Challenge:
Company
lets students
earn credits
abroad
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are given the knowledge and equip
ment to challenge themselves in a
wide range of outdoor activities, in
cluding rafting and kayaking in
white water, soaking in natural hot
springs, enjoying scenic hikes,
camping, skating, mountain biking,
skydiving, laying on beaches, swim
ming with dolphins, surfing, riding
Harley Davidsons, bungee jumping,
jet boating, scuba diving, repelling,
rock climbing and more.
Participants’ experience level does
not matter because qualified leaders
and faculty teach any needed skills.
Pacific Challenge offers other trips
as well, which start at different times
of the year. Destinations include
Southeast Asia, Nepal, South Ameri
ca, Japan and even places in the Unit
ed States. TVips — whose lengths
vary — are full of different activities.
After the set amount of time with
Pacific Challenge, different travel ex
tensions are offered that include
more in-depth pursuit of particular
activities, such as scuba diving, sail
ing or surfing.The program also of
fers the possibility of internships.
To find out more information on
Pacific Challenge, visit its Web site,
www. pacificchallenge. org.
Tara Murphy is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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Parking: Bikes and buses offer
a better option for students
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Stamm offers advice on how to
avoid violating the University’s
parking rules.
“Don’t bring your car,” he said.
"I can say from personal experi
ence that you don’t have to.”
“The city has invested a lot
of time and money in bike
lanes and bus programs,
and I hope students will
take advantage”
Gerry Gaydos
Member, LTD Board of Directors
Gerry Gaydos, who represents
central and west Eugene as a
member of the Lane Transit Dis
trict Board of Directors, agrees.
“The city has invested a lot of
time and money in bike lanes and
bus programs, and 1 hope students
will take advantage,” Gaydos said.
Gaydos said alternative
transportation will only get
easier and more convenient with
the implementation of the
Bus Rapid Transit System, a
project that strives to supply
busses with their own lane, signal
priority and a more efficient
loading system. The first phase of
the Bus Rapid Transit System will
open in 2006.
Nonetheless, if you receive a
parking ticket, you may submit a
petition to DPS, which will relay
your petition to the Traffic
Petitions Office for review. Sixty
percent of all citations appealed
get reduced or waived.
For students who rarely
bring their wheels to campus, a
one-day parking permit can
be purchased for $2 at the DPS
station located at 1319 East 15th
Ave. or at the Information Kiosk
located on Beech Street and East
13th Avenue.
“Mostly, it’s faculty and
staff that purchase one-day per
mits, because many students
don’t know about them,” said
Evan Lally, a student employee at
the kiosk.
“Those who drive
to campus won’t
necessarily have an easier
time finding parking ...A
new parking lot means
even more drivers. ”
Rand Stamm | DPS Parking
and Transportation Manager
While campus parking remains
tight, the University entertains the
notion of constructing a new park
ing lot. The lot would cost be
tween $9 and $12 million and
would create about 800 new spots,
Stamm said.
“Those who drive to campus
won’t necessarily have an
easier time finding parking,” he
said. “A new parking lot means
even more drivers.”
Jesse Dungan is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
Tim Bobosky | Freelance Photographer
Eugene Police Department officer Maria Velazquez writes a parking ticket as she makes
her rounds on East 13th Avenue.
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