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Thursday, May 16,2002
Since 1900
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 132
Attack of the fans
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Adam Jones Emerald
Aaron Johnson appears to play a friendly game of cards with the wise and powerful Yoda on Wednesday evening while a group of more than 100 ‘Star Wars’ fans wait
outside of Cinemark 17 theater in Springfield for the first few showings of ‘Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones. ’
See it they will
- or will not
Many ‘Star Wars’ fans will stop at nothing to have
the first glimpse of ‘Attack of the Clones,’
but critics wonder if it will live up to the hype
Inside
Pulse reporters
Jen West and
Mix Kerl serve up
analysis and a
review of the latest
‘Star Wars’
installment.
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By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Swinging lightsabers, flying Frisbee discs,
cribbage competitions and constant conver
sation kept more than 100 “Star Wars” fans
amused as they waited outside for the first
three late-night shows of “Star Wars: Episode II —
Attack of the Clones.” The lines Wednesday
evening at Cinemark 17 theater were filled with
camping chairs, fast food remains, students playing
card games and music blasting from a lone stereo.
“If I wasn’t so fanatic, I’d wait a week to see it,”
said 18-year-old Kurt Studenroth, clutching a blue
lightsaber and dressed in a well-worn “Star Wars”
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Adam Jones Emerald
Ryan Vann, left, and Kurt Studenroth do battle while waiting in line. The
two 18-year-olds are planning to make their own ‘Star Wars’ fan film.
Take Back the Night events include rally, march
University students can march
against sexual violence tonight at
the annual Take Back the Night
march and rally.
The event, hosted by Sexual As
sault Support Services and the
Women’s Center, begins at 5 p.m. in
the EMU Amphitheater with mu
sic by reggae artist Norma Fraser.
At 6:30 p.m., there will be a rally
in the amphitheater led by the Radi
cal Cheerleaders and speakers from
campus and community groups.
The march begins at 8 p.m. in
the amphitheater and will end
downtown at the intersection of
Eighth Avenue and Oak Street.
Following the march, acoustic
folk musician Nicole Barrett, salsa
drumming group Bloco Amazhi
na and the Young Women’s The
ater Collective will perform.
There will also be a “speak-out,”
where survivors of sexual assault
can share their experiences.
Women’s Center Events Coordi
nator Heather Mitchell said the
rally will be open to all, but the
march will be divided into “des
ignated safe areas” separated by
banners. The front of the march
will be reserved for women. The
middle section will be designated
for “gender queer” people who
may not identify exclusively with
one gender or the gender they
were assigned at birth, she said.
“The back of the march is going
to be an open space for men,
women — just everybody,” she
said.
American Sign Language inter
pretation and return transporta
tion to campus will be provided.
For more information about
Take Back the Night, contact the
Women’s Center at 346-4095.
—Kara Cogswell
UO opens
nation’s
inaugural
green lab
■The unique laboratory promotes
an environmentally sensitive
curriculum for chemistry students
By Gail Eisen
for the Emerald
The University has been leading the
nation in teaching an environmentally
benign chemistry curriculum since
fall, and it will formally dedicate the
country’s first Green Organic Chem
istry Laboratory during ceremonies
slated for today.
A free lecture by Dennis Hjeresen, di
rector of the Green Chemistry Institute
of the American Chemical Society, will
launch the festivities at 4 p.m. in 177
Lawrence. Hjeresen’s talk, “Green
Chemistry and a Sustainable Future,” is
open to the public and will be followed
by a formal dedication ceremony and
an open house at the new facility, locat
ed in 45 Klamath, on the ground floor
of the building.
Sustainable practices is a concept
vital to understanding the Green strat
egy, said Jim Hutchison, associate pro
fessor of chemistry, who, along with
Professor Ken Doxsee, worked for five
years to develop an environmentally
sensitive chemistry curriculum for
University students.
“Sustainability is the ability to pro
vide for this generation without jeop
ardizing the ability of future genera
tions to pursue their needs,”
Hutchison said.
The $1 million organic chemistry lab,
financed by a combination of grants
from the Alice C. Tyler Perpetual Trust,
The Green Chemistry Institute of the
American Chemical Society, The Na
tional Science Foundation, and contri
butions from private donors, began op
eration in Fall 2001, said Jill Leininger,
assistant director of development for
the College of Arts and Sciences.
Gary Seitz, associate dean of the sci
ences for the College of Arts and Sci
ences said the University was the first
in the nation to establish a Green
chemistry laboratory.
“It is truly a pioneering effort on the
part of Jim Hutchison and Ken Doxsee,”
he said.
The uniqueness of the lab lies in its
emphasis on sensitivity to preserving
the environment and reducing haz
ardous waste, Hutchison said.
“In the traditional way that chemistry
is taught, a large number of hazardous
materials are used, and hazardous
wastes are generated,” Hutchison said.
“Our goal has been the development of
a new curriculum where the education
al components remain — the emphasis
on fundamental concepts and tech
niques — but (doing this) using much
less hazardous materials.”
Lauren Huffman, a chemistry gradu
ate student, described the new lab as
“more environmentally benign and less
deadly” than a traditional chemistry
lab. Huffman supervised 15 chemistry
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