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Tuesday. April 6, I1)1)1) Weather forecast Today Wednesday Mostly sunny Showers High 56, Low 35 Higli 47, Low4l Candidates meet the press Potential ASUO Executives explain their platforms and qualifications to the student body/PAGE 3 --n Spring football ^ Finding a starting quarterback isforemost among UO's concerns/PAGE 9 An independent newspaper Volume 100, Issue 125 University of Oregon www.dailyemerald.com Hostels Nick Medky/V.merukl Jonas Weiss of Switzerland says his goodbyes to the Lee family of South Korea before leaving the Portland International Hostel on his way hitchhiking to Canada. Traveling Hostel-Style Hostels offer an affordable place to stay while traveling, as well as international flavor By G. Jaros Oregon Daily Emerald Lee Han Sung’s family skipped the com plementary pancake breakfast offered by the Portland International Hostel, opting instead for Kim Chi, rice and potatoes, on Sunday. But after breakfast, Sung’s 7-year old daughter and 9-year-old son tried something completely new to them — an Easter egg hunt. Hostel staff hid candy and colored eggs for the children. It took a mo ment for the children to catch-on, but then the excitement of the hunt overcame them. The Sung family said they heard about hostels from a friend before leaving home in South Korea. Hostels are the least expensive accom modations to be found while traveling, save sleeping in a park, a car or at the mis sion. They offer Americans a taste of inter national travel without ever leaving the states. On any given night, their guest reg istration has more nationalities represent ed than the NATO alliance. Hundreds of hostels are scattered throughout the United States, but many Americans don’t know about them. There are many independent hostels, in cluding the Eugene Hostel on Willamette Street, but the largest network of hostels in the United States and the world is Hostelling International American Youth Hostels (HI-AYH), or AYH hostels. They have a network of nearly 5,000 hostels in more than 70 countries; there are 150 hos tels in the United States. Prices range be tween a few dollars in some countries to $22 in New York City and $25 in London. Most average between $12 to $16 per night. Despite the name, youth hostels are for Turn to HOSTELS, Page 4 Exchange programs excelling Successful University study abroad programs boosted its exchange enrollment rankings By Teri Meeuwsen Oregon Daily Emerald German exchange students sharing the memory of their stay at the University with other possible exchange students has helped keep the Oregon/Baden-Wiirttemberg ex change program alive for more than 30 years. "This is the model of German exchange programs in the United States.” said Susan Anderson, associate professor of German in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and the advisor for the program. “The whole Oregon University System gets about 40 Germans a year, and we send 40 students from Oregon over there.” The program and others like it have made the University rank 38th in a list of public and private research institutions for interna tional enrollment and 28th for the number of its students studying abroad, according to a new national report. “Open Doors: 1997-1998 Report of Interna tional Educational Exchange,” issued by the New York-based Institute of International Edu cation, ranks the University ahead of schools including the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia and Rutgers University. “It’s a good sign to people that we have a quality institution,” said Tom Mills, direc tor of the Office of International Education and Exchange. “But the fact that we have a good international university has been a well-kept secret.” The University has a good reputation, An derson said. “Most German students know English well because they’ve had to learn it in junior high or high school, so those interested are really looking forward to coming to the Unit ed States,” she said. Mills said the University has always had a high number of international and study abroad students. “They see that the quality of life here is re ally high, so they come here to experience Turn to EXCHANGE, Page 4 Web site spotlights photos of popular Eugene locations The site’s creators hope to expand the page into an electronic magazine By Felicity Ayles Oregon Daily Emerald Sean Keener and his friend Nick O’Neill were just sitting around one day, having a beer and discussing their favorite top ics: movies and the Internet. The movie “Smoke” came up, and the two friends remembered that in the film, the main character takes a picture of a cigar shop at the same time every day. The duo was instantly in spired. Though they may not be fo cusing on a cigar shop, Keener and O’Neill have brought a taste of Hollywood to Eugene with their new Web site, eugenedai ly.com. Every morning, either Keener or O’Neill takes pictures of popu lar spots around Eugene. The pictures are then placed on the Web site and changed daily. The site boasts pictures of the Uni versity Bookstore, Full City Cof fee Shop and a question asked to the same five people each week. The pictures are all taken at the same time of day, and you never know who or what is going to show up in the photo. “It’s the same picture, but then it’s really not,” Keener said. "Sometimes you’ll see friends and people you know.” Keener is the owner of Mo Muny.com, an Internet design company in Eugene, and he said he enjoys doing this additional Web site as a hobby. “We do it for the fun of seeing people out there on a daily basis and seeing people smile,” he said. “It’s kind of a photo essay of things at different places and different times every day.” The site has been getting a fair amount of feedback, and Keener said he enjoys hearing what peo ple have to say, but he is not al ways able to accommodate everyone’s suggestions. People want to see different shots and angles, and they sug gest picturing different locations such as schools and highlighting non-University related scenes, he said. But for the most part, Keener said his goal is to expand the page into an electronic maga zine. “This page is intangible for the moment,” he said. "We’re not making any money, and who knows if we ever will.” Although he gets no money from the businesses featured on the page, Keener said it helps to Turn to WEB SITE, Page 7 ((It's the same picture, but then it’s really not. Sometimes you ’ll see friends and people you know. D Sean Keener Owner, MoMuny.com
