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Volume 102, Issue21
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Students in a
hurry often
neglect to
make
healthy
culinary
decisions
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Fast, fast, fast: That seems to be the
motto under which students eat these
days, at least when it comes to meals
on-the-go.
Between classes, work, socializing
and catching some sleep every now
and then, students don’t always make
time to sit down for a meal. Instead,
many get snacks at takeout outlets,
such as Grab ’N’ Go.
But although those outlets offer fast
foods such as chicken nuggets and piz
za regularly, students have a choice of a
wide variety of healthy foods, Glenn
White, cash sales manager for Univer
sity Housing, said.
"We try to keep about 50 percent of
items in here healthy," he said.
That means that next to traditional
favorites such as nachos, tacos and
chicken nuggets, students can find
fruits, salads and tortillas wrapped ac
cording to their preferences.
Glenn said students' favorite foods
haven't changed much over the years,
but the list of popular items has grown,
thanks to additions such as Odwalla
juices and protein bars.
"They really grab it and go," he said.
He added that students tend to eat
healthier during the week and crave
soda and sweets by the time the week
Turn to Food, page 3
Server stymies staff
■The Oregon server is
up and running after a
mystery glitch
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Although the Oregon com
puter server never officially
crashed Monday night, an
Ethernet problem did slow it
down enough to keep people
from accessing e-mail Mon
day evening through Tues
day afternoon.
Operations Manager for
Computing Facilities Bill
Weiner said Oregon is the
main mail server for the Uni
versity’s faculty and admin
istration. There is also some
statistical information stored
on Oregon, but it can be
found on other campus com
puter servers as well.
“It is the server most peo
ple have their e-mail clients,
such as Eudora and Outlook,
pointed to,” Weiner said.
The system slowed to a
crawl about 8 p.m. Monday.
Systems specialists were on
site trying to fix the problem
until 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, at
which time Compaq Hard
ware Services was able to di
agnose the problem.
“It looks like an Ethernet
Turn to Computer, page 14
With largest tenant moving, j
downtown mall feels pinch
■ Mall business owners
seek revitalization ideas
in the wake of Symantec
Corp.’s decision to leave
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
After the Sept. 21 an
nouncement that the down
town mall’s biggest employ
er, Symantec Corp., is
looking for a larger location
possibly outside the mall, the
issue of economically revital
izing the downtown area has
become even more complex.
For the past few years since
the mall opened, city officials
and planners have worked to
make the downtown area a
first choice for shoppers,
renters and business owners
in order to combat urban
sprawl. Their efforts have, for
the most part, yielded
mediocre results.
The customer service oper
ation of Symantec Corp. and
its 550 full-time employees
has been one of the few major
success stories on the mall,
where turnover is frequent
and tenants are rare.
Symantec site manager
Chris Monnette said the com
pany has done everything it
can to remain in its current
location, but has reached a
point now where the only op
tion is to move.
“The building we’re in was
built for retail space and
there’s all kinds of issues of
how to turn a retail box into
office space, and our project
ed space needs are too great,”
he said.
Monnette said the compa
ny is not necessarily moving
out of downtown, just out of
its current location.
“I know from discussions
with city officials that there
are some options down
town,” he said.
Those options would have
to be large because Monnette
said Symantec needs 200,000
to 250,000 square feet of of
fice space.
Smaller businesses are also
feeling the pinch of limited
space and a small customer
base in the downtown area.
Turn to Downtown page 3
tt There
could be a
better busi
ness in the
downtown
than
Symantec
\ for revital
ization in
terms of
staying
open after
hours.
Brian Logan
Owner, Theo’s
Coffee Shop
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'Head of the year’ to bring Jewish community together
Rosh
Hashanah,the
• Jewish New
Year’s Day
celebration,
begins Sept. 29
/
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
While many students entered
the millennium toasting cham
pagne glasses and setting off fire
works, the Jewish community will
celebrate a second New Year’s Day
— one that’s certain not to involve
hangovers.
Rosh Hashanah, translated from
Hebrew to mean “head of the
year,” begins Sept. 29 and marks
the start of many of a series of tra
ditional Jewish holidays and
events to follow in the next 10
The religious holiday begins the
observance of a 10-day period
known as the Jewish High Holy
Days. Rosh Hashanah is celebrat
ed on the first and second days of
Tishrei, the seventh month in the
Jewish calendar, and it is a time
filled with family gatherings, spe
cial meals and sweet-tasting foods.
The tenth day, Yom Kippur, re
ferred to as the Day of Atonement,
closes the High Holy Days with
fasting, reflection and prayer.
Students at the University will
have the opportunity to spend the
holiday festivities, in the company
of their friends. Hillel, the founda
tion for Jewish life on campus, is
under the organization of a new
director this year, Rachel Canar.
She will use her master’s degree in
Jewish Communal Service to help
students on campus connect with
traditions and events in the com
ing weeks.
While Canar said observing the
High Holy Days and providing
services to students is important,
she stressed that Hillel is a vibrant
student group that is not just reli
gious in nature.
“I want to communicate to peo
pie that being involved in Jewish
life is fun,” she said. “It's not all so
serious.”
Elul, the month before Rosh
Hashanah, allows the Jewish com
munity to prepare for the High
Holy Days. Canar said this is a des
ignated time for people to repair
and strengthen relationships.
“During the month, people
should be reflecting on the entire
past year and the lessons they
were challenged by, specifically
any apologies they feel they need
to make,” Canar said.
Turn to Holiday, page 9
involved in
Jewish life is
fun.
Rachel Canar
Director, Hillel
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