.
Private entrance, shared updated
kitchen & bath. 915-3101.
230 Rooms for Rent
THE SPOT at 1472 Kincaid. Internet
and utilities included. From $295/mo.
541-554-7371.
235 Duplexes for Rent
1 Bdrm.
774 E. 15th Alley. 1 block from UO.
$475/mo. $350/mo summer. Available. Brenda at 744-3000
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Horoscope by Holiday Mathis
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (APRIL 19). Your laser
focus makes things happen for you this year.
The key is having the patience to continue
even when you don’t see results. Your bottom line changes in July, and loved ones must
rise to the occasion. You get new sources of
income in August. September love is enthralling. Pisces and Virgo people will motivate you
when you run out of juice. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 3, 12, 7 and 5.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). At work, and over
others, authority isn’t something you’re given;
it’s earned. Knowing this, you stand in your
power -- a signal that invites others to do the
same.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be holding a conference with your highest mind
-- a whimsical character who reminds you
of your mom, sometimes crazy, but always
wise. Together, you and you can sort out any
dilemma.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ve been so
busy putting one foot in front of the other,
you’ve practically created a new dance. To
move forward, look up from the ground. Tonight: Get silly with a Sagittarius person.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). A chance encounter at work sets off sparks and interesting hook-up potentials. What they see is your
confidence, shining brighter than it has in
months. Tonight heats up.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ve been pushing
the boulder uphill for so long that you forgot
what it was like to coast. Will it be uncomfortable to do so? Nah, you know how to enjoy an
opportunity for leisure when you see it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your love life has
been wobbly at times, but strong in places you
least expected. Now relationships show signs
of moving forward. Hope and optimism are
such good feelings.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re usually
easygoing. But when you see a way for your
world to be more stylish, effective and bright,
well, you snap your fingers with tremendous
attitude. This has an impact on others, hopefully the one you intended.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your influences
are key. Probably you could use more of
them, too. Book your social calendar for the
weekend. Friends will show you yet another
way to unleash your talent on the world.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re
charming and slick. You could sell mud pies
to strangers and get a good price. You face a
project that looks like a lot of work, and you
find a way to work it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Things go
bump in the night. Money fears, security fears,
money fears -- wait, didn’t you already worry
about that? Get a hold of yourself! Breathe and
refocus on the thousands of things going right
in your world.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Some days you
can’t keep anything to yourself, especially
when it’s marked “personal.” You’re driven to
share truly secretive information now. Unless
you’re a celebrity, no damage control will be
later required.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Trying to change
others is a total waste of time. Model the behavior you’d like to see from them. At work,
technical expertise is important, but interpersonal skills are what make the financial difference. Focus there.
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4/1. 741-0320
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