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Land Air Water hosts
environmental conference
land Air Water, a student environ
mental law group, is hosting the Uni
versity's 22nd annual Public Interest
Environmental Law Conference.
The conference, titled "Rousing the
Restless Majority," began Thursday
and will run until Sunday. It will focus
on the latent power to change, accord
ing to the conference's Web site.
Diverse issues related to environmen
tal law and advocacy will be addressed,
with topics ranging from pollution and
ecological restoration to globalization,
environmental justice, corporate re
sponsibility and genetic engineering.
Third-year law student and LAW's
co-Director Jeremy Arling said the
theme addresses two points. The first
point is that everyone has some kind
of consciousness about the need for
healthy practices around them.
"Everyone at some level is an envi
ronmentalist," he said. He added that
the second point is that "it takes a ma
jority to change this administration in
the upcoming elections."
Ihird-year law student and confer
ence co-Director Joe Jenkins said the
conference falls at an important time
with the upcoming general elections,
providing an opportunity to talk
about current environmental policies.
Jenkins said many of the current
Bush administration's environmen
tal policies contradict what many
people participating in the confer
ence believe in.
"It's great to just get out there and
rouse the restless majority," Jenkins said.
The conference features more than
125 panels, keynote speeches, work
shops and multimedia presentations,
according to its Web site. All events are
open to the public.
Arling said some notable keynote
speakers include Ed Marston, senior
journalist and former editor of the en
vironmental newspaper High Coun
try News, and Betsy Loyless, vice pres
ident for policy and lobbying for the
League of Conservation Voters.
"The main goal is to bring together
a lot of people who devote their ener
gy to these issues," Arling said.
Jenkins said more than 3,000 peo
ple attend the conference each year.
Friends of Land Air Water, a nonprofit
organization, is sponsoring the event,
which is one of the largest and oldest
of its kind, according to the Web site.
For a full schedule of events, visit
http://www.pielc.org/agenda.html.
—Ayisha Yahya
20044)5 Fee Book
proposal released
The University Office of Resource
Management has published a list of
proposed fees for the 2004-05 school
year with substantial reductions and
eliminations.
A University administrator said the
Fee Book is the result of efforts to hold
down student costs as much as possible
"Most departments are able to hold
the line unless there's some underlying
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ate Vice President for Budget and Fi
nance Frances Dyke said. "Students are
only charged for what they use, mostly."
The Fee Book includes substantial
changes, with plans for 33 new
course-related fees to be introduced,
82 fees to be eliminated, 65 to be in
creased and 131 to be lowered. The fee
changes include the elimination of ac
ademic fees for 29 classes at the
School of Music.
"People are very cognizant of what
the costs are of education," Dyke said.
The Fee Book also includes the
elimination of many service, equip
ment and facilities fees, such as a
$375 fee charged for the daily rental
of a computer lab in Lillis Business
Complex. However, some of the non
academic fees, including parking per
mit fees, are posed to increase.
The Office of Resource Manage
ment will accept oral and written
comments on tire proposed fees at 3
p.m. today in 214 Friendly Hall.
'Ihe Fee Book can be viewed online at
http://wilhelm.uoregon.edu/ORM/feea
pp.
— Chuck Slothower
Oregon Hillel to host
Celebration of Purim
The Oregon Hillel is sponsoring a
Celebration of Purim and Masquer
ade Party this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Student Recreation Center Bonus
Room. The free event will feature a
reading from the Megillah, the scroll
containing the story of Queen Esther,
and will include a masquerade party
and free food. The event is open to all
costumed students.
According to http://www.torah.org,
the holiday has its roots in the story of
Queen Esther and her uncle Morde
cai, and how they saved the Jewish
community of Persia from annihila
tion by the King Achashverosh of Per
sia and his evil advisor, Haman. Es
ther had been crowned queen by King
Achashverosh without his knowing
that she was Jewish. When she heard
of Haman's scheming to get the king
to kill the Jewish people, she revealed
her true identity in order to persuade
the king to show mercy.
Thus, the celebration includes a
masquerade, Jewish Campus Service
Corps Fellow Laura Don said.
"It symbolizes the fact that we've
had to hide ourselves from being Jew
ish, "she said.
Triangle-shaped pastries are eaten for
Purim, made to mimic the shape of
Haman's hat. Another part of the cele
bration is giving food baskets to the
poor, friends and other members of the
community to remember those who are
less fortunate even during celebration.
According to freshman Yevgeniya
Turov, the holiday has important fem
inist themes as well because it cele
brates the courage of Queen Esther.
"It's unusual for a woman to be a
hero," she said. "She's the main focus
of the holiday."
"It's really a celebration of our vic
tory during hard and defeating
times," Don said. "It's a remembrance
of our past."
— Moriah Balingit
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