Open house opens Higher Ed week
Activities planned include laser displays, slide shows, games
An all-campus open house,
part of National Higher Educa
tion Week is planned for 7 to 9
p m tonight Activities range
from slide shows on recent vol
canic eruptions to New Games
at Gerlinger Annex The even
ing is for faculty, staff, students
almuni and the community
The Willamette Science and
Technology Center the Lane
Education Service District Plan
etarium. Lane Community Col
lege and Northwest Christian
College also are having open
houses tonight
Visitors should pick up
schedules campus maps and
guides in the Oregon Hall lobby
The schedule follows a course
beginning at Oregon Hall
Science complex
Science III
• In Room 305. biology prof
Russell Fernald shows how
studies using fish provide new
knowledge of vision
Science II
• In Room 189 see an operating
laser and its use in research
• In Rooms 119 and 205. the
molecular biology institute
shows computer equipment
creating drawings of biological
molecules such as DNA
Science I
• In Room 171 on the bridge
section, chemistry prof Paul
Engelking produces a color
show with lasers used in com
bustion research
Museum of Natural History
• See new and refurbished dis
plays and visit with experts who
will show and discuss basket
making, Oregon fossils, fossil
soils, Western America s ar
chaeology, and the develop
ment of Northwest plants and
flowers
Volcanology Building
• In Room 101 geology prof
Gordon Goles demonstrates
analysis of basalt a lava rock
• In Room 109. see Mt St
Helens ash under a scanning
electron microscope
• In Rooms 214 and 219,
geology prof Daniel Weill
shows thin-section slides of
moon rocks and geology prof
Jack Rice shows an electron
probe analysis of the same
• From 8:30 to 9 p m geology
prof Alexander McBirney will
present a slide-illustrated talk
on Cascade Mountain volcan
oes
Central campus
area near the library
Library
• See well-known Oregon auth
Berg’s 25th Birthday
Storewide SALE
20-50%off
13th G Lawrence Street—683-1300 •
We re celebrating 25 years as Lane County's
ski headquarters with a big storewide sale on
all the finest brand names including all of our
new fall items' Downhill and cross-country ski
gear, backpacking and climbing
equipment—everything 20-50% off now Shop
early for the best selection1
Celebrate with us
and enjoy
OPEN:
Monday thru Saturday
10:00-6:00
FREE PEPSI
and
birthday cake, tool
or Ken Kesey's manuscripts in
the Oregon Collection on the
second floor, plus displays on
Oregon's pioneering work in
instructional media on the 1st
floor
Museum of Art:
• View the extensive collections
of contemporary and North
west. Oriental and African art
Gerlinger Annex
• In Dougherty Dance Theatre
Room 353. see a rehearsal of
dance prof Janet Descutner s
"Danzon-anon' and then join in
a discussion
• In Gym B54, join with or watch
physical education prof Effie
Fairchild's students play New
Games new sports that stress
cooperation
Susan Campbell Hall
• At career planning and
placement on the second floor,
talk with experts on trends in
career opportunities in the
1980s and learn about the
center's services
Chapman Hall
• On the third floor, visit the
Robert Clark Honors College to
learn about its special program
for top students and to join in an
impromptu seminar
■ i——. i |
Olum’s inauguration feted
With robe flying — and weather cooperating
— Paul Olum wilt be formally inaugurated as
the University's 13th president during cer
emonies starting at 2:30 p.m Sunday in the Old
Campus Quadrangle near Deady and Vitlard
hails
Other activities planned during the inaugur
ation weekend — the conclusion of Nationaf
Higher Education Week — include an inaugur
al symposium, concert and reception, all on
Saturday
The Sunday inauguration ceremony and
Saturday’s activities are open to the public
Olum comes to the presidency of the
105-year-old University following a distin
guished career in higher education During 25
years on the mathematics faculty at Cornell
University, Olum held several posts including
department chair and chairer of a committee
that created the university s Senate He went
on to become dean of the natural science
coliege at the University of Texas at Austin
Olum was appointed provost and academic
vice president at the University in 1976,
becoming acting president when WHIiam Boyd
resigned in 1980 Olum was selected as pre
sident in April of this year
Boyd, now president of the Johnson Foun
dation in Racine. Wts , will make inaugural
remarks at the Sunday ceremony, and Olum
will give a presidential address
Attorney General David Frohnmayer. Chan
cellor Roy Lieualien and Edward Harms, pre
sident of the State Board of Higher Education,
also wilt participate in the ceremony
Following the ceremony, an ASUO-hosted
reception will be held on the quadrangle lawn
In case of rain. Sunday’s activities will be held
at McArthur Court.
The inaugural weekend will open with a
symposium on "The Public University: Its
Importance in the 80s." featuring Harold
Enarson. president emeritus at Ohio State
University. Following Enarson’s keynote ad
dress a panel chaired by history prof Stanley
Pierson will offer a public response
Panel members include Boyd: Edward Bas
sett. Salem Statesman-Journal editor Jane
Carpenter State Board of Higher Education
member, and state Sen. James Gardner,
chairer of the education subcommittee of the
Legislature s Ways and Means Committee
Discussing the implications of EnarBon's
remarks tor the University will be a faculty and
student panel chaired by political science prof.
Lawrence Pierce Panelists include art history
prof Esther Jacobson-Leong. psychology
prof Michael Posner. Celeste Ulrich, dean of
the health, physical education and recreation
college,* chemistry department head Peter von
Hippie, and ASUO pres Richard Wilkins
The symposium, open to the public, will be
held from 9am to noon at the Dads’ Room in
the EMU
At 5:15 p.m., an inaugural reception will be
held at the Museum of Art by the President's
Associates Guests, faculty, staff, students and
the public are invited.
Old campus area
near Deady and
Villard Halls
Lawrence Hall
• See art work by the fine fcrts
faculty in the gallery in Room
141 and a show by visiting ar
chitecture prof Michael Burt in
the 106 lobby
Villard Hall
• On the third floor visit KWAX
91 1 FM, the University's radio
station that broadcasts classical
music and public aftairs
• In Robinson Theatre see
photographic displays of
University Theatre productions
and buy season tickets for the
new season's productions
The Erb Memorial
Union
The EMU will offer its famous
spaghetti feed for students
faculty staff and the public
Tickets cost $1 50 for adults
and $1 for children The best
advice is to buy tickets early, as
they have disappeared quickly
in the past
EMU spaghetti feeds normally
feature live jazz music to ac
company the meal
The dinner will be served in
the main cafeteria
On Friday the University Mu
seum of Natural History will
present An Evening with
Thomas Condon." which
dramatizes the life of the
University s first scientist A
reception follows the presenta
cincf to think we met
Upcoming
tion
^emu
Cultural Forum and
Food Service Present
Weekly Jazz Gig
6 Spaghetti Feed
$1.50*
buys
Spaghetti, garlic bread, tossed green salad and beverage. Both
vegetarian and meat sauce served.
Live jazz performed for
your digestive pleasure
this week
Phil Curtis Trio
On Tuesday, Oct. 6
Dinner served from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Jay./ Performed from 5:30-7:30 pm.
KMU Dining Room
Advanced tickets available at the EMI! Main Desk
*$1 for children 12 & under
2* -t't