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
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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." Sayre's work is uncompromisingly com
paratist, exploring the arts and their interrela
tions, particularly within contemporary genres
such as performance and installation.
ring represenfofives from:
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