Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Wednesday Nmcrnhor 28. IWO
iiugcnc. Oregon
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Briefly
More than one-third of
students attending
schools in the Oregon
State System of Higher
Education have also at
tended Oregon communi
ty colleges at one time or
another.
According to a prelim
inary study from the stale
system and the Oregon
Office of Community Col
lege Services, 34 percent
of the sample of graduat
ing students in the state
had Oregon community
college experience, said
Susan Weeks, director of
Institutional Research
Service for the state sys
tem.
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Arts
The trials and tribula
tions of college life are
chronicled in an original
University play. "Leap of
faith."
See story. Page 7
Sports
Richard l.ucas
TIm: Oregon mens has
ketball team revisited S*iI
todays contest against
Wisc onsin, .is Athletes in
Action dumped the
Din ks on a three-point
shot in tln> closing sis
units during an ex
hibilinn garni' Tuesday
night at McArthur Court.
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PROVIDKNCK. K I
(AP) — Brown I Iniversily
women are sc raiding the
names of alleged rapists
on the bathroom Mails in
a guerrilla attempt to get
the school to do more
about SfiSual assault
among students
Hrown spokesman
Robert Keiehley t ailed
the women Magic Mark
or terrorists" and said
they face expulsion if
caught.
Pholu bt Nmlrr Kjinrri
(untile Ha/.ear (right) and l)h\ana Ziegler, i isiting i ampus until Thursday,
gave a presentation Tuesday night on fostering a friendly environment lor
minority students and fat uity.
Visitors discuss
minority climate
By Peter Cogswell
t rneraki Assoc sit» t j>!o'
Two University nl Tennessee faculty memlmrs arc
oil i ti ill pus to liiscuss till' iiii|)ott.iui c ill establishing a
hospitable ami welcoming i liinate for lat ulty .mil sin
dents iif color
Uhyuna Ziegler. a professor of coiuinunit .itinus. ami
Camilc Mazour. Tennessee's affirmative action iliret
tor. spoke at an open forum on rai e relations Tuesday
night in the l All ’ U .limit Koom
While on campus through Thursday the pair will
train a cross section of University faculty, staff and
students in their methodology ol group process con
sullation. Ziegler said
Ziegler and Ma/.cur incorporate videos using si ripts
based on ai tlial Iransi ripts of disi ussions with stu
dents m their work on improving race relations he
tween Tennessee lat ulty and students.
With these videos they hope to improve facul
ty student relations, an area Tennessee had some prob
lems with in the past that were not being addressed.
Ziegler said
I'he pair uses the videos as ilist tiSsion tools ami not
as vindictive this is the yyay it is" sermons. Ziegler
said
"The assumption is that teachers rvaiil to become
hotter teachers. ' she said While Ziegler and lia/eur
have for used primarily on fat ulty student relation
ships in their work, their interest goes lar beyond this
limited scope
"As adults we must avail ourselves.” lla/eur said
"We are all human beings ami all interested in eat h
other it yce don’t like people yve need to at least make
that tlet ision on personality and not on ethnic ity or
race
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N’s to be figured into
grade averages as F’s
By Christopher Blair
t Hu-Mid Managing I d'tor
Students wtio believed they
could take .1 i I.jss for pass mi
pass i mill and not have it hurt
their grade point average it
they failed mas he in tor .1 Mir
prise when grades arrive in l)e
cemtier
This term's grade reports ss ill
1 iirrs Ixith term and < umulative
grade point averages; an N (no
pass) will figure into a term
and total CPA the same as an I',
dragging the average (lown
In 197H. the t'niversity facul
ty ruled tin N should count as
an F when computing grade av
erages Although the Universi
tv did not compute oft 11 ial
CPAs for students between
1970 and 1090. departments
used "grade point indexes" for
internal matters, sin h as deter
mining whether .1 student
could attain major status
Undergraduate students us
ing tin- pass no pass grade op
tion receive a P for a C- or
above, an N for a l)*or below A
P does not figure into the CPA
The faculty rule did state that
in the event a University wide
CPA was re established as it
will lie this term students
could have 15 hours of N on
their transi ripts and not have it
hurt their averages
The University 's new Itanner
Information Systems computet,
however, tines not have the t .1
prthililv to ignore a student's
first 1'1 \ hours said hate
Johnson assoc into rcgistrai
Kctr that reason, all N grades a
student receives at the I'niver
sity will he counted .is I 's. ret
roac live through his or her
transcript
Johnson said the factoring of
grades was not the only factor
in the dec ision to use the new
system, which vmII ultimately
tie used for financ nil aid. hill
ing. class scheduling and an
experimental telephone regis
tration system next summer
session
"It's necessary that we move
over to the new system total
ly.-' she said ''The old system
and the new system are differ
ent in so many ways There's
no wav to do registration on
one system, and grades on an
other."
Johnson said the 15-hour rule
could he reinstated once the
transfer to the new system is
complete, hut the 1 hange 1 oultl
take two or more years
" Then we can start to look at
making some modilu alions.
slu- said "It's a huge Jolt
In the meantime. Johnson
said students who are in danger
ol either disqualific alion or not
graduating because of their \
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KRMA closer to airing
By Carrie Dennett
Emerald Reporter
Organizers of campus ra
dio station kKMA are locat
ing broadcast equipment,
preparing to hire a station
manager and hoping to be
on the air Indore the end of
winter term. KRMA director
lames january said Monday.
Also, organizers are pre
paring a budget proposal for
1991-92 to submit to the In
cidental I'Ve Committee, but
are requesting an extension
beyond the IFC's Dec. t>
deadline for proposals of
more than $5,000. lanuary
said.
The size of kRMA's re
quest will depend on fac tors
such as how many pieties of
used studio equipment the
station receives from Oregon
Public broadcasting and
kWAX, the University's
classical music radio station,
he said
“We've basically given
them a wish list.” January
said. "They may go down
the list and only la* able to
give os one or two items, or
they may be able to give us
almost everything.”
lanuary said kRMA’s
budget total will also de
pend on the amount of rent,
if anv. the station is charged
when it finds a campus Inca
lion. Organizers are wailing
for a decision by the Univer
sity's space committee and
hoping for room in the
EMU, which may not re
quire rent.
This year KRMA is receiv
ing $25.81)1 in student inci
dental fees, which breaks
down to 48 cents from each
student per term.
A substantial portion of
the radio station’s budget
may eventually come from
underwriting, in which bus
inesses donate money in ex
change tor mention of their
names on the air.
Underwriting is similar to
advertising, but radio sta
lions cannot mention prices
or sales of underwriters'
merchandise or services
Businesses can use their do
nation* as tax write-offs
Even if the station's budg
et needs exceed the ( urrent
S29.M0. January Mid In' ft*
peels the station will be
granted the additional funds
it needs from the I EC.
Meanwhile. KRMA organ
i/.ers will accept applica
tions for a station manager
position during the first two
weeks of winter term Janu
ary said the position is not
paid, but credit can be ar
ranged through the ESCAPE
program when the station
begins broadcasting