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Bracey, Oregon clash with USC Versatile forward Bryan and the Ducks are o bring the house down eking the Trojans down hPAGE 7A TLa rU,L The Flash Sports marketing students make connections in NYC While the NBA is usually a high career priority for some student athletes, last week a group of master’s of business administration students found it can be a future career opportunity for them as well. The University’s Warsaw Sports Marketing Center took 20 stu dents to a conference in New York City to give them a first-hand look inside the business of sports. Students had the opportunity to speak with top officials at major sports or ganizations such as the NBA and the NHL. Page BA NASA renews effort to find missing Mars Lander PASADENA, Calif. (AP)— NASA sent command signals toward Mars on Wednesday to try to learn if a faint sig nal picked up by a radio dish at Stan ford University came from the missing Mars Polar Lander. Mission officials, who had earlier abandoned hope that the Lander would make contact, stressed Wednes day that the new try was a long shot and that results would not be immedi ate. The command signals order the Lan der to send a signal to the Stanford Earth receiving station early Wednes day afternoon. They were to be repeat ed today. Federal judge orders new guidelines for ‘Megan’s Law’ TRENTON, N.J. (AP)—A federal judge has ordered New Jersey to rework its sexual offender notification law, known as “Megan’s Law,” and threat ened to shut down the notification process if prosecutors can’t put tighter controls on who receives the informa tion. Responding to a class action lawsuit filed by the state Public Defender’s Of fice, U.S. District Judge Joseph Irenas said New Jersey had failed to imple ment consistent standards of how noti fications are conducted. Weather high 43, low 29 Today I* PARTLY CLOUDY Friday MOSTtVClOUDY high 48, low 35 Thursday January 27,2000 Volume 101, Issue 84 _o_n_^ h e_web_^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper By Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald Between classes, work and outside activities, University students are hard-pressed to find time to eat right. Snacks on the-go, missed meals, vitamin supplements and fast food have become unhealthy sub stitutes for nutritious, home cooked meals. Many student meals are taken on the run. “They’re do ing a lot of grab-and-go type of foods: Nutri-Grain bars, muffins, fruit and yogurt,” said Kristen Olmos, Universi ty Health Center nutritionist. “Ready packaged, all-inclu sive little bars are supposed to provide 100 percent” of the vitamins and nutrients peo ple need, she said. “You get calories and a bit of protein, but it’s lacking what a quality meal would have. Think of it as a candy bar that they’ve put vitamins and minerals in.” These bars tend to be ex pensive, too. It’s substantially cheaper and more nutritional ly sound to make a sandwich in the morning and take it with you for lunch, Olmos said. Many students report miss ing meals regularly, she said. “It’s hard to get all the nu trients you need by eating only one or two meals in a given day,” she said. Even worse is skipping meals early in the day, when the body needs more calories. This can cause overeating lat er on to compensate, she said. Eating out has become a common solution for the stu dent looking for a quick fill up. A recent survey showed that people are eating 40 to 50 percent of their meals outside of the home, Olmos said. Aside from being expen sive, eating out is detrimental because people get accus tomed to the “huge” serving sizes at most restaurants. This can lead to overeating at home and at restaurants, she said. Olmos offers some tips for Turn to Food, page 6A Kb, University financing debate continues Members of the Eugene and campus communities Wednesday to discuss the status of the University White Paper By Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald Expressions of optimism mingled with concerns of continued inequity Wednes day as faculty, administration, students and community members gathered to con tinue the debate over faculty compensa tion and University financing at a Univer sity Town Hall Meeting. Sponsored by the University chapter of American Association of University Pro fessors, the University Senate and the Fac ulty Advisory Committee, the meeting was meant to be a forum for discussion of the University White Paper. Still in draft form, the white paper is a comprehensive document drafted by the Senate Budget Committee to improve fac ulty compensation. Low University facul ty salaries, especially measured against salaries at comparative universities, are Turn to Town hall, page 3A Students can test the teaching waters ■ Teach for America lets graduating students teach for two years to inundate them with education values and experiences By Jessica Blanchard Oregon Daily Emerald When Brett Wilson graduated from the University in 1990 with degrees in biology and German, he had no idea that a decade later, he’d be teaching third grade in an Oakland, Calif, elementary school. Wilson is one of an estimated 12 Univer sity students who have participated in Teach For America, a program that recruits college graduates of all majors to fill salaried teaching positions in under-re sourced, low-income urban and rural American public schools. After a competitive application process, Turn to Teach, page 3A Teach for America What: An informa tion session for University stu dents interested in the Teach For America program When:5pim.,Febi2 Where: EMU, Co quilleRoom Why: To give stu dents enough time to fill out their ap plications by the Feb. 22 deadline Source: Kyle Waide, Teach For America
