Oregon Daily TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8,1991 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 93. ISSUE 29 Co-ops provide shelter from the commonplace Members share responsibilities, social activities By Tammy Batey t'r ,i.i1 Reporter Bds of t:otn ci s.ition over heard at a living org. nidation's group meetings ^i\ t: vdu an idea of what it's like to live: there. "1 did laundry yesterday, and some nice person folded it. It totally made my day." "We'll play for $125, and tor ,m extra $50, we'll play naked.' "(A juicer) is cheaper than Genesis " "Isn't everything/" However, these comments weren’t heard at the meeting of just any community This group priiies itself on living in not just a house but a home Bordering the University along Alder Street are the usual sororities, fraternities and apartment complexes. But there are also three rambling old houses that constitute half ol tlie six l ’niversitv co-ops Residents of Janet Smith, borax Manor and Campbell Club co-ops say there are many advantages to cooperative liv ing. "The reason 1 moved in is, i wanted to be In mg, not just ex isting," said borax Manor resi dent Tom Higbey. "America is a very alienating sot mty Co ops are a very useful way to bring people together " There are 22 students living in Janet Smith, iO in borax Manor and 31 in Campbell Club. All three co-ops are still ret rioting new residents lor fall term The Students' Co-operative Association owns tin' three houses, and residents are con sidered partial owners of their co-op. This brings students both advantages and responsi bilities. Because co-op residents don’t Sonya HerboUheimer, a resident ot Campbell Club co-op, lakes her turn at crashing dishes Cooperative living means assigned household chores and a lively social atmosphere. Your social lile is right here, Herbolzheimer sr resident us sistanl to oversee repairs, they must fix everything themselves. Change is just u paint brush away. 'You no longer havo a land lord making decisions lor you, because you uru tho landlord,” Campbell Club rosidont John Flannery said "You and the people you are living with de termine your living environ ment." Each of tho three houses holds weekly meetings at which residents discuss issues such as unwanted guests, tip coming parlies and tin: pur chuso of new appliances Co-op living can be cheaper than many other living arrange merits, including on-campus housing SC.Vs ownership of the three houses helps keep costs low At borax Manor, the cost per school year is Sit,OIK) lor a sin gle room and about SJ.-100 for residents who share a room In the residence halls, ex ( hiding the University Inn, the l ost per school year is 'vt.'IO..’ for a single and Sit,070 for a multiple June! SmiiJt, borax M.inor find Campbell l dub also tiller students tlie opium <>l lieing a boarder Hoarders don'! live a! tlie co-op but may eat there and are considered co-op members 1'he cos! lor boarders is about ■>5 a day. Many co-op residents like co operative living because there is always someone around d they're in the mood for conver sation. "Your social life is right here a t h o mo," said S o n y a Herbol/.hoimer, a Campbell Club resident "It’s nice to go out ami have a six ial 11 fi•. but it's ui< cr to havi' it where you're living There's always something to do." Living in a co-op does not mean a Ide of no work, and a 11 play, however Kaeh resident is responsible for about six to sev en hours of work, in the no-op each week That c ml Id mean anything from cooking meals to cleaning bathrooms The co-ops also bold work parlies during which residents tackle the bigger chores that 1 urn to CO-OPS Pago 4 Class evaluations chaotic, misplaced By Dennis Fitzgerald Emerald Reporter It’s u week before registration, and you want to got some background information about prospective professors. You go to Iho Knight Library to look at the collected teacher rvalue lions, but all you find is a mess. A quick flip through the binders, some of them falling apart, reveals a few readable documents, some impossibly laded photocopies and computer printouts that may as well be in hieroglyphics. Summaries for classes in physics, health and computer in fort nation science contain page after page of impressive col umns and rows of tabulated responses without copies i I the coi responding questions. The bindois for classes in the Honors College and the wom en's studies department ant empty. Problems with student course evaluations are not new, and u v’n not limited to bad documentation, said John Powell, Turn to EVALUATIONS, ^ 5 Program gives instructors feedback on performance By Carrie Dennett triii/,lid Associate Editor It's ,i good hot you've had courses from some instructors who put you to sleep .iml courses from others who actual ly made you look, forward to at tending class. Why the difference? Arc some instructors more Enow I cdgeuhlo than others' Perhaps, hut the real difference usually comes from how well they can communicate their knowledge to their students in short, how skilled they are ,t teach ing University President Myles Piand has discusser! increasing the University’s commitment to undergraduate education, m < hiding merit pay based on touching quality. On an individual basis. many faculty and graduate teaching fellows are taking advantage of services to help make them hel ler teachers. The Teaching Effectiveness Program, part of Academic Learning Services, offers sever al ways for instructors to gel free, confidential feedbac k on how well they are conducting their classes Anne Laskaya, a senior in structor in the Knglish depart merit, has used the program's midterm analysts of teaching in some of her classes. "When vou teach a new ; nurse, I think it's really useful to get feedback from students Turn to FEEDBACK Page 4 INDEX Horses I' t! 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