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University groups provide
distractions for weekend
The Student Fibers Guild will host a textile analysis
of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Friday through Sunday
BY EVA SYLWESTER
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
While the upcoming weekend
marks the transition between Dead
Week and the rigors of Finals Week,
some University-sponsored events
are taking place to distract students
from their studies.
Textile Fest
The University Student Fibers Guild
is sponsoring showings of the extend
ed cut of all three “Lord of the Rings”
movies: “The Fellowship of the Ring”
at 6 p.m. Friday, “TheTWo Towers” at 4
p.m. Saturday and “The Return of the
King" as part of a textile analysis film
festival at 4 p.m. Sunday. The films will
be shown in 177 Lawrence Hall, which
seats 250 people. Admission is free, and
snacks will be provided.
The event will pay special atten
tion to the use of hand-made textiles
in the movies’ costumes. Guild mem
bers have prepared reports analyzing
the construction of the costumes.
The University Student Fibers Guild
will also be collecting donations for lo
cal charities and their volunteer proj
ects, which include knit items for
battered women, premature babies
and Marines serving in Afghanistan.
The University Student Fibers
Guild is a student-run organization
devoted to the propagation of fiber
related arts, including knitting, weav
ing, needlework and wool spinning.
For more information on the group,
consult its Web site at www.geoci
ties.com/uohandweavers.
Card-making
There will be a free presentation
on card-making from 2 to 4 p.m. on
Saturday in the basement of the Uni
versity Bookstore. Local artist and
Lane Community College instructor
Nichol Rauch has experience in
forms of paper art, including origami,
calligraphy and bookbinding. She
will share examples of her work and
offer tips on using the bookstore’s se
lection of specialty art papers.
“She’s really good at ferreting out
stuff and showing people what’s avail
able,” said bookstore workshop/stu
dios coordinator Christopher Smith.
The workshop is in conjunction
with a sale at the bookstore, where
all items are discounted 20 percent.
Concerts
Several University musical ensem
bles will wrap up the term with con
certs open to the public. The Oregon
Jazz Ensemble and two jazz lab bands
kick off the weekend with a concert at
8 p.m. on Friday at Beall Concert Hall.
Admission is $3 for students and sen
iors and $5 for the general public.
The Repertoire Singers and Campus
Band will perform at Beall Concert Hall
at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is
free. The Repertoire Singers, conducted
by Lauren McGuire, specialize in Re
naissance-era music and folk songs.
The Campus Band is directed by Erica
Drake, and the program includes works
by 20th century composers.
On Sunday at 12 p.m., the Universi
ty Percussion Ensemble will perform
in room 198 of the music building. The
ensemble, directed by Sean Wagoner,
is one of two percussion ensembles at
the music school and focuses on tradi
tional percussion pieces.
At 5 p.m. on Sunday, the Universi
ty Gospel Ensembles will give a con
cert at Beall Concert Hall. The gospel
ensembles, directed by Cedric Weary,
will perform traditional holiday mu
sic in addition to gospel music. Ad
mission for both Sunday concerts is
$3 for students and seniors and $5 for
the general public.
Business: Contest joins classroom, real world
Continued from page 1
“The best kind of education is the
junction between classrooms and
real-world experience,” said Randy
Swangard, director of the Lundquist
Center for Entrepreneurship. “We
have a chance to take students and
fundamentally give them the educa
tion of their lives.”
The teams began working on their
projects in the Management 610 New
Venture Planning class. In the class,
the teams work with mentors to de
velop the financial viability and po
tential of their products.
Though many teams developed
their ideas in June and worked
throughout the summer, the Univer
sity courses are a chance for prepara
tion and evaluation from profession
als, Swangard said. The courses
and competition also offer advice on
how to create effective professional
business proposals.
Students give a 15-minute presenta
tion to six judges from businesses such
as Umpqua Bank (who also sponsors
the event) and Douglas White & Asso
ciates, a consulting firm. After the pres
entation, teams in the semifinal round
have 20 minutes of questions and feed
back from the judges. In the final
round, the judges can give very blunt
and straightforward advice to the sur
viving teams, Swangard said.
PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
Business students compete for $1,000 in the Quest
for Adventure competition today:
Technology Track Presentations
Room 211 Lillis
8:30-9:05 a.m. - MicroModics
9:109:45 a.m. - Perpetua
9:5010:25 a.m. - CleanSmart
Service Track Presentations
Room 232 Lillis
8:309:05 a.m. - The Youngest Fan
9:109:45 a.m. - VIP Sports Travel
9:5010:25 a.m.-Ella
11:00 a.m. - Finalists Announcements
1-1:35 p.m. - Finalist No. 1 Presentation
1:402:15 p.m. - Finalist No. 2 Presentation
2:35 p.m. - Award Announcements
The technology track has three busi
nesses this year. CleanSmart is an envi
ronmentally aimed business that seeks
to advise businesses on chromated
copper arsenate, a hazardous material,
and treat and cleanse wood that may
have come in contact with the materi
al. MicroModics wants to be the first
business to put anti-bacterial and
stain-resistant chemicals into carpets
that will last as long as the carpet. Fi
nally, Perpetua is proposing its Har
vester technology, a battery that offers
a long-lasting power source for prod
ucts — such as the wireless sensor —
that have exceptionally high battery re
placement maintenance costs.
Wireless sensors is just the market
that graduate student Jed Cahill, a
Perpetua team member, is aiming for.
“It’s early in the wireless sector
field, so we want a piece of the ac
tion,” Cahill said. “We’re hoping to
get some of that cash.”
His teammate Mason Adair said he
remains optimistic about his per
formance today.
“Our product is almost like science
fiction, and it has a lot of coolness ap
peal,” Adair said. “If we make it in
this competition, we go to Portland,
which has us compete against the
best of the best. There are real busi
ness people there who are writing
checks for people like us every day. ”
The service track has three compa
nies. One, called Ella, focuses on pro
viding apparel for plus-size women,
while the other two are sports themed:
The Youngest Fan aims to provide in
teractive golf entertainment for kids at
golf tournaments, and VIP Sports TYav
el will give travelers the inside treat
ment as they meet with sports contacts
and enjoy a sports-themed vacation.
While the teams see promise in their
ideas, there are high expectations from
professionals and many let-downs in
the business, Swangard said.
“The average venture capitalist
looks at 1,000 businesses plans in a
day and chooses one,” Swangard said.
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