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School of MUSIC F OREGOl HiAliSlLaM.ll & Department of DANCE MARCH CONCERTS Clip and Save this Calendar! For more information on School of Music events, call 346-5678, or call Guardline at 485-2000, ext. 2533 for a taped message. Sat. JAMMIN’ JAMMIES 3/1 Vocal jazz for youngsters. 10:30 a.m., Beall Hall $3 adults, $2 students/children; or $5 for a family Sun. CHAMBER MUSICALE 3/2 UO Chamber Ensembles 3 p.m., Beall Hall $4 General Admission, $2 students & senior citizens Tue. LOS ANGELES PIANO QUARTET 3/4 UO Chamber Music Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall Reserved seats $8, $17, $20, available at the Hult Center (687-5000); student rush $9, $5 at the door. Wed. OREGON WIND ENSEMBLE 3/5 UO Ensemble 8 p.m., Beall Hall $4 General Admission, $2 senior citizens Thu. UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY 3/6 with Milagro Vargas, mezzo-soprano UO Ensemble & Faculty Artist 8 p.m., Beall Hall $4 General Admission, $2 senior citizens Fri. OREGON COMPOSERS FORUM 3/7 New music by UO composition students 8 p.m., Room 186 FREE Admission Sun. MUSIC OF VESPERS 3/9 Featuring the University Singers, UO Chamber Choir, and Collegium Musicum. 6:00 p.m., Beall Hall $4 General Admission, $2 senior citizens Tue. UO MEN’S CHORUS & WOMEN’S CHORUS 3/11 UO Choral Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission Wed. TRIO NORTHWEST - “Music of Brahms” 3/12 Guest Ensemble 8 p.m., Beall Hall $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Thu. UO SYMPHONIC BAND & CAMPUS BAND 3/13 UO Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall $4 General Admission, $2 senior citizens Fri. OREGON JAZZ ENSEMBLE & LAB BANDS 3/14 UO Jazz Ensembles 8 p.m., Beall Hall $4 General Admission, $2 senior citizens Sun. UNIVERSITY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 3/16 UO Ensemble 2 p.m., Room 198 Music $4 General Admission, $2 senior citizens DON’T MISS OUT ON ALL THE CUHRENT CAMPOS INFORMATION. Check the web. o.«Le. on the world wide web: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ode Late tax payment causes closure ■ CLOSURE: The owner of Taste of Thai considers two locations for the restaurant By Eric Collins Community Reporter A Taste of Thai restaurant shut its doors after failing to pay its property taxes on time and not be cause of financial difficulties, pressure from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission or waning patronage, manager Vijitra Boonkoom said Thursday in a re sponse to the Emerald’s Feb. 27 ar ticle on the restaurant. Boonkoom said the restaurant, formerly located on the corner of 13th Avenue and Alder Street, was two days late in paying its property taxes. This led the prop erty owner, Bill Baker Property, to default the restaurant’s lease. “I thought I did what I had to do to run the business, but there was just a mess-up in timing,” Boonkoom said. “I guess that’s just a mistake I’ll learn for the rest of my life.” Boonkoom, who has managed the restaurant for a year and a half, said the Feb. 23 closing was unex pected. After learning of the land lord's intention to default on the restaurant’s lease, Boonkoom was ordered to move the restaurant by BOONKOOM April 1. How ever, three days prior to the Feb. 23 closing, Boonkoom said she learned that the lease owner planned to increase the rent substan tially by that Sunday. Instead of paying the increased rent, which she said she could not afford, she decided to close down the restau rant immediately. A sign currently posted to the restaurant’s door says the restau rant is moving. Boonkoom said two new locations have been looked at, possibly in downtown Eugene, but nothing has been de cided. “We’ve got a lot of loyal cus tomers on campus, and I just want them to know we’re still going to be around.” Although the restaurant will move, Boonkoom said she was un sure if Guido’s bar would follow. The business received two cita tions in September and January for having minors on the premises. OLCC is holding a hearing with owner Viroj Boonkoom March 10 to decide on the revocation of his liquor license. However, the possibility of los ing the license will not hurt the restaurant, manager Boonkoom said. She said the restaurant would be just as successful with out the bar, noting that 80 percent of the business’ earnings come from the restaurant and not the bar. Boonkoom said she felt Guido’s Bar had been a victim of bad tim ing during OLCC’s inspection. “Yes, we’ve had problems with minors, but to be honest with you, I’ve always had security checking I.D.s,” Boonkoom said. “(OLCC) came in once during the fall and once during winter term, and they' caught minors both times,” Boonkoom said. “We try to do a sweep.. .to make sure there are no minors in there, but sometimes there will be a slip up. But we try, we try our best.” All told, Boonkoom was ex tremely upset about the past week’s events, but remained posi tive in light of the circumstances. “I’m not going to let anyone take this business away from us,” Boonkoom said. “It’s a successful business, and we’ve done too well.” Rankings: Many factors weighed ■ Continued from Page 1 There are currently 350 stu dents in the graduate program in education The graduate program in archi tecture was ranked 15th overall in the nation, up two spots from 17 last year. “The ranking is a reflection of the quality of our faculty and our students,” said Robert Melnick, dean of the School of Architec ture and Allied Arts. “With this ranking we will con tinue to attract top architecture students to the University,” he said. The law school was ranked in the second tier of law schools in the nation. They also ranked in a three way tie, with Tulane University in Louisiana and University of Maryland, for seventh place in the specialty of environmental law. “Our overall ranking stayed about the same this year,” said Katherine Jernberg, director of ad missions for the law school. “But we are really excited about rank ing seventh in environmental law.” Students that have already been admitted to the law school will probably use the rankings as a factor in deciding which school to attend, Jernberg explained. A memo sent to law school deans by the American Bar Asso ciation, the Association of Ameri can Law Schools, the Law School Admission Council and the Na tional Association of Law Place ment said, “The survey does not, and could not, measure many im portant factors involved in evalu ating the quality of law schools.” U.S. News and World Report has ranked individual graduate programs for the past eight years. 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