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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1995)
STARTS MARCH 9th Cargo Sale Beet bargains of the yearlll Up to 90% off on close-outs and slightly damaged merchandise many unique Items while they lastl Also, lots of new spring stock arriving daily at both stores! IW, mra« Pub!* Itartut 0<fclWTHKAlT» ma E l3tTi A v» r«a u« Rxo»tekir FOLKWAYS IMPORTS ClQTHiNG JfWHRV fc fQtK ART (ROM AROUND TM( WORID Mac Court Madness Commemorative T-Shirts $15.99* ( ill 484 3060 to order or moil , now • 13lee advantage of this limited time offer FULL (OtOft PHOTO Of THE prr TH€W Full color process photo design on front, one color on bac t Printed on 100% cotton n<Mvyweight ? thirf THE WEST 6TH MAN IN THE NATION' printed on the back * S? *>0 Vtpptng und Hvxftfld dglVBy antyj thf ■ , p.i> •: • •• to AD s< )tUTIONS ,«nd m ?< > M.*C Court Madness . PO Box i! S9 f'ucjene OR9/40'i N»m«--Shirt Sira_ I Addwil___Hl| f_ ! City-St.___Z*p_ l 1 '* your ortlw t*> I*** Owp i >,***>■ (Eitht.^U 100 I MU (Jrw *-.*<.rr*go/' 3 # ‘*'**r# f?.» »'w * (4) I'*a tfwt ,w f**r* OP# |C*j ’-‘vrtj my wr^i jmj In commemoration of ^ WOMEN'S ~~ HISTORY > MONTH 1 Peer Health Education invites you to join us in a celebration of women Visit displays m the [MU and learn abort fiow women's body tmage fas evolved ftvough time, and how our roles m today s society affect our personal health, fitness anc nutrition! WHEN; Tuesday. March 7 A Wednes< lay, March 8, 10am 3pm WH E RE EMU Lobby WHY: to gatfrer resources and information about current health issues, such as • What exactty is tire H MALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROMf and are you at risk7 • FAT the good, the bad, tf>e dangers and the risks! Is there such a thing as 'too little fat7’ • and much more! Test your knowledge and awareness at our inter a. trve display Strengthen you body and mind and EMPOWER YOURSELF! -1 fHCk LX5 Student Health Center Health Education Program DAY CARE Continued from Page 1 dren, rooking meals. washing dishes and planning fmld trip* Alisa Stull, school-age program coordinator, believes that whan parent* take an a< live role m their children'* artivilla*, the day <art* program is more *u<«essful "We encourage parents to get involved." Stull said "Some parents don't want to or can't, and we don't hold it against them, but most find It bene ficial" Another advantage for parents who an* involved ts a reduced cost for their children's care With more volunteer help, the day care does not have to hire as many paid workers The age groups of the children continue well into elementary *< bool In addition to the toddler and pn*s* hool ages, a lati h key program cares for chil dren kindergarten to elementary school age* m the afternoon, after they are released from school One program for the latch key group is called "S< hoo! Dare Out," a day long schedule of activi ties for school-age children during breaks March 17 i% the next date for the event Planned activities include arts arid r rafts, bowling, a trip to the park and swimming Although the Amazon co-op i* located at the Amazon Kamil\ Housing area. which is nearly half empty, Stull said the children in the day cans cen ter come from all over However, being incorpo rated with Amazon Housing ha* caused some corn ern for the co-op workers a* to the day care * future ‘ It * been up and down; a real roller-coaster ride.” Stull said "We've been told we're not rebuilding, then that we're being rebuilt but not moving from one day care to the other.” For the first anniversary of the infant/toddler room, the co-op will have a tea party for the par ents of the children w ho have gone through the tod dler program The children are making decorations and gifts for their parents for the celebration. Prince feels it is important to realize how expen sive day (.are < an he and how programs like the Amazon co-op are helpful in making child care affordable. "Many parents wouldn't l»> in school if not for our low costs.” Print« said “Child t are is expen sive, and we can lower tin- cost when parents work cooperatively with us But the best thing is how the parents feed attached with their kids during the tint. while their kids can then be proud that their par ents are so involved with their lives " INTERNET Continued from Page 1 Originally four computer* were connected in California and Utah This new network was ( apable of sending ities sages and sharing files with olher users The system con tinued to grow, adding new universities and government agencies, according to an arti i te in P( Magazine. March 15, l®94 thmng the l'l/IK smaller out works sprang up and eventu ally agreed to join together Hy the tUHOs this "internetwork" of computers rear lied around the world, according to PC Magaunr No organization or group runs or monitors the internet, although the Internet Society, a group of volunteers consid ered Internet experts, doe* give some direction to the network The Internet is an expensive system that requires time and money to maintain Although University students do not pay money expressly for the Inter net, it does i <>st them The University pays about 120,000 i jfdf tor in Internet membership connection to NorthWestNet. which cunnoc ts to the rest of the Internet Addi tionally, it pays US West Com muniiations about $250 a month for a high-speed “Tl” line, which transfers about 1.5 megabits of information a sec • ond, Meyer said. One of the controversies < ir cling the Internet is about nc i ess The most convincing argument Meyer has heard equates the Internet with a library card If the Internet begins to cost more money it will Is* ome a thing of privilege for wealthier people, he said One thing is < ertaln, he said, more sites will charge sub scription rates, as soon as an efficient billing ran hanism is developed The Internet provides many services to users at no addi tional charge. E-mail is one of the most widely used services It lets a user send messages to other Users very quickly. Gopher servers allow users to find information by topic in a text-based menu interface. t Jsenet is a collection of pub lic bulletin boards tilled news groups that cover any subject from astronomy to zoology. Over 6,000 newsgroups exist where users um post and read messages. file Transfer Protocol (ftp) is a method of retrieving software and other files across the Inter net from sites such as Apple Computer or the shareware an hive at Washington Univer sity. The World Wide Web is a subset of the Internet which presents information with a graphical interim e WWW sites use a protocol which allows Web "pages" to utilize text and graphical data, as well as pro viding links to other pages The result is an easily-traversable web-like structure of intercon necting pages The number of Web pages online is growing exponentially. ■ ET ALS MKirTINtJi < *f< l« k ( on »«•«»»*.« ¥t.{\ r.w ’ *■ « I MU Cmituj-% Kikma I » lv*r»v. » IVoliwuajtl ■W^fkml <.rtmp ».il **** ' * A lt-.ni t la * ail the I immi S«h-k'«i Kiiofli 101, lifii Avetus* and tUiu.aiaj Sint* fat w-atf* ii:kmT**n<m o*|! 34f* iWi 1 Ml Hoard <U Ihmluft *•;»! :*««■» UxUy 4 *:> u> in Uw f£Mt* Bowl Itiom K«sr nw;r mfomiaUoij tail »4»> J’iO tr*i>«ri l.oi and tanul A Mum* »i »«M |.,i • n «-n • iln.ji IN (niufi N«,4thl M 6 m iho Kinnonu (junior MU Kim aid M Km nii-ro ■; *1! .14(1 JMtl M!m>uanuh;s AmofnuAl Amrtuan Sludonl I moa will », i n , m uil mer.i «* togothM ioday horn fi to 7 p ni at I ha Muhirwllunl Can (« I or wn lalnraiMHMi. tall MM Hi $ Easy Money $ compare Off Campus Living $470 month for rent, food & utilities* Cooking every day Washing dishes every day Hassle of commuting parking $ 1 (X) washers $ 1.00 dryers $18.16 monthly phone service (‘Com furrmhed f inancial Aid for W4 IWS) Residence Hall Living $.'68 month for rent, food & utilities* Food prepared for you Dishes washed lor you 5 10 minutes walk to class 50c washers free dryers Free local phone service based <>n Spring term rales) For more information, contact University Housing at 346-4277 immediately.