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Since 1900 \ Volume 106, Issue 69 |Friday, December 3, 2004
University
students
claim seats
at meeting
Six students were elected to
various positions at the West
University Neighbors gathering
BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF
NEWS REPORTER
University students made their presence
known at the West University Neighbors
meeting Thursday night, claiming four of
the association’s five board of directors
seats and two of the four executive seats.
More than 45 students and neighborhood
residents packed the back room of the Indi
go District, the largest turnout any of the as
sociation’s meetings had gotten in its one
year existence, said re-elected board
chairman Drix Rixmann.
“Hopefully, we can keep this medicine
ball rolling,” Rixmann said.
University student and noon-time EMU
Amphitheater orator Don Goldman was
elected to the board of directors, something
he said was unexpected but welcomed.
“I’m happy to see that students finally
have a voice,” Goldman said. “I will be a
strong voice for the students.”
University students Chris Parsons, Craig
Laupheimer and Adam Walsh were also
elected to the board. Walsh ran for Ward
1 City Council last year and said he is
interested in improving the relationship
WEST UNIVERSITY, page 12
GIVES THE SEASON
Nicole Barker | Photographer
Each year, state employees donate money toward
worthy causes through their workplace in the
state's Charitable Fund Drive. Donations go to
charities that play a significant role in local com
munities and have an impact on many lives.
Today, the Emerald profiles Habitat for Human
ity, the Relief Nursery and Lane County’s Domestic
Violence Clinic, three of the eight local charities
that will benefit from employee donations this year.
On Wednesday, Dec. 1, the Emerald covered the
work of the Black United Fund, Oregon Youth Soc
cer Association and Catholic Community Services.
Last year the University raised $230,000, about
a quarter of the total funds donated statewide. This
year, the goal is to raise $250,000.
See page 6 for the full story.
RALLYING FOR PEACE
Erik R. Bishoff | Photographer
Above: Temperatures dropped into the 40s as the
cardboard signs of peace rally participants took center
stage in the EMU amphitheater Thursday afternoon.
The rally was organized by Students for Change. Dan
Leckband, right, and Cole Robinson, left, took up posi
tion in front of a group of College Republicans prior to
the start of the march.
Right: Offering what they deemed an alternative view
of peace, the small band of counter-protesters chose to
express their opinions with signs stating “Peace through
superior firepower,” “4 more years,” and “Gave peace a
chance.” French major Melissa Hicker, in black, said she
was attending the rally because people don’t understand
that peace sometimes lies on the other side of war.
World AIDS Day
benefit to assist
African orphans
Donations at the event will also help buy blankets
for 4 7 children affected by HIV and AIDS
Business students
showcase projects
at marketing meet
Quest for Adventure gives six teams the chance
to pitch their entrepreneurial ideas to professionals
BY RYAN NYBURG
PULSE EDITOR
Sam Bond’s Garage will host a
benefit for World AIDS Day today
at 7 p.m. The event has been or
ganized by the Break the Chains
coalition in collaboration with the
HIV Alliance, KWVA, the UO Mul
ticultural Center and the African
Student Association.
Donations will go toward buying
school supplies for AIDS orphans in
selected areas of sub-Saharan Africa
and purchasing blankets for 47 HIV
and AIDS affected children associat
ed with the Client Services Program
of the HIV Alliance.
The school supply donation
came about through a collabora
tion between Break the Chains, a
local political prisoner advocacy
organization, and the Jericho
Movement, a national political
prisoner amnesty group.
“A lot of political prisoners are
involved with AIDS education,”
Break the Chains volunteer Bren
dan Avakian said. “Since many po
litical prisoners are also AIDS suf
ferers, it has become an issue close
to their hearts.”
The Break the Chains charity
and the HIV Alliance charity origi
nally were two separate events
that became linked through a com
mon connection, Avakian said.
“One of our members also vol
unteers with the HIV Alliance,” he
said. “Through that we were able
AIDS, page 12
BY ANTHONY LUCERO
NEWS REPORTER
Imagine working with a small
team for months on a business
proposal that will be presented to
leading business professionals.
Their thumbs-up, thumbs-down
decision could be the green light
for months more research on fi
nance, product development and
marketing for the concept.
It’s not quite NBC’s “The Ap
prentice,” but the work of six stu
dent teams from the University’s
Lundquist Center for Entrepre
neurship will face scrutiny from
top Northwest professionals to
day, with a reward for the winner.
The annual Quest for Adven
ture competition, running from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Lillis
Business Complex, pits six teams
with three students each against
one another. The teams pitch
business ideas to professionals
ranging from venture capitalists
to investors.
There are two “tracks” in the
competition — technology and
services — with three teams on
each track. The final round will
place one team from each track
against the other, with the win
ning team earning $1,500 and
the runner-up receiving $750.
Winners also advance to other
competitions, nine total this year,
that take students from San
Diego to Bangkok, Thailand.
BUSINESS, page 4