Military life gives insight to class
By John Steams
Of th* Emerald
After spending 20 years in the Air Force
and visiting 36 countries Denis Snook entered
college and is working toward a political
science doctorate in his eighth year of school.
Snook, a teaching assistant in the politcal
science department, likes to think of himself
“as a delayed pilgrim" — a late-comer to col
lege life.
Attending school for 12 years, including 14
different grade schools, influenced his
enlisting in the Air Force the day after his 18th
birthday.
He entered the Air Force intending to
serve a few years “to sort things out.”
Snook says his 20 years in the military
gave him "some insight and some experiences
that have enabled me to enrich the classes that
I deal with and be able to offer perhaps more
than the person who is less experienced."
This term, he’s putting that knowledge to
use assisting for the U S. Foreign Policy
course
He says his mobile military experience,
mostly as cargo plane navigator, led him to a
better understanding of who he was as an
American by having the perspective of seeing
America from a different viewpoint.
He flew cargo into Vietnam, took part in
the invasion of the Dominican Republic and
helped stage troops in Florida during the
Cuban missile crisis. He also helped evacuate
refugees from Bangladesh when Pakistan split
into two countries.
In Bangladesh he witnessed "misery in the
mass,” noting the refugees were suffering from
grievous injuries and starvation.
“Until you see the effect of some of the
decisions made by politicians in remote loca
tions, I think you’re missing a dimension of
understanding," Snook says. Politicians rarely
see how the decisions they make affect others,
he adds.
Meeting people of various countries,
listening to their stories, walking the streets
and visiting shops gave him a familiarity and
sympathy with other places. He says such ex
periences benefit his teaching assistance
Teaching assistants are selected com
petitively for their qualifications and in many
cases have a lot to offer, Snook says.
He says the best thing he can offer is a
way of humanizing and leading students
through the class experience in large classes
and making the students feel more involved
and more like an individual.
After returning home on leave from Viet
nam, Snook noted how his perspectives of Viet
nam differed from his civilian friends
At that time, he believes, the public's pic
ture of the war was more horrifying than his,
but notes his experiences as a navigator may
not have been typical of the dangers in
Vietnam.
Although some of his friends weren’t as
lucky in escaping death, he says ‘‘that's the
nature of the business.”
Snook co-authored a reference book enti
tled, "John Rawls and His Critics.'' and would like
to teach college level political science.
Snook speaks modestly of his capabilities
"Because I'm older and have known more
people through the years and been involved in
more situations, everyone says I can do it a lit
tle better than most people," Snook says.
"I claim no special talents. I think it’s
mostly on experience."
No-shows mar IFC budget hearings
Incidental Fee Committee
members sat back and relaxed
Monday as three of four
ASUO-funded programs failed
to appear for the first round of
scheduled budget hearings
Representatives for Swit
chboard — a program which
serves as a '‘clearing-house"
for community services' infor
mation — University Theatre
and KWAX did not appear for
their hearings. IFC members
chatted for the last one and
one-half hours of the meeting
•'This is a waste of the in
cidental fee dollar,” said com
mittee member Mary
Man charged in rape of student
A Corvallis man was charged with first-degree rape
and first-degree burglary Monday after he raped a 30-year
old University student last weekend, according to Eugene
police.
Police said Rickey Allen Robbins, 33, apparently entered
the woman s apartment near 22nd Avenue and Alder Street
about 4.30 Sunday morning. Robbins stole some cash and
credit cards, then raped her.
Afterward, the woman escaped from Robbins' grasp,
talked her way into another room and got a pistol, accor
ding to Detective Wayne Irvin. She pointed the gun at Rob
bins and demanded he leave, then shot him in the back as
he reached for his clothes.
Robbins, partially-clothed, ran for help to a nearby resi
dent, who called the police. The suspect was taken to
Sacred Heart Hospital for surgery, and Irvin said his condi
tion was listed Monday as stable.
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"If I thought that committee
meetings would be this in
tense, I wouldn’t have run (tor
office)," added IFC member
Jeff Nudelman
The committee unanimous
ly approved $5000 for next
year's Off-Campus Housing
budget in its sole hearing The
allocation was an 11-percent
cut from this year's *5673
budget, with most of the
decrease coming in reduced
work-study pay.
ASUO recommendations for
cutting some program
stipends will be a trend during
hearings, said Sheila Schain,
ASUO budget director. ASUO
is suggesting cutting some
stipend pay periods from nine
months to eight months, she
said
The ASUO does not want to
pay for the one-week periods
programs work in September,
December and June, Schain
added.
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