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University drops
American Studies
By Marina Swain
Emerald Contributor
The American Studies program is the latest east!
altv of ail underfunded I niversitv
Theodore ('aimer arts and si iem es dealt, said the
interdisciplinarv major will not Ire uttered next tall,
and there are no plans to continue the program in the
future
“There simple weren't hinds, and niv first priori
t\ is to fund adequately the hash programs of the col
lege." Palmer said of Ills decision to eliminate the pro
gram
Palmer said students already majoring in the sub
jut.| would he allowed to continue next vear to coin
plete their degrees
Details of next venr's cutback will he discussed
W ednesday tn members of the American Studies Ad
visory (’.mined. Palmer said I he It. member council is
represented In a varieH of departments sin h as jour
nalism. Kngltsh. history and political si ience
“It had nevei developed tlie wav people had
hoped it would. Palmer said of the -l year-old pro
gram
Departing director of the program Sam (orgus
disagrees
“I think the ever-increasing enrollment in the
course indit ntes we have tieen sui i esstul ill develop
mg teaching strategies that reac h out to such .1 vast
number of students. ( orgus s.ud
[’he program has about l>0 majors and more than
",((() students are enrolled in American Studies 1 lasses
eac I) term, (orgus said
(urn to Cirgus, Page 5
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Reach
(saifi Jacobson makes a lin ing < ,ih It lur ,i flying tlist undonwuth Monday s sunny hut tool
skins.
Photo In Martin Thiel
Candidates discuss
homeless problem
H\ Pat Malat h
t im*rald Reporter
l andidates loi Kugene
( itv ( Cunt il and I ..me ('mm
tv Cummissionei positions
met Monday at a candidate
forum In debate and tlist uss
the present homeless prob
lem.
( itv Council t autlldate
I’aul Nit hnlstm sail! the
couiltv needs to look to tin*
people and businesses that
are contributing to the
homeless problem to help
solve d
Taxing people arbitrarily
is not the answer. Nicholson
said. He stressed that the
county needed to tax people
who contribute to the prob
lem employers who pav
minimum wage and renters
who take advantage of fiu
gene's housing shortage in
order to charge high rents
Many of the candidates
said they believe some city
and county legislation needs
to be changed in order to
light the homeless problem
Oily ( mint il candidate Ken
Tollenaar said there .tre
mam people in the commit
nity that would benefit if the
ordinance against camping
in the citv was rescinded
< itv Council candidate
I'im lane asked if it was
v\ is<- in hav i- the municipal
court use its lime <iml ie
sources tiling and Irving
people guillv nf sleeping in
then tais will'd llit". (.mild
lx- using those ii’smiri t-s fur
nidie ui grill dial lets
\'|( llulsim agreed that re
si Hiding llit- ordinance
would be mu sli p in fight
mg the problem. \\ hen
asked it he would lav or us
mg the Downtown Mall as a
eainping shellei for the
homeless \ii Imlsoli said lie
doubled if the idea would be
excepted In the cummunitv
lie added that it would
not be the best place lo
camp
"If I were a homeless pei
son I wouldn't be inclined to
tamp at the intersei tion ot
Broadway and Willamette
\ichulsim said
County Commission can
didate Carv butt her said it
was a disgrace to the loin
munity that Eugene spent
$lr> million on lay' and or
der and only $2 million on
social servile lie said the
( it\ is try ing to deal with
problems Iw putting people
in tail
"We i .m avoid ( limes by
giving people what they
need.'' he said
lorn to Homeless, Page ">
Debate team wages war of words
Research, theory
essential to win
By I).trl.i J.K kson
f morald \s«n into I rlitor
WllOl O .ill' lilt' I ill 1.1 V fl'S
kepi ' is ,i question tli.it pups
up eat h year on the fust day of
the Introduction to lorensu s
1 lass al the l 'diversity
However the course doesn’t
teai h th.it kind of tomnsu
study the tvpe that i (injures
up images ot Quint y slaving
att.lt in the hospital morgue
Instead the forensii program is
a ( o i urricular debating at livi
tv made up of a competing de
hate team and two instnu tioual
( nurses on the suhjei t
While many students have
little knowledge of the [iro
gram the University’s team
currently ranks first in the
Northwest and sixth in the na
tion
Matt Taylor direi tor ot the
program, said interested stu
dents usually first take the In
trodut turn to l orensii s ( lass,
where they learn the skills net
essary to compete yvith other
universities Those who join
the team rprii kly discover hoy\
mm h riedii ation is involved in
i ompetition, he added
"We re very prepared lor the
debates.'' Taylor said "We
start researching our topii s
about a month before school
starts and are either in the of
Peter Messer
tit e prut In mu ur in I In * library
rr,tiling troili about III a in tn
111 [i m
Train members i umpete ill
group events and in individual
competition. he said During a
inali li students must he able to
argue both siiles of an issue
t onviin inglv
"Debate is not necessarily a
personal conviction." I’.iylor
said "In fat t. the major thing
we rclv on is support from ex
perts to bat k up our theories
I'aylor believes the I'niversi
t\ s team will continue its
strung tradition in t ompetition
primarily bet a use the group is
onlv losing one person next
veal "So all of our people w ill
be more mature and better able
to handle the pressure." he
s.utl "Hut it's h.irtl to do better
than we re already lining now
Trend Jacobsen
as <1 squad
At tin' national t ompetitiun
last month in Springfield Mo
tram mrmhrrs Peter Messer
and Trond Ja< olrsen plavrd a
i rm nil role in pulling the
sipiad to its ninth plat r finish
At the individual (ompetition
in Tuscaloosa. Ala also held
hist month. Scott Palmer took
six events to the national meet
finishing sixth overall in the
prose i ategorv
However, these klmls ot re
wards don't come without til
mu effort and never-ending
prai tier. Tavlor said
The people who travel na
t ion.il i \ .ire the people who
have proved themselves in re
gional c:ompetitions." he said
"U e give up everything like
spring break and Christmas
break to he here