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Bonner heads self-development center By KEVIN HARDEN Ot the Emerald If we were studying on a campus where everyone was just alike and they came trom the same background, then we wouldn t noed this program, says Jacqueline Bonner, who was recently selected to head the Center for Self-Development (CSD) Bonner is former director of the Learning Resources Center, but moved to fill the position left vacant by the resignation of Herb Cawthorne The center, a special services program funded by the Uni versity and the Department ot Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), holps students meet graduation requirements through spocial classes, workshops, tutoring and advising services The program is open to University students with academic, cultural, economic or physical needs The center was first funded in 1972, after a proposal written by Bonner and student Pam Johnson was presented to HEW The proposal is essentially a contract between HEW and the center for services to eligible students, Bonner explained My function is to complete the contract for this year," she said "It's a whole different concept in jobs There is a rigid structure to follow because I'm actually carrying out a proposal written by the former director But it isn't a burden because I'm doing what I like to do According to Bonner, the program mainly aids students from diverse backgrounds and economic levels by providing services that will enable them to learn comfortably in a classroom setting A key element of the program is the job skills training many participants receive through tutorial services and workshops ar ranged by the center. As a member of the Ethnic Studies Committee for the past two years. Bonner has become familiar with the problems of minority and low-income students and hopes CSD will continue to assist them toward graduation. We re here to help many of these students survive finan cially They re ones that need to be retrained to graduate, she said Faculty, students to attend honors conference here By CHERI O NEIL 01 the Emerald Moro than 80 laculty and stu dents from 15 colleges and uni versities are expected to attend the Northwest Regional Honors Council Annual Conference at the ^wnversity Thursday through Saturday The conference is sponsored by the Robert Clark Honors Col lego (Clark is a former University president ) Public workshops will be held on various types of honors col leges, comparative educational systems, student problems, inde pendent study, women as profes sionals, undergraduate research, foreign studies, publication of stu dent essays, teaching literature, freedom of speech, students as policy makers, revival of natural philosophy and early Japanese culture The conference will begin T hursday morning with a trip to the coast for out-of-state participants from Utah, Idaho, California and Washington A multi-media presentation by Don Hunter, "Oregon Spectacu lar, will be shown Thursday at 8 p m in the honors college lounge. Registration and breakfast will be from 8:30-9 30 a m Friday in the Wesley Center A forum on how an "institution" can provide a quality education will begin at 9 45 a m in the lounge of Gerlinger Hall. Clark will direct a workshop at the EMU, Friday afternoon, enti r:~ - - tied "Conversation with "Name sake University Pres. William Boyd will address a conference banquet Friday evening at 167 EMU be ginning at 7 p.m. The honors college offers un dergraduates an opportunity for self-directed study under the supervision of University faculty Edward Diller. honors college director, is president of the North west Regional Honors Council Randolph Hennes, University of Washington, is vice-president, and William Mech. Boise State University, is executive secretary The public is invited to attend any of the workshops scheduled during the conference at no charge, said Joy Poust. confer ence coordinator Workshop loca tions and further information can be obtained at the Honors Col lege. located in the basement of Fnendly Hall. il THIS AD IS FULLA BULLSHIT (Please read it anyway. Just don’t believe a word of it.) Magazine emerges from honors college By L P ISHIZAKA Ot the Emerald "YOU Unlimited, a Eugene-based personal growth facility, sees you in the role of student, as someone committed lo the study and development ol various belief systems and particular abilities lor the purpose ol shaping your own futures We also see you in the process ol creating youi position & identities in life We think that s great and you truly have our suppod However, il you BELIEVE any one ol those belief systems or buy that you ARE your position & identity boy. are you in trouble We acknowledge the necessity, tun and value ol a position & identity in lile (Without one Koiac wouldn't have had a place lo put his tootsie pops1) We're |ust suggesting that who and what you really are can only be experienced not located, identified or explained And until you have acknowledged the experience ol your ‘sell, your position & identity will stand as an obstacle between you and life With this in mind. YOU unlimited has created a 40-hour event, an Experiential Event The purpose of the evenl is to create those conditions that allow you {and us) lo experi ence and acknowledge the sell as distinguished Irom position & identity We don 1 know how lo say exactly what all thal means We can only say what some ol the results are ol achieving the purpose ol the event. When you come Irom beyond position & identity, the results are that you have greater harmony with your environment, diminishing etlort in your work, expanding understanding ol yoursell and increasing affinity in your relationships The Experiential Event is presented in six segments over a ten day period (see schedule) The lust segment is called Open House and is a prerequisite to the event. Only one Open House is required You are not charged, obligated or committed to anything by being there We just want to present the philosophy, the patter and the opening proces ses so you can determine whether or not you want to be in our event Completion, love, satisfaction and full self-expression • The Northwest Review Magazine may soon have competition from undergraduate literary publication Starting today, the University's honors college wth sell a new magazine called Clark Corner Literary Review, at the University Book store and at booths around campus According to Robert McSweenoy. one of the magazine s editors, the Review contains 90 pages o( fiction, poetry, short stories and art. all done by undergraduates of the University Most of tho articles were solicited through advertising winter term, but a few articles came from a creative writing class, said McSweeney The Clark Corner Literary Review is the first and only literary publication for undergraduates in this University and sells for $1 The idea to publish a magazine within the honors college began last year but the editors expanded the idea to include undergraduates in the whole University Undergraduates have no outlet for their creative work, while the graduate students have the Northwest Review,' said McSweeney. Tho magazine is funded partly through honors college alumni and the University Development Fund The six staff editors spent a weekend at McKenzie River sorting through literally hundreds of articles and did all the selecting for this particular issue are intrinsic qualities in each and every one of us. There is no teaching or learning that Only your experience is practical knowledge and you alone can recall and utilize trom what you experience You are invited to come and play with us while we explore and re-discover these and other tundamental principles McSweeney emphasized the fact that the publication was all stu dent initiated "Students did all the typing and editing." said McSweeney One editor mentioned that there were 40 or 50 selections of stories, poetry and ink drawings "It wouldn't be fair to mention one specific article out of the magazine as all the articles are good," said McSweeney The whole protect cost about $150 for printing 200 copies. "It's not a commercial venture. we re not out to make money The magazine will look much like a newsletter, not one of those slick' magazines," said McSweeney We tried to keep printing costs down to a minimum by using an uncostly production process We hope to use this as a sort of trial balloon, hoping it will be a success so we can make it an annual thing," McSweeney said. It is hoped that printing costs drawn from the alumni fund can be replenished by money from magazine sales “This first production is our trial run We hope the students hear about it. like it and will want to contribute to future magazines, said McSweeney. bell A wordsymhol lelecring to a position & identity, thougtil to De more tai out Ihan^py other position 5 identity WIEN: Monday, April 18 & 25 7PM-10PM Open house with you Tuesday, April 19 & 26 7PM-I0PM Open house with you Thursday, April 21 & 28 7PM-10PM The Event Itsett Friday. 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