Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, March 04, 1992, Page 4, Image 4

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    • DEADLINE EXTENDED •
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
APPLICATIONS
DUE MONDAY,
MARCH 16
Completed applications must he
returned to the ()I)I Hoard of Directors
by .Y(X) pm.. Monday. March 1(>, 1992 at
the ODI front desk in suite 9K) I NIl
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POWELL
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\i:W his jchovuti S Will,I •
I In-; w .is i<: I i i ng !; i m he
s nuhin'l go to college. despite
dry otiun iu rdui ation, de
spite his plat ing in the top fifth
of his ( hiss and mriving .1 full
ri.h- si fiol.irsliip .it tin- i'rover
• ty ! i Missoula
Alter m in h \ r i i 1 ng a ii d
.lining. In vv rot .my vv .iy I it;
I:,id I*--rli i|ui -.honing Ills belief
m religion for >e.,rs. writing
hitlerHoles in tin margins ol
ins , hiiri h study material’ when
he was .in i-.irl.y tern Coih-go
gas.- him strength, making him
hr:., ve 11 himself and ills idl
'd S
John i’ll VS ell. lie: VS -i i. S.lili Ills
pas' is a guide for ills job as the
Ads 1 sing and Advin .a s ( iHir
dinalur of ihe ! Diversity s l,du
lalional Opportunities i*ro
gram vv lien he y\ oiks vv 11 h
non Iraditnaiai siiidenls
These are students who don't
III into the college s<:nr fills
i; iy t>1 ?ii■: .him Hit■ y iii- ri'iurn
trig in m hool years m the
:.itnir lort i■. or l)i-i uusi- they an
in i n ir 11 ii > \s lui w11: ry about
suiw. il .'H .i prim.inly vslilli'.
mobile ; I,ins < .mipus
‘.'.iii. :.. .i. viT. .ire like John
vv.is .i firsi generation (tilluge
s!i:.!. ul v\ Iii i has ne\ - f rn eiveil
l.imily mu ounigomrni
. I. "■• siii.I.n!s .iii- iIh i riiv
i)l PoVSiHs C.iriMT Hi' helps
i!h in lose their anonymity, lo
lei i like .in iiiii-pml p ul ul lilt!
Univt rsil> c .utljnis Hr wants
Uh III Id furl .is absorbed by the
iii.ii-gi- s.'lliup .is hr is .is His
grandmother imu- told him he
jn .s:i.;. l:.is,1. pruuti
meaning In- i inp.iiht/.eil with
underprivileged students more
ih.i.'i nib- is I >r Powell. that is
more than i romplunent II is a
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I here s .1 Kit of wastis) I.;I
■ nt in i hs \state. hr Haiti
I her*' .di' 4 it.-! til jii'oj)if who
could do Wi ll till! don't have
l!i f ’ 11 ■ k>*r i tsl 111,1 k.1' It
Mi»l of thorn aro ferix ious
h sit, sM'ii out" almost all the
111::• I’ovvi i; said Many huve
It• •:i.im• rs to raise, others .ire
working part-time to support
themselves through college But
the theme thill tuns through all
;s that tliev aren't at home on
campus hei.iuse the campus
doesn't provide 'for their exis
tenet!
A lug school w as ex act I y
•.vh.it Powell wanted when he
enrolled at the University of
Missouri l ur from worrying
..hunt anonymity, he actually
,! mi w .ii.t to Is- know n He
avoided a small town environ
merit because that's where he
grew up He figured college
would build his ego and tell
him lie deserved tile aci (dudes
his teachers gave him in high
si h oo I even 11 Ills I a m 11 s
didn't
Tins w.is more th.in .m ,u .1
di'mii rdurulinn. H. 1 n:;i|i.iro,s
it In .1 stuilrnt ul his ,slu. uni.o
tuld him Ui.it '.!■.!• hud nlinosi
mudo il through high si hot)I
w iii'.n shr l<hi 111 i mu! sin1 u .is
1 Who 1 : I
logo sill S.llli. I found 1 U.1S
in ighl hut tgnor.mt
\i!i*r ri'< ru ing ins h,n I . lor's
in l.nghsh .it Mo.sou! i. I'uvvtill
mtm-ii to liugi'iu m l't7„' Hu
.mil tiis Mih ol Ii 111 •;■ ..lid a-tulf
yours dts idcd tli.it hugomi of
h'ri'd ihum rv it 1 thing tin s
tii ' d. d It u .is tiir right si/i
m iihor too hig nor too .sm.ill it
h .id till- t inis 1" r S 11 \ 111 ( ill gull
porfoi t (or gr.idtl.ili* rilin .ilioii
John Powell
Powell's first job in Eugene
was .is ,i millvvorker. a job tli.it
would lead him through grudu
air school' Prom lV)rr»-198B. hi;
w o r-l.ed -.w trig shill so lu; could
attend University classes, oven
tiiiiliy ns en mg Ins I’h I) in
phi'iisii|)ln iti IMHO
Him i .in mtt ili'i tii.il people
conn to 11 ninniu lorv op in -
; ms'' I'll.it's tin jiicslion I’mv
ell wants to answer now He
1 caches i i;! it u! think; ng, telling
•.indents to keep their eyes
Open lie H unis I: pupils to
ask questions to le.th/e that ev
erything is worth examination
This is one of the things he re
alized whih living vvitti his
mother
Jehovah's Witnesses live a
life of taboo questions They
must i unform to the Bible at all
costs Now Powell wants peo
ple to question the Bible, to
question their existence liven
his nun traditional students
need to question what thev
vs ant and w hat thev believe
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