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Three students try to ‘RISE’ above the rest ■ Members of the University’s Investment Group will compete at a weekend conference for the opportunity to visit New York By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald At 4:30 a.m., three students from the University’s Investment Group headed for Ohio, carrying luggage filled with suits, shirts and ties. They hope to come back with the chance to go to New York. The three-member team will spend this weekend competing against other schools during a Uni versity of Dayton student invest ment conference, “Redefining In vestment Strategy Education: A National Student Investment Strate gy Symposium” (RISE). The big draw, the team members said, is a chance to go to New York if they win the portfolio management com petition.For the first nationwide conference of its kind, Dayton’s School of Business Administration will bring together students, facul ty and investment professionals to explore the best practices in invest ment management. And members of the University of Oregon’s Investment Group, which is in its second year on campus, will be among those who attend. The approximately 20-member group invests in the stock market using $50,000 provided by Portland brokerage firm D. A. Davidson & Co. Director of Operations James Bruce said the group’s current port folio is down, as is the rest of the stock market. But because the group GRAPHIC S SCREEN PRINTING EMBROIDERY 344-7265 triangle@pond.net Not all t-shirts are created equal. j Advertise your events in the Oregon Daily Emerald. We have special university rates. Call 346-3712 011464 Saturday April 7, 10:00 - 2:00 Talk to the expert Our Teva representative will be at Footwise from 10-2 pm to show the new 2001 Tevas, answer all your questions and give you a free gift with eveiy Teva purchase. Register to win a FREE pair of Teva Sandals! FOOTWISE THE BIRKENSTOCK STORE 181 East Broadway, downtown Eugene • 342-6107 Mon - Sat 10-6 • Sun 11-5 Adam Amato Emerald Aaron Pocklington (left), Mark Rollins and David Stout (right) look over their annual report in preparation for their trip to Ohio for a student investment conference. They will be competing to win a trip to New York to open the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. has invested in only a few technolo gy stocks, it can withstand the stock market’s downward slump. “We have a diversified portfolio, but we’re not down as much as the [Standard & Poor’s 500],” Bruce said.Bruce said the students attend ing RISE include Director of Infor mation Aaron Pocklington, and an alysts Mark Rollins and David Stout. The group’s budget only al lowed for sending three members, Bruce said, but those who are going are qualified and will represent the University effectively. Rollins said he hopes the confer ence, with highlights such as the portfolio competition and academic program development sessions, will provide the group with new ideas. Fifteen of the 40 teams signed up for RISE will compete in the portfolio competition, which will judge port folios based on success in growth, value and blend of management styles. Pocklington said winners will be chosen based on the quality of their presentations and the perform ance returns of their funds. The winning teams will open the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square on April 30, with the winners getting to push a button that lights up the eight-story MarketSite “Tower” — the largest video screen in the world—with current financial news and global market information. Rollins said going to New York would be the experience of a life time. “We are long-term investors,” Rollins said, explaining the group’s strategy, which he hopes will help them win the competition. “We only invest in large cap companies and Oregon companies.” Rollins, a junior finance major, said the team will be competing against other schools such as the Uni versity of Texas and Ohio State Uni versity — both of which have more established investment programs. Pocklington, a senior finance ma jor, said the motivating factor for the team has been the group’s adviser, Professor John Chalmers. Chalmers has been working with the three members to polish their 20-minute presentation, which uses Microsoft PowerPoint. A question-and-an swer period with the judges will fol low the presentation. Throughout the conference, Bruce said, the team will be curious to find out how similar investment groups operate. “We are trying to build a network [with] other student investment groups,” he said. During the sessions, participants will attend presentations by cre ators of some of the most advanced investment programs in the coun try. The students will also have the chance to question some of the speakers after their presentations.“We are going to take information and ideas from these other professors and other students in investment groups across the country and bring it back to our group and see if we can apply it,” Rollins said. RISE will also serve as a resume builder for the participants and could provide future employment opportunities and contacts, Stout said. He added that the conference will offer the team contacts in the fi nancial industry, as well as invalu able experience. “This is a chance for us to put out our name,” Stout said, “and make it known that we are one of the ‘big boys.’” Singapore continued from page 1 play is intended to show audience members what a tra ditional birthday banquet in Singapore is really like, Christian Tan said. Although he is reluctant to divulge too many details about the plot, he said that at some point during the play, one of the characters will be murdered. He pointed out, however, that the murder is one aspect of the play that is not a realistic portrayal of a traditional birthday banquet. Finding the murderer is the job of the audience, Goh said. Audience members will be seated at tables, and at the end of the show, each table will submit one guess as to who the killer is. Prizes will be awarded to the win ning group. Approximately 100 people attended last year’s cul ture night, Christian Tan said. This year, he hopes there will be even more. Tickets are available at the EMU Ticket Office. Admis sion price is $6 for students, $7 for non-students. The group suggested those attending wear something red be cause the color symbolizes happiness and prosperity. More information about the SSA and “Seventy Can dles” is available on the group’s Web site at http://glad stone.uoregon.edu/~ssa. 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