Woman of the year toils for peace
By Oscar Halpart
Ot the Emerald
Oregon's Outstanding Young
Woman of the Year wants to see
peace in the world In fact, she
has dedicated her life's work to
pursuing that goal
Currently a doctoral student
in Counseling Psychology, Bar
bara Date has worked exten
sively in interpersonal com
munications and conflict
resolution, which is the basis of
her doctoral dissertation
Date will be recognized for
her "civic and professional
achievement'’ by having her
biography appear in the 1981
volume of "Outstanding Young
Woman of America ” The book
is published annually by the
Outstanding Young Women of
America program, which recog
nizes women age 21 to 36
Date says her concern with
‘making the world peaceful” is
likely the result of her upbring
ing Raised in a cooperative en
vironment not far from a Church
of the Bretheren Seminary, she
established her values early ~
from her parents, a Japanese
American mother and a Cauca
sian father “My parents helped
me realize what it means to care
about other human beings,”
she says
It was this concern with the
welfare of people that led her to
counseling psychology
Part of a generation that
pressed for social change, Bar
bara was moved by those who
pursued peace - Martin Luther
King, in particular.
"I guess I see myself the way
Martin Luther King saw himself
— maladjusted to an insane
world,” says Date.
A music lover, she has played
cello with more than ten
orchestral groups and is cur
rently principle cellist with the
Emerald Chamber Orchestra in
Eugene. Her love of music
took her to Vienna, Austria in
1966 to study music. “It gave me
a broader perspective of the
world. I began to see that it was
a luxury I couldn’t afford.”
She came to the University of
Oregon in 1976 to work on an
individualized program of inter
disciplinary studies and was
especially interested in working
with Susan Gilmore, a local
psychologist.
Currently, she edits the local
newsletter of New Call to
Peacemaking, a national
cooperative effort of the Church
of the Bretheren, Friends Meet
ing, and the Mennonite Church.
“We believe the message of the
New Testament is to love your
neighbor,” Date says.
She also is at work on her
doctoral degree in counseling,
something she says she never
planned on "but applied to and
was accepted for the coun
seling psychology program,”
she says.
Date says her biggest accom
plishment was getting an
American Psychological As
sociation Minority Fellowship
for '80-‘82. "This is probably the
highest award I could get as a
student,” Date says of the
award given to only 40 students
nationwide
“The American Psychological
Association was concerned
about the lack of minorities in
psychology. I'm pleased that my
professional organization has
this broad view of the world,”
she adds.
Date realizes her busy
schedule has its drawbacks "!
haven’t had much time off
working seven days a week,”
she says, smiling. “My mother
says I'm a workaholic. I do it
because there's a need in the
world. But if there was no need.
I'd just as soon take my cello
and go play. ”
Architecture work goes on display
A term's worth of work by a University archi
tecture class that speculatively redesigned the
downtown area near the Fifth Street Market
goes on display today at Outright Graphics
In January, 14 fourth-year architecture
students in Prof Zara Pinfold's site planning
and design class began designing changes for
the area called the Fifth Avenue Special Dis
trict Many historic railroad-related building
are located in this district
The students' work will be on display today
through Tuesday at the Outright Graphics
shop across from the Fifth Street Public Mar
ket
The special district was the ideal design
protect because the area's buildings already
had a certain vitality,” which the students
could build on for the surrounding outside
areas. Pinfold says
"It has been a project that has meshed
internal and external issues," she says.
Students stressed “the idea of flexibility in the
outside space "
Their sketches are designed “to respond to
a variety of events " They explore such pos
sibilities as restricting Fifth Avenue to one-lane
traffic to enhance pedestrian and bicycle use,
constructing an underground garage with an
overhead pedestrian walkway and developing
outside gathering and eating spots with some
shelter, Pinfold says
The class has worked with the Fifth Avenue
Special District, a group of building owners
organized to revitalize the area
That's made it a very tangible design
project," she says “We've had that contact
with people thinking in real terms.”
Pinfold says the ultimate goal of the project
is “to stimulate thinking on what the outside
area should become."
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Kathy Stebner, ASUO vice president for university and
academic affairs, resigned effective last Friday, ASUO Pres Rich
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Stebner, a senior in political science, is graduating at the end of
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Because it is near the end of the current ASUO officials' terms
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delegated by Wilkins and Gus Palmitessa, ASUO executive vice
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higher education cuts, she says
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but primarily because she wants to "do something without much
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