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Boxing continued from page 1A was one of 11 bouts held Feb. 24 at the Northwest Meet of Cham pions at the Double Tree Hotel in Springfield. When the box office closed, more than 200 people were turned away from the door. The diverse audience varied greatly from rowdy college stu dents to retired boxers, parents and even children. But students are doing more than simply watching the action. Many students — both men and women — have stepped into the ring to test their power at the events as well. “Everyone wonders what it would be like to step foot through those ropes. Knowing you are going demonstrate in front of people, and your peers, your expertise is risking a lot,” r . Fraser said. For junior psychology major Jessica Binder, Thursday was her first officially sanctioned fight. Binder started boxing two years ago at the Hard Knox Gym in Eu gene. “It sounded interesting so I went in for a free lesson and just loved it,” Binder said. To train for a competition like this one, Binder dedicates herself to running four or five miles a day and sparring every night for two or three hours, including weekends. She stressed she wants to be taken seriously. “I’m not going to cry or bitch if I break a nail. I’m an athlete, and I’m a fighter,” Binder said. Hard Knox Gym owner Kip Tripplet trains Binder, who said he is like a family member to her. She explained that because box ing isn’t a team sport, you don’t have teammates to keep you go ing. “He [Tripplet] has been a huge motivator for me,” Binder said. Amateur boxing differs slight { ( Boxing is 95 percent mental. Boxing is know ing what to look for, de veloping a style. Jessica Binder boxer ly from the big heavyweight bouts on Pay Per View. Each fight consists of three one-minute rounds. Participants must wear head gear, and they do not fight for money — they fight for fun. In professional boxing, or what Fraser described as “prize fight ing,” fights last for 11 three ---, UNIVERSITY of OREGON BOOKSTORE March 8th-18th Regular Store Hours March 13th-17th Mon-Th 8:30-5:00 Fri 8:30-4:00 BRING IN BOOKS NEEDED FOR NEXTTERM AND WE’LL PAY YOU 60% OF THE CURRENT STUDENT PRICE. MAIN STORE EMU Your Corner store since 1920. All books are 10% off EVERYDAY for current UO students, faculty and staff. ...if you are selling books where the alarm clock rings! Prizes provided by the Missouri Book Company. Win $20 Cash minute rounds. “Boxing is 95 percent mental. Boxing is knowing what to look for, developing a style. You have to anticipate the person’s moves, five moves before they make it. You have to psych yourself up to get in the ring. It’s a battle, and you have to be mentally prepared before you can begin to be physi cally prepared,” Binder said. Binder also added that in ama teur women’s lightweight fight ing, a match is based on a point system. Points can be scored based on how many punches are thrown, how many punches are connected with, style and foot work, as opposed to knockouts, which are more common in heavier weight fighting. Binder had to drop 11 pounds in a week and a half to cut down to the weight class below hers be fore the match against Tegan Shlaughter, a woman from Port land. Binder felt her fighting weight of 139 pounds caused her not to be as strong and as ener getic as she could have been. She was tired right away. “In sparring, it is good to be on the defense and wait for your op ponent to make a mistake, and open up for you to move in. But in the ring it is different. You just go; it’s a flurry. You don’t have a chance to wait for them to make a mistake.” In the match, Binder and Shlaughter didn’t have strength behind their punches. But the fighters were steady in their bat tle. “That really didn’t convey my style, and it didn’t give me a chance to show my skill. It turned into a messy fight,” Binder said. The referee had Jessica’s had in the air by the time the three rounds had elapsed. Binder received positive sup port and congratulations from her father Marc Binder, a retired physician, and his fiancee, Mar cy Schein. Her boyfriend of two years Chris Gillis, a senior biolo gy and Spanish major, also watched the match. “I get nervous whenever she steps into the ring,” he said. Gillis explained that while he never doubted she would win, the big smile in his direction when they placed a medal around her neck only confirmed the victory. “The match was not one-sided. It was closer than I had anticipat ed, but Jessica fought the better fight,” Gillis said. Binder’s next test will be the next amateur event at the Double Tree Hotel on Friday, May 26th. WRC meeting continued from page 1A companies that manufacture Uni versity licensed products would be monitored to ensure that con ditions and wages are acceptable for the workers. Several other universities across the country have already joined on with the WRC, such as Brown University, New York University and Oberlin College. Since last year, the Human Rights Alliance, which is a sub section of the Survival Center, has been attempting to initiate a change in the University’s rela tionship with the companies that make its products. Last fall, Frohnmayer formed a committee comprised of faculty, staff and six students to further study the is sue and recommend a course of action. Many students, however, have grown tired of waiting. “We want to emphasize the fact that even though Frohiimay er has created a committee ... there has actually been no action taken,” HRA member Agatha Schmaedick said. “We feel the time has come.” Change began last week when 75 percent of voting students supported a ballot measure to have the University join the WRC. Backers of the consortium took the opportunity to show the University administration that this was something the student body wanted. But many of the students still feel their voices are not being heard. At a press conference out side after the meeting, they ex pressed dismay in the way the is sue was being treated by the administration. “Six students in there had the biggest showing of support,” ASUO Vice President Mitra Anoushiravani said. “Instead of [the administration] embracing this opportunity, we were entire ly marginalized by a letter from Duncan McDonald.” In the letter, McDonald, Uni versity vice president of public affairs and development, warned that its decision should not be in fluenced by the votes of other student groups. The presence of police officers in the lobby of Johnson Hall dur ing the meeting didn’t help the students feel that their voices were being considered valid. “It’s apparent that whenever you question power structures, it’s fitting that they would feel that is very threatening,” HRA member Jevon Cutler said. “But I question why they would feel the need to call police out.” The WRC is one of a few exist ing monitoring systems available to the University. Another option being considered by the adminis tration is the Fair Labor Associa tion. The students, however, strongly support the WRC rather than the FLA for a number of rea sons. Mostly that is because the WRC does not preannounce vis its from its inspectors, while the FLA does. In scheduling visits to the factories, students claim com panies are given time to hide any possible transgressions. www.dailgemmid.6om Groovy Weekly Reader Polls. Vole online See results instantly Emerald P.O. 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