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Thursday An independent newspaper A fond farewell The Emerald bids adieu to Pulse, its weekly enter tainment supplement. Inside Section And the Grammy goes to... Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival win the2001 Best Choral Performance award. PAGE 5A February 22,2001 Volume 102, Issue 100 Weather today high 51, low 37 Kappa Delta members Tami Bryant, Kelly Castro, and Rachael Opperman celebrate the life of fellow sister Jill Dieringer at her memorial service Wednesday night at Hayward Field. Several hundred gathered to share stories and love with a candlelight vigil. Vigil honors a life remembered ■Jill Dieringer’s friends and classmates pay their respect at a candlelight memorial service By Lisa R. Griffing Oregon Daily Emerald A range of emotions emanated from Hayward Field Wednesday as students and friends crowded the stands in memory of University fresh man Jill Dieringer, who died Feb. 9 of meningococcal disease. Many of Dieringer’s sorority sisters from Kappa Delta wore black cloth ing while some didn’t need it; grim faces were enough. Although the death of Dieringer is sad and heart felt, some who gathered were cheer ful, reflecting on their memories of Dieringer and of her character. Some students said they went to Hayward to end the sadness, while others went simply to pay respect. “It’s been difficult,’’ said Der ringer’s friend and housemate Kelsey Culligan. “I came to pay my respects and to help find closure. She was a great person, and we will miss her.” Kelsey Mitchell, president of Kap pa Delta, welcomed the more-than 200 people filling the bleachers at Hayward Field to pay their respects during a candlelight vigil held at 6:30 p.m. Mitchell said the candles sym bolized Dieringer’s life and the im pact she had on those around her. Preceding Mitchell’s brief welcom ing speech, people shared the flame of the candles among those around them. Soon after, flickering candles dotted the stands. Little details seem to mean the most Turn to Vigil, page 4A Scholar delves into real Jesus ■A professor will visit campus to discuss efforts in determining an accurate depiction of Christ By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald Although the image of Jesus Christ provides a rock-solid foundation for the spiritual life of hundreds of millions of people in the world, religious-studies historians are discov ering that pinning down an accurate picture of what kind of man Christ was when he was alive is nearly impossible. Despite the scarcity of reliable sources about Christ from the Turn to Jesus, page 5A ASUO candidates to go face-to-face ■ Students from the Emerald and ASUO will lead tonight’s debate, which will include an open forum By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald Catchy campaign slogans, bright posters and colorful but tons have been seen around campus for the last couple of weeks, and by now many students at least I know the names of this year’s ASUO presi dential candidates. But students will have the opportunity to meet the candidates face-to-face and drill the Executive hopefuls with questions about their platforms and goals at the can didate’s debate tonight, from 7 to 9 p.m. in ASUO Ul iUAUcllt3 ^ kitJUdit; luingiu, LLf.Ai.Uv/iMojRoom no Law School. Four students from the Emerald and ASUO will monitor the debate, pose specific questions about the candidates’ platforms and allow time for rebuttals between candidates. The ASUO will be represented on the moderator panel by Student Senator Mary Elizabeth Madden and ASUO Vice Turn to Debate, page 5A Housing, outreach to students top candidates’ priorities BROOKLYN ■ASUO Executive ticket Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair want to fix up the residence halls and keep coalitions going By Jeremy Lang Oregon Daily Emerald Nilda Brooklyn is a sophomore women’s studies major. Her running mate, Joy Nair, is a sophomore busi ness major. Q: What is your platform? A: We have chosen four top things. One is community issues; in particular, a housing code. Eugene is the second largest city in Oregon, and it doesn’t have one. We think that affects stu dents pretty seriously. Access to education — in particular making sure that students know of the scholarships that are available now, and making sure that is always accessi ble to them. Also, protecting the student fee, and making sure stu dents are educated and in control of allocation of mon ey And ASUO out reach — I think of ten times the ASUO is seen as student govern ment when, in fact, it is associated students, which means graduate, undergraduate, law school, non-traditional. Q: How does the decision to run for office fit into your career goals? A: [Joy] It was something Nilda ran domly asked me about. I had never thought about it. I really didn’t think about politics or anything like this. But the experience in running an organiza This is the fifth in a six-part candi date interview series. For a cor rection relating to Wednesday’s installment, see page2A. tion, being a leader, is something you’re going to need in any field. I re ally don’t know what I want to do later on in life. [Nilda] For me too, the aspect of go ing in this direction is not something I planned at all. But the aspect of the challenges it brings are too good to pass up. As terms of where it will take me in the future, I don’t know. Q: What specific campus-oriented initiatives will you champion? A: [Nilda] I feel like the ASUO takes on a lot of campaigns where students have to come to us. I’d like to make the ASUO go to students. Not so much having events that are, Ballroom, 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, but you’re walk ing down 13th [Avenue], and you en counter something going on that you can be involved with. I heard recently that the U of O has the second-worst dorms in the country, and the University that was ranked No. 1 is now doing something about their dorms, so we’ll quickly be No. 1. I think definitely looking at how we house our students on campus will be a big issue. [Joy] Also, our faculty and student relationships are very key. They are mentors, and we have a right to see how our mentors are doing. [Nilda] Also, that the administrators who are student allies have more par ticipation in what students are doing, and those who chose not to be student allies become student allies very quickly. Q: What would you advocate for on the state level for students, and how would you carry out your plan? A: [Joy] A tuition freeze. For every 1 percent tuition increases, 100 students cannot afford to go to college. This Turn to Candidates, page 3A
