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NEWS BRIEFS
UO GETS BIKE
SILVER AWARD
The UO won a national silver award
last week for student efforts to promote
biking, but it’s unclear if the commitment
from the UO administration is there to go
for the gold.
League of American Bicyclists
President Andy Clarke made the trip from
Washington, D.C., to hand UO President
Richard Lariviere a sign for the 2011-2015
Bike Silver designation and congratulate
the university for its 17 percent bike
commute rate.
But Clark recommended that the UO
join other top biking universities by adding
professional bike coordinator staff to plan
for and promote cycling on campus. “You
could be probably twice that [17 percent]
number if you put your minds to it.”
happening people
Lariviere touted the UO’s bike
credentials but acknowledged, “We have
a long way to go. We have to plan better,
we have to integrate overall transportation
thinking into our planning better, and we
need professional individuals to come to
the rescue of our students who have been
working so valiantly. We will do these
things, and when we do, we expect you
back, Andy, with a gold or a platinum
award.”
But interviewed after his speech,
Lariviere balked at clarifying whether he
was making any sort of commitment to
actually adding any professional staff to
support biking. Asked to clarify if what
he said meant that the UO would add
part-time professional support, a full-time
position or was just considering whether
to add professional support for biking,
Lariviere answered only “yup.” The UO
president then laughed and turned away.
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BY PAUL NEEVEL
DALE BERG
Lifelong Eugenean Dale Berg
was born in 1940, the same
year that his father,
Norwegian emigrant Alfred
Berg, opened a Shell service
station on the corner of 13th
and Lawrence. When he, his
brother Paul and his father
took up skiing at Willamette
Pass in 1955, the family
opened Berg’s Ski Shop next
door to the station. His
brother Paul, co-owner of the
store, died last winter at the
age of 67. “I worked there
evenings and weekends in
high school,” says Berg. “We
shut down and went to
Norway in the summer.” Now,
56 years later, Berg still
works at the shop, as does
Svein, one of his four sons,
and he still visits Norway
every summer. “I’ve seen
generations in families come
through the doors with
smiles on their faces,” he
says. “The best part of this
business is helping families have fun together.” Also known as “The Man About
Town” on KUGN Radio at 7:20 am, Berg takes an active volunteer role in many
community activities, from timing the finish line at UO track meets to boating
safety checks for the Coast Guard (he previously served in the CG Reserves). He
stays in shape with daily morning workouts at the DAC and weekly ski outings in
season on the Wednesday Hookey Bus to Mount Bachelor. “I have my Norwegian
cousins on the speed-dial,” he says. “I’m on the phone with them all the time.”
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