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/ ALTHOUGH TEASE Folks APPEAR ra BE noKMAt -, HUMANS. THE/R MlHUS HAbE I BEFUj PERMAREHTLY ACrEREV ! gy the glebes; } \ MOT ORLY VO THEY REFUSE I 70 TAKE AEYTH/K3 SERIOUSLY, ' -THEY IMTE.bC> TO IbSuRE THE 1 AJCSX’Y ELSE IrH-E E Tt/egf\ J i.J FACT SOU g’GfooT PiA.’ Ob PASSING A LAIN "STAVES TO' ,VC ObE MY TAKE LIFE Toe SERIOUSLY t-lE FIGURES MAYBE ’£ EUERYoRE REflSES To TAKE EuCLEAR u. ERRORS SER/OUS-Y I U,t MAY US'AS IREU- E STHETE All THE SAAB. ’Vrf 7Sf Ivan Niven receives Johnson Award University math prof. Ivan Niven, long active in campus governance and well known for his teaching and research about the fundemental properties of numbers is the 1981 recipient of the Charles Johnson Memorial Award. Niven, who currently chairs the Faculty Advisory Council, will receive the honor June 14 at Hayward Field during the University’s 104th spring commencement. A member of the University faculty since 1947, Niven holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of British Columbia and a doc torate from the University of Chicago. Before coming to the University, Niven was on the faculties of the University of Il linois and Purdue University. The Johnson Award was established in 1979 by the University Assembly in memory of Charles Johnson, teacher and former president at the University. _ — ® A-1. „ke footprint* Feet in the sand ‘ do the very Feet in Birkenstock U S,SbSU^^ become barefoot in difference. Birken^oe , You can walk nr n K sand, with one very k all year long aLpSfotf^ve, f# P 2nd Floor Atrium lOth & Olive Mon.-Sat. 11-6 687-0065 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday, except during exam week and vacations, by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co at the University ot Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald operates independently of the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press News and Editorial 686-5511 Display Advertising and Business 686-3712 Classitied Advertising 686-4343 Production 686-4381 Circulation 686-5511 Editor Managing Editor News Editor Assistant News Editor Photo Editor Graphics Editor Ken Sands Sally Hodgkinson Glenn Boettcher Jeff Baker Steve Dykes Sioux Anderson Editorial Page Editor Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor Entertainment Editor Bill Manny Tamara Swenson Jody Murray Erzsi De'ak Associate Editors ASUO Community Departments and Schools Environment Features Politics State Systems Night Editor General Statt Advertising Director Ad Services Classified Advertising Controller Production Manager Paul Telles Richard Wagoner Marian Green Leslie Farris Mike Lee Mike Rust Gabriel Boehmer Harry Esteve Darlene Gore Ann Peterson Sally Oljar Jean Ownbey Sandra McMullen English, biology profs win teaching awards University genetics Prof. John Postlethawait and English Prof. Richard Stevenson will receive the 1981 Ersted Awards for Dis tinguished Teaching. Postlethwait, 36, currently is conducting a five-year program to train doctoral students in genetics, funded by the U S. Public Health Service. According to the selection committee, Postlethwait teaches with enthusiasm and a sense of excitement, and helps personalize education. He has been known, for example, to take pictures of all his students in order to memorize their names and faces. Stevenson is a specialist in Victorian literature, English fic tion from the 16th to the 20th centuries and the role of the heroine in English fiction. Stevenson wrote a book on the role of the heroine in the work of 19th century English novelist George Meredith in 1973-74 when he held a Younger Humanist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Ersted Awards are given annually to encourage and reward exceptional teaching. briefs SPEAKERS Joel Mamint of Llnfleld College will speak on Romanian Folklore today at 11 a m in Studio C of the Instructional Media Center The talk is sponosred by the Russian and East European Studies Center Diane Jones ol the Idaho Citizens Coali tion will speak on "Water, Energy, and Land: a Northwest Story” tonight at 7 p m in the Emerald Baptist Church, 19th Avenue and Patterson Street. Looking at irrigation development in the Northwest, Jones will raise questions about small farm closures, the growth of agribusiness, and the increas ing cost of electricity. For more information call Clergy and Laity Concerned at 485-1755. MEETINGS The EMU Board House Committee will meet today in Century Room F, EMU The Incidental Fee Committee will meet today at 1 p m. in the EMU, room to be posted The Undergraduate Economics Associa tion wiil meet today in Room 410 PLC Officers for next year wiil be elected f ^ Year End Calculator Close-out Sale! HEWLETT PACKARD HP-38E Financial Programmable Calculator reg. $114.95 NOW $97.88 HP-33E Scientific/ Statistical Calculator reg. $75.00 NOW $59.88 Sale ends Friday, June 12. K 13th & Kincaid Mon-Fri 8:15-5:30 Sat 10:00-2:00 Textbooks 686-3520 • General Books 686-3510 Supplies 686-4331 J
