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Fire
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the dumbwaiter shaft. The water
hit the elevator motor causing it to
short out.
Custodial staff cleaning the build
ing called campus public safety after
noticing smoke emanatating from
the service elevator.
The electrical short produced
some smoke, but there wasn’t any
damage other than to the motor,
said Bruce Cummings, a lieutenant
with the Eugene Fire Department.
“We don’t know if the water
caused it, or if it just burned out all
of the sudden, by itself,” he said.
As emergency personnel
swarmed around the area, work
ers remodeling the deck and
ramps on the west side of the
house remained unfazed.
“I’m not too concerned — I just
want to get this job done,” said
Steve Parker, a carpenter with
University facilities services.
“From what I’ve heard, it seemed
like it was pretty contained.”
Many passersby wondered why
so many emergency vehicles were
on campus because there wasn’t a
fire and there were no injuries. But
fire and public safety officials said
the number of vehicles that re
sponded was normal.
“They’ve got to make sure, with
so many people around, that
everyone stays safe,” said Terry Gae
ta, a campus public safety officer at
the scene. “Until they can be sure,
they’ve got to cover their bases.”
Trubia said he would never hes
itate to call the fire department. A
fire “could happen anywhere, at
anytime, and the response would
have been the same,” he said.
“It’s not overkill,” he said. “I’ve
been doing this for a long time,
and I’ve seen buildings like the
Collier House catch fire very
quickly. It’s very good to have all
this apparatus here to be safe.”
Bryan Dixon and Scott Pesznecker con
tributed to this story.
Peace Corps
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fairs Specialist at the Corps’ Seat
tle regional office, insisted that the
University is still consistent in its
production as a top recruiter.
“The U of O might have slipped
a bit this year, but the number of U
of O alumni remains about the
same,” she said. “There are 56
alumni serving overseas present
ly compared to last year’s 58. ”
The winter term deadline for
volunteering is today.
In a tiny room filled with stacks
of application forms, guidelines
and backgrounders, Fred Jarman,
the University’s Peace Corps rep
resentative, was as busy as always
meeting students and giving them
last minute advice and well-wishes.
According to Jarman, the Corps is
still the No. 1 recruiter on campus.
“The Peace Corps has always
been very popular with students,
and there’s still a high demand for
volunteers,” he said.
Sharing Jarman’s sentiments,
Semmler pointed out that the Uni
versity’s slight slip doesn’t mean
r
that it’s either stricter on new ap
plicants or is less popular with
students. In addition, Jarman de
fined the role of the Corps as an ef
ficient channel provider that links
students to services demanded.
“As long as there’s a demand for
volunteers, more students will be
needed,” he said.
The Corps, with a reputation as
one of the biggest volunteer organ
izations in the world for the last 39
years, is, on a bigger scale, plan
ning to recruit more volunteers
this year. The new recruitment drive
has been employed to expand the
number of volunteers to 10,000 dur
ing the next few years.
According to Jarman, the volun
teers perform their tasks in host
countries by adapting to the cul
ture and helping the locals sustain
themselves.
“It’s a bottom up process and it’s
all about initiation and the transfer
of skills,” he said. “Hence, volun
teers will find a lot of new skills and
ideas that they can transfer and fur
ther develop with the locals. ”
Graduate student Hans Nord
strom, 25, had similar experiences
when he was volunteering in
Ghana, West Africa, in 1996. In re
lation to demand for more volun
teers, Nordstrom said his experi
ences depict that there will always
be a high need for introducing
new skills and improving the liv
ing conditions.
“There’s always something pro
ductive to do,” Nordstrom said.
“After being in Navrongo, Ghana,
for a while, I had to leave for an
other place because the school
that I was assigned to employed
new local teachers. I was given an
other assignment soon after. ”
Other than official assignments,
Nordstrom said he believes that
the entire experience further em
powered him to start something
useful on his own. While he was
there, he started a bee-keeping
project that was maintained by the
locals interested in the honey pro
duction process.
Moreover, Jarman, who previ
ously volunteered in Mauritania,
West Africa, decided to extend his
service beyond the conventional
two years because he was able to
initiate a water project in Chad,
Central Africa.
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