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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1982)
Class lays foundation for greenhouse By Joan Nyland Of f/M Bmtrald With the help of donations from the community, a Universi ty SEARCH class in landscape architecture has broken ground on a solar greenhouse The greenhouse will be locat ed across the Millrace adjacent to the Allied Arts and Architec ture graduate shelter "We re hoping the green house will be a model — a futur istic type example" for both the landscape architecture students and the community, says Julie Isbell, SEARCH course coordinator and a de signer of the greenhouse What separates this solar greenhouse from others is its passive solar greenhouse" design, Isbell says Unlike most hothouses that are all glass and therefore con stantly lose heat, this green house will be framed by south and west walls of glazed glass and by insulated north and east walls to collect the sun's heat Water barrels against the walls will store the heat and diffuse it I ' during the night and cold weather The project is the brainchild ot Isbell, a biology under graduate, and Thomas Forster, a graduate teaching fellow in landscape architecture and ad visor for the SEARCH class Although the greenhouse was planned last term, Isbell and students have been seeking donations and building permits to get the greenhouse off the ground this term "A lot of people have tried it before and ran up against prob lems and bureaucracy," Isbell says The Urban Farm falls within the zone of the Willamette Greenway, a land use plan along the Willamette River Unaware of the area s status before applying for a building permit, Isbell and Forster had to receive approval from the city's planning commission before applying for a building permit The class works three or four hours on the greenhouse every Tuesday and Thursday after noon They hope to have it fin ished by the end of the term, but 1 Indian storytelling to benefit museum An afternoon of Indian storytelling will be held at 2 p m. Sunday at the Native American Student Union Longhouse, 1606 Columbia The storytelling — for both children and adults — is part of a series of events to raise money to keep the University Natural History Museum open and active The cost is $3 for adults and $2 for senior citizens and children 12 years and younger. Three Indian storytellers will tell traditional spring and summer tales and will ex plore the moral, cultural and educational aspects that storytelling plays in daily na tive life The storytellers include Barre Toelken, a University English professor and folk lore and ethnic studies di rector who was adopted into a Navajo family and has re searched Navajo folklore for 25 years; Ed Edmo, a Sho shone/Bannock storyteller and poet; and George Was son, a Coos storyteller and University student services counselor. The museum was slated for closure June 30 in a round of budget cuts made last fall Fund raising events have raised $13,000, half of which is matching funds from a donor who has promised to match all contributions up to $15,000 This puts the mu seum more than one-third of the way toward its goal of $34,000 and will keep the museum open with some public hours after June For more information on the storytelling or the fund raising effort, call Patti Krier, museum assistant director, at 686-3024 Freedom to__Read_&___ Leam?Who Decides? a panel discussion on textbook & curriculum review in our school. “Monthly ~May“24r~lr982 7:30 p.m. EMU Forum Room Sponsored: Society of Professional Journalists because of the permit delays, they may only have it framed by June and completed by the end of summer, according to Isbell. Upon completion, the green house will grow starts for the Urban Farm The greenhouse is designed to be low mainten ance and “diverse" enough for someone to grow plants during the winter, Isbell explains Because the greenhouse is financed by donations alone, the class members have been combing Eugene for contribu tions and good deals on build ing materials Last week an anonymous donor gave $1,000, which will be used to buy approximately $700 worth of lumber and the rest of the materials needed to com plete the project. So far, the class has obtained discounted glass from the Willamette Valley Solar Energy Association and discounted concrete from Morse Brothers Inc., which also donated rebar — a metal bar that reinforces the concrete — for the the foundation. The Whitaker Community Council donated insulation. Now appearing in the Winner’s lounge DAWN PATROL (rock & roll) Thursday—Saturday 9 pm till 2 am Happy Hour 4—7 pm Monday—Friday Well Drinks $1.00 Free Hor d' oeuvres Only at the Holiday Inn Hoiidome 225 Coburg Road . 503/342-5181 imported Coffee &Teas 764 E. 13th Ave. • Kinko’s- 344-7894 SEETHE FEEL THE DONT PAY THE FFERENCE. FFERENCE. FFERENCE. In Eugene available exclusively at Pedal Power 1981 BIANCHIS ON SALE Located only Vi mile from campus on 6th at High. 687-1775
