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Food for Lane County settles into new location ■ A new warehouse expands the capabilities of Oregon's second largest food bank, here in Eugene By Sara Lieberth Oregon Daily Emerald Less than a week after Oregon State Uni versity released “A Portrait of Poverty in Ore gon,” which highlighted hunger and pover ty as blossoming statewide problems, the state’s second-largest regional food bank held an open house for its new, expanded facility in Eugene — helping to prove the point. Food for Lane County, which annually distributes over 3 million pounds of food to nearly 200,000 people, had outgrown its previous location in the Whiteaker district and is now settled in a gigantic warehouse at 770 Bailey Hill Rd. Saturday’s dedication ceremony marked the end of FFLC’s two-year building finance campaign, No Room For Hunger, which successfully collected donations from both individuals and local organizations. “This is a wonderful, giving communi ty,” FFLC Founder and Executive Director Caroline Frengle said. “Things aren’t as they should be, but now we have the facili ty and commitment from the community to do something really big about it.” Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Eug.) addressed the crowd of several hundred and congrat ulated the broad community effort that helped make the new building possible. “I don’t believe the solutions are going to come down to us from Washington, or Salem or even city hall,” he said. “The peo ple at the grassroots will do more than all the grand speeches and all the great promises that come from politicians.” Citing an “unfair distribution of re sources,” DeFazio detailed a number of sta tistics, including the fact that 20 percent of children in the United States live in pover ty and that 25 percent go hungry. He noted that last year alone Lane County received 161,000 requests for emergency food assis tance, and some 500,000 meals were served to school-aged children. OSU’s Extension Service report indicat ed that the need for food and emergency as sistance in Oregon is steadily increasing in recent years, “It’s at least partially because there’s Catharine Kendall Emerald Mae and Neil Quigly speak with Henry Stackhouse (left) during the open house for Food for Lane County. been so much pressure on public agencies to get people off welfare and because of cut backs in food stamps for illegal aliens and single people,” said Jerry Tippens, chair of the Oregon Food Bank’s board of directors. Food for Lane County is a member of the larger statewide food bank network and also works with 65 local social service agencies running food-box distribution sites, soup kitchens, shelters, foster-care programs and halfway houses. To find out about volunteer opportuni ties that address hunger in the county, call 343-2822. Oregon Alumni Association gives $95,000 for improvements ■ The association gives the funds to improve computers in Agate Hall By Serena Markstrom Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Alumni Association passed tWo motions at its winter Board of Directors meeting Satur day in the mock courtroom of the William W. Knight Law Center. The first motion was to approve a draft version of the Alumni As sociation’s sponsorship philoso phy. The philosophy states that sponsorship dollars will not com promise program objectives. It also mandates'that language used in advertising or promoting spon sored events will be preapproved by the Alumni Association. With the second motion the Alumni Association allocated $95,000 for improving its facilities in Agate Hall. Half of the money will go to buying new computer equipment. Duncan McDonald, vice presi dent for public affairs and devel opment, presented a strategic plan that outlines the association's goals and objectives for the years 2000-2004. “This is a time for reflection, but it is also a time to look ahead,” Mc Donald said. McDonald addressed faculty compensation issues discussed in The Oregonian’s three-part series titled “Majoring in Mediocrity,” which has offended some admin istrators. The University is mediocre in funding, not performance, he said. After the association president and executive director gave re ports, each of the committee chairs gave reports. The Advocacy Committee will be launching efforts to oppose Bill Sizemore’s anticipated initiative. “Friends don’t let friends sign destructive initiatives,” said Mary Jubitz, committee chair. During the Budget and Finance Committee report the board toast ed, with empty commemorative Sun Bowl champagne glasses, to a recent victory in a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. Ernie Kent, University alumnus and men’s basketball coach, made a visit before committee reports were completed. Kent spoke of his coaching philosophy and of team building and bonding activities the team does before and during the season. One board member, who is a psychologist, praised Kent’s holis tic approach to coaching and his role as a parent and a teacher, say ing it is what our youth need today. “Our success this year has to do with everything we do behind the scenes,” Kent said. The board gave Kent a standing ovation and then continued with the committee reports. University Senate President Pe ter Gilkey said in his report, “the Alumni Association is one of the more pleasant things that has hap pened to me this year,” in refer ence to recent challenges the sen ate has faced in increasing faculty compensation. Though the faculty compensa tion issue has been challenging, Gilkey remains positive. “If it sounds like I’m being optimistic and upbeat about the University, it’s because I am,” he said. 008431 Cross-Cultural Communication Native American & Western Cultures Speaker: Louis Dick, Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Cultural Interpreter & Storyteller Y Tuesday, February 1 7:30 pm, 336 Gilbert For more information, call Michael @ 346-4544 008439 Council IEE: Council on International Educational Exchange University of Oregon 877 1/2 East 13^ the In >V London # Frank-Puri /*5—day Ewail pass or 5-day tle*i fZ59. We also provide hostel passes, budget hotels, visitor eards, eonverters, money belts and Int'l |D tards SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY' SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE LEVEL OUR THE PLAYING FIELD IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS... STARTING WITH THE ONES THAT DON’THAVE A PLAYING FIELD. 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