NEWS BRIEFS
Convocation will welcome
students and staff
to the University tonight
Convocation 2003 — an official wel
coming of University students, faculty
and staff — will take place at Beall Con
cert Hall at 2:30 p.m. today.
University President Dave Frohn
mayer will deliver his convocation
speech, otherwise known as his state
of-the-University address.
Other speakers include Senior Vice
President and Provost John Moseley,
who will deliver the official welcome
speech; University Senate President
Lowell Bowditch, who will speak on
behalf of the senate; and Vice President
for Academic Affairs Lorraine Davis,
who will introduce new faculty.
Music will also highlight the event
and will be followed by a reception.
All students, faculty and staff are
welcome to attend.
—Jared Paben
Molly Ivins to promote
new book in Eugene
Best-selling author and syndicated
columnist Molly Ivins will give a sold
out speech at the McDonald Theatre
on Saturday night. Ivins is the second
liberal Texan to hawk a book in Eu
gene in less than three weeks, follow
ing hot on the heels of populist pun
dit Jim Hightower.
Ivins will be talking about Presi
dent George W. Bush's administra
tion, and her new book, "Bush
whacked: Life in George W. Bush's
America," which she co-authored
with Lou Dubose.
"Molly is a very eloquent writer and
she definitely has a wide following,"
said Anthony Zurcher, Ivins' editor at
Creators Syndicate.
"(Ivins has) a very unique voice,"
Zurcher said. "(She appeals) to liberal
and moderate Democrats who are
looking for someone who will stand
up to President Bush."
Ivins is a former political reporter at
The New York Times and has been a
Pulitzer Prize finalist.
"She's quite a writer," said
Cozmic Pizza owner Joel Thomas.
"She's very inspirational for a lot of
young women."
Cozmic Pizza will host a $30-a-plate
reception for Ivins after her speech. The
proceeds will go to various peace or
ganizations, Thomas said.
"We're really excited to have her here."
— Chuck Skrthower
Songwriter Elliott Smith
found dead at 34
Indie musician and singer-song
writer Elliott Smith died at 34 on Tues
day in his Los Angeles apartment. He
was found with a single stab wound to
the chest in an apparent suicide.
Smith grew up in Dallas, Texas, and
relocated to Portland as a sophomore
in high school. He began writing
songs as a teenager and called himself
“Elliott* in middle school, claiming
that Steve sounded too "jockish,* and
Steve Smith had too much allitera
tion. After graduating from Lincoln
High School he attended Hampshire
College in Amherst, Mass. Upon re
ceiving his degree, Smith returned to
Portland where he and Neil Gust, a
friend from college, started the re
gional favorite punk band Heatmiser.
At this time Smith also began pro
ducing solo efforts. 1 Iis early work was
well received critically, and in 1998 he
received an Academy Award nomina
tion for his song “Miss Misery," an
original composition for the Gus Van
Sant film “Good Will Hunting." Van
Sant, also a Portland resident, had
met Smith through mutual friends.
His music, often dark and brood
ing, was featured in other movies in
cluding "American Beauty" and "The
Royal Tenenbaums," which included
"Needle in the Hay," a song about
heroin addiction. Smith was not coy
about his own problems with addic
tion and depression, often choosing
to address such issues in his music.
Smith had released five full-length al
bums and was working on his sixth
solo effort, “From the Basement on
the Hill," at the time of his death.
— Steven Neuman
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