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Rodin collection at UO until 1997 ■ ART: On loan from Stanford University, the cofiection was snipped to Oregon after the California quake of 1989 By Soars Rosso* **Vn*r n*CKrmr Many student* on i ampus am not aware* of the 27 s« ulptures by August Rodtn that are* on dls plav In the Uahmlty'i Muioum of Art until May tOU? Rodin * sculpture* of bodies and hands pepper the floor* of the must*' uni. popular for their accuracy and beauty The sculpture* are on loan from the Stanford Museum and their five-year history* at the Uni versity had a shaky start “The collection was proper dized during the quake of 'M.** said Lawrence Fong, museum registrar "They had to repair the area that housed the Rodins." he said "They will be on display until the new Stanford Museum is completed ’* Stanford shipped the Rodin s<.ulpiures to Oregon instead of placing them in storage (*« sue* the pm tout dim tor of the Uni* vortiiy'a mumm. Steven Miikkugh. wa» a Stanford alum nu» "Stanford wanted to pUie Hike collection! in a mI» environ ment.” Fong Mid "They wanted to continue to thare this collection with the public.“ he void "They didn't want to stick them into ttorage «tme place w here no one would he aide to view them " According to the Stanford Mutettm. the Rodm Museum in Part* w»* authorised by the French government. Kodin'* heir, to make a* many a* 12 * ,a*i* of **oh of the platter mod el* found in Rodin'* *iudio after hi* death A brun» i* made only when the Rodin Museum agree* to commiMton a cast for a muw um or a collector Fat h not wa* initially a clay sculpture Rodin then made a platter cast of the original clay model and u»«d the platter cast to make mold* for multiple bronze cast * "Although leach} sculpture look* like it weigh* quite a hit. they’re really not that heavy." Fong said The sculpture* aw hollow and only weigh an estimated 600 or TOO pound*. he »aid The U«n»f»ii» ha* had ihe I otlm lion lor five year*. bul i( Stanford » new muwum i* not iDmpMtd on time, the sculp lures will remain on display at the University 'What's amaaing »» that Rod in la a .nth century sculptor.' Fong Mid 'Fven in hi* day. which wa« only !»*.* than 100 year* ago. hewn considered coni nv venial " lust a* Mh hnlangelo had someone poae for the stone sculpture of David. Rodin had people pose for hi* Sculpture* "Somebody posed for The Age of Bruno*. am* of the statue* on exhibition." Fong aaid. Other *t ulpturw* in the code* tion include The |uggler.‘ (treed and l.ust. The Three Shade* and Head of Sorrow * The Rodin collec tion la local' mi on the second floor of the University Museum of Art. i4 10 lohnson lane The museum it upen from noon to 5 p m VVednesday through Sunday, and admiatiion la free Shuttle Endeavour lifts off in the cold ■ SPACE: While in space, the six-membe? crew will capture a satellite and conduct scientific experiments CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (API — Warmed by heaters to keep its O-rlngs supple, spate shuttle Endeavour lifted off with six astronauts Thursday in the coldest launch weather since the Challenger disaster The astronauts plan to capture a Japanese sci ence satellite on Saturday, their chief job in orbit during the nine-day flight Endeavour began the lOO-niile-high chase with a brilliant early-morning launch "It was a great ride uphill." commander Brian Puffy said. It was 44 degrees for the 4 41 am liftoff, the lowest temperature at launch since Challenger exploded on Jan 28. 1888, and the second-lowest ever In 15 year* of shuttle flight The timing was dictated by the course the shuttle must follow to catch the satellite The temperature was -in when Challenger blew up after launch, killing ail seven i rvw members investigators said the cold had stiffened the O rings in the shuttle's boosts* rockets, allowing hot gas to leak through a Joint Heaters, one of the improvement* mode after the nlent ■ , ' warm, including the joints and O-rtng seals ft was so cold. NASA had Jo crank up the heat on the uutm engines The astronauts — five American# and one Japan ese — and members of the launch team seemed unfa/ed by the cold ”'!t wa* a good show by everybody/' launch dime tor fames Harrington Mid Halfway around the world, a cheering crowd of mom than 1.000 gathered in a plara in Onuya near Tokyo, astronaut Koichi Wskata’s hometown They wati hod the launt h on a huge screen. shout ing. ■ BanaaM" throe tiroes — the equivalent of “Hip. hip. hurray!'* At Mission Control. flight dim tor Bryan Austin painted in one eye on a red. ball-shaped |apane*« doll, a Japanese good luck tradition tie wit! paint in the other eye mux the Mtellite i* taptumd Wakata will use the shuttle robot arm to retrieve the Mtellite. whn.h was launched from lapan taat March The Mtellite wav over Australia when Endeavour blasted off. more than 9.000 miles ahead The four-ton reuMble Mtellite holds (emitted newt eggs and two dead newts After the adult newts spawned in orbit, their job was done the heater was turned off and they were allowed to froewt to death The eggs will las studied as a possible protein sou rut for humans on tong spaceflight* The Mtellite also contains crystal-growing fur nac ns and an infrared telescope Duffy and his crew will also release and retrieve a U.S science satellite during the mission and keep tabs <mi 00 nst» aboard Endeavour, si* of them nursing female* and the rest newborn* Two spec ewalks also are sc heduled Three men will go out*id« nest week, two at a lime to gain spat ewdikmg experience for construe bun in a few years of the international space station Endeavour is due back at Kennedy Space Center on |an 20 Israeli court grants right to reject life support ■ RIGHTS: Some consider the Israeli court ruling an "earthquake* for Israefi rights |£KUSAi£M lAJ*I — An Israeli Lourt ruled Thursday that termi nally til patients have the right to choose to die. finding in favor of a paralyzed fighter pilot who asked not to he connected to life support Itai Arad, a 47-year-old pilot sun ken with neuromuscular dis ease. had asked the Tel Aviv Dis trict Court to allow him to "die with dignity" at home, a* cording to hi* attorney. Yitzhak Honhen The case also involved a sec ond patient whose name and con dition w« e not made public. Both sought court intervention to prevent medical treatment that would prolong their lives "It t* a great day today for Israeli rightv limited said This is a very tmportant decision, maybe even an earthquake " Judge Muahe Talgain ruled that a lucid person facing permanent dependence on machines for breathing and other bodily func tion* tain refuse to be connec ted or a*k to fie removed. Moshen said The ruling worried son* ubser vant Jews, uncomfortable that it could compromise the sanctity of human It hi Dr Murdoch*! Halpertn. a rab bi and physician at the Schlesingef Institute, told Israel Television that the ruling itself did not contradict Jewish law But he said It was dangerous because people might interpret it as validating suicide or mercy killings "This is precisely the danger of the verdict being viewed as a breakthrough in which the wilt of the patient ii prevented a* equal to (the value of) human life, he said Arad flew Skyhawk fighter grt* for the Israeli air fort e for 2(1 year* In 1992. he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral u lew ait (ALS|. also known at l oo (Mihrtg'a disease Al-S attacks nerve cell* in the brain and spinal cord and even tually paralyses victims and impair* muscles responsible for breathing Arad does not yet require life support, but he asked for the COWt ruling to preclude the pos sibility that doctors would put him on a life support system in the future Hothen said Arad can no longer speak The court hearing was conducted by hit attorney asking questions and Arad nod ding"yus"or"no" YOU CAN STILL KEEP OP WITH UO LIFE AFTER YOU GRADUATE. o.d.a. on the world wtd« w«b: http;//dark wlntuor«|ontdu/-od« NO HATTER HOW FAR YOU TRAVEL, YOU’RE ALWAYS CLOSE TO CAMPUS. 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