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‘High Five’ contestants receive ‘lovely parting gifts’ Sarah Gray ft* th» Ooger* Oa^r hnmakS An eight-piece dish set and a book of coupons with not exactly the consola tion phases expected by seven University students who competed against Clark (tillage April I in High Five, a student game show The University's High Fiw team was composed of Kiley Hall residents Jeremiah Kascn. Krika Dickey, (’liter Knyls. John Watson, Chris O'Connor. Wendy Krebs and team faptain. lames I.inkogle l ive of the seven students competed during the show and tw-o stu dents were alternates The Portland based television game show, sponsored by Smith's Home furnishings, consisted of questions about U S and world history, googra phy. m ience. and current events Several of the students had competed together before end were campus cham pions of list* HitM Univarsity College Howl Two ivam member*. Kavls and Watson, were part of the University's all star team, which plat od fourth in the regional contest The game show asked them to participate in the college-level championship Although the team lost to Clark College, whic h will now proceed to the final round for championship against Portland Community College, the University team members said they diet their best. The first game ended in a tie score, the first tie in the show’s history The tie breaking question about a species of gnat clinched the win for Clark College The team that wins the championship will receive $.100 in scholarship mcinnv for its school. Unkogle said the experience was dif f»»r»»nf than he had ex pec ted "It was interesting to see how a game ihow is nut together and what happens behind tn«* M en« of a production." ho said "Hut it’s hard or to piav on TV than watch from the audience. You have an impulse to ring in as soon as possible, but sometime* you draw a blank " Raws said the w inning teams had par ticipated with the show before The University * team and the team from Reed College, which lost to Portland Community 0)1 lege, had not. “Now that wn've had TV experience with the show. ! think we’ll be better prepared next time." Rama said "But it was great to Ice on camera ” Several team members plan to com pete on the show again next year The team received coupons for Portland businesses. Coke glasses, and a to mingle long-distance (jilting i <ir<! as parting gifts The members had no com plaints. hut Mid they had expected din ner certificates for Red Robin Restaurants "I suppose what we got is good enough." Rave said "But I'd have pre ferred a dinner at Red Robin." "It was a good experience and a way to meet people from other colleges,” t)i< key said “I'd definitely do it again " Meeting the host and executive pro diner of the show. Wayne Faligowski. was one of the highlights for the team ”1 had a lot of fun standing next to Wayne Faligowski for the entire show." Ravls said The taping of the team’s competition will air June t at 4 p.m. on KMTR-TV Channel 16 in Eugene Pro-choice students will rally in Salem Marcia Latta f c* tfw iyafrjn Omfy ( l’r»»-c.Ho»« e student* from university rumpuses oround the slate will join activists and concerned citizens on Wednesday to speak to legislators about restrictions to abortion at the Capitol in Salem Over 200 supporters are exprx ted to attend the pro-choice rally and lobby day. The event, sponsored by the National Abortion and Keprodtu live Rights Action League and the Pro-Choice Coalition, will serve to edu< aie pro ■ hold' activists on the anti-abortion legislation cur rently fat mg legislators, and allow them to meet with their representatives about this issue It's empowering to speak t<> lawmakers and to !>e with so many pro-choii» supporters," said Sarah Sanford, chairwoman of the l jane County area team of Oregon NARAI, Activists will arrive In the morning for an issues briefing and loliby (mining At noon, a rally for at>or tion rights will lake plai e on the Capitol steps Hie afternoon s» hedule includes additional issues brief ings and appointments with legislators. At the end 11 ciisi-A i ivr UPDAIJ of the day. there will t»- a rw.ep tion in the Capitol for lt*v!i stators ami activists Over 25 legislator* have said they vvili attend Speakers for the rally and training* include Representative Kate Brown. I) Port land. Repre sentative ( Inn k ( arpenter, K Portland. I.i*a Horowitz, executive dim.tor of NAKAl. laiiirse Winmter. the dire* tor of the Slate Commission for Worm’ll; ami Allie Stick mis. executive director for Plan nod Parenthood Th» primary goals of loMiy day .ire to domonstrate the widespread support oi the pro-choice commu nity and to oppose any restrictions to abortion rights "In general, tlie Right to Life movement wants to restrict women's an ess to reproductive services and impose restrictions that make abortion more dangerous and more difficult." Sanford said "If they are not stopped, women's health in Oregon will be in danger." Great Futons Unbeata Prices ON SALE NOW f VENTURA Full Size Frame and Futon ®299°° ROCK SOFT FUTON Handmade Futons Covers Pillows Tables Lamps Delivery Available CALGARY Unfinished Pme Full St?e Frame s149°° 236-0921 1231 Alder * 68E 50B9 I /'W'VVI All /i. f -»ww aH T. .Ai-,1 >. Am..i « » *fw City Council discusses presentation options for Willamette Street reopening Samantha Martin Oegoe f.Wy f mv/akl Alternative methods for communir ating vvith voters on the proposed Willamette Street reopening were dis cussed Monday evening dur ing the Eugene City Council meeting. Concerned with the need to disseminate information to voters regarding the upcom ing May in election, which will determine the fate of the proposed reopening of Willamette street to through traffic, the count il discussed various methods of commu nication to inform the public in a non-hiased manner of the ramifications of the reopen ing Options ranging from news releases and public service announcements, window dis plays. neightiorhood newslet ters and public forums were among the various methods that could tie used to disjHirse information to voters. Councilman Tim I-aue said that unless money is put out by the city to inform the pub lic on a neutral stance of the issue, it is then in the hands of whoever spends the most money on publicizing a cur The public forum w ill be an opportunity for vot ers to present their view s on the reopen inft and often debate up to the public. tain sid« of tint issue, information will be avail able to the public at least four weeks in advance of the elec tion. and a public forum will occur before May 2—the date when election ballots will l>e mailed to voters. The public forum will be an opportunity for voters to present their views on the reopening and open debate up to the public. A motion to ask the league of Women Voters of the City Club to do a public forum on this issue, and not produce anything other than a neutral fa< t sheet, was unanimously passed by the council B-0 The cost of the public forum will lie approximately $300 and the t ost of the fact sheets to all interested parties will be an estimated SHOO ORBIS Continued from Page 1 head of tin* interlibrarv loan department Recalled books must be returned within one week. The University may purchase software that would allow users to check out books while at a terminal, said Alice Allen, assis tant librarian of technical ser vice and systems The book would then be sent from its library in two or three days, she said. About 30 percent of the books in other libraries are available at the University, but Orbis in valu able when the University’s material is checked out. Ship man said. "I can't think of a faster way for students to gain access to 700.000 volumes," he said. A lack of resources also con tributes to fewer books. "No library is able to buy everything." Allen said. "It’s very expensive to build a library collection, so it makes sense to have those col tod tons used as widely as possible." In addition, as books are diet ked out and returned as new materials, they are added to the collodions. Those changes are updated instantaneously. Allen said Orbis was created from a $260,000 grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust. The state sys tern spends S 100.000 a year on staff and maintenance. Private s< bools on Orbis also contribute to ooeration costs Internet users can gain access to the system by ty ping "Orbis." Owners of personal comput ers with modems can call the University modem pool at 34t> 2150 to conned with the sys tem Once connected, they also can gain access by typing “Orbis". Telnet users can type "orbis.uoregon.edu”. Those on the World Wide Web can type “http://www vms.uoregon.edu/-libays/".
