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Solar energy focus of outreach
■ Education Outreach Program coordinators hope to
begin touring Eugene elementary schools early next year
By Angela Leidig
for the Emeralcf
The doll house sitting on the
counter looked old and tattered.
The gray paint on the walls was
peeling, and the limbs on the
plastic trees looked frayed. The
two-story configuration wasn’t
large enough to house a Barbie.
Although its purpose seems in
significant at first glance, this doll
house is actually a model to
demonstrate passive heating.
The doll house, along with oth
er solar energy modules, will be
used by the Education Outreach
Program. The program was creat
ed by University students from
the Solar Information Center dur
ing winter term of 1999.
The program is working on a
presentation that they will give to
fourth- and fifth-grade students in
Eugene schools to teach them
about basic energy concepts.
“I think it’s a good age because
it’s early on, but [the students] are
still old enough to grasp what is
going on,” program treasurer
William Nachman said.
The program is in its early
stages, according to co-director
Ben Gates.
The staff would like to begin vis
iting elementaiy schools early next
year to present to the classes, with
help from University students.
The program is accepting vol
unteers and offering internships
to University students who
would like to help with program
preparation.
“There is a lot of work that
needs to be done,” Gates said.
The positions offered for volun
teers and interns are graphic de
signers, solar energy module con
structors, designers for the
student information packet and
other miscellaneous jobs geared
toward the presentation. Students
who want to become involved
don’t need any experience.
“It requires no knowledge of re
newable energy, although an in
terest in it would help,” Gates
said.
The presentation in its entirety
will include a skit, interactive
workstations for students and stu
dent information packets.
The skit stars Captain Solar and
Windy who travel through time,
beginning in the age of dinosaurs
and ending in an Utopian future.
The object of the skit is to iden
tify energy sources in different
eras of time, ultimately leading to
the conclusion that solar energy is
the most efficient energy source.
The interactive workstations
will allow students to work with
and design solar energy modules
such as a solar cooker, the doll
house that demonstrates passive
heating, a solar water panel and
other demonstrations.
“We are going to have some
gadgets for every station and use
our own knowledge in order to
teach the students,” said Cheryl
Jacobs, a volunteer with the proj
ect.
The program staff received a
grant from the Meyer Memorial
Trust Small Grants Program for
$4,900 last April, which is how
the program staff is paying for the
program materials.
The Solar Information Center,
located in 219 Pacific, has a small
library for anyone who would
like to learn more about solar, re
newable and other types of ener
gy.
“The library is open to anyone
in the community,” event coordi
nator Stacey Wdinkauf said.
“There are books and journals that
vary from environmental building,
community planning and land
scape.”
Students interested may call
the Solar Information Center at
346-3696 or send e-mail to.
sic@darkwing.uoregon.edu.
Trump chooses to not campaign
By Ron Fournier
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — New York
tycoon Donald Trump has decid
ed against running for president,
ending a lengthy flirtation with
the notion that he could tap his
personal fortune to capture the
White House as a third-party can
didate, The Associated Press
learned.
Sources connected with New
York’s Independence Party move
ment, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said Trump has told
associates he will announce Mon
day that he is not mounting a
presidential bid.
After months of speculation
about a possible Reform Party
campaign, Trump decided recent
ly that the party is too fractured to
support a credible presidential
candidate, the officials said.
He met over the weekend with
advisers to consider a second op
tion, running as an Independence
Party candidate, but determined
there is not enough time to get on
state ballots.
Trump considered that option
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out of respect for Minnesota Gov.
Jesse Ventura, who had been the
Reform Party’s highest elected of
ficial before leaving the “dysfunc
tional” party last week to reinvig
orate his state’s Independence
Party.
Ventura and Thimp were allies
during Reform Party squabbling
that culminated last Friday with
the governor’s departure and the
ouster of a Ventura ally as party
chairman.
A fractious Reform Party meet
ing Saturday in Tennessee re
turned power to allies of party
founder Ross Perot, who has not
ruled out running for president a
third time.
Though he had not formally
entered the race, Trump made a
handful of campaign trips, hinted
broadly for weeks that he would
run and issued comprehensive
health care and national debt-re
duction proposals.
He held a single-digit ranking
in most public polls and was not
given much of a chance of win
ning the presidency.
Trump estimates his personal
net worth at $5 billion. Though in
dependent analysis lead to lower
estimates, there is no doubt he
was wealthy enough to make in
roads toward the Reform Party
nomination.
His decision leaves former Re
publican Pat Buchanan as the
front-running candidate for the
Reform Party’s nomination.
Buchanan left the GOP after two
failed presidential bids, eying the
nearly $13 'million in federal
money that will be awarded Re
form’s nominee.
Many Perot allies encouraged
Buchanan to bolt the GOP and
join the Reform Party, in part be
cause they hoped the conserva
tive firebrand could help defy
Ventura’s wing of the party. With
Ventura out of the way, Perot’s al
lies are now speculating that the
wealthy Texas businessman
could seek the nomination him
self.
Steve Forbes last week became
the seventh GOP candidate to
pull out of the race. Vice Presi
dent A1 Gore and Bill Bradley are
the sole Democratic candidates.
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