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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 2001)
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Organizers are encouraging stu dents and faculty to bring in non perishable food or cash donations so the University can top last year’s efforts in the annual Governor’s State Employees Food Drive. Last year, the University collected more than 77,000 pounds of food, and this year the organizers hope to collect more than 100,000 pounds. The drive began Feb. 5 and will run through March 1. Various depart ments on campus will place food bins in or around their buildings to help promote the drive. Karen Scheeland, coordinator for the Office of Governmental Affairs, said they have increased their goal because of past successes. “We looked at the past accom plishments. We had 23,000 pounds in 1999 and went to 77,000 in 2000,” she said. “It seemed like a natural progression.” The progression mirrors the ris ing number of people in need of food in the Eugene area. From 1999 to 2000, there was a 22 percent in crease in the number of food boxes available, and a 29 percent increase in the number of people who need ed boxes, said Kim Mangun, assis tant director for University public affairs and development. “The situation seems to be really bad,” Marigun said. “There is really a desperate need in the area.” She said she was encouraged by the increased number of depart ments participating in the drive. Mangun cites cuts in food stamps, a lack of affordable housing and a lack of safe, affordable child care in the area as the main reasons for the increase. Deb McGeorge, food solicitor for Food for Lane County, also said the situation is serious. “The state of Oregon is number one in the U.S. for hunger,” she said. “It’s a very serious issue.” Mangun said the journalism school has been active in the food drive. On Valentine’s Day, more than 300 heart-shaped cookies were sold. The money raised through the sale will go to Food for Lane County. Lisa Plumb, the benefits coordi nator for Human Resources, said that for the fourth year in a row, staff working on the fourth floor of Ore gon Hall decided to enact a theme for the food drive to encourage staff members to make donations. This year’s theme is “Get milk and peanut butter,” she said. “It is just a sort of a publicity stunt,” Plumb said. “It’s to have a good time and remind people of the drive.” She said past themes include “Mountain of Macaroni,” “Tower of Tuna” and “Bridge of Beans.” Cash donations will also be ac cepted, Mangun said. For each dol lar donated, she said volunteers at Food For Lane County can buy six pounds of food, and donations o£$5 will feed a family of four for an en tire day. Donations are currently be ing accepted in the EMU and the bookstore, she said. Middle school students visit UO ■Students from area middle schools came to campus for a two-day conference By Chris Ryan for the Emerald Hundreds of local students gave up most of their three-day holiday weekend to come to campus for the fourth annual “Just for Middle School Students” on Monday, the second day of a two-day confer ence sponsored by the college of education. The Eugene and Springfield stu dents each paid $20 to participate in the day-long event, which was designed to prepare them for life after middle school. “This is our way of helping them develop skills and giving them support,” said Karen Logvin, one of the event coordinators. The middle school students spent Monday morning watching theater performances and engaging in group activities in the EMU Ballroom. In the afternoon, they divided into groups and explored campus. “The best part was the morning session,” said Russell Kamp, an eighth-grader at Monroe Middle School. “The plays were the most fun.” The event was the second day of “Success in the Middle: A Confer ence for and about Middle School Boys and Girls,” sponsored by the University’s Youth Enrichment and Talented and Gifted program, a branch of the college of educa tion. The conference began Sunday at Churchill High School’s auditori um with a program called “The Next Great Generation.” It featured a performance from Eugene’s sen ior theater group Encore Theater, a speech by author William Strauss and a performance by the Eugene Opera. Encore’s fast-paced theater act was well-received by the crowd with big laughs and loud applause. Audience members joked about memories of childhood and told the students in the audience to sa vor being young. Strauss then delivered “The Mil lennial Generation,” a speech about the potential of those in the generation bom in 1982 and after. “Today’s generation has more in common with the people from En core than they do with their par ents,” Strauss told the crowd. He said generations want to rebel against the generation that preceded them, and, because Gen eration X has been largely apathet ic, the Millennial Generation will be motivated and successful. “You truly are America’s greatest generation,” Strauss told the mid dle school students in the crowd. Strauss, who is the co-founder and director of the political cabaret the Capitol Steps, was also pro moting his new musical, “MaKid do,” a parody of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta “Mikado.” The Eugene Opera was on hand to perform songs from his musical. The songs had titles such as “Prac tically Perfect Kids” and “We are the New Millennium,” and each one echoed Strauss’ words about the power of this millennial gener ation. As students dispersed around 3:30 p.m. Monday, the two-day conference came to a close. “It was a great success,” Logvin said. “We had a full house this morning. It was a lot of fun. ”
