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Peruvian spiritualist to discuss culture A Peruvian spiritual medicine leader will present a lecture Friday on the relationship of man, nature and the cosmos. Don Alejandro, a seventh genera tion spiritual leader from the Peru vian Amazon rain forest, will discuss the richness of the ancient Andean and Amazon culture, which remains intact even after 500 years of West ern influence. He will be accompanied by his translator, who is also his apprentice. The first lecture will be on Friday night from 7 to 10 p.m. at the West moreland Community Center located at 1545 W. 22nd Ave. The cost is $10. The workshop will be on Satur day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the WOW Hall. The cost for the work shop is $75. For more information, call 484-1888. Reconciliation day scheduled for Friday The University will host the I nter national Day of Reconciliation on Fri day from noonto5p.m.intheEMU TODAY’S NEWS Fir Room. Speakers from the Chi cano, African-American, East Timor, Japanese, Native American, Jewish, Palestinian, Romanian, Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American commu nities will all be contributing to the event. The event is free and open to the publicand will give students and community members the chance to share cultural ordeals and experi ences with each other, organizers said. Sponsors of the event hope that the day will help participants begin to heal the cultural grief that one may carry by allowing those who have ex perienced genocide to speak with one another and learn new ways to work for peace. Participants in the conference may pay a fee and earn one hour of Uni versity creditthrough the Interna tional Studies Program by register ing through Duck Call. Non-University students may regis ter through the community educa tion program by calling 346-5614. Ball will benefit Women’s center A masquerade ball to benefit the ASUO Women’s Center will be tonight at the Wild Duck Brewery at 9 p.m. Participants are asked to wear costumes and join in the fun for an evening of “dancing and enchant ment.” Costumes are not required and there is a recommended dona tion of $5. All proceeds will go toward afund to help students buy books, an attempt to ensure an equal education for all University students. Robbie Kaye concert will be this evening A benefit for the Take Backthe Night March will feature the Robbie Kaye band on its “Two Separate Worlds" tour. The show is spon sored by Sexual Assault Support Services and will be at 7:30 p.m. at Roosevelt Middle School, 680 E. 24th Ave. UO business team places second ■ AWARD: The team beat such schools as Yale and Stanford with its idea for a plant control company By Amy Palanuk Higher Education Reporter For Billy Nerenberg, hanging outside the Lundquist College of Business can elicit quite a bit of at tention. "Congratulations, Billy.” “Yeah, I just heard the news. Great job.” “So... how does it feel?” Nerenberg accepts the congratu lations with a smile, proud of the fact that he and his two other busi ness partners just placed second in the largest business competi tion in the United States. "The international Moot Corpo ration business planning compe tition is the world championship in business competition,” partner Steve Manning said. As the first group to represent Oregon in the prestigious event, Manning, Nerenberg and partner Brian Schwartz, all masters of business administration degree candidates, placed second in a competition that included schools from Yale, Stanford and MIT. “We blew them out of their rockers, beating 23 top-notch busi ness schools,” Nerenberg said. “It really put the University on the map for entrepreneurship because it’s the most prestigious business competition in the world. ” The first place award of $15,000 went to the University of Texas at Austin, but for both Nerenberg and Manning, the opportunity to meet investors and market their service idea to fight invasion of non-native plants in both public and private sectors was more im portant than getting first place. “When we were done, we had numerous people come up to us and try to invest right there,” Nerenberg said. The competition, held May 1-3 in Austin, Texas, catapulted inter est in the new company Invasive Plant Control, LLC, which will be gin its operation in June after the three partners graduate. The company plans to work on a national level, keeping a data base of 6,000 invasive plants that includes specialized removal methods. For the trio, the chance to take their entrepreneurial ideas to large investors helped them gain confi dence in their business idea. “I was really intimidated at first,” Nerenberg said, “But once I got down there I realized that the students there were just like us, even the ones from London.” Resale Clothing NEED EXTRA CASH? 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If you love variety, are self motivated and want the opportunity to use basic layout and design skills, as well as gain sales and customer service experience, then this job may be perfect for you! 'Work 8-12 hrs a week, M-F between 8am and 5pm. Must be an enrolled University of Oregon student to apply. Applications are available at the Emerald office: Suite 300. EMU. Applications due: Friday, May 16.1997 The Oregon Daily Emerald is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a. culturally diverse workplace. Emerald
