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Morris says knowledge, money better spent in neighborhoods Lasers in supermarkets? Disappearing people? No, this isn’t a close encounter of the third kind. David Morris, neighborhood self reliance expert, stressed community development and self-reliance in his speech pre sented by SEARCH, the Survival Center, the Cultural Forum and the Landscape Architecture De partment in the EMU Tuesday night. By ANNA HOYT Of the Emerald “There has been a mis application of scientific know ledge,” Morris explained. He cited examples such as the transformation of local gas sta tions to self-service stations, in states other than Oregon, the ap plication of lasers for checkout counters in supermarkets, or going to a hole in the wall instead of a neighborhood bank. “People are disappearing,” Morris explained. “The com munities are ‘hermorrhaging’,” money is going out of the com munity and into the cities, or a very few number of corporations. Morris explained that when buy ing a foot heater, $20 might seem like a good investment on the per sonal level, but people don’t realize the social investment, the energy wasted, the money flowing out of the community. Morris originated the Institute for local Self-Reliance, a consul ting service to communities. Among other things, the Institute helps people with solar panels, urban agriculture, fish-raising and roof gardens. “We need to be taught what we David Morris can do with modem technology, and how to use this extraordinary abundence of knowledge that we’ve got,” Morris added. Morris feels people learned a lot from the energy crisis, such as “a sense of the finiteness of our re sources, and a feeling of neigh borhood power.” Morris believes in putting money back into the community, instead of having it constantly ‘hermorrhage’ into corporations. “It’s not going to be simple, by any means, but it can be done,” Morris concluded. Part-timers (Continued from Page 1A) significantly less than what a full facuilty member is paid. But as Sunderland points out, full-time teachers do more than teach. They advise students, serve on committees influencing the running of the University and do research — the well-known “publish or perish" doctrine. Mike Thoele is a reporter for the Eugene Register-Guard who teaches an interviewing course in the journalism school. This is the sixth term Thoele has taught the course, and he says he considers himself to be fairly typical of the part-time faculty members on campus. Thoele says teaching has been an enjoyable experience for him. While he tries to pass some of his skills on to the students, he points out that students often offer him criticism of his own work that he might not get otherwise. Thoele is aware of the differ ence between what he is paid to teach the course and what a full time professor would get, but he is not too concerned about it. "I’m aware that it is always cheaper to hire part-time em ployees,” says Thoele. As for his qualifications, Thoele says the students tend to think that it is a valuable experience to have somebody with practical ex perience teaching them. This view is shared by faculty members of the journalism Oregon Daily Emerald school, who have been supportive of Thoele and the other part-time instructors. Thoele says he spends eight to 12 hours a week on work for the class. This is about average for part-timers. So while the University is forced to hire part-time instructors be cause of its financial situation, the quality of teaching at the school might not suffer too much. As long as enrollment drops and costs rise, part-time faculty members will be hired to do work normally done by full-time instruc tors. As Sunderland points out, for the foreseeable future, the “rent-a-teacher system” will be a big part of the University. Rapid Printing Typing • Theses & Dissertations Editing • Resumes • Design & Layout • Advertising Cooperative Printing 485-4899 • 762 E. 13th (next to Excelsior) HOURS: 7:30 a m. — 9 p.m. Monday —Friday 9 a.m. 6 p.m. Saturday Open Sunday Noon—5 p.m. Merchandise subject to stock on hand and available reorders. Prices expire 2/5/78 PREMIUM SALTINES 16 oz. REG. £ 79# BOOK MATCHES 50 Books *1^ T9* SCHICK TKIAL SIZI SUPER II BLADES Exclusive, teflon-coated twin cartridge blades for a smooth .shave. 2-pack. KODAK COLOR PRINT C-135-24 ■N, REG. 2.20/1. -4 LOOFAH SPONGES ^ - REG. 1.49/1.33 -t SCOTCH BLANK CASSETTE TAPES _ C 60 min. REG. 1.95 90 min. REG. 2.98 ENVEE POTTING SOIL 6 qt. REG. 1.39 BLACK MAGIC POTTING SOIL 8 qt. REG. 1.98 Page 3 Section A
