Oregon Daily Lecture format endorsed as valuable learning tool j Instructors are taking steps to encourage better attendance at lectures By Lisa Miliegan ( - eraid Msec t d«tor , _ Although close to '.on students are eii rolled in freshman I.vnette Young s geo! ogv class, only about 40 purr entusually attend the lectures A large nliinU r of the students that do tome spend more time dozing oil or writing letters than taking notes Young rarely sits in the hat k of the c lass he I alisc the noise of students talking some times gets so loud that thi‘ professor's voir e becomes inaudible A similar situation exists in many of the! diversity's 101) large let lure courses held in rooms such as 1H0 I’l.t and 100 Willamette Attendant e is loss ,m v c. I 111 Ins p s VI h: . ..n .’ll.' ■ less U ••. t he was still discouraged by student- low interest tn the course material turn to LECTURE I’ i )e 4 Professor dies of cancer jLaw school and communi ty lose highly regarded legal scholar By Carrie Dennett i rr i-'.t : As*,; oto i ;M ■ The Inga I (’(immunity iosl a teacher colleague ami friend when University School ut Dm I'rofessor Frederic Mrrrill died .il home Wednesday morning Former law m hool dean Lugene Si olns said Morrill was proliablv the inns! un selfish person hr has know n Si olrs, dean whim Mrrrill began teaching at Ihr University in !'»:'(). called him an out standing indiv ideal" who always had time for Ins students and fellow lai ally "Hr wasn't Ihr Iv pe of prrson lo lakr a lot of time mil lor himself, but hr would lie thrrr whenever Sou needed him Si olrs said Hr was very ill tive m whai we rail outside education.' he said, working with alumni. the community anil tin bar An active speaker and scholar in 1 he area of Oregon Ctvil I’rat In e. Merrill was working on a control ted five volume h.irdbai k series of hooks, with lie- 11: ; volume due for publication In June Si ole- said lhe amount of lime Mi ': devoted to projects like these spoke to his achievement more than his ipnet de meanor might iridli ate -it first glam e Merrill was a colleague III l inen! law school l,)e,m Dave I-rulinmayet during I rohnmayer s first tenure in the lUI'IK Highly regarded as a teacher and scholar, he exerted a very signiliiant m fluence on Oregon law, Irohnmaver said He pioneered major reforms ol court procedures licit simplified and made law more ai t essihle to the publu Horn in 14 M Merrill ret eived a h.u he lor of arts degree with honors in polite al si II.-IH i- in 14 id and his law degree in Turn to MERRILL Pago 10 Mow better blues ♦ ** ■ *■::> f:f V t’«4| Ur w':, -.u.oent Brian Mi t V- - , n .vn ?'c (jf.iss outside el Friendly H.t 7‘;ur::,j;iy mornirnj dun,; a downpour die Notion,r Weattu't Service CON. ‘or a-1 ’ percent e1 :■ r of sfar.vcrs lixtii-, and 70 percent chance on Saturday Students will now be able to use the EMU Computer Lounge for more hours at a lower price, but hourly service there has been eliminated See COMPUTER, Page 4 The Oregon Athletic Department began a program during winter term, called “Follow the Ducks and Read," in an effort to encourage young people to read more. See SPORTS, Page 13 Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was convicted on eight of ten drug and racketeering charges Thurs day following a seven-month trial. See NORIEGA, Page 16 Comedian’s show begins fund-raiser j Proceeds from Goldthwait's act will begin account to make hall wheelchair accessible Dy K.rsten Lucas T" ty.nl R»(* or 'Hit' appearance tonight ol n.iliunn 11v known comedian Hob (ioldthwait k.i ks off .1 longterm effort !o raise $500,000 !o make Johnson Hall whi't'U hair accessible Johnson flail, the administration building, is tin' las! building on campus dial remains mill cessiblc to wheelc bairs In l'lfi'i. llir (iregon Slate Legislature .iu thori/ed over a million dollars lo In- spool on making university buildings accessible lo wheelchairs Al that lime, a committee formed lo decide where the money should fie directed 1 his was accomplished by prioritizing buildings at 1 ording lo student use "Johnson Hall was not highest on the list when the list was made," said University Ombud Jane! Wentworth “Buildings that were academic in nature were a! the top of the Turn to COMEDIAN Page 3 COo'1**/ pi Comedian Bob Goldthwail will perform tonight at 8 p m at South Eugene High School Tickets for Bob 111 kels are si 111 i m s.ilr (or rmncdi.ili Hob < toldthwail s H p.m !■ rhi.i\ show. which h.is tu rn moved from Mi Arthur Court lo Souili hugcnc llinh Sl.llliol Keserve MMl 111 kl’tS .ire S10 for I 'diversity slu (iciits .iml S1 ri (or the general publu . .mil .ir«■ .iv.olatilc .il the I.MI Main Desk and all Cl Joe Th kctmusler millets A S.! off loujion is In to day s l.nuTiihl Coldthwait is licsl known for his iippearani i s in Itic I'o lit r Auulrni) movies and his standup comedy. ini lulling a|i|iearan< es on l.tlr Nlfftil with Ihnitl Li'tlrmmn and in the ( limit Krlirt Unit! raisers Most rei enllv. fie starred in I tie feature film Shukrs ihr Clown and appeared in tils own HliO special, /s Hr Like Hull All Ihr limr?