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Weekend for parents offers
multitude of family events
■ Spring Family Weekend intends to familiarize students’
families with the University and the local community
By Erica Munson
for the Emerald
So, Mom and Dad are coming to
town, and you’re not sure how to
keep them entertained?
Not to worry, the entire campus
community have you covered.
The University campus wel
comes all parents and family mem
bers to this year’s Spring Family
Weekend today through Sunday.
The weekend is designed to give
parents a glimpse into the life their
kid leads away from home.
Among the weekend’s events are
the Honors and Awards luncheon
on Saturday and the diversity per
spectives lecture today, given by
University administration, faculty
and student groups.
“The goal of [this] weekend is to
connect families of students with
the community,” said Tris
O’Shaughnessy, assistant dean of
Student Life for family programs.
The Student Alumni Associa
tion and the Office of Student Life
work together to create a weekend
filled with a variety of activities to
introduce or reconnect families to
the University campus, she said.
The majority of parents come to
town for the Honors and Awards
luncheon, held at noon Saturday in
the EMU Ballroom. Letters were
sent to students who will be hon
ored at the event, indicating that
they would be receiving awards.
However, students do not know
which awards they will receive un
til they are announced at the lunch
eon, she said.
The Student Alumni Associa
tion and Student Life are encourag
ing students and parents to attend
the diversity perspective lecture
given by University administration,
faculty, the ASUO, Human Rights
Alliance and the Multicultural Cen
ter. The lecture is today from 3 to 5
p.m. in 231 Gilbert.
“This is a great opportunity to in
troduce the parents to the diversity
issues on campus,” O’Shaughnessy
said. “We want to make sure a wide
range of campus officials and stu
dent groups are represented. ”
Two special tours will be given
Saturday afternoon showing stu
dents and parents the campus from
a new perspective, she said.
The first, led by a University ar
chitecture student, will spotlight
the architecture aspects of campus,
and will begin at 9 a.m. An hour lat
er, a botanical tour of campus will
be given by a landscape architec
ture graduate student. Both tours
will leave from the EMU Am
phitheater.
Kari Hayles, 19, a psychology
and sociology double major, will
welcome her mom to campus this
weekend. Her sorority, Gamma Phi
Beta, will be hosting their spring
Mom’s Weekend.
“Hopefully it will be nice be
cause I want to walk her through
campus,” Hayles said. “I don’t
think she has done that before. ”
Instead of entertaining parents,
Holly Westphal, a pre-education
freshman, said she will attend the
Willamette Valley Folk Festival on
the EMU East Lawn.
“I didn’t even know it was par
ent’s weekend,” she said.
The Cultural Forum sponsors the
festival and brings musicians from
all over the Northwest to campus.
The festival will be held today, Sat
urday and Sunday from noon to 10
p.m. All performances are free.
The School of Music and Univer
sity Theatre have performances all
weekend as well. Beall Concert
Hall has four recitals: tonight at 6
p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1
p.m. and 7 p.m. All recitals are free.
The University Gospel Ensemble
Choir will perform Sunday at 3
p.m. in Beall Hall. Tickets are $5 for
community members and $3 for
students and seniors. The Univer
sity Theatre presents “The Life and
Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”
this weekend in the Robinson The
atre. Tickets are $10 for community
members and $5 for students and
seniors. Tickets can be purchased
at the University Theatre box office
or the EMU ticket office.
For those students still unsure of
what to do, the Student Alumni As
sociation will have an information
table today and Saturday in the
EMU foyer near Greatful Bread.
Courtney Walker, an 18-year-old
freshman, has a simple agenda for
her parents this weekend.
“I’ll probably take them out to
Saturday Market,” she said. “Then
I’ll make them take me out to eat
some real food. And there will defi
nitely be some shopping, too. ”
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