H.O.P.E.S. tackles new landscape
H.O.RES. conference members
will assist with planning and
designing a new landscape
for the East University area
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
The ninth annual Hollsite Op
tions Planet Earth Sustainability
conference kicks off tonight with a
development activity involving the
designing of a new landscape for the
East University area.
The conference will continue
throughout the weekend with a se
ries of keynote speakers, panels and
workshops relating to sustainability.
Registration for the conference, ti
tled Ecological Urbanism, is taking
place on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to
9:30 a.m. in the lobby of Lawrence
Hall and is open to the public.
The Ecological Design Center is
coordinating the H.O.P.E.S. confer
ence, and approximately 400 peo
ple are expected to attend. The
event will also include an art show
— featuring four women artists —
and a fashion show entitled “Trashy
Fashion Show.”
Marc Tobin, co-director of EDC,
said that historically the H.O.P.E.S.
conference has focused on smaller
scale projects, such as a single
house. This year, however, EDC is
wanting to focus on a larger project.
The kick-off event is an example
of an activity approached on a
larger scale. Students and commu
nity members are grouped togeth
er in a “charrette” and challenged
with designing new ideas for the
East Campus neighborhood in a
24-hour period.
Robyn Scofield, a graduate stu
dent in the planning, public policy
and management program, said the
goal of each charrette is to apply the
University’s sustainable develop
ment plan to the East Campus de
velopment plan.
“It’s focused on how to design the
new development with sustainabili
ty on mind,” she said.
The four keynote speakers at the
conference will be talking about
everything from ecological design
ing to co-housing, and the work
shops and panels will be covering
topics like the politics of renewable
energy and the codes for Oregon
eco-cities. There are a total of 17
panels, which are broken down into
three separate categories: people,
parts and places.
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jihadees (holy warriors), for all their
threats of suicide bombs and terror
ism, proved too weak to defeat the
Arab leader they hated most.
The fact that it was Israel’s
friend and protector that toppled
Hussein will not be lost on millions
of Arabs, either.
“It is a very painful experience
that the Arabs are undertaking at
the moment,” said Clovis Mak
soud, a former ambassador of the
Arab League to the United States
and the United Nations.
“There will be a lot of soul
searching, a period of ferment in
the next few months. Profound
changes are going to take place.”
Hussein was a complicated char
acter who meant different things to
different people. His Baath Party
once flew the banner of pan-Arab
unity, a secular ideal espoused by
such legendary Arab figures as
Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser and
Syria’s Hafez al Assad, the father of
Syria’s current ruler.
After his defeat in the 1991 Gulf
War, Hussein saw an advantage in
reshaping himself as a stalwart of
Islam, summoning the Muslim
faithful to support him in his self
proclaimed jihad against Western
imperialism. The pose won him lit
tle support from devout Muslims,
who did not believe that the same
Saddam Hussein who had used
poison gas against his own people
and brutally crushed religious par
ties had suddenly become a de
fender of Islam.
James Zogby, the president of
the Arab American Institute in
Washington, warns that too much
can be made of Hussein as a sym
bol of the Arab quest for unity and
self-determination.
“Saddam does symbolize the
anger in the Arab world. He does
symbolize the divide with the
West. But I don’t see this as a de
feat of Arab nationalism or a defeat
for the Arabs. It’s the downfall of a
brutally repressive regime.”
Zogby fears that Hussein’s defeat
could strengthen Islamic extrem
ists as Arabs search for some way
to reclaim their independence
from the American conquerors of
Baghdad, long a seat of religious
authority and education in the Is
lamic world.
“Whatever happens,” Zogby said,
“it is undeniable that Wednesday
marked the start of a new relation
ship between the United States and
the Arab world — one that is fraught
with great danger.”
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Information Services.
The art show, titled Creative In
terventions, started on Tuesday in
the hearth of Lawrence Hall, and
runs through Sunday. One of the
exhibits is a “seed bomb,” which
University student Kurt McCulloch
described as a “grenade-shaped
palm-size compacted ball of dirt
containing wildflower seeds native
to the Willamette valley.”
The seed bombs will be available
for the public to take home, and
there is more information at the art
exhibit about how to use them.
Scofield said there are still open
spots with the charrette for people
who are interested. For more in
formation, visit the EDC’s Web
site at http://edc.uoregon.edu, or
call 346-3696.
Contact the reporter
atalishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
ASUO elections
Ballot measure pushed
out to general election
ASUO Elections Coordinator An
drea Hall announced this week that
Ballot Measure 6.15 will not appear
in the primary election, but will run
instead during the general election.
Hall said the measure, which
has been approved by the ASUO
Constitution Court, was inadver
tently left out when ballot meas
ures were electronically submit
ted. She received a hard copy of
the measure at a later date.
While the measure description
ran in Wednesday’s Voter’s Guide, it
will not appear on DuckWeb for
voting until the general election.
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responsible for the large proportion.
Sakura Nakamura, co-president
of the Japanese Student Organiza
tion, said that universities in Japan
are much harder to get into, al
though academic success comes
easier after that.
“Almost everybody graduates,”
she said.
After coming to Eugene in 2001
and prior to registering for standard
University classes, Okonogi took
language classes at the American
English Institute at the University.
He said his speaking skills have im
proved, but he has further to go.
Okonogi said he struggles with es
say tests because being unable to in
terpret a single word can prevent him
from answering an entire question.
“We never have these kinds of
tests in Japan,” he said.
In between classes, Okonogi treks
back to his fifth-floor residence in
Carson Hall, decorated with photo
graphs of his friends and pieces of
art. His bed is one mattress without
a frame or box spring — he said it
was more comfortable that way.
Pairs of shoes are neatly arranged
next to the closet.
For entertainment, Okonogi
spends time with his friends. He
said there are few alternatives for
entertainment on campus.
Takahiko Nishiwaki, one of Okono
gi’s friends, said the two are usually
limited to having dinner together,
going to see movies and talking.
“I hope the University has more
places for international students
(such as) more International Night
stuff, more international food (and)
more international movies — Chi
nese or Japanese or Thai or some
thing,” he said.
Nakamura agreed that outside
the JSO, there isn’t much for
Japanese students to do, but she
said the University does offer cul
tural social opportunities.
“We have really great diversity,
and we can meet people from all
over the world,” she said.
Okonogi is not sure yet what he
wants to do after graduating, but he
is interested in television reporting
because he would get to see the
whole world.
He said that he plans on staying
in the United States after gradua
tion, but is not sure for how long.
“There is so much more possibili
ty to get a job (in the U.S.),” he said.
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