Events teach outdoor skills ■ WOMEN: Sponsors are encouraging participation by women in outdoor activities. By Angie Suchy Student Activities Editor The outdoors can be a harsh place. But whether the outing is a backpacking trip or rock-climb ing expedition, women are no longer limited in clothing or out door options, said Cassie Curtis, a McKenzie Outfitters employee and founder of the week-long cel ebration of women in the out doors entitled “Women in the Wild.” “We want to raise awareness about what’s available to women nowadays as far as activities and equipment,” Curtis said. Events this week include a women’s outdoor information fair today in the EMU Gumwood Room at 7 p.m., a panel discus sion on women and the outdoors in the EMU Ben Linder Room Thursday at 7:30 p.m., a slide show entitled “Woman on the Summit” in 138 Gilbert Hall Sat urday at 7 p.m., an indoor rock climbing event Saturday at the Crux Rock Gym at Third Avenue and Lawrence Street, a raffle and a possible silent auction. Pro ceeds from the celebration will go toward the Women’s Adven ture Scholarship Fund, which McKenzie Outfitters will award to local women and girls for use in taking outdoor courses through area organizations. Local participation in the event includes co-sponsorship by the ASUO Women’s Center as well as a slide show presentation by local high altitude climber Heidi Howkins. McKenzie Outfitters helped supply Howkins with gear to climb an 8,000 meter peak in the Himalayas. After she agreed to give a slide show about her expe rience as a female mountaineer, the idea for “Women in the Wild” was born. “Women are underrepresented in outdoor pursuits, and this is part of our ongoing effort to raise awareness about what's available for women,” Curtis said. "Putting support into the community is also important, so having differ ent participants all seemed to tie together.” Support largely came from manufacturers of outdoor equip ment, who donated around $3,000 in items such as back packs and sleeping bags for the event. The equipment will be raf fled at the climbing event on Sunday. Curtis said women’s outdoor gear is evolving as manufacturers realize that “’unisex’ sizing does not work comfortably for women — scaled-down men’s smalls don’t cut it in the rugged out doors anymore.” Curtis said that campus events co-sponsored by the Women’s Center are “helping promote women’s issues in general, in cluding outdoor exhibitions.” “We [at McKenzie Outfitters] have a strong tie with the Univer sity, including employees and customers, and we thought we’d show support for the center as well as join forces,” Curtis said. U2: Ticket sales could be delayed indefinitely ■ Continued from Page 1 “Since it will be April before they determine whether or not we’re going to do the concert, I don’t know when the tickets will go on sale. I don’t even know how much they’re are going to cost.” Ticketmaster, the company handling the ticket sales, plans to make tickets available for its ma jor performers, including U2, on March 1. 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