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Wednesday, April 3,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 121
Solar energy
Powered by the sun
Installed on top of the EMU, three
8 ft by 8 ft solar panels will supply
4,200 watts of power annually,
enough to power approximately
28 fridges a year. The panels will
channel their power into the EMU’s
electrical grid.
The cost of the panels will be
approximately $20,000, and will be
subsidized by Bucks for Ducks.
Photo Illustration by Russell Weller Emerald
Running on sunshine
■ Bucks for Ducks winners
design solar panels for the
EMU’s south balcony and are
set for installation this month
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
The vision of an EMU par
tially powered by renew
able solar energy
— which began last year when
two architecture students v^on
the $100,000 ASUO Bucks for
Ducks contest — is close to be
coming a reality.
A trio of solar towers, de
signed by contest winner Joce
lyn Eisenberg and other stu
dents from the Ecological
Design Center, could be built
on the little-used, south-facing
EMU balcony adjacent to the
Skylight Lounge as soon as this
month. The EMU Board ap
proved the project last month
and construction on the towers
is tentatively scheduled to be
gin during the annual
H.O.P.E.S. Eco-Design Arts
Conference, which will be
held at the University April 18
to 22.
The ASUO sponsored the
Ducks for Bucks contest last
year to generate student ideas
on how to spend $100,000
Turn to Solar, page 3
Candidate
may sue
over city
elections
■Jim Hale charges that some
signatures were gathered illegally
and calls for uniform standards
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon Secretary of State’s office
is not likely to challenge the candidacy
of five city council candidates who filed
their election documents in an improp
er order, State Elections Division John
Lindback said.
But one candidate said he might con
test the May 21 primary election ballot
with a lawsuit — a challenge he might
very well win, Lindback said.
Ward 5 candidate Jim Hale, who is
running against one of the five candi
dates in question, scheduled a Tuesday
press conference to discuss the possible
lawsuit but canceled after rethinking
his position. He said he would an
nounce his intentions today.
If Hale files a suit and is successful,
the ballot or the election itself could be
altered in court.
The controversy began when candi
dates David Kelly, Gary Pape, Kevin
Wells and Jennifer Solomon filed the
required 25 voter signatures with the
city recorder’s office before gaining the
city’s approval of the signature form.
This violated a provision in the city’s <
elections manual that requires candi
dates to obtain prior approval of signa
ture sheets before circulating the forms,
Lindback said.
But the city recorder’s office, stating
that its staff gave candidates inconsis
tent advice, accepted the signatures and
processed the candidates filings. Pape
is running for Ward 5, Wells for Ward 4
and Solomon for Ward 6. Kelly is run
ning for Ward 3, the seat representing
the University area.
Turn to Ballot, page 7
Students campaign to incorporate pledge at graduation
The Universityj
is considering
reintroducing
a traditional
pledge about
graduates’
responsibilities
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Graduating seniors typically make
the transition from the college world to
the working world with a commence
ment ceremony and a handshake as
they receive their degrees.
Something is missing from that
process, say a group of University stu
dents. Although graduation is a time
for celebration, they want it to also be
a time for students to consider how the
things they do after college will impact
the world.
Senior Leona Kassel said that’s
why she and about six other students
are working to bring the Graduation
Pledge of Social and Environmental
Responsibility back to University
commencement.
By signing the pledge, which was in
corporated into graduation ceremonies
at nearly 70 colleges and universities
in 2001, students promise “to explore
and take into account the social and
environmental consequences” of any
job they consider taking.
The pledge began at Humboldt State
University in 1987 and was once print
ed on the back of University of Oregon
graduation programs, said alumna
Mary Hudzikiewicz, who is coordinat
ing commencement this year. About
four years ago, commencement or^an
izers stopped printing the pledge,
though, because of lack of student in
terest, she said. The pledge will be part
of graduation this year — but organiz
ers are still working out how large a
part, she said.
Kassel said she sees the pledge as
serving “a dual purpose — one to
start students thinking about the im
pact their jobs will have on the world
and also to send a message to busi
nesses that students are considering
how their jobs will affect society and
the environment.”
Although students working on the
pledge campaign are still planning
how they will make the pledge part of
graduation this year, they expect to cre
ate wallet-sized cards inscribed with
the pledge that students can sign, Kas
sel said. On the back of the cards will
be a list of environmentally and social
ly conscious Web sites alumni can visit
to reaffirm their commitment, she said.
Students who sign the pledge will also
receive a green ribbon they can pin to
their caps or gowns.
Kassel said they would like to have
the pledge cards and a letter explaining
the purpose of the pledge included in
graduation materials the University
sends to students. They plan to distrib
ute the ribbons and have additional
Turn to Pledge, page 3