Commentary
Readers air their concerns about team
mascots, drag shows and grocery wages.
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Sports
The Oregon softball team ends its losing
skid in double-header split to Portland State.
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Tuesday, April 23,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103,Issue 135
Getting the scoop
Like a kid in an
ICE CHUM
■ Ben & Jerry’s ‘Free Cone Day’
benefits not only ice cream lovers,
but the Eugene Relief Nursery as well
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
University professors could all
have given pop quizzes Monday
if they wanted to punish truancy.
Many students skipped class to
enjoy the sunshine and free
scoops of Ben &Jerry’s ice cream.
“I’m skipping physics class for this,”
junior Nicole Myers said while standing
in the line, which at one time bridged
store
East 12th Avenue and was still a block
long at 9:30 p.m.
“I have no need to go back to school.”
The campus Ben & Jerry’s store spent
11 hours scooping free ice cream Monday.
The event was part of “Free Cone Day,” in
which Ben & Jerry’s chains aimed to give
away one million scoops of ice cream and
help charities at the same time.
The Eugene store doled out 10,200
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Thomas Patterson Emerald
I Above:‘Avid ice
I cream eater’and
student Michael
Parich waited in line
S for roughly 10
minutes Monday to
receive his free
I~ scoop of Ben &
Jerry’s Peanut
I Butter Truffle. Left:
I Fifteen-month-old
I Noah Hatfield wears
1 a goatee of
i Chocolate Fudge
i Brownie.
Thomas Patterson Emerald
BSU picks
notable
faculty,
students
■ Black Student Union awards
recognize those in the community
who have made a positive impact
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Former state representative and
keynote speaker Jo Ann Bowman en
couraged the crowd at the Black Stu
dent Union
awards, “Honor
ing African
American
Achievement,”
to take a stand
for their indi
viduality.
“You are fac
ing a world
that’s a lot of dif
ferences,” she
said. “You can
not be afraid to
stand up and
question if what
the masses say is
right for you.”
The crowd of
more than 50
gathered Monday
evening in the
EMU Ballroom to
honor 20 stu
dents, faculty
and community
leaders making a
positive impact.
The event was originally scheduled for
February as part of the Black History
Month celebration.
“We’re here to celebrate those in the
community who contributed so much,”
BSU Co-Director Kawezya Hutchinson
said. “There are a lot (of people) who
deserve recognition but do not always
receive it, and we don’t always see
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Award
winners
Mark Tracy
Henry invert
Callen Coleman
Cory Mirror
OladapoSobomehin
Jo Ann Bowman
Rhonda Stevenson
Ronald Seawood
Rashidah Haqq
Kimberly Jones
Brandy Alexander
Kawezya Hutchinson
Kady-Ann Day
Mark Harris
Edniesha Curry
Shaguala Williams
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New exercise program stretches students’ minds, bodies
■Students taking Pilates, an
exercise similar to yoga, have
the chance to tone their bodies
without an intense workout
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Instead of sitting through class
es trying to fight drowsiness,
there’s an engaging exercise pro
gram offered at the University that
is leaving students refreshed, alert
and conditioned.
Pilates, being offered for the first
time this term, is so popular that
the two sections filled almost as
soon as they were offered, Physical
Activities and Recreation Services
Director Peg Rees said.
Legendary physical trainer
Joseph H. Pilates developed Pilates
in the early 1920s to help people
improve flexibility and body
strength without building bulk,
said Elise Moore, the extensively
trained adjunct instructor who
teaches the class.
As a German nurse during World
War I, Pilates originally designed the
exercise for patients immobilized in
hospital beds but later introduced it
as a type of body conditioning in the
late 1920s in New York City.
Moore was trained in the Stott
method of Pilates in Toronto. Par
ticipants in her class learn a series
of controlled movements that en
gage body and mind, performed
both with and without specifically
designed exercise apparatus.
“I haven’t got to the point where I
can use my abs and glutes all the
way,” freshman Sarah Rhoden said.
Rhoden said she took the class
because she wanted to get “toned
up.” She added that Moore is help
ful in her instruction.
“She knows how it feels when
you are doing it wrong,” Rhoden
said. “And she knows what you
should be doing differently.”
Moore said Pilates is designed
to be taught one-on-one, as op
posed to being learned in large
groups. She currently has about
25 students in each section she
teaches twice a week.
“Squeeze those inner thighs —
rolling and articulating, all the
way up,” Moore said, as she di
rected the class.
Moore said the classes are pre
dominantly composed of females,
but she encouraged men to try it out.
“They need abdominal strength
just as much,” she said.
Moore said Pilates conditioning is
similar to yoga because it’s a mind
body exercise, which she said “seems
to attract a female personality.”
“It’s a workout where you don’t
have to pound your body into the
ground by running 20 miles,”
Moore said.
The contemporary Stott Pilates
method, developed by former pro
fessional dancer Moira Stott-Mer
rithew with input from sports med
icine professionals, is an
anatomically-based approach to the
original method of the exercise.
Moore said it works the deep in
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