‘Mall rats’ voice opinions at open-mike poetry reading
Suzanne Marta
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Family, love and frustration of
homeless youth were the themes
of the open-mike poetry reading
rending delivered to the standing
room only crowd at Mother
Kali’s,
Community and < ity leaders
listened Saturday as homeless
youths, known as “mall rats,"
expressed their opinions on var
ious topics at the poetry reading.
"The mall rats are my family,”
said Latasha. an 18-year-old
woman who has been a mall rat
for the past four years.
latasha is one of the older mall
rats and considers herself a moth
er to the younger kids
"When I have food stamps, I
spend them on the kid* and if I
have a place to stay 1 make sure
the younger ones are there so
they won't have to stay up all
night outside." she said.
I.ike many of the older mall
rats. Uitashn said helping the kid*
at the mall is important
"1 help the kids because kids
on the street don't belong there."
I jitashn said "They belong in a
home and going to school "
She said the mall rats' biggest
needs are shelter, something to
do in return for shelter and a way
for kids to finish school.
Human Rights Commission
member Neil Van Steenbergen
was impressed with the presen
tation by the mall rats
"I was touched by the strength.
minority and dignity of these peo
ple." Van Steenbergen said
More than 25 mall rat* <-arn« to
the open-mike event to rwad their
poetry and answer quest ion*
from the community.
Pearl Wolfe of the Looking
files* program "New Roods" said
there are as many a* 50 kid* liv
ing out on the mall now and will
l>« about 100 to 150 in the sum
mer
"These are our kid* and they
am a [x»rt of our community,1* *he
said “If we don't want them to
I* homeless adults, then we have
to give them options."
The "New Roads” program
meet* the kids' basic needs until
they <an stand on their own and
has had a 70 percent success rate
for it* first year
The open-mike event was
organized by Linda Savior, a
Lugene woman who has been
working with the youths sine e
August of 10<M
Saylor asked for community
involvement and donations to
support the kids
There is no government fund
ing for 10 to lfi year olds and if
you're living on the street*, you
can't get food stamps." she said.
Paul Howard, a Eugene man
who was homeless only five
y ears ago. stays in < ontai I with
five to six kids on a regular basts
and frequently provides a place
for them to sleep
“They can stay as long as
they re not high or intoxicated."
he ««id
Howard w«* impressed with
the solidarity of the mail rats
"Five years ago, 1 never saw
kids Ifrorn the malll get up and
give a poetry reading." he said
"Five years ago in the mall, they
weren't doing anything but get
ting into fights and going to
jail.”
CD, a 19-year-old mall rat,
said the moll was his home and
that the mall rats were real peo
ple
"Mall rats are not outcasts,”
CD said. We are your future."
The event ended with a poem
about common bonds read in
unison by the kids and a chorus
of "Ijean on Me." with the audi
ence clapping to the lieat.
Competitor, Russian professor will teach Sambo spring term
Dawn Paugh
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WhiMi Russian bom Sergei Matveev. 17,
dim (nit ad in the tnth World Sambo (^lam
pion ship*, it was Ih<< first time ho wasn't
on tho Russian loam He was competing
against them for tho U.S. team.
The University Studont Affairs Division
sponsored Matveev, a masters student, to
travel and compote with the U.S team last
Oi toirer at the World Championships
After sis days in Novi Sail, Yugoslavia,
Matveev came back to the United States
with a fifth and sisth plat e standing out
of contestants in Ins weight division. A
total of ‘KM) athletes from .17 different coun
tries parlii ipated in the World Champi
onships
It was Matveev's t hlldhood dream to
compete in the World Championships Not
only was he the oldest man on the U.S
team, he was tho only Russian.
"It was a very unusual thing being a
Russian guy on the U S team and corn
peltng against the Russian team," Matveev
said
"The opportunity to help sponsor an
international student as part of the U.S.
InUTVEEV
National Team waa
too exciting and
unusual to jusi up.”
said t.erry Moseley,
vice provost for Aca
demic: Support and
Student Servic e*.
Matveev has 25
years experience
teaching Judo. Jic»-Jit
su and Samho in Rus
sia His interest in
Samho. the Russian
lorrn oi |uao. oegati wnon ms minor intro
duced the sport to him at th» age of 12
His honor* include All USSR Judo
Champion and the bronze at the l'KH U S
Judo National Championships
"Sambo (which moans the gentle way)
ts n sport which you enjoy." Maleev said.
“ You feel i onifortahle with your own inner
power and strength It is a small model
of life Sometimes vou win, other times
you lose You have to learn to he disci
plined and well organized to succeed in
Sambo."
Last Saturday. Matveev taught a free
Judo workshop, which focused on the
nm hanics, basic aspects and philosophy
of Judo Me also stressed the importance
of falling down correctly Matveev pm
sen led video < lips from the 1982 Olympic
Games in Barcelona. Italy Judo is the
only Olympic sport among nil martial
arts, ami it is very popular in more than
140 countries
Judo, whose terms are all in Japanese,
allows a person the ability to get maxi
mum effect with minimum effort Throw
ing your competitor, using a sweeping
action technique, using an arm lock,
using a leg lock and < holing techniques
are some various ways to win a Judo
match.
Matveev said there are thousands of
styles of each of these techniques. These
forms of controlling an opponent are
powerful and sometimes dangerous
because it can cause the person on
defense to pass out
At the Iwginning of a Judo match,
Matveev said it is important to get n good
grip of your component.
The competitor* gain control of one
another by how good of a grip on the Judo
uniform they can get After a good throw.
the thrower is the 'winner by ippon."
When there are no throws and no points
awarded to either side within a six
minute match, then it is up to the fudges
to decide who is deemed the winner
Matveev said in some cases where one
person has another person in a choking
lock, the one being choked will give a
sign to one of the throe judges or the per
son being choked will simply roll over
This is how some competitors pass out
from lack of oxygen ns a result of refusing
to submit to a loss
The clothing worn for Judo practice
and competition is what is called the
Judo Ghi The Ghi consists of a long
sleeved white jacket, long white pants
and shoes that look much like free-styw
wrestling shoes.
A class in judo, composed of instruc
tion, demonstration and application will
l>e offered this spring at the University.
Matveev will be offering Judo to both stu
dents and community members that will
lie taught Monday and Wednesday from 7
to 8 p m. The CRN number for the class is
38179.
For more information, < all 348-4113,
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The process of applying for
research grants begins when the
federal government puts out a
request for proposals on various
electronic billboards Faculty
mumtiors from across the coun
try. interested in that particular
field submit proposals
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provost for research, said gov
ernment funded research is much
more focused on finding answers
to particular problems. Howev
er, research funded by a founda
tion is more flexible and
interested in discovering new
information rather than measur
ing it.
About 670 faculty research pro
posals were made last year, 540
of them were granted
The only money provided
directly by the University
includes seed money for summer
research. Every year a faculty gov*
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professors with S-t.lKK) stipends
to conduct such research as start
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