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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1984)
THE TIME IS NOW FRED ELLEDGE FOR ASUO INCIDENTAL FEE COMMITTEE -greater student participation in the IFC process -gain control of the interest currently earned on IFC funds -allocate funds in a manner that culturally and physically betters the university paid for by Fred Elledge for IFC, P.O. Box 63495 Eugene, OR 97403 Sunday run starts Earth Week The 14th annual Earth Week, sponsored by the University's Survival Center, will not only feature a two-time Nobel prize winner but also an activity in true Eugene style — the first an nual Earth Run. The starting gun will go off at 10 a.m. Sunday for the 14 kilometer run, which will break ground for the week-long celebration, according to Sarah Barton of the Survival Center. Beginning at Skinner's Butte Park, runners will follow the Willamette Greenway Trail with a few interesting diversions, she says. The run is co-sponsored by the center to raise money for the week of free events, which include a lecture by Oregon native Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner in chemistry and peace. Pauling, who is active in ef forts against the testing of nuclear weapons, will give a lec ture titled “Paths to World Peace" at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the EMU Ballroom. Earlier in the day, Eugene City Council member Cynthia Wooten will officially open Earth Week activities in the EMU Courtyard at 12:30 p.m. Jean-Claude Faby, deputy director of the United Nations Environment Program, will give a lecture titled “Global En vironmental Issues of the 1980s” in Room 150 Geology at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Faby's main responsibily with the U.N. is to monitor North American en vironmental developments and coordinate agencies dealing with environmental concerns. Thursday's keynote speaker is Gretta Goldenman, information director for the Institute of Food and Development Policy. Goldenman will speak in Room 167 EMU at 8 p.m. Congressman Jim Weaver will help close campus actitives Fri day with an address on en vironmental issues of the Pacific Northwest. That evening, Denzel and Nancy Ferguson, caretakers of the Malheur Na tional Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Oregon, will lecture on “Sacred Cows at the Public Trough." Weaver will speak at 12:30 p.m. in Room 167 EMU and the Fergusons will be in the same room at 8 p.m. Earth Week concludes with bicycle tours next weekend. Students who want to get in volved with Earth Week, or want more information, should call the Survival Center, located in EMU Suite 1, at 686-3746. Conference set to examine law of environment The Pacific Northwest Resources Clinic will hold a con ference on environmental law at the University Law School Satur day from 8 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. The conference is meant to in form environmental attorneys and concerned citizens of re cent developments and future trends in environmental law. Conference topics include the National Environmental Policy Act, new strategies for en vironmental protection and the future of environmental law. The conference is free for students and citizens group members. There is a $10 registration fee for attorneys. For more information, call the Pacific Northwest Resources Clinic at 686-3823. Medieval event offers festivities on EMU's lawn Singing, dancing and general merrymaking are scheduled highlights of “A Medieval Tour nament" to be presented by The Society for Creative Anachronism all day Saturday on the south lawn of the EMU. The tournament will include medieval dance, song and con tests. Participants are encourag ed to dress in medieval costumes, but the organization will be providing costumes free of charge. The site will open at 10 a.m. and the event will begin bet ween noon and 1 p.m. There is no charge and the public is welcome. Key duplication Make a spare. v 65c at your Bookstore
