Guest speaker s CD collection stolen from campus
The CDs were used to
study music’s effect on
terminal patients
By David Ryan
Oregon Daily Emerald
For dying hospice patients,
Robert Groves’ collection of CDs
meant a lot more than relaxing
music. Groves used his music
collection to help patients come
to terms with their death and re
duce their dependence on
painkilling drugs such as mor
phine before they died.
But last weekend someone
decided he or she wanted
Groves’ CD collection for his or
her own.
Groves had been teaching a
seminar on his techniques at the
University in Columbia 150 last
weekend. His collection of about
80 CDs — many recorded over
seas — was locked inside a cabi
net that held stereo equipment
for the room. Groves left about 5
p.m. and returned about 7 a.m.
the next morning to find the cabi
net lock broken and his collec
tion missing.
"He kind of beat himself up
over it,” said Miki Mace, pro
gram administrator of the Sub
stance Abuse Prevention Pro
gram, which sponsored the
seminar.
Groves has a clinic in Bend
called the Sacred Art of Living
Center, and he teaches seminars
a few times a month in colleges
and hospitals around the coun
try.
Thomas Hicks, assistant direc
tor of the Office of Public Safety,
said he did not know whether it
was common procedure to lock a
large lecture hall such as Colum
bia 150.
“We don’t lock all the rooms
on campus,” he said.
If Columbia 150 does get
locked, he said it would be
locked at 9 p.m. Saturday when
Columbia Hall is locked.
Mace said much of the collec
tion is irreplaceable because it
was collected from different cul
tures during Groves’ travels to
places such as Africa, Tibet and
Hong Kong. Mace said one of
Groves' CDs was given to him by
the Dalai Lama.
Groves said he collected his
CDs while doing research on the
effects of music on the dying.
“It’s more than just listening
to nice music,” he said. “The
nature of the rhythm and the
words reduce pain and make
the person less dependent on
drugs."
Music that has a circular
rhythm is most effective, such as
Celtic music or medieval Christ
ian music, Groves said. Instru
merits such as the harp are espe
cially relaxing to patients suffer
ing from terminal ailments such
as cancer, he said.
“It’s been scientifically
proved,” Groves said. “In terms
of vital signs — blood pressure
and heart rate — it has a definite
effect.”
Groves is offering a reward
for the safe return of his collec
tion.
“The police told me it’s better
not to say how much,” he said.
Anyone with information can
call the Sacred Art of Living
Center in Bend at (541) 383
4179.
University class organizes dance to help local teenager
Crystal Hauser needs
money for a heart and
lung transplant
By Amy Jennaro
Oregon Daily Emerald
At first glance, it seemed like
a typical high school dance.
Last Friday, 250 students filed
into Sheldon High School ready
to party. There were raffle
prizes, punch and costume
judging.
But this event had a twist: It
was put on to provide funding
for a Sheldon junior to receive a
heart and lung transplant.
Crystal Hauser was born with a
congenital heart defect and has
been on a waiting list to receive
organ donations. The Crystal
Hauser Fund was set up to help
the Hauser family raise the
$30,000 for the transplant. The
dance was just a start, raising
more than $1,000.
The event was planned by
University students in a student
leadership class to meet the com
munity service requirement of
the class. But fulfilling require
ments wasn’t the only reason the
students decided to put on the
program.
“Crystal had a compelling sto
ry,” said class member Caitlin
O’Rourke.
The dance took most of the
term to plan, according to event
planner Nate Blauer. It was origi
nally slated to be held in Agate
Hall, but budget problems and
other planning difficulties forced
the students to move the event to
Sheldon.
“It was difficult for us to cov
er the costs of putting on the
event at the University,” Blauer
said.
Abe Thornagle, a leadership
class member, said two high
schools — Sheldon and South
Eugene — were involved in the
event as well as several business
es, including McKenzie Outfit
ters, Circuit City and the Campus
Skate Company, which donated
prizes.
Thornagle said he was im
pressed with the student support
at Sheldon for Hauser.
“I think we’ve gotten some
good student reaction," he said.
“I know they want to see her
well.”
O’Rourke said the students
have shown their support for
Hauser by putting on several
dances and other events over the
past year.
“The students have really
wanted to help her out,” she
said.
Hauser was able to attend the
dance, but her illness prevented
her from being able to do much
dancing. Blauer said he is im
pressed with the emotional
strength Hauser has shown.
“She keeps a bright outlook all
the time," he said. “It’s kind of
inspiring.”
The dance’s $4 ticket price was
just the beginning of fund-raising
efforts for Hauser. The media
have been alerted to Hauser’s
cause and are starting to devote
attention to it, according to
Blauer.
“I think the media will help
raise more money than our dance
did,” he said.
He also plans to get his frater
nity, Delta Sigma Phi, and the Of
fice of Greek Life involved in the
program, Blauer said.
"I think the greek system can
do a lot of good things to sup
port Crystal’s situation,” he
said.
O’Rourke said she enjoyed the
opportunity to help Hauser and
would like to continue with the
Crystal Hauser Fund in the fu
ture.
“The work was worth it,” she
said.
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