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WELFARE Beyond stereotypes A recent survey shows America's hungry> often hai<e jobs, live outside cities, and defy long-held beliefs about the poor PAGE 4 SPORTS Game, set, match Erwan Kergroach, an exchange student from Paris, has been serving up success for Oregon tennis PAGE 7 TUESDAY, MARCH 1 TODAY Ihe Outdoor Program will hold a garage sale at 7:30p.m. in the EMU Ballroom. WEATHER Today Showers 1 ligh 61. Ixaw 40. Wednesday Showers I ligh 61. Low 46. I LAURA GOSS/Emerald Jennifer Lindh, a Continuing Education student, reads a health magazine while working out on the stairclimher in Esslinger. Spring’s coming; better hit the gym (( We see an increase in spring term because there’s a spring fever.... Brent Harrison RIM director Students have many options at Esslinger Gym in order to lose those extra winter pounds By Kristina Rudinskas Student Activities Reporter The sun eventually shines through the clouds of Eugene. Stu dents slowly peel off the layers of sweaters, thermals and jeans. They strip down to shorts, skirts, tank tops and dresses. Spring is on the way, and stu dents start to worry about how to lose those winter pounds. Students have options at Esslinger Gym when those late night pizzas start to catch up with them. The University Health Center does not keep statistics on winter weight gain, but anecdotal exam ples reveal a natural tendency to gain weight during the winter months, said Annie Dochnahl, peer health education coordinator, “It is my personal opinion that having short days and long nights is less conducive to vigorous physi cal activity than are the bright and long days of summer months,” she said. Diet may also cause weight gain during the winter. “For many students there is a tendency to eat differently in cold er, dark months,” Dochnahl said, “perhaps as some remnant of be haviors necessary to help us sur vive seasons where staying warm and finding enough to eat was more critical.” When the weather heats up, stu dents want to indulge and let their skin feel the sunshine. Esslinger of fers open recreation hours, intra mural team sports, drop-in aerobics and other opportunities for stu dents to get involved. “We’re packed at around noon and 3 p.m.,” said facilities coordi nator Molly Kennedy. “Not only with students ... faculty and staff are religious users.” She estimates about 1,500 people use the gym facilities every day. Esslinger sees a rise in use during winter quarter because of New Year’s resolutions students try to keep. Kennedy said the other jump in use comes during spring term when the swimsuit season hits. Turn to FITNESS, Page 3 Construction around cross almost done Now located at the Eugene Bible College, the Skinner Butte Cross will have a 50-foot amphitheater surrounding it By Michael Burnham Community editor The final chapter in the Eugene commu nity’s love-hate relationship with the Skin ner Butte cross just may be in sight. Construction crews at the Eugene Bible College, which has been home to the cross since June 28, may be seeing the cross’ journey come to an end with the comple tion of construction in the area surround ing the cross. The final stages of work on the am phitheater surrounding the cross are final ly being completed, said Robert Whitlow, president of the Eugene Bible College. If weather permits and a steady stream of community donations continues, he said all construction around the cross could be completed within the next two weeks. The story of the Eugene landmark has not gone without notice as its journey from the top of Skinner Butte to the college last spring has been a long one. The cross, which adorned Skinner Butte for more than 23 years, has been the subject of controversy for almost as long. After in tense civic and legal battles, the cross was removed from the butte last spring. The Eu gene Bible College was chosen to be the new home of the cross. To date, the college has raised almost $31,000 in community and business dona tions to fund the construction of a 50-foot amphitheater surrounding the cross. Al though the original estimated costs were targeted at $25,000, he added that it may take another $10,000 to $15,000 to finish all projected construction plans. However, he said he is confident the college will raise the additional funding. “What’s pleased me is that contributions have come in time,” he said. "We haven’t Turn to CROSS, Page 4 Class will examine fact, fiction in television’s use of science new jresmnan seminar will allow students to critique TV shows like ‘ER’ and ‘Star Trek' By Teri Meeuwsen Higher Education Reporter Captain Kirk talked to computers with verbal interfaces in Star Trek. And for that matter, so do some people today. A new freshman seminar offered spring term will examine television’s use of sci ence and how close it comes to reality. “Science and TV: The Absurd and the Realistic” will critique, compare and con trast television shows and how science is represented in them. “Some people would say everything on TV isn’t true, but even ‘Star Trek’ has a couple things that could really work,” Prn lessor Jill Holman said. Star Trek’ actual ly came up with a couple ideas and named them before science actually did. They came up with phenomena that eventually came true.” Other shows like ‘ER’ come close to rep resenting real-life science, she said. “In ‘ER,’ although there are some things that aren’t realistic, they do use some basic fundamentals like first aid to try to make it more realistic,” she said. Holman came up with the idea for the seminar. As a television watcher, Holman is also an electronic services librarian in the Science Library. “Science is a personal interest of mine,” she said. In the class, students will study televi sion shows through reading, writing and discussion in a scientific context. The interdisciplinary work will offer stu dents three elective credits but will give them personal gratification as well, she said. “Number one, it will be fun,” she said. "It will also be good at building skills like reading, researching, writing and dis cussing. It will be very interdisciplinary. We’ll learn and use techniques of finding information on the Internet and in the li braries in order to discern fiction and fact on TV.” The class will also allow students to learn backgrounds in science and also study the theory of studying television, she said. “A lot of people say you’re not supposed to study television in college, but we’ll be able to do that in this class,” she said. Freshman seminars Other freshmen seminars being offered spring term include: Small Group Communication - Academic Learning Services Primates, Politics and People - anthropology Art and the 'Green City’ - arts and administra tion Nutrition Quackery: How to Protect Yourself from Fraud - biology Crossroads of Centuries: Pilgrims and Cru saders - English Journey to the Interior - fine and applied arts Russian Yesterday and Today: From Pere stroika to the Present - Russian SOURCE: Office ol Student Academic Progress