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(-~->1 Is law school calling you? WILLAMETTE COLLEGE OF LAW CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A RECEPTION FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN LAW SCHOOL. Featuring... “Real Stories from Law School Alumni' A panel of Willamette law graduates share insights into careers in law. Ambrosia Restaurant 174 East Broadway, Eugene, OR Wednesday, February 7, 2001 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Enjoy appetizers while networking with Willamette law alumni, current Willamette law students and Admission staff. Please R.S.V.P. to the Office of Admission by Tuesday, Feb. 6,2001 at 503.370.6282 or by email at law-admission@willamette.edu. Willamette University College of Law, 245 Winter Street SE, Salem, OR 97301 FJ you know that little voice inside that says "I can’t"? this summer, [crush if] Bring your “can-do” attitude to Camp Challenge. Where you’ll get paid to learn how to become a leader and acquire skills that’ll help you meet the challenges you’ll face in your career. Apply today at the Army ROTC department, with no obligation. Before that voice tells you to take a vacation. ARMY ROIC Unlike any other college course you can take. Best internship around! Call Bob Elliott at 346-ROTC, or: army@oregon.uoregon.edu FIND THING) IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (BICYCLES, PETS, CARS, JOBS, • ROOMMATES, APARTMENTS, CONCERT TICKETS..PLANE TICKETS, STUFF YOU LOST, TYPING SERVICES, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES) Tom Patterson Emerald Student Labor Action Project Director Treston Faulkner trains students Saturday. Workshop helps activists GROW ■The Grassroots Organizing Weekend trained students on key strategizing techniques By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald Anticipating possible activism in the last half of hie school year, about a dozen University students gathered over the weekend to ready them selves for future confrontations. Surrounded by pages displaying steps to action organization, chart ing “energy cycles” on campus, and defining relationships of power, the students listened and learned the basics of grassroots organization during GROW—the Grassroots Or ganizing Weekend. Labor issues have been “hot top ics” on the University campus — specifically last year’s protests push ing for University membership in the Worker Rights Consortium — but ASUO President Jay Breslow said there wasn’t a specific significance of having the workshop right now. GROW is a project of the United States Student Association (USSA), and the workshop is simply a bene fit the ASUO receives from the $50,000 it pays to the USSA in membership dues every year. That doesn’t, however, rule out future action on the WRC issue. “We’re working on it [and] we’re looking at a bunch of different stuff,” Breslow said. “It’s been kind of a tough year in regard to that. ” Laura McSpedon, one of the weekend’s leaders and co-coordi nator of the national Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), spoke about the strategy she used when fighting to get her university, Georgetown, to join the WRC. McSpedon formed the George town Solidarity Committee, which pushed for labor rights and eco nomic justice at a school where “free trade was a mantra. ” The university eventually decided not to join the WRC. Even so, McSpe don said she succeeded in building up the solidarity committee, which will be ready for future fights. The University of Oregon’s tenu ous contract with the WRC is set to expire at the end of the year. During the weekend, students ex amined “the way to win concrete im provements in their lives and in their experiences,” said Treston Faulkner, another one of the weekend’s leaders and co-coordinator for SLAP. Students learned the steps to choosing an issue they want to con front, setting their goals and imple menting a strategy to achieve them. After each session, they had the op portunity to put the knowledge to work through exercises and role playing activities. Gypsy Walukones, a member of the Survival Center, said she wanted “to re-evaluate and get a new per spective on ways of actually accom plishing something, rather than get ting bogged down in the process. ” Freshman political science major Sandy Newton, an ASUO legisla tive intern, and senior sociology major Gabe Baracker both said that as of Saturday, the best part of the workshop had been the role-play ing activities. The students were asked to act out a situation where community members and business officials confronted each other about chemi cal dumping and the community’s right to know what chemicals were being deposited. “It was a very charged moment. It puts you on the spot,” Baracker said. UNIVERSITY of OREGON BOOKSTORE Author Events Wendy Maltz February 6th at 7:30 p.m. Knight Library, University of Oregon • Browsing Room Celebrate the Season of Love when the UO Bookstore welcomes Wendy Maltz in premiering "Intimate Kisses," her new anthology of erotic poetry. There will also be readings by contributors Dorianne Laux and Joe Millar. A booksigning will follow. Admission to Author Events is free and open to the general public. An autographed book is a memorable gift! The University of Oregon Bookstore offers an excellent collection of books autographed by authors who have visited our store over the past few months. Drawing from a diverse range of subjects, we are sure to have a signed book that would appeal to the interests of your ' special someone. Drop in today!
