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Festivities commemorate 30 years of Earth Day celebrations By Eric Pfeiffer Oregon Daily Emerald More than just Leonardo Di caprio and a day at the beach. This year marks the 30th an niversary of Earth Day, and the University will host a full week of events to mark the occasion. The Survival Center, located in Suite 1 of the EMU, serves as the campus nerve-center for environmental and humanitarian action during Earth Week. A series of lectures, workshops and environmental action will take place throughout the week, culminating with Earth Day on Saturday. Contact the Survival Center at 346-0620, or OSPIRG at 346-4377 for more information on Earth Week events. Earth Week Events: April 17 to April 22 Monday: “Leave No Trace” presenta tion by the Outdoor Program. A pres entation on methods of low-impact camping. 100 Willamette Hall. Tuesday: “Solar Architecture” presen tation by Solar Information Center. 177 Lawrence Hall. Wednesday; “Alternative Energy Day” features music by Workman Project, Habaneros and others on solar-pow ered sound system. Amphitheater, 11 a.m.-3pm. “Global Warming:” Darcy Davis speaks on the effects of global warm ing, sponsored by the Greenhouse Network. 100 Willamette. 7:30 p.m. Thursday: “ Forestry and Sustainable Living” expert Brookrod speaks on waste reduction. Music by Courtesy Clerks and Basic Assumption. Am phitheater. 11 a. m.-3 p.m. "Women’s Safety Run,” a run to pro mote alternative transportation and safety. EMU East Lawn. 6 p.m. “Banff Film Festival” highlights out door adventures and landscapes. 100 Willamette. 7:30 p.m. Friday: “Alternative Transportation Day” features music from Edison Ele mentary and Mackenzie Project. Free “on the spot" bike repair by Jason Agar, and bicycle presentation. Am phitheater. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. “Pick Axe,” a film on protecting WarnerCreek. 100 Willamette. 7;30 p.m. Saturday: “Teach-In,” a workshop to discuss environmental issues. Walnut Room, EMU. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. “Earth Fest,” an Earth Day celebra tion with music from Kudana and Big Hippie. Followed by food and a march to protest the Riverfront Re search Project. EMU East Lawn. 3 p.m.-10 p.m. Road Rule #//. // will take more than eighteen months before they let you run the place. Road Rule Office gossip is fascinating and dangerous to play. Hear the Rules of the Road expert Eve Luppert discuss: How to Survive Your First Job Out of School Monday, April 17 Noon Gerlinger Lounge Working full-time is a whole new world. Let author and human resource expert Eve Luppert be your guide on how to succeed in the 9 to 5 arena with tips on everything from how to deal with office politics to doing stupid jobs brilliantly. Ms. Luppert is former director of Human Resources and Administration for Chiat/Day Advertising, Inc. She has hired, helped, and even promoted tons of recent graduates. Get the book: Autographed copies of Rules for the Road: Surviving Your First Job Out of School will be available for purchase at Gerlinger Hall Lounge before and after the presentation. Also, the book is available at the UO Bookstore. Sponsored by the Career Center as part of Spring Career Fair activities. The fair will be on Wednesday, April 19 from 1 I a.m. to 4 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom. Marriage continued from page 1A stress by using electrodes to meas ure physiological arousal. Psychologists know that a sup portive social setting is good for health, but it. is less clear why. The negative effects that conflict has on people — changes in blood pressure and heart rate — have been studied in the past. What is unique about Harris’ project is that he is looking at the positive effects couples can have on each other when in an argumentative or stressful setting. With little research done on the positive effects of social support, this is the first study looking at the way married couples support each other in stressful situations. “We’re studying the things that couples do that get each other riled up and calmed down,” Har ris said. He predicts measurable differ ences in heart rate, blood pressure and physiological arousal that can help show how stressful situa tions can aid couples in learning about their relationships and be better able to support each other at these times, eventually leading to higher satisfaction in the mar riage. Angela Hong, a residential de signer, and her husband Nick met with Harris to examine their rela tionship. “Participation in the study was great for increasing awareness of each other,” Angela Hong said. The whole process takes about two to three hours beginning with a 26-item questionnaire. Couples rate their relationship in areas that can cause arguments, such as sex, money and household chores. The area in which the couple experiences the most conflict is then selected and the couples are instructed to have a discussion with the goal of solving that prob lem on video. Sherrie Brunell-Neuleib and her husband, Greg Neuleib, talked about household chores during their taped discussion. “Greg and I both left there feel ing pretty good,” she said. “We had solved our household chore problem, and we felt energized about our marriage.” After completing about half of the field work for this experiment, Harris is surprised with die effects the research has had on the cou ples. “Couples have told me that once they sign up for the study, it changes the nature of their con versations,” Harris said. After completing the study, couples have reported feeling as though they see their relationship through new lenses. “I learned several things about myself and my relationship,” Brunell-Neuleib said. “Watching yourself on the videotape can be very strange.” After the videotaped problem solving portion of the study, Har ris talks to each individual of the couple separately about what brings him or her the most stress in the relationship. Before and after each interview, Harris’ team checks the blood Participation in the study was great for in creasing awareness of each other. Angela Hong marriage study participant 11 pressure and heart rates of the subject. Their skin conductivity — in lay terms, “sweaty palms” — are also monitored through the whole process. After the interviews, his re search assistants attach electrodes to the subjects’ faces and a com puter monitors their muscles as they watch the video of their in teraction. The couple watches the tape together and holds a dial on which they indicate how support ed or supportive he or she feels throughout the tape. Though Harris is conducting what is called a “convenience” study, meaning he is not actively seeking to represent the demo graphics of the city, greater diver sity in participants would make the results more accurate. Each couple will receive $25 for its participation. Keith Harris will be running couples through the experiment through the end of the term, and those wishing to participate may contact him at 346-4964. “Whatever time you can put to ward productively talking about conflict with each other, or with work or school, is investing in your relationship,” Nick Hong said. “Plus, there’s money involved,” he added. “It’s a nice dinner for two.” P.O. 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