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Local contractor repairs damage of budget cuts ■ DONATION: Contractor Doug Perrin wanted to “give back” to the community By C. Kenning Freelance Reporter Thanks to a generous donation of labor by area contractor Doug Perrin, the University has saved several thousand dollars on much needed repairs to East Campus family housing units, said Frank Gaddini, director of East Campus Housing. Perrin’s company, All Oregon Construction, volunteered to make improvements on a turn-of-the century house at 1647 E. 17th. Per rin; his company added a wood sun deck and repaired roofing problems. Perrin said he was angered by Measure 47 and the effects the cuts would have on the University. “Even the old Measure 5, a county tax cut like Measure 47, cut services we need as a commu nity,” he said. His offer to donate labor on a project was referred by President Frohnmayer’s office to University Housing, which Gaddini said was trying to make repairs on family housing structures with a very limited budget. That’s when Perrin came up with a plan that would help offset extra costs to the University and directly benefit students. “I wanted our project to be tan gible to students,” he said, “and I felt the improvements did that.” Perrin also called on appren tices from the Association of Gen eral Contractors to help with the project. “This gave them the chance to gain valuable carpentry experi ence and training and gave us ex tra help in doing what we could for the University,” Perrin said. Event: Week to end with Mah Tovu concert ■ Continued from Page 1 “We’re not just looking at the destruction, but who these peo ple were that were destroyed. And the fact that they had lives, they had communities that were completely devastated,” he con tinued. “That is something that is hard to deal with — thinking about these personal stories and how people were actually affect ed.” The JSU will show a documen tary, Carpati, in 177 Lawrence at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Citrin said the film follows a Jewish man from Eastern Europe back to his village in the Ukraine after World Warn. “He talks about what his Jew ish community used to be like and what the remnant is now,” Citrin said. "You’ll see a big dis crepancy. There was a fairly siz able Jewish community in this part of the Ukraine, and now it’s very small.” Trudy Alexi, author of Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews, will speak about Spain’s role in saving Jews during World War II on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in 177 Lawrence. “Alexi’s story is very interest ing,” Citrin said. “She didn’t know she was Jewish until her family had to move to Spain when the Nazis came in.” Her talk will cover Spain’s role during the Holocaust. It will also make a connection with the “se cret Jews” who lived in Spain during the Spanish Inquisition. Ever the Dragon May 9,10, 15,16,17, 23, 24 8 pm Robinson Theatre UT Box Office EMU Ticket Office Benefit Matinee . Womenspace. May 10, 2 pm 346-4191 346-4363 look Into ooi CjJCj) Classifieds! 346-4343 Shoah Week will end on Thursday with the music of Jew ish group Mah Tovu. “We try to end Shoah Week on an upbeat note,” Citrin said. Citrin said the group is repre sentative of American Jewish cul ture. The music of Mah Tovu weaves traditional Jewish themes in with American musical influ ences. The songs are performed in both Hebrew and English. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. in the EMU Fir Room. “The music is fun and partici patory,” Citrin said. “This is something new to the Jewish cul ture. It shows how American Jews express themselves cultur ally.” In addition to the events each day, a photo exhibit will be dis played throughout the week in EMU Cedar rooms E and F from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Citrin said the exhibit is historical, covering the rise of Hitler, the anti-Semitism laws and the deportation of Jews to the ghettos. Citrin said the events are im portant because as we get farther away from the events of the Holocaust, it is more important for us to know and remember what happened. “It’s up to us to pass on the sto ries and the understanding of what happened,” he said. “It is also important for us to know and understand what hap pens when groups get singled out as scapegoats — to be op pressed,” Citrin said. SCHEDULE ■ MONDAY: “We Shall Never Forget.” The 24-hour reading of names of Holocaust Victims and a candlelight vigil at 8:30 p.m. in the EMU Courtyard. ■ TUESDAY: Documentary film Caparti. Follows a Jewish man back to his village after World War II. Begins at 7:30 p.m. in 177 Lawrence. ■ WEDNESDAY: Author Trudy Alexi will speak about Spain’s role in saving Jews during the Holocaust. Begins at 7:30 p.m. in 177 Lawrence. ■ THURSDAY: Musical group Mah Tovu will perform at 8 p.m. in the EMU Fir Room. The music is a mixture of Jewish themes and American musical ! influences. ■ MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: A photo exhibit covering the history of the Holocaust from the rise of Hitler j to the deportation of Jews. In addition, he said he wants the students and community to remember while going to these events that “each name and every picture is an individual. We tend to get lost in the sheer magnitude of the destruction.” “When you think about it, every person had a life, a family, thoughts, feelings, fears, hopes, dreams and relationships,” Citrin said. “And that was what was taken from them. That’s pretty horrifying." University of Oregon Center for Asian and Pacific Studies presents the FREEMAN LECTURE SERIES A five-week public lecture series made possible through the generosity of the Freeman Foundation ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC People, Resources & A Difficult Decision: China's One-Child Policy Professor Susan Glosser, Lewis & Clark College, History. 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He also said there is more work to come. “This is only the first step of the project,” Gaddini said. “We will be replacing drywall and then move to the second floor, saving another two or three thousand dol lars.” A resident of Eugene for 10 years, Perrin’s philanthropy is not limited to the University. “We’ve done well here, and I wanted to give something back to the entire community,” Perrin i said. His company of ten employees has donated work to Lane County, the school districts and the city of Eugene for over two years. “We usually get material donat ed by local vendors, like Jerry’s, Eugene Sand and Gravel, plumb ing companies, and then we do all the rest ourselves,” Perrin said. Gaddini said All Oregon Con struction’s work is top quality. “They’re master craftsmen, and the work they’re donating will be appreciated for years by student families,” Gaddini said. Rule: Communism to replace Hong Kong’s democracy ■ Continued from Page 1 Other students with family and friends still in Hong Kong are not as optimistic about the British hand-over to China. “I think that things in Hong Kong will heat up soon after July 1st,” said Brannon Fetzer, a junior international studies major whose parents have lived in Hong Kong for more than three years. “At least half of the Ameri can population in Hong Kong has left in the last five years,” Fetzer said. Fetzer said many wealthy natives of Hong Kong have left the colony to settle in safer ar eas such as Canada, Australia and the United States. “My parents love Hong Kong and don’t want to leave. But, if the Chinese government be gins making restrictive laws or rolling tanks down the streets, they will come back to the United States,” Fetzer said. Mok said her family is also prepared to leave Hong Kong in the future if problems arise. “My family is lucky to have enough money so that we can move out if there is an emer gency,” Mok said. “ Some fami lies in Hong Kong are not as lucky. The British and Chinese gov ernments prepared a Joint Dec laration in 1984 that would u My parents love Hong Kong and don’t want to leave. But, if the Chinese government begins making restrictive laws or rolling tanks down the streets, they will come back to the United States. ” Brannon Fetzer Junior International Studies Major guarantee Hong Kong’s lifestyle and freedoms would remain the same for 50 years af ter 1997. In recent months Chi na seems to be backing away from that stance and introduc ing proposals that will restrict such freedoms as speech and protest. China has already appointed a new communist parliament that will take over Hong Kong’s current democratically elected government on July 1st. 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