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YWCA approaches 91st year
hoping to overcome anonymity
By Diana Elliott
Of the Emerald
While 90 years may seem like enough time to
create a public image, YWCA director Pat Melson
says publicity is her biggest problem.
"People don't really know who we are or what
we do," Melson says. "Most of our phone calls
are from people looking for the YMCA. They're
surprised to learn that the YWCA even exists,"
she says.
Even so, for the past several weeks, the staff of
four at the campus YWCA has been busy planning
and organizing a celebration — its 90th
anniversary.
More than 500 guests are expected to attend
the March 16 celebration at Cerlinger Lounge.
Former and present members of the YWCA will
attend as well as members of the community who
have supported the YWCA throughout the years.
"Mostly it will be a lot of reminiscing,"
Melson says.
But there is another purpose for the recep
tion. "We will also be handing out applications
for several scholarships," she says. The scholar
ships are open to all University women and will
be announced in the spring.
While most people assume the YWCA is
similar to the YMCA, Melson says the YWCA is
oriented more towards service than activities.
"We try to deal with the mind, body and spirit
but we also have to deal with the amount of space
and facilities we have," Melson says. "So we focus
on educational programs and community
service."
The YWCA provides services to women,
minorities and disabled people through its pro
grams, she says.
The Exceptional Friendship Program, initiated
in 1969, matches University students with disabl
ed people in the commmunity. The program is of
fered as a class through the University.
What makes this "friendship" program uni-,
que is that the disabled people are of all ages,
Melson says.
"Sometimes those children grow up and they
still need friends," she says.
"The main thrust of the YWCA is to deal with
issues that (organizations) don't normally deal
with," Melson says. "We take national issues and
figure out how we can localize them for this
community."
For example, the Racial Justice Conference,
held each February, is sponsored by the YWCA in
conjunction with the Women's Symposium. This
year the conference was titled, "Unlearning
Racism."
Through the University Outreach program,
the YWCA works directly with the community.
But that isn't their first focus, Melson says.
"We're a campus YWCA, which is different
from a community YWCA," she says. "That means
that our first focus is on the students; then we
work with the community."
She says this YWCA has a double role because
there is no community YWCA in Eugene. "We try
to serve both purposes, and sometimes that's
hard."
In the future, Melson would like to expand
and offer more programs and services to meet the
needs of everyone, but for now her primary goal
is "to have people know where we are."
Where do those books come from?
By Melissa Martin
Of Iht* Emerald
While students might he
sweating about reading all their
textbooks before finals, pro
fessors have to sweat to decide
which books to make students
read.
History Prof, left Needell says
he kept a bibliography of books
he read as a student and uses
that now as a professor. He also
draws on advice from his peers,
he says.
History is just one department
on campus where books have a
high turnover rate, says Chris
Standish, University bookstore
textbook manager. Psychology
is another.
"Those are a couple of areas
we would like to work toward
large section adoptions because
it works out better for
everyone," Standish says.
If a department with 10 dif
lerent beginning level sections
would use the same textbook
lor all classes, everyone would
save money, he says.
"Unit costs can be substan
tially reduced if you have a
large number of copies sold,"
agrees John Hiffman of Reston
Publishing Co. in Enumclaw,
Wash.
But Standish says an attempt
to persuade professors to use a
certain text would be infringing
on academic freedom.
"We can't influence their
dec isions per se, but the longer
they stay with the same book
consecutively, the better it is for
students," he says.
And cost is a concern for
everyone — the publisher, the
bookstore, the professors and
the students.
Although the University gets a
discount on books, Standish
says students don't benefit that
much because of rising
transportation and shelving
costs.
"I think everybody has the
student in mind,” Hiffman says.
"I don't think anybody's out
there to make an enormous
profit."
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And when professors use
their own textbooks when a bet
ter book exists, he calls it a mat
ter of ego, not finance.
"Unless a person has 3,000
students in his class, he's not
gaining anything substantial,
Hiffman says.
"There might be a little bit of a
conflict of interest because they
are creating a market for
something they'll get royalties
on, but I think it's justified
because it's one of their roles,"
Standish says.
Scott Bentley, a CTF in the
tnglish department, says cost is
not the most important factor
considered in his department.
But he says they keep the price
range between $12 and $20.
"By choosing the textbook we
are setting the pedagogical ob
jectives for the whole depart
ment/' says Bentley, who is one
of five CTFs along with com
position director )ohn Cage
selecting textbooks for the
writing department.
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