WEB
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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,"
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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.
According to Torbenson. clientele for Outlaw
Sports Chairs has been growing steadily and cus
tomers have been very positive about the chairs.
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