Outdoor Program offers piles of winter fun
■ i-rom skiing, to snow
camping, to telemarking—
the OP has it all
By Lindsay Buchele
Oregon Daily Emerald
As soon as the snow starts to fall
over Oregon’s mountains, the Uni
versity’s Outdoor Program will help
penny-pinching college students
get to the slopes.
Whether a student is a die-hard ski
er or a beginning snow camper, the
OP will provide trips for as little as
$6, OP co-director Dan Geiger said.
“We provide a pretty inexpensive
way to get to the mountains,” he
said. “Our vans are safe, good snow
rigs. It’s just a safer way to go. ”
The trips to the mountains will
take place every weekend, including
Friday day trips, as soon as the ski ar
eas open, Geiger said. Skiing, snow
boarding, telemarking, snowshoeing
and snow camping are among the ac
tivities the OP supports during the
winter season. Geiger said the OP
also provides information about ski
conditions and cabin rentals.
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“Our traditional trips are usually
to Mount Bachelor,” he said. “But
we also take trips to back-country
cabins in Bend and Tilly Jane.”
Back-country trips are better for
cross-country skiing and telemark
ing, OP trips facility manager Ed Fre
dette said, but have also attracted stu
dents wanting to try snowshoeing.
“Last year, snowshoeing was re
ally popular,” Fredette said. “There
are groups who will go to Diamond
Peak and climb with their snow
shoes and then snowboard down. ”
Another popular back-country
excursion is snow camping. This
entails digging snow caves and
spending the night, Geiger said.
OP associate coordinator
Suzanne Hanlon said student-initi
ated trips usually occur during the
holiday season.
“The trips can include skiers of all
ability and skill levels,” Hanlon said.
The OP also offers several clinics,
including one on snow camping and
another on avalanche awareness.
For students who want to ski for
college credit, the University offers a
physical education class each winter
that takes students to Mount Bache
lor for recreational and instructional
skiing and snowboarding.
’’The main focus of the class is
skill development that will allow
students to enjoy outdoor activity,”
OP co-director Michael Strong said.
The OP rents out vans and equip
ment, excluding skis, for students
going on OP-sponsored trips and
their own adventures.
Safety equipment is free to any
student through the OP Safety Li
brary, Fredette said. There are sev
eral Eugene businesses that rent ski
and snowboarding equipment, and
the OP will be hosting an equip
ment swap meet Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Snow Report Phone
Numbers
Hoodoo: 800-949-5438
Ml. Bachelor: (541) 382-7888
Umbertine Lodge: (541) 222-2211
Willamette Pass: (541) 345-7669
Mt. Ashland: (541) 482-2754
Mt. Hood Meadows: (541) 337-2222
ext. 201
Weather Forecast: (541) 484-1200
Berg’s Ski Ship: (541) 683-1300
source: University Outdoor Program
in the EMU Ballroom.
“We’ll just open the doors and
move out of the way,” Fredette said.
The Lane County Fairgrounds
will also host a ski swap Oct. 27
starting at 6 p.m.
As a part of the Weaving New Beginnings 2000 reception Tuesday, Chava Florendo dances with the Native American dance group,
Dancing Spirit.
■The 2000 Weaving New
Beginnings reception offers a
special chance for students,
staff and faculty to mingle
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
For the fifth annual reception of
Weaving New Beginnings, which
took place Tuesday evening in the
EMU Ballroom, special recognition
was given to those faculty and staff
of color who have worked at the
University for at least seven years.
The event included entertainment
by invited guests and food. The re
ception, coordinated by ASUO Multi
cultural advocate Nilda Brooklyn, fa
cilitated introductions and created
conversation between various groups.
In the spring of 1996, representa
tives from the ASUO, the Office of
Multicultural Affairs, Counseling
Center, Student Life, Housing, Acad
emic Progress and the Race Task
Force met to plan what later evolved
into Weaving New Beginnings.
Every year the sponsors for the re
ception have grown in number to
include student service depart
ments, students unions, academic
departments, student government
and the general community.
“The purpose of the event is to
welcome students, faculty and staff
of color to our campus. This year we
have chosen a number of people as
faculty and staff who have been
here seven years or longer,” said
Gwen Jansen, an administrator in
the Counseling Center.
Jansen has been on the Weaving
New Beginnings Planning Committee
for five years and has seen the recep
tion grow in attendance every year.
“It is just a place for people to put
faces with allies,” Jansen said.
ASUO Multicultural Center Di
rector Erica Fuller, Assistant Dean
for Diversity Programs Mark Tracy,
Director of the Black Student Union
Dominique Beaumonte and MCC
Programs Ad
vocate Darlene
Dadras served
as the masters
of ceremony
for the recep
tion. They
honored the
faculty and
staff of color
with carna
tions during
the ceremony.
“We want to especially recognize
faculty and staff who have been
here for more than seven years and
have really put their heart and souls
into this institution,” Tracy said
during his opening address.
Lawrence Carter was one of the
faculty members honored at the re
ception. Carter has worked in the
sociology department at the Univer
sity since 1973. Carter explained
the struggle of students, faculty and
staff of color have faced over the
years, without many gains.
“Students are seen less as exotic
tokens but as serious thinking indi
viduals who have to develop their
futures,” Carter said.
Dr. Vivian Barnette, a senior staff
psychologist at the Counseling Cen
ter attended the reception to sup
port Dr. Robin Holmes, who will as
sume the position of director of the
Counseling Center starting January.
Barnette said she also came to the
reception to meet people.
“I think it is important that stu
dents be at events like this because
it helps you grow to learn to appre
ciate other cultures,” said Juston
Kearby, a junior business major.
Brandy Alexander, a junior jour
nalism major and the public rela
tions coordinator for the MCC came
to Weaving New Beginnings along
with Barnette to represent her soror
ity, Alpha Kappa Alpha, which was
established at Howard University in
1908. The sorority is the first African
American sorority in America.
“I came tonight to support the stu
dents, faculty and staff of color here
on campus and to mix and mingle
and start the year off right by being
here,” Alexander said.
Academic Advisor Hilda Young
was honored as the longest tenure
faculty member on campus. Young
enjoyed seeing so many women and
people of color at the reception.
“When I first came here, we did
n’t even talk about people of color,”
Young said during her brief speech.
University President Dave Frohn
mayer extended his thanks to the fac
ulty and staff at the University who
have at times endured lonely and
hostile conditions. He congratulated
those individuals for making a differ
ence on campus through their efforts.