Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1995)
Oregon Daily THURSOAY, APRIL 6.1995 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 96. ISSUE 126 I Eric Smith a senior at Sheldon High School works on his bike with Dave Flores, an Instructor in the Life Skills Blcycie shop, which is local ed behind the school It Is a self supporting, non-profit organization that provides work experience for high school students Bike shop owner peddles experience for kids Community: The local program offers youths more than just bike repair training Ben Moeblus Gregory CWy Emtr&kf Hike repair can involve much more than truing n wheel or replacing bearings The Life Skills Bicycle Shop, housed in the comer of a large com rete room at the bat It of Sheldon High St hool it al training ground for life, said Dave Flores, the instructor at the shop "There is a bigger picture here that is often overlooker!," Flores said The hike shop was designed as part of the Life Skills Network at Sheldon High School. It is a self-supporting. nonprofit organisation that works with sHioetil*. many of whom am sjMsial education chil dren . to teach them how to repair bicy cles. As Flores walked around the shop, dis cussing the challenges of bike repair, a myriad of larger issues surrounding this simple bit vt U* shop started to unfold Flores talked about how his students were finishing a job on a gray ten speed that belongs to a teacher from Cal Young High School Then he talked about the importance of vocational education in con temporary society "There am still a large number of people that take these c lasses who will never see higher education." he said. “We need to teach these kid* |>nit tiuil skills so that they can make it oitt.tr they got out into the com munity "And yet wn are string loss and less uti lization of vocational education these days." he said. The shop seeks to teach students the fundamentals of operating a small business and Ihe importance of team work and col laborative problem-solving, he said Horns is also seeking to develop strong ties to the community by offering bicycle rejimr serve es to anyone that net>ds them "We provide quality servo e to the com munity at reasonable pri< os." he said I he students at the shop will do com Turn to FLORES, Page 3 Candidate stampede surprises ASUO Elections: Applicant-, rush to file for student government races Amy Columbo ll itltuos! could have boon rilunl ,i'. i stai n [*'1ir A slam JH'dii that IH) UIU’ i X[HM li'ij l int AM () oflii «• was fitmhIiml Wednesday afternoon with stu dents tia||er to run for student (hhH of (it is next year, inn rush to hi nt tin’ ’• p m candidate til mg (UMHiisnu A total of Hfi students applied lo run for office,*, ami all ASUt) positions, wscnpton« s t ii d t» n t MmtlH seat, will be con tested Tuesday night no [’# -I A© / I. eC*' ■ A 1 ompioto list of candidates who have filed for ASUO positions PAGE 3 ASUO position was contested "Hs this afternoon, it was chaotic." saul Jennifer D/iekan, the AM K) elts turns < iKirtiitmlor She saiti the student turnout Wednesday was enormous Five in kels are in the rat » for ASUO Executive next year. Jennifer Williamson, presi dential candidate, and Zachary Kelton, vice presidential candi date, said they would like to saw every qualified student lie aide to afford a complete education, all students to receive a high quality education and to create a community of tolerance and respect. (Tins Kantrowitr. presidential candidate, and Niki Scott, vice presidential candidate, said they would like to lower the cost of education, restructure the A.St JO to encourage external activism Turn t CANDIDATE, Page t ■ GOOD MORNING ► CHICAGO (AP) — Ency clopaedia Bntanmca. the oldest continually published English lan guage encyclopedia in the world, is strapped for cash to compete « cyberspace The 226-year-old Chicago based company survived the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution but is fight ing for its We m the information revolution. "We need capital and are con fident we can secure it," compa ny President Peter Norton said in a statement Tuesday. Possibilities for raising money include selling off Bntannica or seeking investors or business partners, company officials said "Our goal is fo preserve Ency ctopaedia Brilanntca as an insti tution. and to continue to devel op new products and explore alternative sales channels " Encyclopaedia Brrtanmca has not turned a profit since 1990, when it earned $40 million on sales ot $650 million Sales dropped to $453 million last year and the company expects further declines this year An industry analyst blamed the decline on Encyclopaedia Bnianmca’s longstanding reluc tance to publish an electronic version, and on the expense ot both the hard-bound and recent ly introduced CD-ROM versions A 32-volume, hard-bound set costs about $1,500 The CD ROM version costs S995. World Wide Web will replace Gopher Computers: The Web technology includes “home pages," video images and audio Abe Estimada ft) ir*> Oeyon fmetakt The University will take a gigantic leap into the 21st century on Aug 31, when it trades in its Gopher servers for the multimedia magic: of World Wide Web “World Wide Web is the happening thing." said Rich Haller, a computer consultant from the University's Computing Center. The Computing Center U responsible for wiring the University's computer systems. "New and fun things are on the Web, and Gopher is stagnant." Haller said. “The Web’s where the action is at." Colleges and universities nationwide are mak ing the switch to World Wide Web, or “the Web." for short, and the University is following suit. he said Using the University Gopher servers, whu.h came on line three years ago. students and fat uIty i an find information available 24 hours n day about the campus, schools, courses and library materials. Professor I Q Johnson, from the computer and information science department, said Gopher is accessed approximately 40.000 times a week. The University's (iopher servers can also con mat with other Gopher servers all over the globe, providing almost limitless information for user* The Web offers the same servicers and mom Unlike Gopher, the Web allows individual stu dents. faculty members or programs to construct "home pages" or Information directories about themselves using the most advanced technolo gy Involving computer generated video images and audio. Students, faculty members and groups have already began making use of the Web's pyrotech Ium '<> WEB, Piuje -)
