- Orientation aids both parents and students
By Mike Duncan
Of the Emerald
Acquainting 1,500 students
and 1,000 parents with the
University this last week, the
Early Orientation and Registra
tion Program had its biggest
success since the program
began in 1978, EORP organizers
said.
* ‘The purpose of the program
is to give an entering freshman a
personalized introduction to the
University and to make the tran
sition to college life an easy
one,” said Gregg Lobisser,
director of orientation.
Students who participate in
the program meet in Room 150
Geology for a general introduc
tion by faculty members, attend
a small-group academic
workshop, see a faculty adviser
for one-on-one assistance and
then register for fall classes.
"It’s a lot of information all at
once, but the workshop was
helpful. And it’s nice knowing
that I’m already enrolled; I feel
that I have a jump on things,”
said Debbie Ault, a freshman
from Portland.
“The fact that we’re dealing
with 1,500 students and each
receives an individualized in
formation packet specific to
their needs says something
about the quality of the pro
gram,” Lobisser said.
Although the basic purpose of
the program is to register and
orient students early, an equal
emphasis is placed on introduc
ing the University and faculty to
the parents.
Parents who participate in the
program meet for a general in
troduction by University faculty
and administrators, go to a wine
and cheese party in Gerlinger
lounge and then attend a variety
of interest sessions. Session
topics include financial aid,
housing options and ‘‘answers
and advice” given by a panel of
parents and students.
“In many ways, the transition
to college life is just as tough for
parents as it is for students,”
said Suzanne Colgan, assistant
director of orientation. “We try
to cater to the needs and con
cerns that the parents may have,
and I think that it’s this per
sonal element that makes this
program special.”
John Ingles, a parent from
California participating in the
program, said that the program
■helped to alleviate some of his
concerns about the University.
“The choice of what college
to attend is not something to be
taken lightly. Now that I’ve
seen the campus and met with
the faculty, I feel much more in
volved with this University and
my daughter’s education,’* he
said.
Steve Bardi, of the orientation
office, noted that it took the
cooperation of the whole cam
pus to make this year’s orienta
tion a success.
“All the departments, the of
fices of the registrar and
academic advising, faculty,
housing and housekeeping,
physical plant and maintenance
pulled together to make this
program work. They all did a
great job,** he said.
Acting as mediators for both
students and parents, the 15
orientation aides played a “key
role,” in the program, Lobisser
said.
“It’s been my observation
that the parents and students go
to the faculty for information,
but they go to the aides for
truth. The aides definitely have
more credibility with the
students,” he said.
Photo by Michael Clapp
Members of the University’s faculty helped new students and
their parents adjust to local campus atmosphere last week dur
ing an orientation program.
The money taken in for hous
ing reservations, about $10,000,
did not come close to offsetting
the $100,000 total program cost.
But the increased enrollment
and low freshman drop-out rate
for program participants more
than pays back the program
cost, Lobisser said.
The only real problem that
the program encountered was
the physical limitations of the
University’s largest lecture hall,
Room 150 Geology.
“We put 140 folding chairs in
150 Geology, which brought the
seating capacity up to about
650,” Colgan said. “We just
can't accommodate any more
than that. That is our only real
limitation.”
Next year the program will be
improved by using a computer
network that will allow faster
processing of registration and
housing information for EORP
participants. And, as Bardi
states, “from the way things are
looking now, we can only
grow.”
Cinema 7 brings international film festival to area
Fear not, Eugene film buffs.
Portland may have its Northwest Film
Studies Center, and Seattle it’s massive
annual film festival, but Eugene’s got its
own movie event starting soon: Cinema
7’s 1984 Eugene International Film
Festival. The festival provides a small
but significant bit of diversion for film
scholars and cinema junkies alike.
Opening Aug. 24, the festival is admit
tedly small with 22 films playing over an
eight week period. Although it isn’t a
conventional festival where films change
daily, it does bring some more obscure
films to Eugene, and a few surprises as
well.
*‘My basic feeling is that the cinema
has an ongoing film festival all year,”
says Cinema 7 owner-manager Stephen
Bove. “But this little time we devote to a
lot of these special films. They are
basically films that don’t have a large au
dience, but that create interest among
people who go to films — and they
should be seen.”
The festival is becoming something of
a tradition for Cinema 7, as this is its
fourth yearly incarnation.
"I don’t like calling it an annual film
festival, although it is our fourth annual
film festival,” Bove says. “This is the
1984 Film Festival. It’s so expensive that
I don’t know whether it can be annual or
not. Each year it depends on the amount
of support we get.”
It’s easy to tell that the films are picked
Photo courtesy of Cinema 7
Hanna Schygulla and Gunter Lam
precht are among the many interna
tional film stars that will highlight
Cinema 7’s film festival to begin Aug.
24.
for as much Bove's personal interest as
for what will sell. A die-hard film buff,
he grins with pleasure when describing
the Labor Day marathon of Rainer
Werner Fassbinder’s 15 hour “Berlin
Alexanderplatz.” The literary double
bill featuring Luis Bunuel’s surrealistic
adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” and
Robert Bresson’s recent “L’Argent,”
adapted from the Tolstoy short story,
will also be supported by the enthusiasm
of the management.
The majority of the festival features
Eugene premieres, roughly 20, with only
a few previously featured films. The
selection covers foreign and domestic
films, large and small budget produc
tions, fictional films and documentaries,
and a large number of independent
productions.
“There’s a lot of human politics in the
schedule. It represents what’s going on
in the world right now as opposed to
American-insulated ‘Gremlins’ and
‘Ghostbusters’.” Issues addressed in
some of the films include oppression
(the acclaimed Chinese documentary
“Boat People”), poverty (1983 Cannes
Festival Grand Prize winner “Ballad of
Nariama”), international politics (the
Iranian “The Mission”), and feminism
(addressed by a number of selections, in
cluding “Bom In Flames.” a science fic
tion feature by New York feminist film
maker Lizzie Borden).
Not all the selections contain such
serious themes, however. The festival
opens with the American independent
comedy “Cold Feet,” a love story about
second-time-around romance.
Other comedy highlights include
“That Sinking Feeling,” the first film by
Bill Forsythe who’s famous for “Local
Hero” and “Gregory’s Girl.” The light
hearted Russian feature “The Jazzmen”
is yet another comedy to be shown.
A special surprise is Francis Ford Cop
pola’s big budget studio breaking
musical love story comedy “One From
The Heart.” “Probably more has been
written and said about this unseen film
than any other (such) film in 15 years,”
Bove says.
The selections are generally scheduled
in five-day and two-day runs. A film
with a wider audience, such as the
festival opener “Cold Feet,” will start on
a Friday and run through Tuesday. A
smaller appeal selection, such as the
feminist double bill “Born In Flames”
and "Jeanne Dielman” will run Wednes
day and Thursday.
A very special double feature will run
a full week — “The Battle of Nariama,”
an award-winning Japanese feature
which plays with the acclaimed “Boat
People.” Bove says that this could be the
highlight of the festival.
The diversity is surprising for a
festival so small, and it’s impressive.
Most of these films might have never
made it to Eugene.
But Bove is modest about the project.
“It’s just a chance to catch up on all the
cinema that’s out there and have fun
with movies.”
Complete schedules will be available
from Cinema 7 by August 21.
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