Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1992
Is there any life
to Dead Week?
j Studying for finals will take priority
over events under new University
Senate ruling
By Tammy Baiey
Emerald Reporter'' ___
University students snv i )<•.»<! Week is nut very differ
ont front any other week of the term . niversitv offi
{ 1,1 is however hope professors will lighten their stu
dents loads tills week so they will have more time to
study for finals
In January, the University Senate passed a motion
stating that the provost must approve the s< hoduling o!
ail Umversitv-sponsored events or activities that re
quire student participation and that eonflii t with stu
dents Dead Week classes and/or final exams
University faculty must receive tins approval before
signing any contrat ts or agreements for those events
The motion protects students from lieing pulled nw.iv
during Dead Week and Finals Week to participate in
events sur h as sporting malt lies and deiiates s.nti Barrv
Siegul, chairman of the Academic Standards Commit
tee, and the motion s sponsor
"They'll tie able to t ontentrain on their studies with
out special events taking students awav from their stud
ies," lie saiti
The motion is directed at participants in ail Universi
ty at tivities, not just athletes However the athletic tie
partmenl might have trouble altering Us st hedulex be
cause games are scheduled so far it advance Siegal
said.
I'he Umversitv firs! ts-gan t ailing the week preceding
Finals Week Dead Week during the l'UUIs saiti Frith
Kit hard. University art (m ist
However, the University didn't establish and deline
tin? concept of Dead Week until March 1KHT when the
l niversitv Assembly passed the following Dead Week
legislation
• No examination worth more than JO pert ent of the ti
nal gratle will be given with the exception of makeup
examinations
• Nu final . summations will in- given mder anv guise
• Nil projects (lo fie given a gratle or ' red it) will fie title
unless thrv have been clearly spectfa ti on the syllabus
within the (irst two weeks for the t lass in question
The University Assembly passed the '.'IHJ regulations
to protect student interests salt! Paul Holbn, Umversitv
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Rippin’ on the marimba
j(x>l Lindsirom plays the marimba Monday lor students a the EMU Lmdstrom built the
mstrumt at m about a month with his friend Jett Muiderman tor a student performance as pad ot
the Kutsmhira Community Center The marimba will be auctioned oft during an African Dance
Saturday. March ?8. 6 10 p rn at the Unitarian Church t -Wth Avc Music played on the
manmba comes from the traditional dances ot Shona people ot Zimbabwe
IFC struggles to keep ’92-’93 fees low
jGroups want mon
ey, but committee
fears going overboard
By Daralyr Trappe
[maaw Assoc ale Editor
The names anti fat es of (lie
Incidental fee Committee
change every year, but the
members always fate the same
Catch-22 how to keep inci
dental fees as low as possible
while alicx ating enough money
to maintain the quality of stu
dent groups
That dilemma intensified this
Near .is students faced a SH>'-u
term tuition increase and art
bracing for another possible
hike This years JFC members
have the pressure of snowing
that with each allocation they
nuke the finant iul burden in
< reuses to the point that some
people art- being prued out ■•!
an education
It costs undergraduates SHtu
<i term to attend the I’niversitv
Of tlut amount, SI> is .1 fee
that funds student groups, the
KM!' the athletic department
and the Student Health Center
among others
This war s li t! is in the pro
less of voting on who will get
h> iw mu( h lor next year de
visions that determine how
mill h the fee will he during till
luug-'gl school sear The stu
dents enrolled next vear at tin
Hniversllv will each pnv a
share of the cost of the allot a
lions
hnrollment det reused this
vear by about 1.500, due in part
to Measure 5 i uthacks so few er
students shared the burden ul
the lees knrollmen! is expet ted
to drop again next vear
The 11-‘(hears proposals from
at out eight student groups a
wees Nearly ill have asked for
ini reuses So lar, the lit! has
granted an overall :n« reuse I
urn to IFC P.iqe -1
2 state schools
have higher fees
jUCLA, University of
Washington charge lower
fees with higher student
enrollment
It seoms thut students at the Univer
sity <iri' paying a staggering amount of
money in foes hew people would ar
gue with that, but it could lie worse
Of the eight colleges and universities
in the stiite, two have higher fees than
the University does this vear Eastern
Oregon State College students pav $1H7
a term, and Oregon Health Sciences
University students pav S-tOH SO
Portland Stale students pav SlSti a
term Oregon State students pav SMr>
tin- !■ iwrst m the state
T jrn to FEE Pane 4
OYEZ! OYEZ!
The course Constitu
tional Law brings a
Supreme Court sce
nario into a student
role-playing class.
See COURTS, Page 5
SUPER TUESDAY
The Super Tuesday regional primary,
invented by Democrats to boost
Sourthern moderates, may well live up
to its billing this year after proving a
disaster for its architects in 1988.
Sec ROAD TO THE PRESIDENCY. Page 6
FORE!
Oregon men's golf
team moved into first
place in the Duck
Invitational Monday
See SPORTS, Page 16