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Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival win
the2001 Best Choral Performance award. PAGE 5A
February 22,2001
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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
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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