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Tandem jumpers 0 Rachael Kriz and Jenny Brogdon are equally solid high jumpers, yet the two are a contrast PAGE 11 Love is in the house The Pocket Playhouse offers two one-act plays looking at love affairs and furniture. PAGE 8 Thursday April 26,2001 Volume 102, Issue 136 Weather TODAY PARTLY SONN Y high 70, low 47 Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Sunny & Faire Nina Podpolucha shows Erika Webright some of her handcrafted bead jewelry. Tom Patterson Emerald By Tom Patterson Oregon Daily Emerald Yes, Virginia, there is a spring term. We slaved at our computers, churn ing out six- to eight-page midterms with only clouds to inspire us as we looked out our windows. While walk ing down 13th Avenue, we kept our eyes trained on the ground when pass ing others, partly out of the dreariness of watching other students endure the same rainy fate and partly out of pure tired despair. But now — now we are out on parole. The ASUO Street Fair takes place this week, and the lawns that line 13th Av enue are filled with the happy and the go-lucky lounging in the sun, laughing and frolicking and eating yakisoba noo dles. The food vendors and clothing vendors are cheerful as well, initiating the campus into the wonder of the sea son. They will be here until Friday. Vis it them. They will make you happy with their temporary trinkets, their shish kabobs and hemp bracelets. April showers? Forget about 'em. Tom Patterson Emerald Chan Wai Yuen tosses noodles with onions and cabbage in a giant wok at the Oriental Village booth at the ASUO Street Faire. The resulting noodle mixture, combined with a teriyaki shish kabob, costs $5.00. Tom Patterson Emerald Students Whitney Larson and Tessa Winiarski rifle through the racks looking for the perfect sundress. Tom Patterson Emerald Two of Ghafoor Sardar’s Afghani specialties are shish kabobs and vegetable pilaf. DPS gives tips on avoiding victim status ■The ASUO and DPS presented methods to help students protect themselves against attack By Brooke Ross Oregon Daily Emerald A few years back, a Portland woman was attacked at knife point. But instead of freezing in terror, this woman had a plan. She listened to her attacker’s demands but also begged him not to hurt her. The attacker, seeing that she was being compliant, put his knife down. The woman seized the opportunity, grabbed the knife and stabbed the man several times with his own weapon. This true story of keeping control in the face of danger was one example shared during the presentation “Am I Safe on Cam pus?” In light of several recent campus attacks, the last of which involved a deadly weapon, the Department of Public Safety, the ASUO Executive and the ASUO Women’s Center hosted the event to show students what they can do to ensure their safety. The presentation, led by Robert Guse, a DPS corporal, in cluded self-defense demonstrations such as how to free one self from choke holds and mental strategies people can use be fore and during an attack to better gain control of the situation. Guse also spoke about common misconceptions surrounding less-than-effective weapons, such as pepper spray and keys. He said the overall way to avoid becoming a victim is to maintain focus ahead of time in order to avoid dangerous sce narios before they occur. “If attackers are shopping for a victim, they’re looking for certain things,” Guse said. “They want a perfect victim, some one who’s not going to remember what they look like.” Guse said besides the simple things, such as always being Turn to Self-defense, page 5 Class studies UO’s hazardous waste ■ ‘Climate Change and the UO’ lets students examine the University’s environmental impact By Hank Hager Oregon Daily Emerald Two University instructors teamed up in 1999 to start a class to help students form partnerships with campus organiza tions in an effort to help improve the envi ronment. Two years later, students who have taken similar classes are still trying to make the University as green as possible. Kari Heimerman, a graduate teaching fellow in biology, teamed with Teresa Spezio, an environmental studies in structor, to give students a firsthand look at the University and its environment. Through a class, “Climate Change and the UO,” students have focused on the University’s contributions to global cli mate change. Students examine the effects of energy and transportation on campus. “In these courses, the students have to recognize and understand environmen tal problems and challenges,” Heimer man said. “More importantly, they have to come up with concrete actions that the University can take to diminish their ecological footprint while getting to know and understand the actions that the University already takes to do this.” Turn to Environment, page 5 In these courses, the students have to recognize and understand environ mental problems and challenges. Kari Heimerman GTR 44 biology yy
