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Open Ears,
Open Mind.
EAR-OPENING CONCERTS THIS WEEK
AT TH E MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL:
▼ Wind, Song & Sonata
19th and 20th century sonatas, wind chimes, and
romantic song, featuring Ellen Campbell, horn;
Gregory Mason, piano; Mark Beudert, tenor.
Monday, April 21 • 8 p.m., Beall Hall
$7 Gen. Admission, $4 Students/Seniors
v The Oregon Symphony
• Free concert at I p.m. in EMU Taylor Lounge,
featuring Oregon Symphony Horn Quartet
• Evening concert premiere of Robert Kyr’s
Symphony No. 7 “The Sound of Light;” Milagro
Vargas, mezzo-soprano; text by poet Denise
Levertov. Also music by Brahms and Beethoven.
Wednesday, April 23 • 8 p.m., Hult Center
Reserved seats $20, $16, $ 12, $8, plus student
and senior discounts. (682-5000)
▼ Lou Harrison Meets
Sofia Gubaidulina
The Oregon Percussion Ensemble celebrates the
80th birthday of composer Lou Harrison.
Thursday, April 24 • 8 p.m., Beall Hall
$4 Gen. Admission, $2 Students/Seniors
▼ The Jazz Cafe
UO Jazz Combos strut their stuff in a cabaret setting.
Guest artist Tony Jefferson, drumset
Friday, April 25 • 8 p.m., Room 186 Music
$4 Gen. Admission, $2 Students/Seniors
Tickets available at the door for each of these concerts.
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Elections: Voter turnout was low
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Unger heightened the promotion
of their campaign is because un
like Lee and other ASUO presi
dents and vice presidents of the
past, Miner and Unger were not
endorsed by the Emerald. Run
ners-up James Boyd and Andrew
Oberriter received the endorse
ment.
“To my knowledge, no one in
the past has won in the primary
without that endorsement,” Min
er said. “So we were out from 7
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and
Thursday to bring people to the
polls.”
Voter turnout was low, with
approximately eight percent of
the student body voting in the
primary. But the numbers still re
flect the most qualified candi
dates, Miner said.
“Unfortunately, when there’s
low turnout, the better organized
campaign is a lot more visible,”
Miner said.
Before Miner and Unger take
office in May, they plan to start
organizing by calling on past
ASUO presidents for advice,
Miner said.
“We want to find out where
the red tape so we can tackle all
issues head-on,” he said.
The pair wants to reiterate
what was said in their campaign
into action, Miner said. “We’re
incredibly excited — we’ve put a
lot of time in campaigning, and
have a lot of supporters. We’re
ready to gear up for next year.”
Celebration: Audience reaction positive
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proud of themselves, and they were part of creating
a new atmosphere,” said the other ISA director,
Preeti Nair.
“That will be my personal satisfaction,” she
added. “I am also very proud of this event and what
it means for the University as a whole. This program
is unique because it brings people from different
cultures together to make this event happen.”
Nair said international students have been plan
ning and waiting for this moment since the end of
fall term.
“This is a chance for international students to ex
press themselves, both on a cultural and individual
level. For example, this is one event where many
people wear their traditional costumes which can
be really formal or really ethnic. It is a form of self
expression.”
Lisa Khan, this year’s international week coordi
nator and last year’s public relations officer, helped
out with a little bit of everything.
“The ISA staff has done an awesome job this year.
We have enough food for everyone, and the perfor
mances are top-notch. I hope everyone enjoys the
experience,” Khan said.
Tom Mills, director of the Office of International
Education and Exchange, cited four reasons in his
guest speech why International Night sustained
such a high level of success for three decades.
First, the Eugene/Springfield community is sin
cerely interested in learning about other cultures.
Secondly, host families enjoy seeing their interna
tional students perform. The University administra
tion’s support also plays a key role. Finally, Interna
tional Night owes its success to the students
themselves who contribute their time, talent and
sweat to the event.
Like the theme of the evening, performers and
r
members of the audience brought their own per
spectives and reasons for attending. Some came to
see the costumes, others savored the food and still
others came to enjoy the authenticity of the event.
Melissa White, 1996 University alumna, said she
came to International Night to support the friends
she made while tutoring last summer at the Ameri
can English Institute.
“I have never been to one of these cultural events
before, but I’ve heard very positive things about it,”
she said. “I’ve always grilled the international stu
dents I know about their cultures. I know it’s a
cliche, but I like learning about other cultures.
That’s why I’m here.”
For Kendall Reitan, a sophomore majoring in
journalism at Lane Community College, this was her
first foreign culture experience.
“I've never been to any culturally-oriented event
before tonight,” Reitan said.
She tried some of the food International Night
had to offer. “I loved some of it... while some of it
was ahhh ... not so pleasant,” she said. Reitan en
joyed the oden, a Japanese fish-based stew while
disliking the mapo tofu.
Reitan’s roommate, Rika Matsui, was also present.
She is an exchange student from Japan and has been
in the United States for about 9 months.
Matsui, a junior majoring in journalism, said she
attended the festivities because she wanted to see
her friend Soon perform.
“I also want to see every country’s clothes,” she
said, referring to the fashion show planned for that
evening.
Matsui said she also thought that her country’s
food was represented fairly accurately.
“I had some oshiruko, which is a black-colored
sweet soup with a rice cake in it,” she said, “and it
tasted about the same as it did at home.”
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