Free public lectures presented by the Department of Architecture
School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon
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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.
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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.
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