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NEWS BRIEF 'Vagina Monologues' organizers encourage all to audition The ASUO Women's Center is or ganizing auditions for the fifth annual "Vagina Monologues" at the Universi ty, and everyone is invited to try out for a part. Auditions were held Tuesday night and will be held again tonight at 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in 177 Lawrence Call backs will be held Thursday 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. inPLC 180. "It's a cold audition so they don't need to prepare anything," ASUO Women's Center Education Outreach Coordinator Guru Simrat Khalsa said. Khalsa, who is organizing the audi tions, said it would be better if people were familiar with the play. 'It's all related to women's sexuali ty," she said. "The Vagina Monologues" is a col lection of experiences of women around the world gathered by author Eve Ensler. A few different mono logues are incorporated each year at the University production, and the play has completely sold out for the past three years, Khalsa said. She said about 75 people tried out last year, and she is expecting the same for this year. About one dozen people will be cast to read various monologues from the play, which is tentatively sched uled for February. Khalsa said the purpose of the monologues, which is part of a na tionwide campaign, is to bring aware ness to women's issues. "The main purpose is to stop vio lence against women," she said. Khalsa said anybody who has an interest in the subject is welcome to audition, and the parts are not exclu sive to women. "The monologues have a variety of ages and people," she said. She said the national campaign, which is called V-Day, is held at more than 900 campuses across the country. Khalsa said she is currently fundraising in the community to sup port the production of the mono logues on campus. She is planning a silent auction in which artists from the community will be asked to do nate works to the cause, and she is asking for donations from communi ty members and student groups. Any profits gained from the Febru ary production will be donated to or ganizations in the community sup porting women's rights and working to end violence against women. "It's a very powerful piece;" she said. "It has a very strong message to convey." — Chelsea Duncan WATCH Thefts and recoveries The Department of Public Safety received two reports of bike theft: one report from Hamilton Com plex and one report from the sci ence library. DPS also received two found property reports and four re ports of larceny. Sunday, Nov. 16, 7:35 p.m.: DPS re ceived a report of a stolen computer from Knight Library. Disorderly conduct DPS received six reports of suspi cious conditions, two reports of sus picious subjects, three reports of crim inal trespass and one report of disorderly conduct. Wednesday, Nov. 12, 5:15 p.m.: DPS received a report of subjects re moving bicycles and placing them in the back of a truck on University Street and East 18th Avenue. Sunday, Nov. 16, 12:57 a.m.: DPS received a report of a male subject in a vehicle shooting paintballs from a paintball gun on East 18th Avenue. Alcohol and drugs DPS received three reports of drug law violations and two reports of liquor law violations. Saturday, Nov. 15, 8:53 p.m.: DPS received a report of alcohol in H P Barnhart Hall. Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:33 p.m.: DPS received a report of a subject smoking marijuana on the fourth floor of Boynton Hall in the Hamil ton Complex. Miscellaneous DPS received eight reports of emer gency calls. Saturday, Nov. 15, 12:16 a.m.: DPS received a report of burning toilet pa per in the Hamilton Complex. CIVIL WAR continued from page 1 Andrew admitted that the Ducks were probably going to beat the Beavers, also citing the Ducks' win ning history. "I don't really have any hopes or dreams," he said. While neither brother claims to be a big football fan, Ethan said Duck football started to grow on him around the end of last season. University student Slade Leeson, a friend of both brothers since high school, said "neither one of them is a big school-spirit guy," but added they still come up with interesting ideas. "Any time we get together we talk about having them dress up and fight at halftime during the Civil War game," he said. Their situation may not be as unique as one would think, however. Identical twins Jennifer and Stephanie Ludwig used to be in the same boat — Jennifer was a student at OSU her freshman year and Stephanie attended the University. That year the Civil War game was held at Autzen Stadium and Stephanie was able to attend, but Jennifer was not. "I got to go and she didn't," Stephanie said. "So 1 got to mb it in." Like the Firpos, the Ludwigs took the Civil War game lighdy, although they both stood squarely behind their respective teams, their disagreements usually manifested in teasing e-mails. "She was convinced they would win," Stephanie said. "I was con vinced we would win. I can't remem ber who won, to tell you the truth." For the Firpos, school rivalry ex tends beyond the playing field. "We sort of bicker back and forth because he knows that UO is a bet ter school for the social sciences," said Ethan, an anthropology stu dent. "So when he talks about soci ology professors I poke fun at him about the fact that he is going to an engineering school." Andrew, who studies sociology and philosophy, admitted that OSU is not ideal for his studies. He said neither school is "super good for the subjects we're studying," but he's grown to like a few of his professors and plans to finish there before go ing to culinary school. All told, the Firpo twins can defi nitely agree on one thing: Eugene is better than Corvallis. "Eugene is a bigger city and I'm used to more of an urban atmosphere," Ethan said. "Unfortunately, Corvallis is a very, very small boring town.' Andrew agreed. "It's really, really small," Andrew said. "There's not much you can really say about it. The university is like a quarter of the city." Contact the people/culture/faith reporter at jaredpaben@dailyemeraid.com. MEETING continued from page 1 had about the proposed development. "We know that it is important during this period of time and in the future to maintain the trust of our neighbors," Williams said. "And I believe our com mitment has been demonstrated." Williams said the University has adhered to a University-wide trans portation plan, which included in vestment in bike paths and parking facilities, free bus passes for faculty and students, and working with the city to establish a residential parking zone program. Williams said the University re organized its entire parking pro gram and severely reduced the number of overnight residence hall permits to ensure that more street parking is available. Planning commissioners said a deci sion on the University's proposed amendments will be made by Jan. 12. The matter will then go to the Eugene City Council, which will hear addition al public comments on Feb. 23. Contact the city/state politics reporter at shoikeda@dailyemerald.com. CAMPUS Thursday Comparative literature lecture, 4 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room. Art historian Henry M. Sayre of Oregon State University discusses “Duration’s Dimensions: Video, Space, Mem ory." 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