Change set for mid-August
Offices to combine
student services
By JOHN HARRIS
Of the Emerald
The decision to merge the Of
fice of Student Services and the
Academic Advising Office be
came official last week with an an
nouncement by Jerry Mosely, as
sociate provost of student affairs.
The offices will consolidate dur
ing the first two weeks of August,
when Academic Advising moves
into the Student Services office at
164 Oregon Hall. Academic Advis
ing is currently housed in Friendly
Hall.
The reason for the move is to
integrate the services of both de
partments under one roof and one
heading, to provide better visibility
and accessibility to the student.
“The people in Student Ser
vices will become more aware and
share the workload of Academic
Advising, and vice-versa,” says
Mosely.
"In the past a student would
come to one office and wouldn't
get total service. The biggest
reason for the change is to give
students just one office to come
to, and hopefully, this will get stu
dents to come back.”
The combined offices are to
come under the heading Office of
Academic Advising and Student
Services, although the name is
not official yet.
"I think we ll answer the phone,
'Advising Services,' ” says Shirley
Wilson, director of the offices.
Student Services’ respon
sibilities include helping students
deal with personal or academic
problems and bringing to the at
tention of students the various re
sources of the University.
Students can also receive gui
dance on academic matters rang
ing from the University’s grading
system to the procedure for with
drawing from classes. The office
also provides assistance dealing
with personal crisis, such as a
death in the family or severe ill
ness.
The office coordinates the Na
tional Student Exchange, Lifelong
Learning Services and assistance
for physically limited students.
The responsibilities of
Academic Advising are related to
those of Student Services, but
they are definitely distinct.
Academic Advising manages the
Credit-by-Examination Office,
provides faculty advisors for un
declared students and provides
counseling and advisors for pre
health science students.
The two offices are currently
working together on the Early
Orientation and Registration
Program (EORP), which provides
academic advising and early reg
istration for incoming freshmen.
It is hoped the offices will share
the work on similar responsibilities
in the future. “We need about a
year to become-one, but eventu
ally we ll be working together,”
Wilson says. “There will be a
common core, and we II decide
what that core can be.
“I’m really pleased with the
whole idea, and I hope the staff is
as excited as I am. I think it’s going
to provide a much better service
for the student.”
Student grocery back in business
By ELMO MORGANSTERN
Of the Emerald
The University Food-Op was helped out of debt last
week by the Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) with a $3,713
chunk of student funds.
The Food-Op last quarter was on its last cabbages
after then ASUO Pres. Gary Feldman vetoed the
Food-Op's budget. Feldman thought the organization used
too much money for too little benefit. This veto left the
organization without student financial support for the com
ing year.
But this summer the IFC found it could not just stop
funding the organization, according to committee member
Bill Nelson.
The Food-Op ended the year with a $3,713 debt, a
sum for which the IFC could be held responsible. "We
voted to give them the money because we could be held
liable for it," says Nelson. “But we also feel the service has
improved since its budget was vetoed last quarter."
Store manager Dan Murphy also feels the service has
improved. After the cut, according to Murphy, the organiza
tion pruned its services. "The cut was a blessing in dis
guise,” says Murphy. “It forced us to terminate our delivery
service to the Greek system, and concentrate on the store.
Before, the store was a kind of clearing house for food
delivery."
The delivery service, Murphy says, was the Food-Op’s
greatest liability. The service required the store to hire
delivery people, drivers, salesmen, an office and phone
lines. "This was a lot to put in to a service that grossed only
about $7,000 a month," he says.
This service also caused some bad feeling among
students, Murphy believes. "There was some feeling be
fore the cut that the general student body was subsidizing
low food prices for the Greeks," he says. “Now with just the
store we cater to all University students, and even senior
citizens in the community.”
The IFC allocation, approved unanimously, covers the
Food Op s debt and will give it another chance to make a
profit. Murphy thinks the Food-Op won't need any more
help.
“We re doing better this summer," he says. "The peo
ple who are running it are putting in energy. We re open
longer hours (six days a week from 10 a m. to 6 p.m.) and
are being used by a greater number of students.” Sales are
The University Food-Op has been running into financial
trouble. But with the help of Incidental Fee Committee
up for the cooperative for the summer compared to spring
quarter. Murphy considers this an achievement, since stu
dent enrollment during the summer is down.
But if the store goes into debt again, its future is un
sure. Ramon Herrera, ASUO president, wants to conduct a
study of the Food-Op’s budget, and would prefer to cut it off
from ASUO entirely.
IFC members also express doubt about the Food-Op's
Photo by Greg Gawlowski
funds and a new structure it may be able to get its brussel
sprouts together in the future.
future. “If they don't go into debt again, fine," says Nelson.
“But the Food-Op is notorious for coming back each year
and handing us a bill. If they come back again there is some
talk of letting them go unfunded."
The Food-Op is allowed rent-free use of its 15th Street
and Agate building, and uses work-study students as em
ployees. It therefore generally offers lower prices than
supermarket chains.
Sidewalk Sale...Books by the Pound
Old edition hardcover and paperback textbooks.
Some new, some used, for
Only 150 per pound
Today through Friday
August 1-August 4
UO
BOOKSTORE
On the sidewalk in front of the store.
13th & Kincaid 686-4331 Open: Mon-Fri 8:15-5:30