CRIME
Student captured
The father of a Portland high school
student helped police catch his son, who
had been on the run since April
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RHYTHM & REVIEWS
Finding Eugene’s groove
Karim Panni, originally from San Francisco, is
introducing hip-hop to the Eugene music scene, and
he is becoming more successful with each gig
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THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1998
TODAY
At 4p.m., The city ’s
Citizen Involvement
Committee meets at
the Atrium Building
on W. 10th Avenue
WEATHER
Today
Showers
High 78. Low 60.
Friday
Partly Cloudy
High 82. Low 56.
Promise Keepers return to Autzen Stadium
LAURA GOSS/Emerald
Families walk a lap around Autzen Stadium as part of the Jericho Prayer March Saturday through Thursday evenings before the event.
Prayer, spiritual growth
are focus of conference
Coordinators say the event will
be free of the $60 fee in an
attempt to attract more men
By Amy Goldhammer
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Grateful Dead isn’t in town and
the Duck football team isn’t scheduled for
a home game this weekend, yet Autzen
Stadium will be filled with 25,000 to
30,000 people this weekend.
Eugene is playing host to the Promise
Keepers “Live a Legacy” Regional Men’s
Conference. Promise Keepers was found
ed in 1990 by Bill McCartney, head foot
ball coach at the University of Colorado,
after he envisioned filling a stadium with
50,000 men who "sought to honor Jesus
and be men of integrity.”
“The numbers aren’t the key issue,”
said Dave Halbert, Promise Keepers
prayer coordinator for the Eugene confer
ence. “The big picture is men being con
cerned with the nation, asking God to
turn us around.”
Promise Keepers focuses its principles
on a five-point statement of faith and sev
en Biblically based promises for men.
This is the second Promise Keepers con
ference in Eugene and the only one in the
Pacific Northwest. Unlike previous years,
all regional conferences are free. Halbert
said one reason the $60 fee was waived is
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Women’s studies class
to examine movement
Students in the course will
observe the event and discuss
its political implications
By Amy Goldhammer
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Promise Keepers “Live a Legacy”
Regional Men’s Conference in Eugene is
well in the swing of things, and many
controversial issues have surfaced re
garding the conference itself and the
Promise Keepers’ messages.
Some are concerned with issues sur
rounding the conservative group ranging
from homosexuality and cutting taxes for
public schools to racial discrimination
and a large range of political controver
sies, University sociology professor Mimi
Goldman said.
Goldman and associate English profes
sor Linda Kintz are holding a women’s
studies class this weekend to explore the
Promise Keepers from an academic per
spective. The class will analyze the orga
nization and consider it in the context of
histories of American religious revivals
and political movements, Goldman said.
“The class is basically about trying to
understand the movement’s message,
historical routes and political implica
tions,” she said.
The Promise Keepers’ stand on women
has been a controversial focus in years
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‘Geek Chic’ girls investigate world of engineering
The program is
designed to
encourage
young
women to
consider
careers in
science
By Stefanie Knowlton
Freelance Reporter
Several Lane County middle school and
high school girls are getting their first taste of
university life this week.
Twenty-five students, ages 11 through 17,
are participating in a program at the Univer
sity called “Geek Chic,” which stands for
Gaining Electrical Engineering Knowledge
through Collaborative, Hands-on Instruc
tion and Computing.
“The young women will engage in hands
on activities, where they build and learn
about audio speakers, motors, AM radios
and sensing and signaling circuits,” said
Molly Johnson, the co-founder of the pro
gram and a University adjunct professor of
physics.
The program was so well received in Port
land last summer that it has expanded to
Eugene and Corvallis this summer.
Currently, the University does not have
an engineering program. However, Johnson
said she believes it is important just to get
girls interested in science.
Shelly Steward, a participant in Geek
Chic, said she has always been interested in
science and electrical engineering.
“My dad was an electrical engineer and I
used to love going to work with him,” the
11-year-old said.
Smiling, Steward explained how she and
a classmate got to break a cassette player
open by throwing it onto the ground several
times in order to see what was inside and
how it worked.
Geek Chic is designed to give girls posi
tive experiences with technology and to es
sentially have fun with science.
Encouraging girls to consider careers in
engineering is another motivating factor of
the program, Johnson said.
“I want girls to know that engineering is a
viable career option for them,” she said.
Teresa Garcia, a Greek Chic participant,
said making the program open forgirls only
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((I want girls
to know that
engineering is
a viable career
option for
them. ^
Molly Johnson
physics professor