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H.O.P.E.S. conference
begins Friday
The University’s Ecological De
sign Center will host its eighth annu
al Holistic Options for Plant Earth
Sustainability Eco-Design Arts Con
ference, Friday through Sunday at
Lawrence Hall. The theme will be
“Energizing Potential,” and the or
ganizers hope to explore creative
ideas for conserving energy.
Events include:
Friday
8 p.m. Founder of The Solar Liv
ing Center in Hopland, Calif., John
Schaeffer will speak about renew
able energy and sustainable living.
Saturday
12 p.m. The Northwest Hydrogen
Association will hold a vegetarian
and vegan barbecue in Lawrence
Hall Courtyard for $6 a meal.
8 p.m. Angela Danadjieva, a land
scape architect and urban planner,
will discuss the forms of pollution
created from urban life.
Sunday
2 p.m. John Perlin and Rob Pena
will present on the environment, tech
nology and energy efficient design.
Register for workshops at Lawrence
Hall on Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. or
Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For
more information, contact the Ecolog
ical Design Center at 346-0719.
Lesbopalooza to receive
additional funds
At Wednesday’s ASUO Student
Senate meeting, the body voted 10-2
to give the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, Queer Alliance $1500
from surplus money for its upcom
ing Lesbopalooza event.
“I think this is one of the biggest
events that the University puts on
each year, and we should do what
we can to help them put on the
event,” Sen. Eric Bailey said.
Lesbopalooza is an annual event
that educates about, honors and cele
brates the genre of women’s queer
music. The group has held numerous
fund-raisers for the event this year and
have earned $1,775 from asking vari
f
ous businesses to sponsor the event.
Sens. Mary Elizabeth Madden
and Tex Arnold voted against giving
the LGBTQA the $1500 for the up
coming event.
“I don’t feel comfortable giving a
group money when they only bud
geted for 400 people in attendance
and had 800 people come to the event
last year,” Arnold said. “They will
make much more money than they
have budgeted from ticket sales. ”
In addition, the Senate voted
unanimously to transfer $200 from
the Oregon Future Lawyer Associa
tion’s speakers line item to its travel
line item for the group’s upcoming
trip to Seattle and Portland to visit
the University of Washington’s and
Lewis and Clark College’s law
schools, respectively.
—Danielle Gillespie
‘Green Nun’to give
lecture today
Religious scholar Sarah McFar
land Taylor will discuss the North
American movement of environmen
tally active Catholic nuns today in a
free public lecture at 7 p.m. in the
Browsing Room of Knight Library.
“The Genetic Monastery: Green
Nuns, Seed Sanctuaries and the Cru
sade Against Biotech Colonization,”
is the final lecture in a series of “Eco
logical Conversations” sponsored
by the University’s Center for the
Study of Women in Society. Taylor
is currently writing “Green Nuns:
Re-inhabiting Religion, Culture and
Creation,” a book that examines the
religious language, symbols and rit
uals of Catholic nuns’ activism in
crop safety and security.
Taylor, a visiting professor, is one
of five national scholars offered a res
ident fellowship with the Ecological
Conversation program this year. She
teaches courses combining religion,
ecology and feminist studies at
Northwestern University and is the
founder and chairwoman of the “Re
ligion, Ecology and Culture” section
of the Midwestern region of the
American Academy of Religions.
For further information, call
Lynne Fessenden at 346-5399.
—Katie Ellis
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