Singing Songs in Sign of Basketball Students Studying American Sign Language Perform Popular Songs in the EMU Arena Faces New Hurdle
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Track Student Film River Float Ducks headed to NCAA Theater student Dusty Your guide to the best TODAY Championships in Iowa Bodeen premieres his first way to float the river Showers next week. PAGE 9 film “Phoned.” PAGE 5 this summer. PAGE 5 59°/48° The independent student newspaper at the University of Oregon dailyemerald.com SINCE 1900 | Volume 109, Issue 176 | Thursday, June 5, 2008 Construction Singing songs in sign of basketball Students studying American Sign Language perform popular songs in the EMU arena faces new hurdle A city official ruled in favor of neighbors, requiring the University to have a conditional use permit RYAN KNUTSON News Reporter The University’s arena project hit a big hurdle on Wednesday when a hearings official ruled the development must have a conditional use permit before construction can begin — a decision that complicates the project and could delay it months. The decision overturned a ruling by City Planning Director Lisa Gardner, and it serves as vindication for the neighbors who have bat- tled to have more say in the arena project since the site was first targeted in 2003. “This should have been a conditional use permit process from day one,” said Jeff Nelson, former co-chair of the Fairmount Neighborhood Association. Nelson currently serves on the neighborhood association’s are- na subcommittee. If it had been, “we would have had all these issues resolved by now.” It’s unclear whether the ruling will turn to ARENA, page 8 JAROD OPPERMAN | Photo Editor Rob Mason and Jordan Shively finish signing Johnny Cash’s “Cocaine Blues” in the Ben Linder Room Wednesday morning. The duo dressed in black DOCUMENTS performed the song as a final project for ASL 103. READ THE FULL RULING AT MIKE O’BRIEN DAILYEMERALD.COM News Reporter At a niversity freshman Genista glance Richie had sunshine on a BUSINESS cloudy day. When it was WHAT cold outside, she had the Jo Larson’s Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship Umonth of May. She guesses she’ll American Sign hosting student showcase, contest in Lillis say, what can make her feel this Language class will give three The University’s Lundquist Center for way? Richie didn’t actually say any- more perfor- Entrepreneurship will host an Innovation and thing vocally, but she did perform mances, each Entrepreneurship Showcase tonight in the Lil- The Temptations’ classic “My Girl” in with different lis Business Complex atrium from 6 p.m. to American Sign Language for a room songs signed 8 p.m. The open house is intended to invite filled with her classmates. by different students to display their innovations, which As the ASL class’ inaugural year students. includes anything from graphic arts, video — up until fall 2007, ASL was arts, product design, architecture and musical only offered as an elective at the WHEN performances. Attendees will be asked to cast University and did not count Today at 9 a.m., ballots to vote on their favorite display. The toward students’ language re- 10 a.m., and chosen winner will receive a cash prize for The quirements — comes to a 12 p.m. close, the 120 students enrolled People’s Choice Award of $250. JAROD OPPERMAN | Photo Editor The event will also feature an Innovation of signed songs as part of their WHERE Michaela Smith and Kelsey Kotsovos sign “absolutely nothing” during their final project. the Year Award, in which students were invit- ASL rendition of Edwin Starr’s “War” Wednesday morning in the EMU’s Ben EMU’s Ben ed to submit an entry that can “provide some Linder Room. turn to ASL, page 4 Linder Room value to the world.” The award’s first place winner will receive $500, and the second place will receive $250. “We wanted to reach out beyond the busi- ness school to connect with students in other parts of the campus that are using entrepre- Kessler gives voice to Alzheimer’s at book reading neurship, as well,” said Dick Sloan, under- graduate coordinator for innovation and en- Lauren Kessler spoke of Room, Kessler discussed her ing into a room and everyone Her book also shows the clash trepreneurship. “What we’re providing is an experience with the disease. smiles,” said Kessler. “I left every of two subcultures: those suffer- innovation and entrepreneurship showcase her personal loss and Kessler worked for an Alzheim- day knowing I had learned a little ing from Alzheimer’s and those within Lillis where students can display their exposure to the disease er’s care facility for 4.5 months more of what was human.” with low-income jobs who work innovative output.” and her mother passed away The epigraph of her book for the facility. The showcase event will also mark the of Alzheimer’s. and something she has learned “My fellow workers were ex- kickoff of the undergraduate Venture Quest EMILY GILLESPIE “One of the greatest lessons I through her experience is a quote traordinary,” said Kessler. “The Freelance Reporter Business Plan Competition. The competition learned is that people are more by author Alice Walker: “This is amount of energy they brought will feature a total of 10 teams: five made up Lauren Kessler, author and than the collections of their past,” the true wine of astonishment: to the job every day amazed me, of business majors, and five teams comprised director of the University’s she said. “This disease is terrible, We are not over when we think and it was most likely the easiest of business minors. The teams will compete in graduate program in literary non- but it also enriches you — allows we are.” Kessler said this exem- thing they did in their day.” accordance to their respective track. fiction, held a reading and sign- you to live in the moment.” plifies how she hopes stereotypes Her book has reached those “The common theme that runs through ing Tuesday evening for her latest Kessler said working for the of aging and of people with Al- who have been touched by the it all is the celebration of entrepreneurship, book, “Finding Life in the Land care facility was the hardest but zheimer’s will change. “They’re disease, and Kessler includes the which can be found anywhere on campus,” of Alzheimer’s: One Daughter’s most fulfilling job she’s ever had. not just empty vessels. They’re e-mails she receives in her book. said Sloan. Hopeful Story.” “It was a soul-satisfying job. It real people with real human —Talia Schmidt In the Knight Library Browsing was a wonderful feeling, walk- emotions,” said Kessler. turn to KESSLER, page 4 EDITORIAL BOARD ELON GLUCKLICH | Opinion editor LAURA POWERS | Editor in chief KATIE MICHAEL | Managing editor JOSHUA GRENZSUND | Columnist Thursday, June 5, 2008 OPINION ALLIE GRASGREEN | Freelance editor NEWS STAFF (541) 346-5511 IN MY OPINION | JOSEPH VANDEHEY ILLUSTRATION ASHLEY CHASE Editor in Chief Course Evaluations KATIE MICHAEL Managing Editor Simple sights just as JILL AHO Senior News Editor ERIC FLORIP News Editor important as Great Sights ROBERT D’ANDREA JESSIE HIGGINS JILL KIMBALL change for PE, we would hear are somewhere, we should be RYAN KNUTSON MIKE O’BRIEN it growling and banging like a there for more than the doing JASON N. REED ferocious caged animal. or the seeing or the listening. TALIA SCHMIDT News Reporters So in high school I made it We must also be there for the ALLIE GRASGREEN a goal to seek out the hidden wandering. When we wan- Freelance Editor der, we find a different kind of JACOB MAY rooms, to peek into offices and Sports Editor walk into those classrooms I beauty, different from the Great JEFFREY DRANSFELDT never took classes in. I think I Architecture and the Great Art, Senior Sports Reporter THE CLOCKWORK MIND successfully managed to visit the kind of beauty that I saw KEVIN HUDSON BRYN JANSSON Dear reader, every room, save for one: the in the teacher’s lounge back in Sports Reporters One day, back in grade bomb shelter beneath sopho- my grade school: The beauty MATT SEVITS Pulse Editor school, several friends and I more hall (but, then again, such of simplicity. TIFFANY REAGAN stood at the base of the short, a room was only rumored to The beauty of simplicity is the Associate Pulse Editor ramping hallway that lead to exist — which made it all the awe inspired by human ingenu- ALEX GABRIEL KEVIN GLENN the teacher’s lounge. We stood more tantalizing). ity, to take what little we have JAIME SWINDLE there nudging each other with But now I am faced with the and shape it into something to Pulse Reporters do the job. The teacher’s lounge ELON GLUCKLICH our elbows and hoping one of idea that in just over a week I Opinion Editor us would be brave enough to graduate and leave, and it not was certainly a far cry from the NIK ANTOVICH lounges of Vegas and Reno, but DEBORAH BLOOM walk up and take a peek inside. only shocks me how little of the JOSH GRENZSUND The whole reason for our in- campus I have visited, it shocks it was comfortable, and that’s MATT PETRYNI what matters. And the fact that KAMRAN ROUZPAY terest was simply because we me how little others know it PATRICK FINNEY | Illustrator JOSEPH VANDEHEY were not allowed inside the as well. Just the other day I it could feel so comfortable with Columnists teacher’s lounge, and we could spoke with someone who, by so little made it beautiful. How would you compare this course with other ANDREW GREIF I can understand not wish- KATIE WILSON only stand there, at the base of virtue of having never lived in courses of similar size, level, duration, subject Copy Chiefs the ramp, and wonder what the residence halls on campus, ing to visit someplace just to NICOLE CLARK it contained.