America's First Name In Comedy
Live at McDonald Theatre
April 14,2005, 8:00pm
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IN BRIEF
Feminist to speak about
meaning of patriotism
Activist and feminist M. Jacqui
Alexander will speak tonight at
7:30 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom.
The talk, entitled “Not Just
Anybody Can Be a Patriot: The Mili
tarized State in the Age of Empire,”
is free and open to the public.
Alexander will touch on topics relat
ed to the troubling shift in the
meaning of patriotism.
The Center for the Study of
Women in Society and the Women’s
and Gender Studies Program are
sponsoring the event.
For more information, call CSWS
at 346-5015.
Emily Smith
Tim Bobosky | Photographer
Facilities services has installed a waterless urinal, left, next to a regular flush urinal in the
men’s restroom near the ASUO office in the EMU.
Urinal: To determine its
success, 'peeing is believing'
Continued from page 1
EMU Facilities Director Dana
Winitzky said the urinal was donated
by Edgewater NW, a local representa
tive of the urinal’s manufacturer,
Waterless Co.
Robert vanCreveld of Edgewater
NW said the urinal was donated so
people could find out for themselves
how well the product works and to en
courage them to buy more.
“Peeing is believing,” he said.
VanCreveld said waterless urinals
are also in place at Oregon State Uni
versity, Crater Lake National Park,
Lane Community College and the Eu
gene Water and Electric Board build
ing, as well as numerous national
parks, military bases and other institu
tions around the country.
According to the Waterless Co. Web
site, the Waterless No-Flush urinal
uses a patented filter design called an
EcoTrap. Urine flows through a layer of
BlueSeal liquid, which prevents odors
from spreading, and down the drain
line. No water is needed to transport
the urine, because urine is 96 percent
water. The maintenance cost for a
No-Flush urinal is $1 per 1,000 uses.
By contrast, Winitzky said the
EMU’s existing urinals use 1.5 gal
lons of water per flush. EWEB
charges between $0.87 and $1.99 per
gallon of water.
Rhodes said the EMU budget allows
for the renovation of one set of rest
rooms per year. If the waterless urinal
is well-received by EMU staff and stu
dents, Rhodes said more may be
included in future renovations of EMU
men’s restrooms.
“Right now, we’re just looking at it,
and we want to see what happens,”
Rhodes said.
Winitzky said replacing all the
EMU’s urinals at once would be
expensive.
“I don’t think it’s cost-effective to
replace perfectly good urinals,”
Winitzky said.
One possible problem, Rhodes said,
is that the filters in waterless urinals
contain harsh chemicals.
“Do we want to taint the ecosystem,
or do we want to save on water con
servation?” he asked.
Winitzky said the chemicals in the
waterless urinals are similar to the san
itizer chemicals in portable toilets. The
chemicals are supposed to be changed
two to three times per month, but
Winitzky said the urinal in the EMU
has not been there long enough for the
chemicals to need changing.
Winitzky said he’s only received
one comment about the urinal, from
an EMU staff member.
“They weren’t wild about the
smell,” Winitzky said.
Winitzky said the waterless urinal
will be in place until the end of the
school year. At that point, it will be re
moved, and the conventional urinal
originally there will be put back; the
EMU Board will then decide whether
to include waterless urinals in future
EMU renovations.
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