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WEB Continued from Page 1 mu Student and faculty hnnm pages ore filled with wanmii art and photograph* fts well ft* a variety of prose and poetry Some professors have added their i lass lecture notes and dia gram* to their home page* for students who could not make it to class "The technology makes it pm sihle for anyone to get on the Weh." Halter said "Gopher is more institutional, so you i an'l find any individual stuff at all on Gopher The Web's evolving There are Mime limits with whet you i an do, hut they're continu ally adding on more stuff " The Computing Center made its de< ision to convert from Gopher to the Weh Inst Febru ary, after recommendations made by the JO-member Univer sity Library World Wide Weh Committee, an advisory group composed of library staff. Com pilling Center staff and faculty The committee i oordinates the i omputer systems of the library and Computing ( enter, and advises campus depart ments on the Weh The University's Web com puter servers have been running alongside Gopher lor the last two years, hut the Weh did nut become on attrai live option to the i ommlitre until advances in the Web's multimedia capabtli ties took off "We didn't start promoting the Weh ns an alternative until it became clear that the Weh was far superior to Gopher," said Haller, who is also a memlx-r of the advisory committee "We r made the decision to got off the ftnct and go from the experi mental stage lo Ik* production stage The cost of duplic ating com putwr services a!co weighed in to the committee's decision to con vert to Web, he said Hafler and other technicians at the Com puling Center began phasing out Gopher last Mon day Computer users who lagged on to Gopher this week may have noticed the reduced Gopher menu Mailer said ho hopes most of the campus departments and programs will have switched to the Web by Aug tf Notues were sent out to professors and deportment* informing them of the change, and most of them have already began working on switching from Gopher to the Web However, the Web is still beset by some problems Users ai i essing the W*eb from their personal PCs will find that it's slow going downloading the Web's graphics Hut Gopher's retirement also signals the l University's entrance into what may turn out Hi be a revolutionary movement in the way individuals ext hnngo ideas and information along computer cylierspac a for a relatively low cost. "|The Web) w-ili be every w-hero,” Haller said "It started out as a university thing, hut now it has gone tmyond that As the price goes down and the speed goes up, people will be able to afford tins in their own homes Kventually, it will be as commonly used as the tele phone," a our eariU Ac\y section is coding up! look for it «pril 20th. Asia Day celebration highlights diversity Patrick Min ford ■"••part 0»*y ffWtakS A cultural celebration highlighting nearly a dozen Asian cultures will mark today's Asia Day festivities in the EMII. Asia Day is the third of four continent days that am* part of international Week, a celebra tion of diversity at the University sponsored by the International Students Association. International Week lets Americans know about cultures, said Jessica t.irn. the ISA Office Manager and one of Asia Day's organisers "Asia Day is a day where !Americans] have a chance to team about Asia " The celebration will start at 10 a m in the KMU court yard if the weather cooperates If it rains, events will lie in the KMU Fir Room. The first two hours will feature table present tations wiih nipn»M'ntaiiv<”i from each country on hand From noon lo 2 p.m. several performances and demonstrations from sev eral Asian cultures will be featured Culinary events will include tea demonstra tions from Taiwan, and Filipino cooking dis plays Vegetable carving demonstrations are also planned. The dny will also feature several martial arts performances, as well as Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean calligraphy displays Athlete sells, services sports wheelchairs Samantha Martin Omgan Om9y (mgratk1 Imagine shopping for a uir arid not being able to tost tin ve it, or buying athletic shoes based on what they iook !»k«* in a catalog. Sounds illogical, but this sort of frustration was a reality for [xxiplo in a whcsdohair, searching for chairs that fit their athletic need# The frustration of not finding a local company that distributes specialty sports chairs inspired lam Torhenstm to start his own distributing com pany in April T*i»4 Torhenson initially sold the < hairs out of his Newport home, then later moved to his Springfield location because of increased demand, "The Eugene-Springfield area is at the huh of athletic wheelchair activities in all of Oregon," said Tortwnson Torbenton'a company. Outlaw Sports Chairs, sells and services specialty wheelchairs for ath letes The chairs come three-fourths of the way assembled from different manufacturers all over the country Torhenson carries display models of all the different styles so that i ustomors may test drive the chairs before purc hase. Before starting hts own company. Torbenaon and other wheelchair athletes had to rely on the pictures in catalog* to determine what chair was most appropriate because the nearest spec ialty sports chair dealer was in Ohio. Regular wheelchairs from medical supply dis tributors do not fit the needs of wheelchair ath letes. nor ts a specialty sports chair recommend ed for everyday use. Torbenson said. "The fast-turning radius of the wheels on the tennis chair, for example, are great for playing tennis, but makes it difficult to go through doors.” said Torbenson. Torbenson rv<alls the frustration at not finding a wheolc hair that was suitable for his athletic needs "As a wheelchair athlete, I was treated like I spoke a foreign language." said Torbenson, of the medical supply wheelchair distributors ' ll you try and take care of sporting needs in a place that deals primarily with basic medical needs, it's the same as going to a Cadillac dealer ship when you really want a 4x4." Each sport, sui h as tennis, basketball and rugby requires a different type of wheelchair specifically designed for that sport. The cost of a sports < hair varies with each sport, but is usually around Sl.HOO, according to Torbenson Regular wheelchairs cost $1.000 to $1,300. 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