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other students sometimes don't, but the tune is still put in I don’t
think it s ony easier.
"I don’t want to say it’s any harder, cither It’s pretty much an
equal thing You have to work to sm reed ”
Despite his academic success, Lucas said student-athletes like
other students often face a difficult road In their pursuit of a de
gree He compared the time-consuming responsibilities of an ath
lete to jobs that many students must hold down in order to pay for
tuition
“It's tough,” he said "As long as you allow athletics to run your
Ufa you li get into trouble You have to learn how to budget your
time
•'The saddest thing for me is to sec- a student-athlete come hero
and not work hard and not graduate But that happens to a lot of
non-athletes too. for similar reasons ”
Those are pret iscly the kinds of problems Cary Cray ant! his staff
must deal with on a regular larsis with the University's 4Ml stu
dent -athletes
Cray. Oregon’s assistant athlete director for student services
sail! the biggest difficulty often is to convince studeftl-alhioius that
an education is important
II you're walking in hero as an lit-year-old and seeing people
signing $-1 million contracts well, people want to dream You
may is- that one In a thousand, but in the meantime you need to
h,m- something lo full buck on Once kills understand that educa
tion is a priority, most do a pretty good job
Cray said his staff has a heavy work load hut that tie- addition of
,i learning resource center at McArthur Court complete with com
puters and study areas has put Oregon closer to other, bettor-fi
nant ed %r hoots in terms of academic support facilities.
•■\Ve hope it's kind of like (the student-athlete*') home away
from home while they're on campus every day." Cray said
“Through national mootings 1 have gotten to know a lot of people
at other m hools. arid I'd like to think we're as good 11s anyone
else *'
Gray said another dilemma is satisfying the public, which is of
ten more concerned with graduation rules of student-athletes than
of other students
Gray worries that operating under that microscope, combined
with increasingly strict NCAA academic regulations, is pulling
mure and more pressure on his staff
Our pimple are really seeing more people than they probably
should," he sold “They are doing u fantastic job, hut I can't believe
in my mind they t an continue year after year at that kind of level "
With (tint in ininit. Gray suit) any possible Measure 5-related cut
backs would likely have serious consequences on the success of
the University's academic support for student-athletes
'Tin not here t rying that we're the only department that's under
staffed. " he said "Bui for us to cut hack on personnel right now
would in- a traumatic experience, to say the least
Despite a fogg\ horizon, though, there are bright spots in the area
of athletes, anti how well they're performing In the classroom
Kit hard tan as is just one of many success stories, and if his sue
lessors follow his simple hut effective strategy, the future of Ore
gon's student athletes may fa' bright. Indeed.
“If you want to work you can graduate," lie salt!
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part ... they realize that all
they have to do Is think."
The lad that Gauss came
to Oregon at all was un
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’ I'd boon hitchhiking
around the country one year
and onded up out hnre," he
said, and eventually settled
down ut the University to get
his master’s degree.
Bohrner had also traveled
quite a bit before ranting to
the University, where she re
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master’s degrees. Her travels
are what provoked her inter
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The best part of teaching
is lining appreciated by the
students, she said. "I like it
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something they thought they
could never understand, and
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the ability and the excite
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