Computer lounge gets
new owners, new hours
By Julie Swensen
CrrxtfatO Cortot>u!«
Students will now be able to use the
computer lounge in the EMU for mon
hour' ill -i lower prior, till! the lull's
hourly survlt e has l men c*llrninat«r«l
Term passes ul Ihu lah. whic h used
to cost almtil St(). now tost SiO. lat)
employee Hulun I’han saltl
law sluiit-nts will lie charged SIS
pur semester
I'han said the lah is now open 10U
hours a work, up from 4M hours when
Ihu lah was run hy thu EMU
Thu t hanges result from ti transfer of
ownership Ihu lounge, which used to
he controlled hy ihu EMU. is now
ow ned hy thu ((imputing Center Its
new name is the Computing Center
EMI: Mil roc omputer I.ah
(Thu former lounge) used to Im- h
n.me ril hy pist user fc-es. lull the user
fees c nullin'! hold up Ihu hosts of run
rung the lounge.' I’han said
Ron Singer, manager of the former
lounge, said l! was the only lah on
c ampus not p.ild for with tuition mnn
■ ■ v re illing in a financial loss The re
still. Sing, r said was the EM! covered
the costs
' i he EM! ' dec uh-d they didn't w ant
In l iner the i tr.i Singer said They
dec id I they i ••■■!; out In the Comput
ing 1 enU r which uses tuition money
to c n\. r the lost- I'hut's whv (the m»
lull i an now oiler a lower pro ed
pass
I or the same reason laser copy costs
have dec c-■ e ■ d Iroin it) c ents to
i unis a page
l.ah employe. John Harrison said the
elimination ol tin* hourly service
would probably alienate norm- slu
dents Those who ask to usr- the lab for
only an hour are "denied
If they want to use it. they'll have
to buy the term pass fur 10 bucks,
Harrison said
Although the rates are now cheaper,
lab employee Krjr Wallace said fie be
In-yes computer services should he
free He compared the University of
Oregon to Oregon Stale University,
which offers a free. 24-hour computer
lai> with free laser printing
"Everyone should have free compu
ter access at the t Iniversity fret mum- the
U() has all your money already. Wal
lar e said
The OC.-EMU l.ih is now open Salur
day and for an additional two hours on
I'riday However, the fK'mTits have re
sulted in a t ut iri some services
"We no Itmger offer services try tile
hour to simplify things." i’h.in said
Also, lav Mirvu.es were moved to foot
notes
The CO-EMU hit lilts will he up
graded with more advanced compu
ters. including the Mat tntosh llsi
Also, there will be a greater number of
computers than is currently available
do allow for these Improvements,
the OOT.MU lati will be closed this
summer
Summer session students will have
at t ess to other computer labs in Koom
*’20 1‘ut ifu .uni Rooms lb and 175 in
the t omputing (a-nter Building
The t it I,MU Microt omputer l-atr is
now open from H .10 a rti to 1 1 p m
Monday through Thursday h to a m
to 7 p m frlday, t p m to 7 p m Sat
urday and 1 p m to 0 p m Sunday
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"I hoi. re bored out of their heads un
levs \n, entertain their. it* sa.d U at.
.•300 people turn are vmi going to i*... th.it
unless you put on .1 1 town suit and .mi
up -and down and n.tiw hnhtdes '
Although Yn., r.g s !’■ .0 hi'r doesn't usi
those liu tliv -.tu still .»ttends tier geology
cl3ss t**< ailse stle says the lectures tieip
tier un ierstand ttir* material
Amt 1! is tie- avise of students like her
that the vast majority of professors say
large let turt classes are still valuable
educational tools, despite their proh
lums
Marvin Gordon Lit key another psv
1 bo logy professor who banned footnotes
last term, said his commitment to the
In lure format has not wavered
I .don't think television sets are the
answer, he said We need to take steps
to improve the Students' involvement til
the classes
Gordon-Lickev said he is experiment
mg with giving students more pop quiz
zes and assigning more homework to im
prove attendance
While assiK late history professor Alan
Kimball admits that he is "no fan” of
large Its lure classes, he said fie believes
li*t tores are an essential part of the learn
ing prot ess lieiause they allow students
w ho do attend to ask questions
Kmilstll said students should not just
alvsorh information that the teat her tells
them
'Thai's not thr model <>1 whul I'dui .i
linn is hi' said "U s mil one bucket
emptying mlo little cups
Kimball said he tries n> make things
easier on the students in ills class b\
having them also participate in small
group 111st cessions and trying tu make his
I is turns interesting
Although only <•() percent of Robert
Chaney s Anthropology HU (lass typi
cally attends his lectures, (ihaney said hr
also tudieves his speei lies ire important
Let lures have a function rd bringing
o.i! lie s;gn.L nit i of what (students
are learning tu salt! The people who
are doing extremely Weil are going to the
!<*( lures
(Ihaney suul he tries to encourage
more students to attend i lass by being an
e v . i l eg lei i u ri-f
I want to In' ,j little entertaining he
1Lectures have a function
of bringing out the
significance of what
(students) are learning.
The people who are
doing extremely well are
going to the lectures.’
Robert Chaney,
University professor
said If I iion'1 get Ihrm enthused about
it, they're not going to be spending a lot
of time at home
His strategy fias worked on at least one
student Junior Joe 1'it/gibbon s.iid lie at
tends afxiut MS port ent of C'.haney'sclass
es bet ause he likes Chaney's sense of hu
imir and he thinks lie's a good lecturer
Most students and professors may be
resigned to put up with large lecture
t lasses because there are relatively few
of them Out of the I.SOO courses the
University offered tail term, only about
100 enrolled more than 100 students
And contrary to what one might ex
pect in the era of Measure f>, the Univer
sity administration has made no con
scious decision to offer more large class
es, said Paul Holbo. vice provost of aca
demic affairs
Actually, il the University's budget
problems get worse, the college will
probably offer fewer large lecture classes,
he said Hut there won't be any smaller
classes to replace them Fewer students
will Is- able to take the courses
Holbo said he fias no idea what will
happen to the 1 Jniversity s sludenl-teai h
er ratio in tin- future; "It depends if the
state keeps hammering the University on
the head
Main students and professors also tol
erate large lecture classes because they
believe they are necessary vices of public
unis erslties
VViiiii Kimball said In- would prefer
that the University offered only small
( lasses .f three <>■ li ur students, lie said
he knows ttie University c annot afford to
either hire more professors or to admit
fewer students
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