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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1963)
Mexico Project Deadline Nears By ELVA JANE HASS Emerald Staff Writer The ASUO Mexico Project Committee is ready to accept peti tions and start the process of sel ecting project members, accord ing to Chairman Merritt Fink. The committee members, Nora Burmester, Steve Swig, and Tony Thorne, are placing emphasis on the cultural value of this project to University students. The ten students chosen will be offered a unique opportunity to participate in a student organized project in another country; to work with, and learn from, the people and students from that country. TIIK PROJECT will commence about two weeks after school is out and will last for two months, said Fink. Students will live in a group near the town of Cuerna vaca, Mexico, and will work in several smaller villages in the surrounding area Living condi tions for the students arc good, according to Fink. Fink stated that the Mexico Project is primarily a service project, but emphasis will be placed on personal investigation. At the end of the summer, each student will be asked to write a research paper concerning his project and his experiences. EACH STUDENT selected for the project will be assigned to a special project, either with a member of the group or alone. Project opportunities arc avail able in many fields, depending on the qualifications of the student. Two years of college Spanish, or the equivalent, will be re quired of applicants, but Fink said that the requirement could be waived for an exceptional stu dent with only basic Spanish. The opportunities to students who apply, as defined by the proj ect committee are: first, the op portunity to work directly with the people in the project site, the opportunity to work on his ow»n project, and the opportunity to learn to speak Spanish from stu dents at Mexico City who have volunteered to help with the project and help the University students with their Spanish. THE COMMITTEE reports that total cost per student for the project will be $350, which in eludes transportation, room and hoard, and an average of $114 in personal expenditures for each student for the summer. Petitions for the Mexico Proj ect may be picked up in the ASUO office from 35 p.m and are due today. Kink stated that late applicants would be accepted until Friday, but that the peti tions were needed Wednesday in order to get the process of selec tion under way. FINK ADDED that when the OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald in published •even times in September and five days a week during the school year, except dur ing examination and vacation periods by the Student Publications Hoard of the University of Oregon. Entered an second clans matter at the jwjnt office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per year; %2 j»er term. Opinions expressed on the editorial page arc those of The Emerald and do not pre tend to represent the opinions of the ASUO or the University. EVKRETTE DENNIS. Editor - LARKY WILLIAMS Business Manager JANET GOETZE, Managing Editor RON COWAN, News Editor DOUG RAGEN, Editorial Page Editor JIM SPEER, Advertising Manager DICK RICHARDSON, Associate Editor JIM FRAKK, Assistant Managing Editor RAY MAST, Sports Editor CATHY NEVILLE, Assistant News Editor GEORGE BIGIIAM, Photo Editor JO GRISWOLD, Women’s Editor CHUCK BEGGS, JOE BERGER, PHYLLIS KLVING, SHERRY LUCAS Associate News Editors ALENE SHARFF Entertainment Editor NOMI BORKNSTEIN, Exchange Editor EDITORIAL BOARD: Everette Dennis, Ron Cowan, Janet Goetze, Doug Ragen, Dick Richardson Jim Frake, Jerry ITtti, Ray Mast, Larry Williams, Pam Pashkowski, Doug Combs, Linda Brown, Cathy Neville, Pat llolt, Simeon Crowther. ten are chosen, there will be sev eral orientation meetings to ac quaint the project members with their responsibilities in the proj ect, with the plans that have been make, and with technicalities. At the orientation meetings, Fink said, he will show slides of the project site taken by himself ear lier this year, to give the students some information on the area, and prepare them with some un derstanding of that part of Mexi co. Petitions for students inter- 1 ested in working on the Mexico Project are due today, although late ones will be accepted until Friday. The petitions are avail able from 3 to 5 p.m. daily on the SU third floor. Side... (Continued from Pane I) store will be entirely up to the Co-op Board. BECAUHK the board is gov i ernod by the corporate laws of the state of Oregon, Henson said that there would possibly be some legal question concerning the out come of the ASUO ballot and its effect upon the actions of the board. Many of the critics of the pres ent Side building have argued that it is in such bad condition structurally that it would be too expensive to rehabilitate and un safe to retain it as it now is for long However, Konert Wiimsen, tu gene architect, told the Emerald that charges that the building is infested with termites and full of dry rot are “gross exagerations.” The building, he said, was re modeled ten years ago. “There is nothing wrong with the struc ture,” he emphasized. “The timber and wood trusses in the building arc old growth fir and better than any availablc today,” he continued. "Mr. Hen sen (manager of the Co-op Store) told the Junior Chamber of Com merce last week that they have never explored the use of the Side for a bookstore. The build- j ing can be restored," he said. SABIN COMMENTED that “If they (the Coop Board) do not respond to the wishes of the peo j pie who have signed the peti ; tions, it would seem to indicate cither that the board is irrespon sible to these people who have ■ made their wishes clear or they, are responsible to forces that we do not know about and perhaps should.” Discussing his reasons for sav ing the Wilcox building and the Side, Sabin said that the building offers a great deal of potential as a meeting place for students where they can talk and exchange ideas. He described it as humanly scaled for such activities. HE ALSO said the Side has intrinsic architectural merit and is an attractive part of the town. He said the destruction of this building would “epitomize the in creasing uglification of our towns.” He said there has been com mercial exploitation of the com munity at the sacrifice of cultural j value and this has proceeded far i enough. “I can’t believe that the stu dents would want to allow this to happen,” he said. “Any poten 1 tial for something pretty rich happening in that building will be ! destroyed if the building is de stroyed.” I Advertisement Made From An Ancient Recipe Yes, folks, water is made from a very aneient recipe, two parts hydrogen to one part oxygen. Even today few housewives can make it themselves. Same as Dairy Queen. You just have to go buy it where they know how to make it. Down at the Dairy Queen store on Hilyard they know how to make them real , good, or very well, depending on your grammatical background. Dairy Queen tastes good even if I you’re illiterate. People-to-People Will Hold Meeting There will be an assembly of the People-to-People Committee at 3 p.m. Thursday in the SU for those interested in being a buddy for a foreign student. It is man datory for all those who have petitioned for the program or who plan to petition. The purposes and duties of the program will be given at the as sembly. Buddies will be assigned at the end of the year to those in terested. Frank Conway, Regional Direc tor of the program, visited the University Tuesday to assist in developing the organization on campus. Conway said the program should be adapted to campus ac tivities. People-to-People started in 1956 as a government agency. It is no longer under government control, but still operates through embassies. TKE Purchases Chapter House Tau Kappa Epsilon, in its 15th year on the Oregon campus, has purchased a new house at 1910 University St., which it will occu py this fall. It is a three story colonial hou.te, at present a private resi dence. The house, on a double lot, will be remodeled this sum mer and a wing will be added to the south side. The new addition will include a recreation-chapter room, an ex tension of the dining room, study PORTER’S for 32 IMPORTED MALT BEVERAGES 270 West 8th “The most Fascinating Food Store In The ■Northwest” and sleeping space. There will be all two-man study rooms and the house capacity will be about 45. Use Emerald Classified Ads— UNDER - FASHIONS that complement your figure: famous name bras, girdles, foundations with personalized fitting service at RUTH’S FOUNDATION SHOP Eugene’s only specialty shop devoted exclusively to fine corsetry. 37 E. 10th Dl 3-5123 Hr*.: 9:30 - 5:30 Cloted Mon. 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