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Free public lectures presented by the Department of Architecture School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon T' ! ' • fon Rf by the Black S ent Union an tht r-' ’ R■ Black History M Jack Travis, AIA, ASID 5:00 p.m. • Friday February 21, 1997 177 Lawrence Hall University of Oregon Reception to follow Jack Travis is the author of African Amencan Architects: In Current Practice, and has had his own firm in New York since 1985. His commissions include residential projects for actor Wesley Snipes, commercial and retail projects for Giorgio Armani, and numerous projects for Filmmaker Spike Lee. Mr. Travis will discuss his role as a professional consultant to Wesley Snipes in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever. His lecture will focus on his current work, black cultural themes in architecture, architectural education, and mentorship. IMAGINE! AS WE PREPARE TO DO SOME HOUSECLEANMG & REMODELMG YOULL FIND TABLES FILLED WITH OVER 1000 COMPACT DISCS $5.95 «> 3/$15 PLUS! ALL OUR GIANT SELECTION OF USED COMPACT DISCS WILL BE MARKED DOWN 2 amazingly stocked, locally ow ned & operated stores. 'hup://www.cyberhighway.net/*cc)w WHILE SUPPLIES LAST THRU 3. 2.97 Students to join foreign symposium ■ ABROAD: Selected students will travel to the Netherlands to meet major international leaders By Autumn De Poe Student Activities Reporter For the second consecutive year, the University has been se lected as one of 20 universities around the world to participate in an international student sympo sium in the Netherlands this sum mer. University students will be chosen to represent the Universi ty in a symposium on internation al negotiation and conflict. The month-long symposium, which is sponsored by the Insti tute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR), offers students in international re lations, business and law the chance to interact with world renowned personalities, scholars and policy makers in an informal setting. Previous speakers have included a former U.S. ambas sador, authors, international pro fessors, journalists and the former secretary of the United Kingdom. Selected speakers have worked on resolving some of the world’s most difficult conflicts, including the Palestinian-Israeli dispute, the crisis in the Balkans and emerging business, legal and en vironmental protocols. The symposium will begin with a series of lectures given by guest speakers from the U.S. gov ernment and from the European community. The lectures will ex plore the concept and formulation of international law, types of treaties, the formation of interna tional agreements, principles of humanitarian law and the en forcement of international judi cial decisions. The lecture series will be fol lowed by a set of smaller seminars that investigate the workings of international organizations, spe cial trading and environmental blocs. Students will then receive intensive training by experts from the Netherlands Institute for Inter national Relations. Ten universities from the Unit ed States were selected, includ ing Duke, Stanford, Northwest ern and Princeton. Ten International Universities were chosen, which include Cam bridge, University of Nairobi and University of Buenos Aires. According to IIMCR President Cody Shearer, “Leadership is learned from important people you get to know and unique ex periences you get to have.” IIMCR is looking for candi dates interested in being future players on the international scene, Shearer said. “This is a tremendous and unique opportu nity for selected students to inter act with personalities that are shaping our world,” he said. In addition to attending the symposium, participating stu dents will gain access to IIMCR’s international job bank and may receive invitations to restricted events offering the potential for insight into students’ careers and employment searches. Symposium participants will be housed in a modern school setting near the famous Scheveningen Beach, where they will interact with peers from all over the world. Last summer, seven students from the Univer sity were selected to attend the symposium. For more informa tion, IIMCR may be contacted through its international web site at http://www.delve.com/IIM CR.html. The deadline for filing completed applications for this year’s symposium is April 15, 1997. JSU to host weekend film festival ■ JUDAISM: Three films have been selected for the festival because of their reflection on various issues in Jewish communities By Laura Baker Student Activities Reporter “To talk about Judaism is to talk about different times, places, histories and experiences,” Jewish Student Union Director Micah Citrin said. The Jew ish film festival, which begins Saturday, will begin to explore various issues within the larger realm of Judaism. The festival will consist of three movies, concen trating on different themes of Jewish life. Saturday’s film, Fiddler on the Roof, is a story about a Jewish village in Western Russia. Citrin said the film gives a good taste of Jewish hu mor and life of Eastern European Jews. It also shows some of the issues a Jewish village in Russia had to deal with at the turn of the century. The film will play in 100 Willamette Hall at 7:30 p.m. In contrast to Fiddler on the Roof, the Sunday matinee will be Island of Roses: The Jews of Rhodes in Los Angeles. This film is a documentary on the lives of Sephardic Jews, who are trying to preserve their heritage in Los Angeles. The film highlights the struggle the Sephardics face as their culture and language is passed down to their American-born children and grandchildren, ac cording to the promotional flier. “When most people think of Judaism, they think of Eastern [Europe] Jewish culture,” Citrin said. “Most don’t get to see or learn as much about the dif ferent food, customs and language of this region.” Citrin noted that Sephardic Jews come from Spain, North Africa and the Mediterranean. Island of Roses will be in 100 Willamette Hall at 2 p.m. Late Summer Blues, the final film of the festival, is not necessarily about Jewish culture, but more about life in Israel. At the age of 18, both men and women are required to enter the Israeli armed forces, Citrin said. This film shows the struggles seven 18-year olds face as they prepare to serve their time in the army. This movie exposes the complications many peo ple our age face in Israel,” Citrin said. “It shows how each deal with this fact of life differently.” Late Summer Blues is at 8 p.m. in 100 Willamette. It will be in Hebrew with English subtitles. Tickets can be purchased at the EMU ticket counter. The price for each movie is $2 for students and $3 for the community. Passes to see all three movies are $5 for students and $8 for the community. "We want people to come and have a good time seeing movies they wouldn’t usually get a chance to see,” Citrin said. Smith visits LCC to discuss hiaher education ■ MONEY: During his statewide tour, the senator talked about possible grant increases and tax subsidies By Eric Collins Community Reporter University students had to trav el far or look hard to catch a glimpse of U.S. Senator Gordon Smith Thursday afternoon. Al though the freshman republican traveled to colleges throughout Oregon to discuss new federal legislation affecting college stu dents, the senator was nowhere to be found on the University of Oregon campus. While several members of the university community met Sena tor Smith at Lobby Day in Salem, only about 15 people were on hand to meet him at Lane Com munity College. Kerry Tymchuk, state director for Senator Smith, said the Uni versity of Oregon was obviously senator Smith’s first choice, but when asked for permission, the University de clined his visit because its stu dent leaders SMITH ™°uld be in Salem partici pating in Lobby Day. Since Smith was planning on opening a new Eugene headquarters office Thursday, he decided to speak at LCC. “I just go where my staff is telling me to go,” Smith said. "Most of the students [at Lobby Day] were from the U of O, but we’ll be back. I’ve done many roundtables at the U of O, and we’ll do more in the future.” At LCC, Senator Smith fielded a variety of higher-education questions, from concerns about President Clinton’s HOPE schol arship program to his stand on a state tuition freeze. The HOPE program would give a tax deduc tion to college students who maintained a ‘B’ grade point aver age. Other proposed legislation would increase the amount of federal Pell Grants. “Pell Grants are something [students] liked; the HOPE scholarship that the President is proposing, they have some misgivings about,” Smith said. Senator Smith plans to visit Portland State University today. YOU CAN READ THE EMERALD FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. o.d.e. on the world wide web: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ode
