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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.
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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