Oregon daily emerald., November 02, 1982, Page 3, Image 3

Speedreading classes offered
by University, private concern
By Lori Steinhauer
Of tt» Emerald
Almost every student knows the pressure of
having too little time to cover the reading for an
exam the next day
That's when students want miracles, but they
rarely arrive on time
In recent issues of the Oregon Daily Emerald,
advertisements for Evelyn Wood Reading Dyna
mics course are full of promise — "Eight chapters
of Babylonian History for tomorrow's exam, and
Kathy is waiting — you can do it!"
The Learning Resources Center has milder
propaganda — "although we don't claim or imply
that you'll be able to read eight chapters of
Babylonian History in an hour or that you'll have a
good-looking date waiting for you to finish, we do
offer some advantages."
Which course to take?
Six Evelyn Wood sessions cost $395, while
the LRC charges $30 for a four-week class All
classes last three hours
The decision about which course to take may
end right after the price difference sinks in
But the differences may be worth it, says
Edward Lamoureaux, spokesperson for Evelyn
Wood
"I know they (the LRC) haven't been doing it
(teaching speed reading) for over 20 years and
Evelyn Wood has,” he says
The LRC claims to at least double a reader's
speed, while Evelyn Wood claims to at least triple
speed Both claim that readers' comprehension
will improve, and both allow participants to re
attend classes once they have taken the course
Evelyn Wood and the LRC gear their
programs to college readers, concentrating about
50 percent of their student courses on textbook
reading
All instructors for the LRC have taught
classes at the high school or college level and
have completed the LRC reading course and an
instructor training course, says Susan Lesyk of
the LRC
Lamoureaux has taken the Evelyn Wood
course three times and has taken three series of
specialized training at the Seattle office
What exactly do they teach in a speed
reading course?
Developing faster reading habits is aided
through previewing, outlining the headings and
subheadings before reading the material and
reviewing the material, Lesyk says
The key to text reading is obtaining an overall
view of the author's points and referring back to
those points throughout the reading
"It's a skill that takes a good amount of effort
to learn and a moderate amount of effort to
maintain,” says Lamoureaux It isn't magic "
Committee action questioned
The Residence Hat! Governance
Committee (RHGC) approved a ioan Monday
that may be unconstitutional,.said Joe Argast.
author of the RHGC constitution and former
committee member
The decision allows the RHGC to loan
$500 requested by sponsors of a Homecoming
dance scheduled for Saturday. The money is
needed today to pay tor dance expenses, said
Samer Ramadan, dance committee chairman
The committee approved the loan with the
stipulation that at least $300 be repaid.
Residence hail presidents’ councils must be
consulted on grants ol more than $200. a limit
that was approved at the meeting
"I think they should use the same proce
dures for loans as they use for grants, ' Argast
said
"After putting ell that work into it," he said,
they show a poor respect for the constitution
fay passing that exemption “
The Homecoming dance committee
originally requested $500 with the stipulation
that repayment consist of dance receipts,
regardless of whether the proceeds repaid the
loan.
Ramadan said the request was lust
brought before the RHGC because the
presidents' councils of the two sponsoring
halls were organized so recently that they
haven’t received their share of interest money
from dormitory room deposits
Argast said Dick Romm, housing director
of residence hall life, is the "supreme court" of
RHGC and would make a final decision on the
constitutionality of the loan if it is appealed.
Programs ignore statement deadline
About halt of ASUO-funded
programs turned in their goal
statements on time, says Sheila
Schain. ASUO budget director
Program goal statements
were due Monday at 12:30 p m
As of 5 pm, 46 of 77 groups
required to submit goals had
complied Ten programs had
been granted deadline
extensions, Schain said
I am very surprised that it's
so low." she said "I expected a
lot better than this."
Schain said she was
concerned because the Inc
idental Fee Committee, which
determines which goals to
accept, may not be as lenient as
past committees have been in
allowing late goal statements
The committee will allow goal
statements to be submitted as
late as next Monday, according
to IFC chairer Bart Hill Goal
statements may or may not be
accepted after that date,
depending on the mood of the
committee, he said.
Past-due statements will be
considered on a "case-by
case" basis, Hill said.
As of Friday, six program goal
statements had been turned in.
"That is pitiful,” said David
Gibson, ASUO vice president of
administration and finance.
Gibson predicted at the time
that a small number of groups
would turn in goals promptly.
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