; Mother Kali’s Books i Presents: : Penny Rosenwasser reading from ) VOICES FROM A "PROMISED LAND," Internet with Pr.idt ,md P.ilc^unun Pc.ux Aaiviu.s Feb. xoth at 7:30pm • WCA 8t ASL 2cx)i Pranklin Blvd. #r} Wheelchair Accessible * V1V4&M 1 nr P, able the day of workshop Saturday lunch provided Spoils.iial by ll.umed ParvnihixK! W I aitc County .UKI 0 u< OSuiikut Health SeisKcs Scientists to discuss toxic tide By Bone DeCaif < ;!x jj>■ rtn on U)Xi< tides is ill tneet let) .'() 12 at the t Intvef Mtv s mar me institute in Charleston. Ore. to find ways to contain the spread of aninc sic shellfish poisoning on the West Coast II S and (Ian.idmil experts, including University biology professors Michelle \S .K>«i and Lynda Shapiro, are holding the workshop to help si (enlists fig ure out what causes the toxin People are poisoned when they eat shellfish that have ill gested the toxin, called dorriok a( id . that is produied by phytoplankton. Shapiro said (hue ingested by humans or other animals, the poison af forts the (i ntral nervous system and (an cause lasting damage Shapiro, director of the Ore gim Institute cil Marine biology sue!. s< idntisls .it tile t otn op tion'are turning together to fig nr.- out whut is known and ■.sh.it is not known .ifKiut the t o x i n |i r o d u ring jihv loplankton It is ,m organism, (or rea -..ins totally'unknown and un derstood at this limn." that pro du, i s poison. Shapiro said Lust November, the toxin Ion . i the i Insure of razor clam ai.d Uungeness crab' fisheries when it w .is deter ted for the first tiine off tin* coasts of Ore gon ('.illfurrvi.i and Washing ton The hrst reported amneslr shellfish poisoning ocr urred in 10H7 near t'anadaS Prince lid ward Island Three people wen killed and H)0 bet .ime ill after ruling poisoned shellfish Shapiro said the first out break on tin* t ruled States' Wcsl <. is! th.it v mntists know o!,,(k cur-fcdYin September 19*11 in Monterrey. C «i 11f M.tny pelr i .ms died .liter thev ale the con taminated shellfish Dntnuit a r id•p ro d u cin g phytoplankton have also been ti ll oil of the i oast of New Kngland 'Kastern Canada has devel oped a successful management program to keep shellfish safe for human consumption, hut the toxin appears to behave somewhat differently in the l‘a (afU ()i ran and more study is needi d." Shapiro said To » i n p r o d uc ed by phvtoplankton could become a common occurrence, she said lint it cart he dealt with if you know when it's there to deal with The workshop at the OIMB is sponsored by the University and Oregon State University Out go the lights 1 In' University Physical Plant will !»■ i ornlui I ing two t ampus wide power outages during spring break The first is si heduled (or Sundnv. Man h 22. from 7 .i m to ,r> p m Times have not yet heen set for a 1hour outage on Saturday. Man li 2H Some campus buildings will nut he allecteii, mi hiding buildings north ol franklin Boulevard and buildings on direct KVVKB feed Aul/en Stadium. Casanova Center University Inn. Kllfv Hall. Agate (formerly Condon Si bool) and the Museum of Natural History In addition. Condon Hull, Bid.. Knight Library. Clinical Services. Cerlinger Annex Havward field Mi Arthur Court. Leighton Pool and IA11' Annex will not lx- sublet t to outages Anyone in ultetted buildings who will need tempi niry power generators during the outages, and has not already made arrangements, should iuiii.nl Alex Cordon Physical Plan! < onstrui lion project manager, at Mb Si Pi. or through campus mail Cordon said he wants to hear especially Item anyone doing rescan h that would lx- allet led by lack ol continuous power and groups who have sitedtiled aitivities that i annul lie moved or re s< lied tiled Ad writing competition t niventity students ate among the entrants in Citibank's Second Annual College Advertising Awards competition This year’s awards will fo i ns un multimedia public service; campaigns pro moting responsible; use of consumer credit. Students from 5r> campuses will compete lor the grand pri/c of $10,000 and .1 trip to London Citibank created the College Advertising Awards last year, asking college students to de velop a media campaign consisting of radio, tele vision and print advertising The objec tive of this year's expanded program Is to c reate a multime dia public service campaign that encourages re sponsible c redit bebav mr among college students l ie h of the colleges taking part m the program will have a c ampus c ompetition, open to all un tiergracJnates regard less of their major The first phase ul the program kit ks ill with University students receiving a marketing brief from Citibank on t retlit t aril use and literature on stH . essful c redit management to help them devel op their 1 ampaigns Lntries may be submitted by individuals, or by teams of not more than three memtwrs In April .1 panel of University faculty will se lec ! one finalist to submit tor review by a panel of New 'lurk marketing and advertising exec utives, who will select a national winner, to be an me eil in Mas A testimonial from a few of our fans. “The more I jumped against the wall the taster my hair seemed to grow ” Guido’s 13th and Alder 343-0681 DISCLAIMER* Results mu\ var\ from person to person. 1 HAIR'S LOOKIN AT YOU, ELTON! f ■ ■ > J-lsian ‘Pacific American Student 'Union commemorates ‘Ihe 50th Anniversary of ‘Executive (trder OObb: 'llte Internment oj Japanese-Americans "Farewell to Manzanar" This Emmy Award winning movie first aired on ABC In 19 76 and was the first nationally Droadcasted movie to feature an alt Allan cast Based on tne txx* Farewell to Maruarur Dy Jeanne Wakatsukl Houston this moving story of one Japanese American family reveais tne losses and Indignity they suffered as thefr family was Imprisoned in tne Manzanar internment camp in tne deserts of eastern California It is a human portrayal of tne struggle to deal with tne physical problems and ideological conflicts of the camps Special guest Florence Date Smith. Eugene resident who was interned ‘ rhursday, 7 ebruory 20,1002 at ‘WMlametteOiail 110. 7p.m. 'Farewell to Manzanar' Is the last of a week long series of films and discussions commemorating the SOth Anniversary of the Japanese American internment for m»*f info 'flu •bu.’.n 'I’^tfu ImtruJristUiimt llnum • j»uite 12 1 U 11 • llnnxr>ity of Ortafon • ‘Lufftnt, i>J( 97401 • t$0j! W6 4 \42 J Avoid long lines at the post office Buy stamps at the UO Bookstore. IF YOU’RE A LOST SOUL. J2 CLASSIFIEDS!