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Wednesday, February 3, 1982 Volume 83 Eugene, Oregon Number 94 Oregon daily emerald Seniors donate library support By Debbie Howietl 01 the Emerald For the first time since 1969 the senior class will present a gift to the University This project will leave a legacy, said Curt Simic, vice president of public relations at the University It's a throw back to something very posi tive, something very good " A reception to officially kick off Library Project 82," a senior class endowment for the University Library, was held Tuesday evening in the Alumni Lounge of Gerlinger Hall Project '82 is a plan to make funds available to the library through an endowment of $12 50 from each senior class member for three years beginning in the spring of 1983 The dollar amount is an arbitrary figure set by the sponsors of the project, the Student University Relations Council, and any size con tribution will be accepted The idea was based on an economic need, rather than park bench 82," said Matthew Schermerhorn, coordinator tor the project Schermerhorn explained that there are two ways to become involved with the project one is to donate mon ey the other is to donate time "Our whole philosophy is rather than complain about cuts, do something positive "If 1500, half of the graduating class, donated $12 50. after the three years it would total $56 250 dollars." Schermerhorn told the audience It would be used as capital, invested, not used up." There is a need to support intellectual pursuits." said George Shipman, University librarian, "it’s a good idea, no matter what the fiscal climate ” "This project will go a long way to help," said Shipman After the reception, Scher merhorn commented on the crowd of about 75 “Considering what we Photo by Mark Pynes University librarian George Shipman: “There is a need to support intellectual pursuits... no matter what the fiscal climate. ” asked people to do. I’m pleased with the turnout,” said Schermerhorn Several senior class members commented on the project "t was mailed a folder, so I came," said Barbara Baldwin, a senior in interior architec ture "I came because, like they say, the library needs support — its imperative to keep it up," said John Cooper, a senior in recreation and park man agement The Ed Coleman Trio enter tained guests with backgound music Coleman is an as sociate professor of English at the University Biker wheels for world's hungry Seattle-to-Eugene ride to mark 53rd birthday By Marian Green Ot the Emerald Eugene Smith plans to s-t-r e-t-c-h out his birthday — over more than 300 miles Saturday, his 53rd birthday, also coincidentally Pres Ronald Reagan's 71st, Smith will ride a 15-speed bicycle from Seattle s King Dome to Eugene's Valley River Inn in a 24-hour non-stop effort, in support of an end to world hunger The trip will be "a long one,” says Smith, who, with his wife, Elaine, runs an outfit called 3M's Therapy, which stresses hard physical activity as a ther aputic tool leading to physical and mental well-being So the 300-plus mile ride will be well worth the grueling, tor tuous” exercise. Smith says "it's for a beautiful cause " Smith says he learned from World Runners, a running club dedicated to solving the world hunger problems, that more than 47,000 people die from hunger each day 'That's all I needed to tell me that this is a worthy cause The club, whose 7,300 world wide members have raised more than $1 million since the group's 1978 inception, is sponsoring the ride For more information or to pledge per-mile donations, call 683-5689 An avid runner, Smith only began riding a bike at the end of summer when an ankle fracture ruled out running He's been working hard though, riding at least 50 miles a day and — just a week and a half ago — made his first 100-mile jaunt Smith, however, has no illu sions about what the trip has in store "It's going to be a struggle all the way," Smith says Wind, traffic and loneliness are his biggest challenges, he says Of the 24 pedaling hours, Smith will spend 14 "in the dark.” And, that, he says, must be what it's like to be one of the world's hungry "They're in the dark too They're apart from the world "It's not going to be a world's record It's going to be a sur vival," he says, as day-to-day existence is to starving people On his 52nd birthday last year, Smith ran 52 miles plus an additional one in honor of the 53 Iranian hostages He says sharing his birthday with important causes makes the event more meaningful and challenging "It's going to be a great birth day,” he says Photo by Mark Pynes Eugene Smith will ride 300 miles from Seattle to Eugene in a 24-hour effort on his 53rd birthday. Panel talks to highlight career fair The University's annual ca reer fair brings representatives of diverse careers to the EMU Ballroom today from 10 a m to 3 pm Attorneys, Peace Corp workers, bankers, geologists and radio announcers are just a few of the 65 participants com ing from around the state to meet and talk with students about possible careers During the morning session, eight panel discussions will be held, with four discussions tak ing place simultaneously at 10 a m and another four beginning at 11 am The discussions will contain information on each of the 12 career areas represented at the fair: architectureurban plan ning, education, finance, government, health, legal, mar keting, mediaarts, man agement: personnel,science re search, service, and transpor tation, hotels and food The first group of panels focus on marketing; media and the arts; transportation, hotel and food occupations; and general service careers The second group of panels will consider finance; science and research; management and personnel; and education. In the afternoon, students can talk informally with the repre sentatives, asking them specific questions about their jobs or employing organizations
