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OPEN 24 HOURS LANE COUNTY'S #1 FITNESS & AEROBIC CENTER A [Jinan (X Intrrpcwc. Inc .PRE-OPENING •SPECIALS!*' WOO. . .ss& FIRST 100 NEW MEMBERS f OPENING SOON 25,000 5Q. FT. LOCATION. 3rd & LAWRENCE DOWNTOWN EUGENE 686-GOLD CURRENT LOCATION 2370 WEST 11 th AYE., EUGENE 86-2633 3 Building bridges a way of life for student Pat Daly Orp'jcn Dmfy Emmr&a building Bride's is more than (tit* limine to this year % Martin Luther King Celebration I or University student Mujo (ksoper-Henry, building bridges t* a form of personal growth "I feel if people learn to com municate. it could « hange a lot of poor pernpei Uses." he said "It could really bring out a lot of lustier issues " Lor this scars Martin Luther King Celebration, Maajo put together svhnt he call* Cultural Comrnunkatlon Artistry, a dis cussion panel focusing on com munii ation bridges between the University and the Eugene com munity. The disi ussion panel will take plat e Jan 19 at 7 p.m in the I.MU Lountam Court ( illfe This is n pro|et:i Maajo has been developing on his own sine e last summer lie savs it is about connecting with African Ament an men and women, in I t he - . : 1 . i i communities who have been successful in their fields Maa jo's idea was to i rente a network of these people for students to gel questions answered and exi hange ideas "Part of tm whole project was for me to contact people of African-American descent here in this community These are people who can help me climb the siw in! ladder," he said "I figure University life is real ly about contacting people who you're going to do business with inter on in life " As Maajo worked with con tat ts he already had, like advis ers and teachers, his network grew One person, he salt) would pul him in contac t \sith another pwrson or tvso, "Eventually," he said. “1 was able to build myself my own kind ol phone book Multit ulluml Affairs adviser James Flortmdo directed Maajo to Jane Maitland-Ghol.xon, pro fessor of fine arts ami coordina tor for tlie Martin Luther King Celebration Both Florendo and Maitland Gholson mw Maajo's networking projec t as fitting neatly into the school'* King cel ebration theme of Building Bridges But building a projei 1 like Maajo'* was no easy task Tve come across tome obsta r.les." he said Maajo said he tried to work with some of the student leaders on i ampus to get them to net work with him He said he wanted to "work together and bring up some good ideas or some novel wavs of approve hing issues Not being a member of any student groups, Maajo ret eived little support from these organi zations "A lot of these group leaders already had their own intentions their own directions," Maajo said. Some student leaders, iike Women's Center director 1 itrtin.i We). I, -,s t ■ i-n sup ooriive of Maajo In far t. Welch hopes to take part in the dis< US sion panel For the most port," Maajo said, “a lot of the people I’ve come across have been vsilling to help, to say "I like what you've put together, I want to be a part of it People Mu.ijo worked with at other institutions — such as Donna Alvero, head of the affir motive action offii e at Line Community College were vital to his research, he said "She directed me to a lot of other good people over there, people like jeary Morrison, a student at LCC He's given me a lot of information and guid ance." Maajo found plenty of people at the University willing to help too, like Pearl Hill, director of Upward Bound, and Carey Dray ton, director of the Office of Public Safety Others helping Maajo were jane DeCldio of the University Race Task Force and Associate Dean of Students Gregg l.obisser. both of whom H&Sfil&KOMXmSBf Maajo Cooper-Henry and his dog Baa«n|l relax In the Fountain Court where the Cultural Communication Artistry panel will take place on Thursday at 7 p m. helped him find money for the projtx t Manjo's deduction to this pro ject is what impressed the peo ple he worked with "Maajo's follow-through is wonderful." said Welch “He has a lot of heart and a lot of energy, and initiative you don't walls sets a lot of,” i oinsser was impressed by Stiiaju's program itsell "It has broad appeal." he said, “jltj has a little hit for every body." Eugene City Councilman Bob by Green, who also is vice chair of the African American Com munity Coalition. was impressed with Maajo's willingness to rework elements his project He wasn't afraid to get in there and do the work." Green said. Many partic ipating in the dis cussion panel have a had posi tive influenc c< on Maajo People such as University creative writ ing instructor Dwayne Thomas and Randy Ross, leader of the reggae hand People's Choice. "These two guys, they really helped me along the way. Mua jo said. Upward Bound's iiiil will start off what Maajo calls the heart of the program, which is "the recognition of people of African decent who work on the campus and are strong people in their community." “These people are rnv person al role models." Maajo said. "They've taught me a lot. I figure a lot of people should hear what they have to say." 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