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CULTURE Continued trom Page 1 1 Ml Ballroom Sunday »n:ht to learn about Filipino ue toms ihrough skiis and tradi tional costumes, and wore treated to Philippine (nods ns part of the eighth annual Kul turo Pilipinas Cultural Night lint Kultura Pilipinas, a tf» member Filipino student group that was founded in 19(7. is part of the interna litinai Student Assm lation Kultura Pilipinas publit relations director Donovan l)«la Cruz said the culture night and the play s help break stereotype* students and com munity mem I H>rs may have of Filipinos Thus*' stories help edut ate others about who we are and where < ante from." he said "Some people think dial I d ip in os are lazy and ignorant The media lias not helped oul by not giving a good view of the Philippines i Hi' triome oi iin* cultural night rvas Mga kliwenlo Ni Lola," or "(.mndma's Storing ' I tela ( ru/ said tin- three play s. introdut «*d hy Nazareth plav mg a Filipino grandmother, toll tln> story (il every Filipino while linking them to their i minify \ history Ihe first skit disi ussed the <in|»iri.in« e of hard work and the mn ond skit was a ghost story toy eahng Filipino super stitions Ai tors wore trails toned liltpino peasant clothing i mi si sting of ted Ivan danas and crimson, knee length pants topped off hy white, long-sleeved shirts Ai Irev.i-s won* bright velhm green ansi white dresses that foal bed simvn to the ankles Members of Kultura Filip inas have Inert working on the culture night sim u Neptwinfioi, and their pi* was besot by financial problems due to «lei teased funding In the Stu dent Senate. I )eln < ruz said Sunday night s event proh ably could not have come at a III'!!,’! tilin' tol tile 1.0 Hij( ( . m sidering that former Philip pine President ( or.r/.on Aquino »s giving the ( om tni*iu emeu! address during the graduation i u re runny in I line AVe wanted In educate and let people knoyy who we are Dalit O with t ora run Annumcoming, students yvdl know vve are a serious group and not to he ■ Retiring professor will keep working on art Sarah Gray fc* ff-m Qntfy Listening in fine arts professor Paul Hucknar rend literature anil poetry while hi*, an *>!udents w nipt ami model may !»* harder to do in the future as he plans to retire this June after :o years of servo e to the t hiiversity Teat hing « uIptlire and study ing the human figure were Buck tier's focus a! the University, hut ari has !«*en «n important part of his life ever sun e he was a child during World War II I don't remeinfier when f started being on artist ' Bin kn er smd I just kept doing it and doing it and was never discour aged from it." One of his favorite hobbies as a child was wood carving Dur ing World War II toys for chil dren were scarce, bet ause most items of metal were given up to make weapons Bit ause of this, some i tlildren like Bui kner made their own toys "I used to always carve." Bin kner said My fingers were always cut up as a child doing whittling and making my own BUCKNER I toys “ Buikner i has d«-vf! I oped his wood i.arv ing into an intrirate art form that he has t out in twd over the years His work i an lx* f o u n d tntougnmtt tne rsontnvesi, a! locations such a*. Tiroherline I <n!v''• the Oregon Museum <>f An in f uyi !:. anti the Mount Angel Abbey lie occasionally fiartnapaies in art exhibits as well. Buckner studied art both in high school and college He attributes many of his abilities to having good teachers through out his education While he w .is attending the University of Washington, the Korean War broke out He left college to join the ( oast Guard for four years Buckner continued Ins wood carvings and d»velo|*ed his tab ents He continued his college education, receiving his bache lor of arts degrw from the Uni vi-rsity '>1 Washington and later earning a master's degree in fine arts from Glan-mont Graduate S< hoot He moved to London. Kngland. with his wife and infant son. for a program of advanced study. Bui kner knew he wanted art to let part of his c arecr. hut sometimes he questioned the prac ticality of it Years ago 1 had to make a dec ision about whether I was going to try and meet the mar ketplac e or make a living some other way," Buc kner said He dec ided to get an advanc ed degree and teach sculpture Before c orning to the I Iniversity he taught at a junior college in San Bernardino. Calif. and part time- at the University of Wash ington and at several workshops After joining the University's faculty in 19f>2, he said that teaching in Oregon has la-c-n c mitral to his life Buckner feels privileged to have taught at the I Iniversity, as he has had the opportunity to te involved with cheating the cut rt< ulum in the Cine arts depart ment "The unique thins about the University of Oregon is that 1 was encouraged to and permit tod to design my ow n courses " Buc kner said He hopes new faculty will continue fulfilling Ins intentions for the classes, arid he said the department has a great diversity of people with great ideas Buck ner plans to teach about three classes a year for a few years after his retirement. In general, however, he plans to further his sculpting endeavors during retirement "Almost always artists have done their very test work in old age.” But kner said "So as I look forward to old age. 1 look for ward to that as a possibility Buckner said he has enjoyed reading poetry to his classes while they work and feels he needs to stress the importance of how art is fundamental to h u mankind. DORMS Continued from Pago t built in tin- lain JOfiOs ami early I'tfitH, when student* brought fewer (Mlv.l’-,MOIls to m hool with thorn. Romm van! Thou, stu (bint*! used tln*ir rooms mainly (or sleeping and studying Hu* resident *■ halls warn built with these imods in mind. Romm said Che University designed th« halls w ith a lounge area on each floor to give stu dents a plai t* to socialize he said The lounges, said Romm, take up spot i- that would have otherwise been added to the rooms The small dorm rooms no longer satisfy the spiH t* retpare moots of students, who novv bring along < ompiiters. home entertainment systems anu a nuntUrr of other modem < onve merit es. Romm said. Freshman Hannah Falrhank agrees Mv room is way too small." she said I'd compare it to a tail tell - Newer resident e halls, sut h as the University Inn and Riley Hall, are somewhat larger and can accommodate space needs a little hit Iwtter, Romm said I he University has no plans to remodel the older residence • said Instead. Ihf University is try ing to maximize room spill i* In pulling m bunk beds that tan be used -is lofts I'hii University is slowly re film mg tin- old beds and Romm said the transition should lw < omplete in three or four years Rontm said the University does its best to provide for the needs of its students, and that the housing department careful* !> si rutinizes and amends its budget to kt*ep the tost to stu dents as Urn ,is jHissible fie said The University offers only one meal plan, and this helps reduce expenses Romm said Most dorm residents eat about two thirds of their meals in the dorms, nut) this is figured into their rent he said Tim way stu dents are not forced to pay tor food they don't eat. he said Other schools In the Par-JO offer a number of meal plans to accommodate the differing needs of their students, admin istrators from the various schools said Tat It meal plan has a different cost, and this allows students to pay only for what they plan to eat said Martha Dorsvard, a residence hall administrator at UCLA In addition to offering several PAC-10 DORMS How residence halls at four Pac-10 school compare. INSTITUTION ANNUAL COST ROOM SIZE* University ol Oregon $3,727 14.2' x 9 8' Arizona State 2,825 13' * 9 _ ' '‘-i0 jVtt • _ 14.8' X 12 1 ■ OPTIONS University of Oregon weight rooms basketball courts Arizona State saunas swimming pools weight rooms computer labs UCLA fitness centers computer labs basketball courts (3 full courts) University of Washington kitchenette on each floor basketball court macintosh check out * Room sizes listed represent average room sizes Sizes in the vanous hails at each school did vary meal plans. i.iletenax in rt*si (fence halls at the University of Washington are open frtim 7 « rn to midnight, said Vennie Gore, dim tor of resident « halls and (dimly housing at Washing ton This is more convenient foi students than traditional cafete ria hours, he sud Despite the l hii versitv's efforts to reduce costs, spat e in residence halls is not less expensive than in other Pat -10 E me rai d schools. 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