Oregon Daily
MONDAY. JANUARY 25, 1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 87
Board to require
foreign language
□Students entering state schools will
have to meet proficiency requirement
By Colleen Pohltg
Errwaia Associate EO'tw
Foreign language proficiency will be required for stu
dents wanting to enter a state college or university be
ginning in the academic year under a plan
adopted Friday by the state Board of Higher Education.
"VVe felt everyone should have the opportunity to
have act ess to a foreign language." said Robert Bailey,
president of the Oregon State Board of Higher Educa
tion. "This isn't a new idea; more colleges and universi
ties around the country have this requirement than
don't."
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mously adopted plan,
ail student!! entering di
rectly from high school,
community colleges or
other universities will
he required to meet the
proficiency require
ment
Previously, the board
recommended, but
didn't require, high
school students to take
two years of foreign lan
guage.
Two weeks ago, the
state Board of Educa
Utis isn't a new
idea; more
colleges and
universities
around the
country have this
requirement than
dotfV
— Robert Bailey,
OSBHE president
tion. which oversees kindergarten through 12th grade,
adopted a similar plan at the high school level to re
quire a second language to graduate
In keeping with tho Board of Education's plan, the
Board of Higher Education adopted the plan, which al
lows four years for state high schools to come into com
pliance with the language requirement.
Bailey said he didn't expect any problems to arise
with the smaller schools providing second language ed
ucation because the vast majority already offer it.
However, students entering front high schools that
are unable to offer a two-year foreign language program
will be exempted from the requirement.
There are a few more exceptions to the new rule.
Students who graduated from high school prior to
1997-98 and students who have been out of high school
for eight or more years at the time of admission may ap
ply for an exemption from the requirement. These stu
dents will have to meet the Oregon State System of
Higher Education graduation requirement, which will
be a satisfactory attainment of the proficiency standard.
Students entering from non-English countries will be
required to meet an English proficiency requirement.
The policy guidelines are a result of many years of
discussion between the higher education board and the
Board of Education in an efTort to assist Oregon stu
dents in attaining second language education and inter
national understanding, Bailey said.
The plan was put on the consent calendar until next
month's OSSHE board meeting. Bailey said the board
members will have an opportunity at the meeting to
change or reword any part of the measure. However, he
said he didn't expect any major changes with the plan.
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Lead actress Sherry Kresh works with Mathias Neuman, the film s director of photography.
□ University students watch as film
rolls on senior project psycho-thriller
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Associate Editor
The director, with a gold hoop earring dangling
from his right ear and dressed all in black, whispers
directions to his red-haired female star. Again and
again, with a puzzled expression, she walks in front
of Columbia Hall, consulting a campus map.
"There's no more sun.” she finally yells. "Let’s
just do this."
It's time for the cameras to roll. The producer
wears a white fedora and a black leather jacket with
a camera slung over one shoulder. He shouts. "Qui
et. please.” to the University students excitedly mill
ing around Columbia Friday afternoon.
Director Am Campero. a senior at California State
University at Northridge. said The Underdog Syn
drome is a psychological thriller he is directing as
his senior project for a film production class.
However. Campero said he will enter the movie in
a number of film festivals and hopes it will be
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Crmr Mm a tern from The Underdog Syndrom*.
picked up for commercial distribution.
Campero said he decided to film in Oregon be
cause the state was dark, stark and rainy, which Tit
the sinister nature of the Him.
About 11 actors are in the movie and IS crow
members work behind the scenes. Campero said he's
the only student on the crew. The crew filmed in
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^A/EATHER
With nice temperatures and
sunshine departing. Eugene
should stay mostly cloudy today
with an occasional shower.
Temperatures should range
from tne upper 40s to perhaps
the lower 50s.
FROM
THE
PAST
A University military
group from 1917 prac
tices the fine art of
trench digging where
Mac Court now stands.
Afctwes Pnoco
MARSHALL DEAD AT 84
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton on Sunday led a cho
rus o! tributes in memory of retired Supreme Court lustice
Thurgood Marshall, calling him "a giant in the quest for human
rights and equal opportunity'
Clinton was "saddened" bv Sunday's death of the iM-year-old
Marshall, who as a civil rights attorney argued and won the
landmark Brown vs. Board of Education school segregation case
before the high court and later became its first black member
Retired Justice William ] Brennan. Marshall's friend on the
court, said Marshall's "commitment to making the Constitution a
vehicle to protect the eouai rights of ail has no match in
American history. I shall miss him greatly.’