News brief
Conference on women
and politics begins today
National University of Mexico
anthropology Professor Lourdes
Arizpe is delivering the keynote
address at the inaugural “Power,
Culture and Justice: Women and
the Politics of Place” conference
kicking off at 5 p.m. today in Ger
linger Lounge.
Arizpe’s topic is “Culture,
Women and the Global Commons.”
The conference is hosted by the
University’s Center for Critical The
ory and Transnational Studies and
is organized by the Society for In
ternational Development. Activi
ties continue through Saturday. All
other conference events are in the
Phoenix Inn conference room at
850 Franklin Blvd.
The conference features a wide
range of speakers who will discuss
topics such as “War, Peace, Justice
and Livelihood: Why Women, Why
Places’’; “Women’s Networking and
Alliance Building: The Politics of
Organizing in and Around Place”;
“Fleshy Politics: Women’s Bodies,
Politics and Globalization”; and
“Reconfiguring Environment: Place
and Social Movements and Women
and the Politics of Place in Oregon.”
Admission is free. Call 346-1521
for more information.
— Robin Weber
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pledge cards available at spring
commencement ceremonies.
Support for the pledge seems to
be growing nationwide. Dr. Neil
Wollman, the national coordina
“It takes a fairly limited
amount of people to make a
difference. Sometimes just
one person pushing
somthingonajob.Js
enough to bring other
people over.”
Dr. Neil Wollman
national coordinator
Graduation Pledge Alliance
Manchester College
tor for the Graduation Pledge Al
liance at Manchester College,
said he expects about 100 col
leges and universities to include
some form of the pledge in their
graduation ceremonies this year.
At Manchester College, the
pledge is a formal part of the
graduation ceremony, and stu
dents begin learning about it dur
ing freshman orientation. At oth
er schools, the pledge may be a
much more informal part of com
mencement, he said.
While judging the success of a
pledge is difficult, Wollman said
a survey of Manchester College
graduates found that they are tak
ing the pledge into consideration
on their jobs. Even if only a few
do, he added, that can be enough
to change society.
“It takes a fairly limited
amount of people to make a dif
ference,” he said. “Sometimes
just one person pushing some
thing on a job ... is enough to
bring other people over,” he said.
For more information or to get
involved with the University
pledge campaign, e-mail gradu
atepledgers@hotmail.com.
E-mail student activities editor Kara Cogswell
atkaracogswell@dailyemerald.com.
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from the overrealized fund.
Eisenberg and Ben Gates, who
has since graduated, had the win
ning idea of using the money to
install solar panels on the EMU.
The towers will produce about
4,200 watts of power annually —
enough to run 28 refrigerators for
a year, said Eugene Water and
Electric Board energy manage
ment specialist Don Spiek, who
has been working on the project
with students in the Ecological
Design Center.
“Solar power is clean, there’s no
maintenance to it. It’s available
everywhere,” which makes it a
good source of renewable energy,
Spiek said.
Although the solar towers on
the EMU will produce a relatively
small amount of power, Eisenberg
said she hopes the high-visibility
of the towers will catch the atten
tion of passersby and spark their
interest in renewable energy.
The towers will also make the
balcony more functional. Under
neath the 8-by-8 solar panels atop
each tower will be square wooden
benches where people can sit and
enjoy the view of campus from the
balcony, she said.
Eisenberg said the towers are
“designed to be sculptures in the
landscape” that mesh well with
the EMU architecture.
“We’re really trying to make it
educational and also artistic,”
she said.
The total cost of the towers is ex
pected to be roughly $20,000,
Eisenberg said.
Students working on the project
hoped to raise enough money
through corporate sponsorship to
build a much larger array of solar
panels. But despite a request pack
age that includes letters from Uni
versity President Dave Frohnmay
er, Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey, and
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, as well as
a 35 percent tax credit for Oregon
businesses, they have not yet been
able to secure corporate sponsor
ship for the project,
Eisenberg said.
There have been other obsta
cles for the team to overcome as
well. Originally, they favored
placing the panels on the large,
south-facing roof of the EMU
Ballroom, but they later discov
ered the roof couldn’t support
the additional weight.
The location they chose instead,
the south balcony, receives ample
sun exposure but with a surface
area of only about 1,000 square
feet, it is too small to support the
10- to 20-kilowatt solar panel sys
tem students had hoped to build.
The balcony is also in need of re
pairs which have been put off be
cause of lack of funding.
To avoid delaying the project in
definitely until repairs could be
completed, they designed the tow
ers so that they can be easily dis
mantled and moved to another lo
cation if needed, Eisenberg said.
“We’ve had to create a fairly
simple design,” she said.
Eisenberg said they are still ac
tively pursuing corporate sponsor
ship and hope to find a business
that will match student funding
for the next phase of the project. In
phase two, she said they plan to
install a much larger, 20-kilowatt
array of solar panels on the EMU
rooftop and set up an educational
kiosk inside the EMU about re
newable energy. One site being
considered for the rooftop panels
is the Emerald roof in the north
west corner of the building.
ASUO President Nilda Brook
lyn, Vice President Joy Nair and
ASUO Ducks for Bucks contest se
lection committee member Peter
Watts did not return messages by
press time.
E-mail student activities editor Kara Cogswell
at karacogswell@dailyemerald.com.
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