Energy campaign ends today
By Deirdre Dittman
I'here uiTr a lot of unseen crusaders .it the I ni
versitv this Hi'i’li
Some wont to school with wot hair Some rode
the weird-looking bike w ith the flashing bulbs in
the dormitory diningrooms Fvun some professors
turned out the lights m the middle of class to explain
.1 concept called electricity
Were these people i ra/.v or confused ’
No Not even close These people were taking part
in energy i onservation week
Today concludes the week long campaign titled
KKAI. Knergv" (renewable effii innt. affordable
and lasting energy! spoil sored hy OSI’IRt • and I'm
vorsitv Mousing, which began Feb It) with "lights
out" in the classrooms
Amy Ford, Alexa Teiple and Tobins Dodge, rep
resenting OSf’IKC., raised support for energy < on
servation using a creative attention getter a hike
This bike donated bv ! U 1 H III up when ped
dled .mil gathered quite .1 bit of attention
Mum students tried their talents on the light-rid
tng mat him
hasv ruling It was great'" I’tiil VY.ihlherg. .1 stu
dent, said after Ins test ride
Hut the tallies were set up for more than fun and
games
OSl’iKt. asked the students to sign a |H»titlon that
isill lie sent to the set retars of the Department of
Knergv. ila/ei Oleary The 1.000 petitions < ailed
for O'l.eary to shift 51 billion 111 the budget away
from polluting source* of energy and toward effi
i.ieiu.y and renewable*, sut h as solar or wtnd-pow
ervd energy
"The campaign is important because every per
son can take part in this 1 antpaign." Taiple said
Everyone < an share laundry or turn lights out 11ns
is a < ainpaign where everyone can do something "
Environmental institute
officially opens today
I'hf Institute for i Sustainable
Rnvironmenl officially opens
toda\ bringing several environ
mental programs now ill esis
tern e under one umbrella urge
nization
I'be mstitllte will host ( ere
monies throughout the day
The Unix ersitx has an out
standing record of itu ouraging
interdisciplinary work through
institutes sut h as tliis one, said
John Moselev, the University s
vie e president for research "Civ
en the verv high level of inter
est in the environment at the Uni
versity and in the local
community, the ISE should be
particularly sum essful and exi it
ing."
At 1 It) p in , an opening pre
sentation will lie held ill the I'M!
ballroom Don l.esh. president
and i liief executive offii or of the
t Doha I Tomorrow l loalition. w ill
talk on I1 S Progress Toward
Sustainability
At ^ to j) m . opening ■ ere
monies will i tinvene at the in si i
lute s offices Room 1 III Hen
dru ks
An open house is scheduled to
start IS minutes later at the ins!i
ttlte s ntfn I's .mil thi’ ilistituti' s
hihs lo< ated in Room -00 Hen
dru ks
l-uter .it 4 (im . i rei eptiotl will
hi' hold .it (sillier House fi-.ilni
ing (dohal Tomorrow Coalition
President Don l.osh and Vu <•
President I)nino I.owrie
rho Global Tomorrow ( oah
lion represents .1 similar allmm o
on sustainable development,
except on .1 national si alo Their
moinbors im ludo I low (Ihemit al
Corp and the Ford Motor (airp .
at cording to the institute
Univorsity programs six h as
the environmental Studios Pro
gram, tho Orogon Instituto of
Marino Biology and tho Solar
Information Center tall under tho
institute's jurisdiction
Tho director of the now insti
tute. John Baldwin said tho pro
gram will focus on encouraging
cross-disciplinary environmen
tal rosoart h, odui at ion and pub
I ii sorv K o
I’roiocts supported In tho now
institute include a rovaow ol tho
Willatnetto River Basin and .1
study on ptiblit pox option of for
est pathw ays according to the
institute
CONVERSATIONS ON CURRICULUM:
SEXUALITIES IN THE
UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM
inter
SEX
ions
brtday, bebruary IS
“Mainstreaming the
Margins: Including
Sexuality Across the
Curriculum”
3:00-5:00 pm
(icrlinger Lounge
Soc i al (lathering
S U> pm
<. .crimper 1 ounpc
Rctreshnicnts ami
informal conversation
before (he Mari of the
llW4 l‘C) Queer Film Festival
Saturday, hebruary 19
“Queer Topics: Research and Courses
Focusing on Diverse Sexualities’
10:00 12:00 noon Walnut Room. 1 MU
“For People of All Sexual Orientations:
The Risks and Rewards of Ialking About
Sexualities in the Classroom"
1:00 TOO pm Walnut Room. T.Ml
• Requests tor s*gn language interpreters need to t** made t* ’ * ?'
for fi/ther information and otftet requests for accommodatK/is to doabtty
caH Jackie Bal/er a!«503] 346-1142 or Mark Turner «*? S03i 34b 4863
Sponsored bv the l tmerxirv at ( begun Standing t ommilirt on t »jv 1 csbun
and Bucxual ( oncer m. < Mice of (hr l Van of Students, the hquiry Foundation
and tfte l enter for (Fie Studs of NX’oincn in Vkicrs
CORRECTION
Tlic Incidental Fee (aim
mitten approved funding Jail
11 for fi\ i' piMiplf to go on tho
l iun>d States Student Asso
i ml ion Iobh\ mg dnleg.it ion to
U tshingtnn. Ill . this Man h
Also, t SNA had no budget
for long-distant e phone i alls
1 bis information was mi or
reet in the | ,•(> H and Feb 1 ’>
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