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Cindi Patterson organizes the peanut butter for the ‘get milk and peanut butter* Governor’s Food Drive taking place until March 1.
Hunger drives donations
■The University hopes
to outdo itself in this year’s
Governor’s State Employees
Food Drive
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
More than a dozen departments
on campus will participate in a
statewide effort to help raise aware
ness of hunger while helping to feed
those in need.
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. ”