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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1994)
UNIVERSITY Budget cuts reduce services for veterans By Dante) Brown For ttwt OrOQOn Daty £ rnfrakf Four work-study veterans face not only loss of employment hut reduced services. Lane County Vet erans' Services office recently announc ed a reduction in services for veterans, their surviving spous os and dependent children. In a press conference Friday morn ing ol the county veterans' services office, Clint Heath, a veterans' ser vices offic er, explained the results ol budget cuts "Not only have the cuts hurt the staff here ill tint office, hut we had to c ut all outreac h services too." Heath said "That means no sen ic.es for house-hound veterans in towns like Florence. Cottage Grove and Junction City and such." Services the veterans services office provides include some coor dination between the host of veter ans' organizations in the area, infor mation and support for veterans trying to get benefits from federal Veterans' Affairs, and compassion ate humanitarian aid to veterans Lane County contracts operation of the office to Vietnam Veterans of America all 4. the oldest chapter in the state The local office consists of an office manager, three veterans services officers and four work-study veterans There are about 35.000 veterans in Uine Countv The United States Department of Veteran*' Affair* indi cated that last year they received more than $24 million in benefits and other monies. Much of it. as Heath said, was through assistance and support from the veterans ser vices office "It's quite an investment, if you ask me." said Tom Stewart, a vet* cran of the Vietnam conflict. "For the $50,000 the county invests we return $24 million." Stewart went on to suggest the U S Department of Veterans' Affairs is "the adversary" and veterans are fort til to earn their benefits twice — "once in military service and once through the V A . and this office is an invaluable help." ART BRIEFS • Stanford law Professor fan Ayers will present n free lecture titled "Racial Disc rimination in Hail Set ting" at 4 pm today in Room 12*1 of the University School of Law. For more information, call the Blac k Stu dent Union ut 34(>-437f); the .School of law at 346-1561 or 346-3830; or Diane Wong at 346-2860 • The University Lundquist Cen ter for Business Development will sponsor an Oregon Lntarprise Forum today at the Valley River Inn, 1000 Valiev River Way. Kugene The soc ini hour with no-host c.oc ktails begins at 5 p in and the program will last from ti to 7 tr> p m. The Burley Design Cooperative, n tandem hike mnmif.u turer. will present its busi ness plan, and panelists and the audience will he allowed to point out the strengths and weaknesses in the plan. The forum offers exposure to what's going on in the business i (immunity unci how experts in oper aliens, marketing and finance give advice to companies at a critical stage of development The cost is $10 in advance or $15 at the door, but University faculty and students cam attend for $5 For more information or to register, call Karlin Conklin ut .440-3312. • The film A Celebration of On gins, part of the Southeast Asian Brown Bag Talks, will lie shown at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Jan. liO in FMU Century Room F'. There is no admis sion charge. For more information, call 346-1521. • Adventurer l.iane Owen will share climbing slides and stories from Chile's Torres del Paine to Denali at noon Wednesday’ in EMU Room 37 There is no admission charge. For more information, call 340-4 305. • Avalanc he expert Jim Blanc.hard will offer a free presentation on avnliinc he safety and resc lie proc e dures at 7 p in Wednesday in Room 242 of ( ierlinger Hall For more infor mation, c all 346-4365 • Chris Daly will give a free pre sentation a hoot the new Oregon precipitation map as part of the geography lea series at 4 p m Thursday. Jan. 27 in Room 106 ( amdon For more information, c all 140-4555 • The University Museum of Nat ural History will present a lecture bv Dave Brainier, an associate profes sor of anthropology at Oregon State University, entitled "Between the Lines Parly F'renc.h-Canadian Set tlement in the Willamette Volley, on Thursday from 4 30 to 5:30 p in at the museum. 1680 H 15th Ave A $! donation is encouraged The lec - ture is part of the museum's "How the West Was Really Won Prehis toric and Historic Settlement in Ore gon” series whic h will continue eac h Thursday until March 3. For more information, cull the museum at 346 3024. • Undergraduate fiction and poet ry writers will read from their work as part of the University Kidd Tuto rial Readings at 7 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 27 in the Cumwnod Room of the EMU. There is no admission charge. For more information, call 340-0540 • The University School of Music Faculty String Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at Beall Concert Hall.961 F lHthAve Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for stu dents and seniors. For more infor mation, call 348-5678. • "Soaring at the Sorting: Dance 314" will he presented by the Uni versity dance faculty and guest artists the Creach/Koester Dance Company at 7:30 p.m Friday and Saturday, at the Sorong Theatre in the Hull Outer Faculty choreogra phy and student dam ers will he featured Tickets are Sit) for getter al admission and $6 for students and seniors For more information, call I.isa Arkin at 346-3366 or 340 3387. • The Until Chronicles, a play by Wendy Wasserstein. continues in the University’s Robinson Theater. 1 109 Old Campus Lane, at 8 p.m Friday and Saturday Tit kets are $8. $6 and $4 50 For more infor mation, call 346-4191 • Saturday art classes for children will lie tmgin at 8 30 a m Saturday, |an 24. at Lawrence Hall. 1190 Franklin Blvd . and will continue through March 5. The classes, which are taught by University students under the supervision of art faculty, offer students from kindergarten through the fifth grade an opportu nity to participate in designed arts activities The program is sponsored by the University Arts and Admin istration Program and the Continu ing Education Office For more infor mation. call 346- 4231 Classes on law offered to public By Julie S wen sen Oregon Q**V fmenvo University students and community members who have legal questions about topics ranging from bankruptcy to how to clear a credit report can obtain free legal informa tion through a program offered at the University School of law. The People's I.aw School has presented lectures to the public for years on those topics and others such as employ ment discrimination, personal injury, and what to do if you're charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. The lectures, which are taught bv local practicing attorneys and law school students, will he presented in an eight week series laginning next month. While the classes can't offer specific legal advice on a particular case, the lectures do provide general legal infor mation and can educate members of the community on what rights exist for them in the judicial system. "It's important for people to realize that the law school is not just here to educate students, but that it also wants to provide for the community," said Angi Lee, director of the People's Ijiw School. The organization, which has been around since the 1070s, was established out of a desire for community out reach on behalf of the students and local attorneys, said Dave Frohnmayer. dean of the law school "There's a great hunger for legal knowledge, and a great need for it," Frohnmayer said "There ought to be ways people can get that without attending three years of law school." The classes are beneficial because they allow people who are c onsidering filing for bankruptcy, for example, to learn about tin* options available to them without having to pay a consultation fee to a private attorney, Lee said. The program also benefits the lawyers, who are given an avenue to perforin community service, and the law stu dents. who are considering going into n certain area of law, Lee said. There has been a good response from the community to the program, said Tori Lemmon, executive assistant to the dean at the law school. People often call the law school to ask what the topic for the next class will be, and some peo ple come every night that the lectures are offered. "There's a regular group of people who count on it," lannman said. All classes start at 7 p.tn. ami are hold in Room 129 of the law school. The schedule of topics for February through March is as follows: Bankruptcy. Feb. 2; Juvenile Law, Feb 9; Criminal l-aw, Feb 16. Wills and Trusts, Feb. 23; Personal Injury. March 2; Employment Discrimination, March 9: What to do if you get a DUI1, March 16; and Con sumer Rights — How to clear your credit report. March 30. For more information, contact Angi Lee at 345-5847. 941 OAK STREET Steven J ACROSS FROM THE OVERPARK FALLS WINTER MEN’S CLEARANCE SALE Polo jjj Ralph Lauren SPORTSWEAR 50% OFF ENTIRE FALL & WINTER STOCK ON SALE NOW 24*1 $3 DI|oa Movie flight ifeatuuny movie* in 3-‘J) at 9 ff A. 11:3C pm. 2M W Henry's CUM Ohra (\em Seattle MtSjM'W *** 33 Ilyin Kpnnts Her Umber 13 ■UHl Mill!) 342-3351 iota's i i»iSi lain Now Open Sundays Open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner ❖ Rice Bowls ❖ Korean Buffet 4-8 Mon.-Sat. ❖ Daily Specials R>iouli 1689 Willamette St. 7 8 Mon. I ri., 7-2 Sat. 343-1542 PAPER DUE? FIND SOMEONE TO TYPE IT IN THE ODE CLASSIFIEDS