Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 12, 1993, Page 4A, Image 4

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Meet Oregon’s Newest
State Senator!!
Senator Peter Sorenson
Senator Peter Sorenson invites you to meet
with him during a TownhaU meeting in Senate
District 20.
From 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 pm. Tuesday. November 16.
1993, Erl) Memorial Student Union. Maple Room. U of O.
Please plan to attend this TownhaU meeting where you
can meet Senator Peter Sorenson and share your views
on the "State of the State."
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Career fair to feature speaker
By Jenni Stone
for rr*> QroQoo n»r>y fmer/tU
The dean of the Mc.Intire School of Common* at
the University of Virginia, who served in the Rea
gan and Rush administrations, will in- the keynote
minority speaker at the Minority Graduate Career
Fair hosted by the University Inw school Saturday.
Dr. Bonnie Guiton holds numerous awards and
honors, including the National Women's Econom
ic Alliance Foundation 1992 Directors C hoice
Award and the National Coalition of 100 Black
Women's CANDACE Award. Guiton will give her
address at the conclusion of the fair
Guiton served under President George Bush as
spc< ial advisor for consumer affairs and direr tor of
the United States Of Fie e of Consumer Affairs For
President Ronald Reagan, she served as Assistant
Sei rotary in the U S. Department of Education and
vice chairwoman of the U S Postal Rate Commis
sion.
It's amazing. everything she's done." said |arie
Gordon, assistant dean of the University School of
Law.
Gordon, who is in charge of and helped plan the
minority conferenc '*. said the fair is aimed at peo
ple of color in high school. college. or even those
thinking alxcut ( hanging carwers
Workshops will lie offered by the University's
graduate programs and departments In addition,
panels of professionals from different fields will
share their edu« ational and occupational experi
ences
"I personally think it 's never too early to start
thinking about these things, said Shawn Burnett,
a two-year low student in charge of public rela
tionss for the event. "I think it's going to lx- a very
good program this year ”
The second Minority Graduate Career Fair will
also feature exhibit tables with information con
cerning admission (undergraduate and graduate),
financial aid. testing, housing and minority sup
port servu es.
The fair is scheduled from 8:30 a m. to IT to
p m. at the t tniversity School of Law this Saturday
it is free and refreshments will be served. To reg
ister. < all 340-3853.
Chinese student union offers much
By Daniel West
(w- >y> Dtuly f
The Chines** Student Assot in
lion was established on this
(auipus in the late l*l70s under
the student program proposed at
that time
Chinese students were then
and are now the second largest
group of students on the cam
pus The student union was cre
ated to aid the chinese students
on this campus
today. the Chinese student
union remains to help the large
(Chinese population on this i am
pus The purpose of the student
union is to coordinate the acad
eme as well as sot.inI events for
the i hinese students
Bee ause some Chinese pen
pie are new to this country. I
want them to meet with other
Chinese and interact with
them " said Bin—-Chong Vao.
dire* tor of the Chinese Student
Asmm tation. "Mv other purpose
is to expose this campus to chi
nese culture.''
Vao said the Chinese student
union hasn't i hanged much in
the past decade, but admits that
the student union used to he
made up of more graduate stu
dents Of the ( urrent student
union members, about 50 per
cent are actively involved The
Chinese student union sponsors
many films and events through
out the year.
The student union is show ing
a film called / no i'nn-milling
lVorw*n. Nov K> at f> to p.m. in
150 <Columbia. The film is about
two Chirms** polii.*> wonwn who
are Irving to solve a difficult
cast*.
The movio was filmed in
Hong Kong and features ninny
shots of the city The film will
give the Chinese students on
opportunity to socialize.
Another event that the Chi
nese Student Association orga
nizes is China Night, usually
around the Lunar New Year.
The night begins with a fair fea
turing Chinese art and food
preparations.
This program, which includes
singing, dancing and musical
performmu is. is scheduled tor
1 eb 1'! at 6 p m at the LMl ■
MURAL
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'Individual purls (of the mural) are a ms story."
Murray said "Often it isn't until I get across the
parkin# lot In-fore 1 see what it s going to look like
Murray, who was a graphu artist and art direr
tor for family Boating and Txplorer. has also
worked as stage designer and illustrator lor Oregon
Repertory Theater and the Kugene Bullet. Recent
ly, she was s< enii artist and crew foreman for the
movie The Grand Tour and the sequel to the tele
vision movie, Sarah. Plain and Tall.
Art Alley is a permanent exhibit of large, color
ful murals painted oil the bat ks of buildings in the
alley between Main and A streets and In-tween Pio
neer Parkway Hast and 7th Street in the downtown
Depot Distrii t area. The Oregon Trail mural, locat
ed on a wall of the Sutton Block Building -it 500
Main St., will In- the 12th work in Art Aliev.
After finishing the Oregon Trail mural, Murray
wants to go back to working with fiberoptics. a
medium that uses intense light and small, thread
like tulles.
"I like mixing high-tech with the classic look.”
she said. "I like using some realism, something
familiar so that people can connect, (and) they can
have some idea of what the artist is talking uImiui
Murray laughs adding, "And I like to warp poo
“Individual parts (of the mural)
are a mystery: Often it isn't
until I get across the parking
lot before I see what it's going
to look /ike.”
Ann Woodruff Murray
Junction City artist
pie's minds "
When she signs the muni I. Murray plans to ded
icate it to the artists of tile Qrugon Trail era
"I wouldn't be able to construct some of this
without paintings from those artists.'' she said
"I’ve never drawn buffalo before. I've never seen
a buffalo. I had to find about six paintings of bison
or buffalo and put them all together.''
Murray, who has been involved in art ever since
she cun remember, said. "Kmotionally, my tem
perament was made for this
I would have been an artist had I been born
mate or female, any other race, any other creed."
Murray said. She gestured toward the mural "A
lot of this happens in spite of me A lot of happy
ac i idents happen often enough, and this is the
result "
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Good Through December J, 1993