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