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Bureau dispenses experts Since 1963 German VWs - MERCEDES - BMWs DATSUN - TOYOTA - AUDI Reliable Service For Your Foreign Auto 342 2912 2025 Franklin Blvd $1.00 off any size pizza. One coupon per pizza. Expires: 7-31*84 Fast, Free Delivery. Open at 4:30 p.m. 683-7325 1609 East 19 Ave 485-5675 2260 W. 18th Limited Delivery Area. Drivers carry less than $20. L -l RESUMES Give your resume a professional look by having it typeset at the Oregon Daily Emerald Graphic Services Department. 300 EMU. Open 9 a m. to 4 p.m. MB %t&P i0$0$pM .* ';■*=.**. Si PSpi I'^-SSV*;. i:->-V-%i'; itwtiS&tii ' //O • V vffeM*! By Mike Sims Of the Emerald Images of faculty and staff being sheltered in an “ivory tower” are being dispelled through the use of the University Speakers Bureau, manager George Beres says. That imagined tower and the barriers it often creates between college and community quickly tumble down when University personnel visit civic and school groups throughout the state to present programs on their fields of interest and expertise, Beres says. “When people need to know that this state institution is serving its state, the bureau can ar range for professors and staff to go before various groups and provide programs,” Beres says. This provides a significant statewide public relations vehicle for the University, and is “very signifi cant in terms of (sharing) expertise on these sub jects,” he adds. The subjects and program sites have varied. Former University assistant sports information director Janet Heinonen and runner Molly Salazar have spoken at a Eugene church on women in athletics. Bill Orr, associate professor of geology, has addressed the Lincoln City Rotary club on oil and energy in China. These visits have provided memorable learn ing experience for youngsters as well as adult groups, Aaron Novick, biology department head, spent a May afternoon with fifth-graders in the Talented and Gifted program at Eugene’s Washington School. In an hour-long discussion of the nuclear arms race, Novick described his involvement in development of the atomic bomb and shared his teehngs ot remorse ior tne Dommngs oi mrosruma and Nagasaki. The distinguished scientist and the children also put their heads together and hashed out ways to end the threat of nuclear war. Three other University professors traveled to Beaverton last year to “brief” a group of Washington D.C.-bound high school students who were to meet with cabinet officers and members of Congress. Jeffrey Needed (history), George Zaninovich (political science) and Ed Comstock (international studies) lectured the students on U.S. relations with the Soviet Union, Latin America and the Middle East. Beres says that speakers must alter their lec ture styles somewhat in order to translate subject matter into lay people’s terms. Before Beres began administering the bureau two years ago, requests for appearances by faculty and staff were channeled to individual members by the University Relations office. Beres recently contacted 15 colleges and universities around the country in search of an institution with one in dividual in charge of an organization similar to the bureau. He found none. “To the best of my knowledge, we're the on ly program in the country that has such an outreach with one coordinator,” Beres says. Bureau programs are conducted free as a public service. However, Beres says organiza tions. that request speakers for appearances out side the Eugene-Springfield area should plan to reimburse their guests for travel expenses. The bureau has published a directory listing available University speakers and the topics they’re prepared to address to the community. The directory is available at the News Bureau, Room 219 of Johnson Hall. Budget taces board s approval Oregon’s proposed 1985-87 higher education budget has left the blocks and will face its first hurdle Thursday and Friday. The State Board of Higher Education will meet at Portland State University and will take action on a budget request of more than $641 million. If ap proved, the request will be sub mitted to Gov. Vic Atiyeh and, ultimately, to the Legislature. The board also will act on proposed amendments to an ad ministrative rule governing vehicle operation and MOAT COURSE BEGINS IN EUGENE Saturday, July 21 8:30 a.m. Science Bldg. 11 Room 21 Stw&u-H KAPLAN EDUCATIONAL CENTER Test Preparation Specialists Since 2938 For information. Please Call maintenance. The amended policy contains stricter safety standards for faculty, staff and student transportation in state owned vehicles. State review of vehicle safety standards began in February, shortly after two members of the University wrestling team were killed in a single-vehicle mishap in southeastern Washington. The higher education budget request includes approximately $267,000 for operating and maintaining Condon School and building a new laboratory in the administration building at the University Institute of Marine Biology at Charleston. A high technology and economic development request package totalling nearly $7.5 million also will come before the board. The University’s share is more than $2 million, with nearly $1.5 million pro posed for biotechnology and computer science. Approx imately $153,000 is included for enhancement of an interna tional business program. ce the music RECORDS, TAPES & MORE ■ DOLLAR OFF ANY ALBUM OR CASSETTE OVER $5.00 {does not include sale price itei Coupon m*y not tie used with «ny other discount otter 888 E. 13th * Across the street from r •1010 I of O Bookstore Coupon. 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