Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1992
Group reaffirms
melting-pot ideal
□ International Student Association
brings students and cultures together
By Mandy Baucum
Emerald Reporter
The International Lounge is loud with the; sounds of
rich, distinctly different accents.
Foreign students share their experiences of being
abroad at the international Coffee Hour in the lounge
every Friday. The mixture of people is n perfect exam
ple of America as the great melting pot.
At the International Student Association (offmi Hour,
people can meet students such as Bruulio Baptlsta from
Brazil. Baptlsta. 20. was in the states before as an ex
change student in a Michigan high schcxil where he
learned English Later, after spending one year at the
Universidude Catolica Do Salvador in the citv of Salva
dor (population 2.3 million), Baptlsta said he wanted a
more campus-like atmosphere.
Not only was the lack of campus In Salvador a moti
vation for him to move to the United States, but the
learning resources here are also wonderful and varied,
Baptlsta said. Baptlsta said he hud a hard time trying to
choose his classes because he wasn't used to having so
muny options.
For Baplista, studying abroad provides him with a
less sheltered view of the world and teaches him to he
more independent.
"In Brazil you are more dependent on your parents."
he said. "Your parents provide you with everything.
They give you money, buy you u car.
"Most students don't work By living on your own.
you learn to solve your own problems. It makes you to
be a better Individual and gain some maturity."
Baptista said ho does not enjoy the school system in
Brazil. He suid there is no campus because of the size of
the city. The economic situation in his country has
made it difficult for many to go to schcxil and get a
good education.
"The public schools are really had," he said. "I was
fortunate that my parents could send me to a private
school.”
Baptista said he will go hack to Brazil after ho lm
ishes his schooling in the United States.
"Brazil is my country," he said. "I want to go back
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Flying saucers
Matt Swan, a sophomore from Eugene major mg m pre
business. finds the EMU South Lawn a good place to play
Irisbee
University
enrollment
decreases
j 1990’s Ballot Measure 5
affecting this year’s students
as tuition rises and enroll
ment drops
By Tammy Batey
E merald Associate E ditor
The Unlverstly admissions ofrlce is rs
timuling u lull enrollment of Hi,400 stu
dents 2.9 (Mimint loss than Iho num
ber of enrolled students In fall 1991
University Admissions Director James
Buch said the decrease stems from the
University's large 1991 graduating class,
fewer Oregon high school graduates in
1992 and rising tuition costs.
Tuition costs increased hy 40 percent
from fall term 1989 to fall term 1990, and
enrollment dropped hy 1,000 students,
Buch said. Tuition costs this year in
creased ft 7 percent from lust year,and
that affects fall enrollment, he said
Ballot Measure 5 s effect on tuition Is
causing students to rethink attending the
University. Buch said
"(dearly, as the state continues to
come to terms with Measure 5 and how
the services are going to lie taken care of,
there continues to 1st concerns with sta
bility." Buch said "Until we have a reso
lution, I'm sure (Measure 5) will Em it fac
tor."
Kali enrollment was "just about what
we thought would happen." Buch said
This full, in-state undergraduate stu
dents paid $2,721 in annual tuition and
fees, u $124 increase from Iasi school
year Out-of-state undergraduate students
paid $7,851, a $844 increase from last
year
Student registration continues through
Oct 9
New Family Center offers refuge for student-parents
□ Room in EMU
basement gives fami
lies a place to go
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Associate Editor
Five-year-old Olivia Bender
crayons a picture, while her lit
tle brothor Aaron. 4. stacks
Legos in EMU Room 23. the lo
cation of the new Family Cen
ter for student-parents.
The center, located In a base
ment room adjoining the Com
puter Lounge, Jusi opened
Monday. But Aaron said ho al
ready fools at homo there.
"I go hero all the time," he
said.
Craig Bonder, a student and
the children's father, said he
loves that ho can now see his
kids during the day by taking
them to the cenlor.
"Before the Family Center
thoy'd be at duy care all day,
and it'd he hard to spend time
with them," Bender said. "I'd
see them ovor the fence if I
came home for lunch and
thal'd bo it."
ASUO President Bobby Loo
said tho Family Contor Is a
place on campus where harried
student-parents can go to moot
with thoir kids, store tholr bo
longings, sock referrals and re
ceive support from other stu
dent-parents. The contor does
not provide child care services.
Members of the EMU Board
of Directors, who allocated
Room 23 for the Family Contor,
rnu!i/.ed tho duy-to-duy lifestyle
of students with children is
very different from other stu
dents, late said
"The ago level of students Is
changing." Lee said, "and non
truditionul students are rising
We need to accommodate
them. The way we facilitate the
EMU needs to Ihj changed to
meet their needs.”
Kristen Parrott, ASIJO Uni
versity affairs coordinator and
Child Caro Task Force chair
woman, said the Family Center
will serve u need not addressed
anywhere else on campus.
“It allows for parents and
children to be together," Parrott
said, "instead of parents just
dropping their kids off."
University student Kogina
Claypool-Frey said she often
felt uncomfortable taking her
four-year-old daughter Mondy
to places on campus before the
center was created.
"1 (would be) trying to keep
her quiet, which, especially for
proschoolers, is difficult," she
said.
Claypool-Frey said she now
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IIHEATHER
Today will brine a high near
75 with variable aouds
Tonight there 15 an increasing
chance of rain. Lows 50-55.
Thursday brings a higher
chance of rain and a high of
about 70.
Just a Reminder
Today is the last day to pay
tuition without a S50 late fee
NAKED LUNCH
BERKELEY. Calif (AP) - A University of California student whuse j>en
chant for breezy attire has won him the nickname "Naked Guy" led about
two dozen students in a free-spirited campus "nude-in" Tuesday
"Break on through to the other side." sang 19-year-old Andrew Martinez
as he shucked his shorts and began the midday event in Sproul Plaza,
backed by a tape of the Doors song
Hundreds of clothed students crowded around the plaza, known for its
G‘ tical protests, as the naked students hugged, held hands and decorated
y parts with paint About two-thirds ofihe strippers were men
Campus police took a relaxed altitude to the goings-on.
The naked lunch at noon, isn't it wonderful’1 said Lt Bill Foley
_SPORTS
UKNVLK (AP) - The Colorado Rockies, perhaps lo ensure
they lead the majcr leagues in something during their expan
sion season, will have buttons so durable they might even
outlast the jerseys they adorn
The buttons, produced by Coors Cerunicon Designs Ltd ,
are designed lo weather the elements, strain and hard limes
"A ceramic hammer will break them, but fire won't hurt
them.’ said Barbara Boyle, director of sales and marketing for
Coors Ceramicnn
The team name will be etched on the buttons through a
laser process
The team will sell jerseys as souvenirs