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New home combines energy efficiency with low cost oy ua miciccii Pr»gat'1 0*V hnatakf The dedication of a completed "super energy efficient" house in Springfield her alded a possible now trend in energy conserving, low-income housing The house was designed to meet the Bonneville Pow er Administration's long-term Super (iood Cents energy standards. Tlie project, which had a goal of building a house that simultaneously met the Bon neville Power Administration's long-term energy standards and lower-than-nverage building costs, joined the efforts of the Uni versity's Center for Mousing Innovation, Goldonridge Construction Co. and St. Vin cent de Paul. The house will be rented to a low-income family by St. Vincent de Paul. Terry MacDonald, executive director of Lane County's St. Vincent de Paul, said that projects like this are steps toward creating "an inclusive society where all jieople nan participate in the American dream." The house, a two-story, three-bedroom with two bathrooms, uses 40 percent less energy than a comparable structure that meets Oregon building codes, but costs less than a conventional frame house built to the same standards. G.Z. Brown, from the Cen ter for Housing Innovation at the Univer sity, explained the innovations which combined high-performance with lower costs. One such innovation is the stressor! skin insulation panels, refined by University researcher*. The panel* don’t have studs in •horn like most houses. rather. they are built from (ward* around an inner. Styrofoam like core Electrical wiring can be placed inside this core. The result of stressed skin insulation |>aneling is reduced heal loss Because this type of paneling can cost more, the research and building learns cut the panels carefully so that comers cut off of pieces used on one side of the house could be user! on the other U S Representative Pete DsFazio said that "federal tax dollars well spent" wont into the project He ceremonially cut the large ribbon that wrapped around the circum ference of the house Deputy Assistant of the U S. Department of Energy, John Milhone, said that ho sees "good things coming out of Oregon." and Do Fazio hinted that research partnerships such as this may set an example of build ing low-cost, high-efficiency housing spe cific to climates and conditions in communities all over the country. Springfield Mayor Bill Morriaette said that the city was happy to waive the build ing fists and purcliase the land for the house, and that he looked forward to partnerships producing more low-cost and energy effi cient housing in the future. MacDonald said that St Vincent do Paul will choose the low-income family that will reside in the house from a list of applicants and based on their median income. Noil traditional families will also lx* considered HHjHHf.. The University Center for Housing Innovation designed this low-cost, energy effi cient home ms a research project that will also provide a home to a low-income family. Student Bar Association to receive funds By Edward Klopfenstein for the Oregon Da>ty t met aid The Student Senate approved $f>00 in loans and outright aid to the Student Bar Association (SBA) last Thursday so the group's president can attend an Aug. 3 conference sponsored by the American Bar Association. The Senate also approved the shift of about $1,000. left over from KWVA's 1093-94 budget, to the radio station's current budget. The KVVVA request was approved unanimously. Senate members did not consider a $3,220 re quest by the Black Student Union, which would have been used to purchase a computer, because no BSU representative attended the meeting. By phone Monday. Zeenab Johnson, of the BSU. said she could not make the meeting because of classes and will present the requost at the Senate's next meeting. In other Senate news, ASUO President Leslie Warren and Vice Provost for Academic Support and Student Services Gerard Moseley said in sep arate interviews that they would approve a $15,000 over-realized account allocation to the Child Care Task Force. The money will pay off a loan received from the Incidental Fee Committee last spring that was made to offset a budget shortfall. If the officials didn't approve the allocation, about 25 fewer student families would have re ceived a Task Force subsidy, which can pay up to half of daycare costs. According to the revised Clark Document, the operating document for student government, both officials must approve allocations from the over realized account, which is student fees paid by more than the fall enrollment estimate Warren, who originally made the request to the Senate, said that as of Monday, she is still waiting for official notification from the Senate saying that the group approved the $15,000 request Warren said she needs that confirmation before acting on the Senate approval Concerning the SBA. Katrina Brown, the group’s president, originally requested over $1,000 so she could attend this year's ABA Law Student Divi sion Assembly, to be held in New Orleans August 3 through August H. The annual event is usually covered by fundrais ing or grunts from the law school, but this year, no such money was available. Brown said. The ASUO Executive representative Kristen McCowan said the ASUO was concerned over the budget and recommended that the Senate should only pay the registration fee Senator Suh-Shyun Yeoh motioned to accept the ASUO recommendation but the motion died for lack of a second Senator Martin Fisher also motioned to accept the ASUO recommendation but add an $H13 loan so the SBA would only have to pick up the $100 difference. Senator David Reed seconded the motion, but it later failed by a vote of one to three. The final motion, giving the SBA u $400 loan and a $200 grant, was approved unanimously 4 0-0. CODES Continued from Page 1 crimination and sexual harassment are lumped together" in the umu set of codes, Drescher said She said that with sexual harassment, them am more devel oped law and higher standards that exist The University could have adopted the same standards for racial disi rimination, hilt didn't. I he key difference is that enforcement of the racial discrim ination codes rests u|x>n the fierpetnitor s intent to hurt or harass the victim, while sexual harassment codes adopt the "reason able woman " standard In other words, an alleged perpetrator of sexual harassment can receive punishment even if he did not intend to harass the victim, as long as his actions were per ceived as harassment by a reasonable woman. Swan said, "What we set out to do was amend the sexual harassment rule," so that the grievance process for all types of harassment is extended to :tfiS days, and that the discrep ancies in wording of the sexual and racial intimidation rules "doeffli't change the way (racial harassment cases) get investi gated." Drescher is unhappy with another aspect of the rule con cerning sexual harassment arising from course materials She said if a biology professor shows slides of the female anato my, and slips in a crude joke, according to the rule the incident would bo termed harassment only if the unwanted behavior should "opportunistically re-occur" and only with "clear and convincing evidence to inflict harm." Drescher. who said the uhove is a classic example of dis crimination against women in medical schools, said that under University codes, a professor could influ I that type of harass ment and then get off the hook by saying he did not intend to inflict harm. 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