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Research Funds awarded
The University has received a S 120.377 grant from the National
Institute of Health (NIH) tor general support of campus bwmedcal
research
NIH annually awards general support grants to U S. institutions
which surpassed a $200,000 minimum level m NIH biomedical research
support dunng the previous fiscal year Total amount of the general
support grant is propomonai to total NIH biomedical research funding
During the 1976-77 fiscal year the University received about $2.6
million from NIH in biomedica! funds, according to Donald Howard, the
University s contract officer
The $120,377 NIH grant will be administered through the
University's Graduate School. According to Aaron Novick. Graduate
School dean, priority for funding through the grant wil be given to
biomedical research proposals involving new faculty members and
interdepartmental activities such as joint use of new equfiment
Paraquat program to air
KZEL-FM wil broadcast Now It Can Be Told: Kiler Weed,"
documentary on paraquat poisoning, at 7:30 torsght.
The program, which lasts about 90 minutes, includes on-the-spot
reporting from the fields in Mexico, where the U S. government has
been subsidizng the spraying of marijuana and poppy fields in Mexico
and Venezuela with the highly potent herbicide known as paraquat.
Dave McQueen of KSAN radio in San Francisco produced the
documentary
Activist minister to speak
Tom Skinner chaplain for the Washington Redskrts professional
footbal team wii make two apoeararces n Eugene Wednesday. Skin
ner vwl be the main speaker at the Mayor s Prayer Breakfast held at
7:30 a.m. at Vaiey River Inn.
At 12:30 p m the campus chapter of the Felowshfo of Chnsuan
Athletes wiH bong Skinner to the University for a speech from the EMU
Terrace Free Speech Platform. Two kxai musaans. George Morehead
and Georgene Rose, wifi provide entertainment before Skinners
speech
Skinner, a black activist and evarvgeist. was bom and raised m
Hartem. where he was the leader of a gang. Skinner has authored
Words of Revolution and Black and Free
UO Mothers board meets
The state board of the University Mothers wii meet Wednesday at
the Valley River Inn at 10 a m A luncheon wiH be held at 12:30 p.m.
Reoons wifl include those from the scholarship committee special
projects com-nirtee and the norvnatmg committee with the election of
officers to follow
A board members are urged to attend.
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weekend of fun
The Ptayshop. an opportunity
for children and adults to play to
gether. teach each other and gain
new perspectives of relationships
with each other, is offered by the
Good Neighbor Project of Lane
Cocnty Course* ng Services and
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The Ptayshop. held at the Un
itarian Church. 477 E 40th Ave.,
wif begin Friday evening from 7 to
9 and continue through Saturday
from 9-30 a.m to 5 p.m. and Sun
day 1:30 to 6 p.m.
The leaders for the Ptayshop
Bonnie Hoag and Elaine Wass
men. have been involved in lead
ing plays hops throughout the
West Coast dung the past year
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ptayshop ts to provide participants
wrth an enjoyable and lighthearted
weekend of ton. lean «ng and shar
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Boyd to see all
University Pres. WtfNam Boyd
has scheduled open student
hours from 2.30 to 4 p.m. Wed
nesday.
Urwersrty of Oregon students
wPc wish to speak to the president
are invited to parbopaie Visita
tions last about 15 minutes
No appointments are neces
sary However, students wishing
to reserve time dunng the student
hours -•ay contact Christine
Leonard at 686-3036 to make re
servations
Yoga workshop set
The University YWCA will sponsor a polarity yoga workshop Wed
nesday from 8 to 10 p.m. at Laurelwood Community Center, 27th Ave.
and Columbia St.
Judith Lindsay, licensed massage therapist and Polarity Health
Institute graduate, will teach polarity theory and exercises that aid in
relaxation and maintenance of normal body functions.
Cost for the workshop is $2.50 for YWCA members and $3 for
non-members. Advanced registration is necessary. For more informa
tion and reservations, call the office at 686-4439.
African math talk offered
The author of a book exploring the mathematical contributions of a
variety of African peoples will speak Wednesday, at 4 p.m. in the EMU,
room to be posted.
Claudia Zaslavsky, author of “Africa Counts,” will present an illus
trated lecture entitled “Number and Pattern in African Culture."
Zaslavsky has retired early from her position as a mathematics
teacher and curriculum specialist in Greenburgh, N.Y. Central Seven
school ckstnct. She has had several grants for the development of
mathematics curriculum materials on varied academic and age levels.
Africa Counts" examines mathematics from prehistoric times to
the present and from finger counting to pure mathematics in the context
of African social and economic development.
The book is based on personal interviews with both African and
non-African scholars and shows how numeration systems and number
patterns have emerged from and are interrelated with the history, eth
nology. anthropology, linguistics, politics, literature, art and oral tradi
tion of Afnca.
Her book has received favorable reviews from a wide range of
periodicals including Natural History Magazine, Historical Mathema
tic. New Yorker,” "Science,” “Mathematics Teacher” and “Teacher.
County seeks art ideas
The Lane Regional Arts Council is now accepting proposals from
local visual and performing artists for this summer s “What Can You Do
With Art?" project in the Eugene neighborhoods.
Artists are asked to submit ideas for projects or workshops which fit
a budget of $400 or less to the arts council by May 1. These proposals
wil be compiled in a directory, from which 10 neighborhood groups in
Eugene will choose a project with the people in their area. The projects
are scheduled to begin July 1.
For more information on proposal guidelines, call the Lane Reg
ional Arts Council at 485-2278 or Genevieve Sage at 485-6489.
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