Third Irish festival has
something for everyone
By Cynthia Whitfield
Of th« Emerald
The Eugene-Springfield area is gearing up for the third
annual Irish Festival by offering a little something for
everyone, from the traditional downtown St. Patrick’s Day
Parade to a “Shamrock and Roll” concert at the Eugene
Hilton.
The four-day festival has grown from a six-event
celebration its first year to 13 events this year. The festival,
organized by the Irish Festival Committee, begins March 14.
"This festival is for having fun, for celebrating the com
munity. for showing off as well as recognizing the contribu
tions of Irish-Americans,” says Guy Di Torrice, festival
publicist.
Celebration gets underway with the Mayor’s breakfast,
which takes place at 8 a.m. March 14 at the Red Lion Inn in
Springfield. The breakfast will be followed by a secret festival
kick-off event.
“We’ll have special guests arriving that we’ll be bringing
in with a whole lot of hoopla and noise," Di Torrice says,
“last year we brought in leprechauns in limos.”
DeFrisco's will present “Irish Pub and Rebel Music,”
featuring Ray Collins and Nick Voreas, that night at 8.
An “Irish Party" at the Factory March 15 at 5:30 p.m.
will follow a noon Irish Civic Luncheon.
“The luncheon is our only serious event,” Di Torrice
says. “We will have a special guest speaker and recognize
Irish cultural and business contributions. The rest of the
festival is for having fun.”
The “Shamrock and Roll" concert, featuring the
Cashiers, will be held that night at the Hilton. The concert
begins at 9 p.m. and is sponsored by the Hilton and KZAM
FM.
On March 16. Eugene-Springfield residents will gather at
2 p.m. for the traditional St. Patrick's Day Parade around the
downtown Eugene area.
"We want people to join in. There’s a spontaneous
aspect to the whole thing, but we’re looking for a little more
student participation," festival chair Peter Murphy says.
“We’d love the students to come and provide music for
the parade," Murphy says. He says he hopes for increased
participation because there will be no conflict with spring
vacation this year.
Although the festival has been a success in the Eugene
Springfield area, Di Torrice says his goal is to include more
people from surrounding cities and towns in this year's
festivities.
“My objective is to fill the hotels and make the festival
part of the tourism industry. The locals are going to have fun
— we’ve got them covered,” Di Torrice says.
Other events taking place March 16 include an after
party parade at the Hilton and a concert by the second-most
popular folk Irish band in Ireland. DeDanann, at 8 p.m. at the
Hilton.
The Eugene Symphony will perform a “Bleugene” con
cert at 2:30 p.m. March 17 at the Hult Center.
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departments update
Professor of the month
Mortar Board honorary selected James
Russell, assistant professor of management, as
February’s teacher of the month. Mortar Board
takes nominations from students and selects the
top three candidates based on student comments.
Mortar Board members then attend classes of
those teachers selected and decide the winner.
The students who nominated Russell show
high regard for his dedication to teaching and to
the University. “He is conscientious and wants
his students to truly learn something from his
class,” says one of Russell’s students.
Another student says, “He is receptive to stu
dent ideas and rearranged the work load to better
suit our needs.” Russell will be honored at a
brunch later this month.
Architecture
A senior architecture student was recently
awarded $2,500 by the Callison Partnership, a
Seattle architecture firm.
University student Stephen Lapp received
the award for being the most promising senior in
the architecture department who will be entering
the field of architecture following graduation.
Other architecture students have recently
received awards: John Shirley and Kurt Schultz
received thd Dean’s award, and Diana Moosman
will receive the Rosenberg Traveling scholarship
for $2,000, which goes to a fourth-year student for
study and travel.
Senate update
The University Senate will revive an ad hoc
committee to study a variety of proposals about
the future roje of the Senate as a governing body.
Senate President Kappy Eaton said at the Feb. 27
meeting.
The committee will study whether the
Senate, a faculty and student body, should play a
major role in proposing and passing University
legislation or if it should become merely an ad
visory committee. Another proposal would
eliminate the Senate completely.
Eaton said she hopes for a committee recom
mendation by the Senate’s April meeting so that
the members can vote on the proposals and sub
mit its recommendation to the general University
Assembly for a final vote.
In other business, the Senate voted to dis
band the ad hoc committee studying the Student
University Affairs Board proposal to allow stu
dent access to teacher evaluations.
The committee probably will reconvene next
fall after the results from a pilot project this
spring are tabulated, committee chair Lois Har
rison said.
The pilot project, to be conducted this term
by SUAB, will involve evaluations from about 25
classes. SUAB will compile the results and print
them in the ASUO spring course guide, SUAB
member Roscoe Caron said.
The evaluations will use the same forms nor
mally distributed by the department, and the
teacher will be able to respond to the results,
Caron said.
Also, the Senate voted to table discussion of a
motion regarding tests given on Saturday and
Sunday during finals week. The motion,
presented by SUAB member Matthew Fick, was
designed primarily to address the law school’s
policy, which allows professors to give exams on
these days.
The Senate will discuss the motion when
more information is compiled about the feelings
of other students and faculty involved in the law
school, Senate members said.
Outreach
University representatives will travel to
Newport on Thursday for a day of informational
and social events with community leaders, alum
ni, parents and friends.
“This is the first of what we envision will
become an ongoing effort to reach out to the com
munities of the state,” says Mary Hudzikiewicz,
University community services director.
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