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.. .et al Swimming found unsafe Pollution levels found in the University footbridge area of the Wil lamette make that spot unsafe for swimming, according to a list com piled by the Lane County Environmental Health Division. Other sections of the Willamette listed as unsafe include the area downstream from Island Park and the Coast Fork in Cottage Grove. Rated safe were areas at Jasper Park, Black Canyon, Green Waters Peak, Sand Prairie and the confluence of the Coast and Middle Forks. Except where it is joined by the Lower Coast Fork and Salmon, Lost and Hills creeks, the Middle Fork of the Willamette drew a general * “okay.” Most reservoirs and lakes were listed as safe except for Orchard Point at Fern Ridge and Triangle Lake, which are “questiona ble.” Alton Baker Park's lagoon is alright except after heavy rains, the list said, but Amazon Creek, the millraces, and the Q Street floodway are not. Other areas listed as safe include the Mohawk above Marcola (but not below); the McKenzie, except just below Camp Creek; the Siuslaw to three miles above Mapleton; the Blue Star rest area; and Blue Pool on Salt Creek. Questions about favorite swimming holes may be answered at the Environmental Health Division,, 687-4051. Professor wins new post Warren Brown, head of the department of management at the University, has been appointed as the new associate dean of the University’s School of Graduate Studies. Dean Aaron Novick said Brown, who begins his new post im mediately, will be responsible for administering academic regulations and interdisciplinary programs within the school. The appointment is a three year term. Brown, 44, replaces Esther Jacobson-Leong, who is returning to full time faculty duties in the art history department after serving three years as an associate dean. The new associate dean has been a member of the University faculty since 1967. A former faculty member at Indiana and North western universities, he holds his B.S. degree from the University of Colorado, M.S. from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from Carnegie Institute of Technology. Grad students must file now for fall quarter All summer graduate school students who intend to register fall term must file an Intent to Re-enroll form by August 1. It must be approved by your major department or school and be filed with the graduate school. Sub mission of the form is essential to insure a registration packet for fall 1977. Blank forms are available in your major department or school as well as the graduate school. All returning post-bacca laureate students must come to the graduate school for their In tent to Re-enroll form and ap proval. Pool hours posted Recreation swimming pool hours at Leighton Pool are: Monday through Friday 11:30 to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. Poet presents work D.H. Sullivan, former University student and author of two books of poems, will present a public reading of his work at 1:30 p.m. today in Room 44 Geology. His appearance is sponsored by the MFA program in writing and is open to the public free of charge. SAVE..SAVE..SAVE..on casual shoes for fun and good times. Fantastic values on famous quality brands in spring and summer colors. Not all sizes in all colors..but a great selection. Reg. 17.00 to 23.00 10.90 Reg. 24.00 to 28.00 12.90 Reg. 27.00 to 32.00 15.90 CANVAS DECK SHOES, Reg. 7.00. 3.90 840 E. 13th (all sales final..no exchanges or refunds) FREE PARKING IN BACK OF STORE Faculty take appointments University professor Robert Mazo has been selected director of the National Science Foundation s (NSF) Chemical Thermodynamics Program, headquartered in Washington, D.C. NSF’s Division of Chemistry has announced that Mazo will serve as director of the national research program for one year, starting in September, as part of a continuing effort to augment per manent staff with non-career ad Law professor gets federal aid to create course A University law professor has received federal aid to help him design a course for first-year law students which would serve as a "bridge" between undergraduate and legal education. The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded $10,000 to Herbert Titus as summer planning support. Titus will offer the new course to Uni versity law school students during fall term. Titus said the course, called “Perspectives of the Law.” will be an attempt to help students learn to use their legal knowledge within a larger framework which includes knowledge in other areas. mmistrators Trom xne academic community. As a program director, Mazo will be responsible for reviewing research proposals and adminis tering NSF grants to scientists throughout the United States. Mazo, 46, who joined the Uni versity faculty in 1962, served as director of the UO's Institute of Scientific and Scholarly Research from 1964 until 1967 and as as sociate dean of the Graduate School from 1967 until 1971. Richard Maxwell Brown, pro fessor of history at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., has been appointed to the Beekman Professorship of Northwest and Pacific History at the University. The announcement was made last week by Robert Lang, act ing head of the history depart ment. The Beekman Chair has been vacant since Earl Pomeroy, pro fessor emeritus, retired from the University in 1976. The new Beekman professor was awarded his B.A. in political science from Reed College in 1952. Brown earned his M.A. and PhD. in history at Harvard Uni versity, specializing in American history. He taught at Rutgers University from 1960 to 1967 and has been a professor of history at the Col lege of William and Mary since 1967. Accreditation reaffirmed The Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges has reaf firmed its full accreditation of the University. James Bemis, executive director of the Association, made official notification to the University. Institutional accreditation, Bemis noted, is not given for a definite period of years and must be reaffirmed periodically. Normally colleges and universities are visited af least once every 10 years for an on-site reaccreditation study In April, a reaccreditation team visited the University. briefs MEETINGS The Black Student Union will meet at 5:30 p m today m one ot the Century Rooms (to be posted) The meeting wilt cover Black Student Union sum mer session activities and other business WORKSHOPS A two-day dance workshop and a performance will be given here by the Bil DeYoung Dance The ater Fnday and Saturday DeYoung and company members will teach six classes, including modern ballet, improvisation and composition skills The company will present a lecture demonstration performance in the Dougherty Dance Theatre at 8 p.m Friday Registration for the workshop is at 9 a m Friday in Gerlmger Annex 161, with classes from 9:30 to 3:30 p m each day Fee for the entire session and performance is $10; single classes are $3 the performance is $1.50. with tickets available to the public at the door For additional information, call T Ray Faulk ner. dance department. 686-3386 or 686-4133 MUSIC A program ol piano muse, songs and chamber music by Edmund Soule muse kbranan at the University s library will be broadcast by KWAX-FM tonght tram 8 to 10 p m The lotowng wilt be heard Suite lor Piano. A singers Gartand 01 Stevenson (song cycle). Four Duets tor Flute and Bassoon Rhapsody tor Flute and Harp a group oI three songs ("The Night Came Creeping. Let It Be Forgotten I Dreamt That I Wandered ). Concerto lot Saxophone and F’lano. and New Wne (song cycle) POUCV The Emerald s bnels column is open to anyone wishng to make announcement ol meetings, lec tures and miscetoneous events Bnels are run only once and are subject to space limitations They should be typed, trple-spaced in a 65-unit margin Include all pertinent information espe daily the date you want it to run Also, include a name and phone number in case we have ques tions Events with donations or admission charges will not be considered lor the bnels column All items must be turned in by noon two days be I ore publication at the Emerald office Room 300. EMU f Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday except during exam weeks and vacations by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co . Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore , 97403 It appears twice-weekly during summer classes The Oregon Daily Emerald operates independently ol the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of Associated Press. Emerald subscriptions are $7 per term, $20 per year News and Editorial 686-5511 Display Advertising and Business 686-3712 Classified Advertising 686-4343 Production 686-4381 Editor Managing Editor/News Editor Graphics Editor Wally Benson Tom Wolfe Erich Boekelheide Assistant News Editors: State System. Departments end Schools Politics and Community Features, ASUO Night Editor Production Manager Advertising Manager Accountant Melody Ward Kevin Harden Jock Hatfield Jerri Nison Kate Seigal Carl Bryant Ted Johnston J