Staff and faculty walk for wellness
The Wellness Consortium
sponsored the walk to get
people out of their offices
By Jeremy Lang
for the Emerald
University, staff and faculty
left their jobs, traded their sport
coats for sweatpants and took a
walking tour of campus
Wednesday.
More than 100 staff and faculty
members, including University
President Dave Frohnmayer, head
football coach Mike Bellotti and
men's basketball coach Ernie
Kent, celebrated National Fitness
Month and Oregon Fitness Day
with a one-mile noon walk
around campus.
The University Wellness Con
sortium sponsored the event. The
consortium is a group of Univer
sity departments that promote
health and fitness on campus. Be
sides the walk, the group publish
es a quarterly newsletter and of
fers low-cost fitness classes for
employees.
The goal of the walk and the
Wellness Consortium is to pro
mote a sense of community for
the entire staff, said Karen
Logvin, Work and Family Ser
vice administrator and event or
ganizer.
“An event like this lets every
one get out of their offices, take a
break together and clear their
minds and bodies,” she said.
Bellotti, a self-proclaimed fit
ness buff outside of coaching,
said he thought the walk was
the perfect way to achieve that
goal.
“Sedentary lifestyles are dan
gerous” he said. “Walking is the
easiest way to get exercise, and it
builds life long benefits.”
The groups and departments
of the Wellness Consortium set
up tables along the course to
hand out information. Although
many campuses have fitness
programs, Logvin said the Uni
versity is one of the first schools
to be so coordinated. Both Bel
lotti and Frohnmayer agreed
that the University’s program is
as well organized as they have
ever seen.
“I know every university is con
cerned,” Frohnmayer said. “But I
seriously doubt other campuses
are this organized.”
Frohnmayer, one of the few
clad in suit and tie, would nor
mally be in an executive staff
meeting during the noon hour.
He attributed the consortium’s
organization to the spirit of the
campus and the Eugene commu
nity.
“Embracing the ethic of fit
ness has always been a deeper
part of our culture at the Univer
sity, especially since the 1970s
and the ‘Tracktown’ days,” he
said.
Logvin hopes the support of
Wednesday’s walk will make it an
annual event.
“All are concerned about pro
moting wellness in the work
place,” she said. “We need oppor
tunities like this to take advantage
of the day.”
Star Wars
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creation. “The Phantom Menace”
began romancing audiences at
12:01 a.m. Wednesday, and Cine
ma World was sold out.
Movie executives predict the
prequel will generate more than
$40 million in revenue the first
day alone.
“I was in my mother’s womb
when she saw the second show
ing ever of the first ‘.Star Wars’ at
Mann's Chinese Theater In Los
Angeles,” UO theater arts major
Rob Stockton said as he waited
in the lobby for doors to open. “I
know I’ll love it because I love
George Lucas and his ‘Star
Wars’ trilogy unconditionally.
It’s definitely a baby for all of
us.”
A good portion of the fans han
kering to see the movie were ba
bies themselves when the original
“Star Wars” premiered. That’s
part of the allure, Ruth Golar said
as she anticipated her after-mid
night rendezvous.
“The opportunity to be the first
of my generation who grew up
with ‘Star Wars’ to see the new
movie is pretty exciting and so is
sort of being part of that history,”
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she said. “There’s a little excite
ment to see if they can actually
pull off something that could
even be better than the first three
movies.”
Like most fans, Golar said she
stayed away from the publicity
as much as possible so this was
her “experience and not the me
dia’s experience.” Others appar
ently hooked up with a few im
ages beforehand, as there was a
smattering of devotees dressed
to thrill.
“It took me four hours to paint
my face and get on this costume,”
said Michael Knotts, who was
made up as Sith Lord Darth Maul
and stood in line to see Cinema
World’s 1 p.m. showing on
Wednesday. “I got hooked on it
when I was 7 years old, the whole
‘Star Wars’ universe. This is just a
way for me to enjoy the movie
more, make it a fuller experi
ence.”
A few enthusiasts were still a
bit drowsy when the early morn
ing credits began to roll, but the
sleepiness was nothing a little
surge of excitement wouldn’t
cure.
“I was ready to fall asleep until
it went on, then I woke up. Well, I
couldn’t help but wake up,”
laughed Nicola Noetic, after
watching Wednesday’s 10 a.m.
show. “That scene with the pod
race was killer.”
Noetic attended the movie with
her 14-year-old son, Joe Bowles,
which caused her to reminisce be
cause she saw the original at the
same age. Bowles looked guilty
when asked if he was missing
school but quickly added, “Mom
said it was OK, so I’m not really
skipping.”
Movie industry prognosticators
say “Phantom Menace” has all the
charm to surpass the genuine
“date movie” “Titantic” as the top
box office smash of all time. Most
of the money should come from
adolescent boys and young males,
they add, a fact Davison takes is
sue with.
“There are plenty of women out
there who are interested in sci
ence fiction, and there are more
and more writers in the genre,”
she said.
A “date” that appeals to both
men and women? Now that’s
something to marvel.
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