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lion haven't hati time (to work
their wav up)."
Troung worked in strawherr\
fields .is .1 hov where earning a
few dollars was highly valued
I he prosper I of having to repav
thousands of dollars in loans is
overwhelming enough to keep
some from even trv mg to attend
college, he said
To help t reate more opportu
nities. Asian Amerir.au stu
dents are lobbying the I’niver
sit\ administration and the
state hoard to rev lew the si tml
ar.ship program
"U h.it we’d like to ask is for
them to conduct some kind of
studs into individual Asian
i omitries and ijiialifs some ot
them lor si holarsKips because
that 's serving more just ire than
lumping everybody into one
i ategors ' l.ee said
Marshall Saucedo. acting di
r e ( tor of the Office of
Multicultural Affairs, which
administers the t'MASP schol
arships at the I 'niversitv. is ad
vocating for Asian Amerii alls
to he ini luded in the program
Hut he said i hanging the was,
\siun Amerii ans are catego
ri/.ed would be a lompiiinted
undertaking
Tile state system monitors
how main mmnritv students v;.i
from high si hool to college on
(I a t a from Oregon p u to 1 i (
schools Sam edo said f ins
data is used to determine
which groups are included in
the si holarship program
However this information is
far from evai t he said
In some si hools the teal hei
just looks around the ( lass and
snvs A on look him k vou look
brow n. Sunt edo said 1 he
information is gathered in
somewhat ol a haphazard man
ner
You have .ill A-urtn students
ih.il i nine u111i■ ■ i this umbrella
term. Sam said II vnu
look .1! 1 crtain subgroups under
th.il umbrella s011 see th.it
some .ire probabls underrepre
senled Hut if s ou < an t i nine
up w ith the numhers sou 1 an t
substantiate the i laim
I )eter m i li mg u h u h Asian
Ameru an groups are not well
represented would he diffil lilt
he said and require a t.hange
ill the was slate si hools and the
l 'nisersits keep rei ords
Uf re Hoi s,n ing this
program is wrong, but v\e re
saying how about unhiding ,m
Vsian I'm 111< Aiiiern .in m mm
pi. 'Hi .nil. s.iiil Inn Mi itohli i i .i
lapahese \merkan student
(•ranted lb.it the emph.isis
should l>e on tbi' other student
groups tb.lt .lie unilerrepresent
ed. but to eve hide one group
it s hard to <u i ept
In addition to lobbying for
si bol.irship ih.urges many
\si.iii A merit an students are
also l oin erned about tile l.u k
ot an \sian \uieru an studies
i lass Although sueh a roursi'
is listed in the i lass si hedlile
'•very term it has not aitualiv
been offered tor alioiil 10 years
In protest. Lee iiul Motohno
refused at .1 i t*rtimoii\ two
works .1140 to i» i ept t'nivrrsitv
niinorit\ leadership awards
sponsored b\ ( IMA
\\ r w anted to make .1 stale
turn! to get onr point ai mss
tli.it ur re serious ahout wli.it
we re addressing Motnliirn
said An award is great tint I d
rattier have a 1 lass or see some
Asian l\i< itn Amerit an getting
a si holarship It s not a matter
of money it a mattei of
pride
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said llii>> course has not been taught in almost 111
years
"Asian Americans are a big part ol tile I nner
sitv and of the I' S s,iiil Gary Midi a student
and representative on the (.ouricil toi Minority
Tducation "It is unexi usable for a ma|or univer
sitv not to teach a course about \sian Ameri
i.ans
"It's a yood i l.iss for Asian Americans but
we ve also yot to net the while major) tv ill (Ire ton
to know about it, too. said lustin lleuny
\sian Pacific American Student I 'moil member
There are a lot of whites who don't under
stand us who don't understand our culture
U'e'u’ i;ot to learn about ourselves but other peo
pie have no! to learn about ns as well, otherwise
the stereotypes w ill never disappear
"There have own some arguments .lbimi
whether this course is on essarv said Jon
Motohiru. a member of the Asian f’ai iti< Amen
(an Student Union "Thu bottom line about this
is that anvone can learn that rnc lal prejiuiu e does
not pay All it does is liurt other people It s mi
portant to keep Ibis in mind when we light lor
ibis class.'
I'he registrar's data tor the last nine sears
shows the University population ot Asian Amen
i .in students is more than all the si bool's other
ethnii minority populations combined
Kdwillia Welch an advisor and admiltanre
c ounselor lor the Office of Multicultural Minns
said ethnic minority enrollment has been steadily
inc reasing at the- University for the last dec nde
.ind that Asian Americans have been at the fore
trout of this grow th
I'll*' t'lUVersltV has 1)111' lit fill* largest popula
lions of students who lift*illif\ themselves .e.
A Mil n Amerii ans in the ()regnn higher i-ti u* alion
s\ stein silo said
\11 iho growth however. has not lead to gnsil
or rt'i ngintion
\ I ’ A SI plans to raise .m.id'iii'v ttn- is sot' hs
involving tin' administration, fatuity anil stu
diMils I’niviTsiti President \t\U-s Brand will
nii'i'l with several Asian \rn«ru an studi'nts this
week to discuss the possibility of reestablishing
the ( lass
"lies aware ol the issue and is i onvilli eil that
a need does exist said Marshall Nauceda ot tin
Office ot Multicultural Affairs who arranged the
meeting
Hr IS llllrrrslrii ill making (Ills i mifM ,1 real I
l\ . " hr said
I'hr group begun its efforts lust term by raising
I tie issue sv ith ( nleman .nut petitioning the < nun
I it tor Mmonts I dm .ition .mil tin* l IMA to rein
st.itr the Xsi.in Amerii .in rxpet lem e i nurse
t’rofessor ('oInn.in t l.iims that tlirs don I have
the inones to bring in a professoi to l**.n h this
i nurse I Soli said "We think there is mimes hr
i arise other ethnii minority courses have always
hern provided tor
W lien the reijnest tor reinstatement the course
had hern deferred hv the administration, the
group took the next step and began to appro,!! h
faculty students and community members More
than 100 people signed petitions i m utated hs
the organization
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