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There will also be tables with in
formation from student and com
munity organizations, a parade and
musical entertainment. Tincher
said LTD will display one of its elec
tric automobiles and the Ecological
Design Center will show off its new
solar ovens. In addition, the coali
tion will show the anime film
“Princess Mononoke” at 8 p.m.
OSPIRG campus organizer Kit
Douglass said OSPIRG will hold a 10
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a.m. press conference by the EMU
solar panels to release a report
called “Behind Closed Doors.”
“(The report) details current at
tacks the Bush administration is
making on environmental laws in
this country and how it will impact
local communities.”
Douglass said the group wanted
students to know about the various
laws in place on issues such as clean
air and public health and how they
are at risk. Other speakers at the
press conference include planning,
public policy and management As
sistant Professor John Baldwin and
Doug Heiken of the Oregon Natural
Resources Council.
University senior Sara Henderson
said Earth Day is important not only
because it celebrates nature, but be
cause it allows students to network
with people who have similar envi
ronmental concerns, no matter how
involved in the movement they are.
“I think Earth Day presents a re
ally great opportunity to all people
from all spectrums of the environ
mental movement,” she said.
Contact the freelance editor
at ayishayahya@dailyemerald.com.
Elevators
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large number.
“With so many elevators on
campus, it’s not an unusual occur
rence,” Hicks said.
According to DPS reports, of the
18 reported incidents, four oc
curred in H.P. Barnhart, four at
McKenzie Hall, two at the EMU
and two at the Bean freight eleva
tor. The remaining six occurred at
PLC, Johnson Hall, Oregon Hall,
Willamette Hall, Onyx Bridge and
the tJniversity Health Center.
Hicks said that when an elevator
emergency phone is used, a DPS
candy bar wrapper
caught in the door
contacts.
Northwest Eleva
tor, which has
repaired and modernized all types
of elevators and escalators since
1981, has been contracted
with the University since August
2000. When Northwest can’t
respond to an emergency call
within 20 minutes, Hicks said fire
department personnel from
Station 3 are typically the first
to arrive.
Connelly said elevators can
easily jam when they are over
loaded or when “people are
orricer immedi
ately responds
and attempts to
open the unit
from the out
side while the
dispatcher
stays on the
phone with the
trapped individ
uals to make
sure they don’t
get claustrophob
"They (elevators) aren't
toys. They're tools to get
people from point A to
point B"
Ernie Connelly
captain
Eugene Fire Department
ic.
not horseplay.
norsm arouna
in them.” And
although there
are a lot of dif
ferent ways
they can get
stuck, he said
people need to
remember that
elevators are
made for trans
portation —
The most recent incident oc
curred on the evening of April 12
when an H.P. Barnhart elevator
trapped multiple people between
the third and fourth floors. Hicks
said it took 20 minutes for the Eu
gene Fire Department to respond
in order to reset the elevator and
get the people out.
“It can take up to 45 minutes to
get somebody out simply because
all elevators are designed individu
ally,” said Ernie Connelly, captain
of the Eugene Fire Department Sta
tion 3, located on Agate Street.
Less than 10 minutes after fire
department personnel responded,
representatives from Northwest
Elevator arrived to assess the situ
ation and determine the cause of
the malfunction — in this case, a
“They aren’t toys,” Connelly
said. “They’re tools to get people
from point A to point B.”
Hicks said students stuck in an
elevator should use the emergency
phones available in every Universi
ty elevator, which are even avail
able during power outages.
“When students use the phone,
it comes in as an emergency call/’
he said. “So you can rest assured
that help is on the way.”
Connelly said the main thing to
remember when stuck in an eleva
tor is to remain calm.
“Don’t panic,” he said. “It’s not
like the elevator is going to fall to
the ground.”
Contact the reporter
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com.
Wednesday
"The Basilica of Saint Mark in Venice" (pres
entation), 10 a.m.-12 p.m.( Baker Downtown
Center, 975 High St., free, 346-0697.
"Commercial Cinema and the Construc
tion of Gendered Modernities in Colo
nial and Post-Colonial East Africa, 1920
70" (lecture), noon-1 p.m., 330 Hendricks,
free, 346-5015.
"The Second World War: Key Characters
and Great Decisions" (presentation), 1:30
3:30 p.m., Baker Downtown Center, 975
High St., free.
Workshop for Pride (LCBTQA-sponsored
event), 6-8 p.m., EMU Rogue Room, free.
"Local Faces, Global Fates" (CODAC di
versity workshop), 7 p.m., Gerlinger
Lounge, 346-3212.
"Fuel Cells in a Renewable Energy Fu
ture" (lecture), 7:30-9 p.m., Dyment Hall
Lounge, Walton Complex, 1593-1595 E.
15th Ave., free, 346-5414.
Check out these spring workshops!
•Applying to Graduate School
Wed., April 23, 3:30 p.m. 360 Oregon Hall
A general overview of the graduate school
application process, procedures, and time lines
•Applying to Medical School
Thursday, April 24, 3:30 p.m. 214 Friendly Hall
Reviews personal essays, letters of recom
mendation, selecting schools and interviews
sponsored by the Office of Academic Advising
364 Oregon Hall, 346-3211