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Thursday, May 23,2002
Since 1 900
University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 157
“I go home to sleep and shower—that’s studio life. ”
— Nathan Wax, architecture student
Emerald
‘Studio’ Apartments
■Architecture students create
personal work spaces in order
to generate their works of art
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Nathan Wax’s kitchen area
includes a small refrigera
tor, hot pot, George Fore
man Grill, ventilation sys
tem, microwave, indoor plant and
even salt and pepper shakers.
But the setup isn’t in his home
— it’s at his drawing table in the ar
chitecture studio unit he shares with
fellow student Paris Swanson.
Wax said he’s an “extreme exam
ple” of a hard-core architecture stu
dent. Every morning at 9 a.m., he ar
rives at the studio, where he’ll spend
about 15 hours a day, staying as late
as 2 a.m. Wax said he puts in the ex
tra hours to keep busy and because
it’s a long 15-minute walk home.
“I go home to sleep and shower
— that’s studio life,” he said.
“Studio” is a hands-on learning
environment where architecture stu
dents can develop the skills they’ve
Turn to Studio, page 4
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Above: Fifth-year
architecture
student John
Pierson takes a
breather from
the monotony
of architecture
studio.
Left: Second-year
architecture
student Nathan
Wax works in his
studio area which
he has turned
into a virtual
apartment,
complete with
microwave, hot
pot, refrigerator,
pantry, cutting
board and
utensils. Wax
said he only goes
home to shower
and sleep.
Sept. 11
film aims
to reveal
truth, lies
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Survival Center will present
Michael C. Ruppert’s two-hour video,
“The Truth and Lies of 9-11,” at 7 p.m.
today in 100 Willamette Hall.
In the video, Ruppert, a former police
officer with the Los Angeles Police De
partment, proposes that the U.S. gov
ernment had prior knowledge of the
Sept. 11 attacks before they occurred.
According to Ruppert, the govern
ment received documented warnings
from foreign intelligence services before
the attacks. In the video, he presents ev
idence related to stock trades that oc
curred among airline companies most
affected by the attacks, such as Ameri
can Airlines and United Airlines.
Freshman Matt Homback said the pur
pose of the video is to encourage people
to think critically about the Sept. 11 at
tacks and come to their own conclusions.
“So many people were flag-waving af
ter the attacks, and that is the last thing
they should be doing,” he said. “People
should be questioning what happened.”
After the video, the Survival Center
plans to open the floor to audience
members to answer questions. Ruppert
will not attend the showing.
New group
lets students
take control
■ Student leaders are working
to provide motivated students
with leadership opportunities
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
After the EMU Budget Committee
unanimously voted to remove funding
from the Student Activities Resource
Office in January, it was uncertain what
would take the place of the campus
leadership program.
ASUO Vice President-elect Ben
Buzbee and a leadership team think
they have found the answer.
Buzbee — with the help of an active
student committee — is drafting a plan
for a leadership development center to
better inform students of leadership op
portunities on campus after the SARO
program is eliminated.
The SARO, often associated with
the UO Cultural Forum, was designed
to provide student leadership with
opportunities. However, EMU stu
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