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The Outdoor Program allows students
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Out with the old...
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An independent newspaper
Volume 101, Issue 1
University of Oregon
www.dailyemerald.com
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In search of self-discovery, a
Eugene woman sets off to walk
with crutches across the country
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Karen Daly believes the lessons life
teaches are best understood when one’s
whole being gets involved in the learn
ing. Meshing the physical with the emo
tional, Daly’s work in art, dance and as a
nurse during the last few decades has
been a testament to that belief.
After losing her leg to bone cancer at
age 11, Daly spent the next 20 years with
the lower half of her body encased in a
cumbersome prosthetic device. In the
early 1980s, she discovered a group of
amputees in Boston that encouraged ac
tivity without prosthetics, and after an
eight-month trial without it, she left the
artificial leg behind for good.
“I don’t think of myself as missing
anything,” she said.
With the aid of crutches, Daly has
been actively dancing, teaching and per
forming since “freeing” herself from the
past and its limitations.
“I felt like I got my body back,” she
said.
Daly, 47, moved to Eugene in 1994 af
ter participating in a week-long Dance
Ability workshop held here. She has
since become involved in teaching and
performing movement and traveling to
Cypress and Switzerland with Alito
Alessi, the group’s director.
Turn to DALY, Page 4A
Catharine KeruiaU/hmeraki
Karen Daly, a Eugene resident, stands on her deck Monday before beginning her cross-country trek.
New bill
focuses oh
college funds
Gov. Kitzhaber is expected to sign a
bill that could help ease the burden
of funding a college education
By Sara Jarrett
Oregon Daily Emerald
Struggling to pay for school? Wish you
naa some neip r
Imagine if your
parents set up a col
lege fund for you
when your idea of the
future was nothing
more than deciding
on what toy to play
with next.
Not too out of the
ordinary.
What if the fund
was tax-free?
Under Senate Bill
756, Oregonians now
Senate
Bill 756
The bill, pending
the signature of
Gov.Kitzhaber.wiH
help parents save
for their children’s
higher education
by setting up a tax
deferred savings
plan.
nave me opuon oi seiung up a tax-aeierreu,
higher-education savings plan for their chil
dren or other relatives.
Gov. John Kitzhaber has not yet signed
the bill, but “his staff is really supportive of
it,” said legislative assistant Shannon Mc
Swain. “We hope to get a public bill signing,
though it's "not scheduled yet.”
Other efforts are being made to relieve the
burden of college expenses for students
right now. On Thursday, the U.S. Depart
ment of Education announced three new
discounts for student fees on direct loans.
Under the Direct Loan Program, students
borrow money for college and other post
secondary education directly from the fed
eral government through their schools.
“Currently, the average in-state student
attending a public university in Oregon will
graduate with a debt between $15,000 and
Turn to BILL, Page 4A
Locals embrace lovable’ Cubs’ new connection to Eugene
Everybody
loves the Cubs
because it’s
been so many
years since
[they] won
anything.
Tom Clark
Ems/Cubs fan
Tom Clark sports a
Chicago Cubs cap at
Civic Stadium on Sun
day afternoon.
Catharine KendaU/Emerakl
The Chicago Cubs are the new
parent club to Eugene’s Class-A
baseball team, the Emeralds
By Jack Clifford
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Eugene Emeralds wasted no time
paying tribute to their new major league af
filiate club, the Chicago Cubs. Yet, despite
getting swept during a season-opening
homestand, players and fans alike are
pumped about the connection to baseball’s
longtime losers.
“Everybody loves the Cubs because it’s
been so many years since the Cubs won any
thing,” said Tom Clark at Sunday’s 6-5 Ems’
loss, as he and some buddies prowled an
area renowned at Wrigley Field for its
Bleacher Bums. “This is our version of the
left-field bleachers. We have everything you
need — a beer stand right over there — and
it’s the best seat in the house, except you
just have to stand up.”
Clark has lived in Eugene for 16 years and
is a regular at Civic Stadium to watch the
Emeralds. Even though he’s never lived in
Chicago, Clark said it seemed appropriate
that he buy a Cubs’ cap during a recent busi
ness trip to the Windy City, considering his
hometown team’s recent switch in parent
clubs from Atlanta.
Jim Dunn and his wife Joanna did live in
Chicago, for 10 years, and have been Eugene
residents since 1993. They point out some
parallels between games at Wrigley Field
and Civic Stadium, such as the family at
mosphere. But Joanna believes there is a lot
more to the experience in Chicago.
“There’s kind of like a spiritual energy at
Wrigley Field because it’s really old and it
has the spirit of age,” she said, while watch
ing the Ems drop to 0-3. “When you go
there, you feel that energy of ancient, old
players and an ancient, old stadium.”
The new players on the Ems’ squad prob
ably don’t know much about ancient, spiri
tual energy. Most of them are just glad to be
playing at any pro ballpark.
“This is professional baseball, so I don’t
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