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UNIVERSITY A PARTNER IN YOUR EDUCATION COURSES Continued from Page 1 un understand eoc h other." senior Veronica Holland said The goal is not to got r,ff of rat ml stereotypes, senior F.nka Armsburv said, but to under stand them and to open stir dents minds to other views about rai ml groups Hut sophomore David fireen haum said taking one or two courses won't help students understand race ndations 'The requirement ts • mating more harm than good In making administrators in the president's office look better rn saving then re moving toward a multi cultural curriculum." Green* liimm said Supporters of tlie proposal, such is University President M\ les brand, agree that a course requirement will not solve the whole problem. However, they sa\ it's a step in the right dine lion "because this state is very homogeneous. Oregon students aren't getting the same experi ences one might get in a more urliaii area," brand said "It won't provide all the informa tion they need to know about race relations, but it's a good start ." Ultimately. some students say they would like to see multicul tural piTspec lives integrated in all courses, instead of |ust one requirement However, some students say the University is unwilling to c hange the curriculum "The dominant c ulture has been unwilling to learn about the other cultures," Holland said "It's time we said Hey. learn about us Hut Greenhaum said that pushing minorities' perspectives on students is pist as had as pushing white view s Greenhaum said courses should show how different per spectives interrelate on c ertain issues For example, a broader Ameru an history c ourse that showed how different racial groups related to each other would lie better than a course solely on the Afrit an-American experience in the United States A question of money? Economics Professor Henry Goldstein, w ho said ho will vote against the proposal at the Uni versity Assembly meeting, said he is opposed to it because tie believes it will cost the Univer* sity money ii doesn't have "At a time when our program in hash writing skills urgently needs more resources, why should we put additional resources into women's stud ies''" Goldstein said at the March 1(1 University Senate meeting Goldstein said he heard Uni versity President Myles Brand say il adopted, the requirement was going to cost an additional $1M),(MH) to implement No! so. Brand said The money already evists; rather, it s a matter of thinking ahead when hiring and developing new pro gram.. he said "it will involve departments taking into < onsideration the t ri teria for deciding whom to hire - thinking ahead, focusing our attention and setting our priori ties straight." Brand said "Those opposed. I believe, are using the financial aspei t as an excuse For example, if a department needs to hire, it may look for someone yvho has the skills ana experieili e to possibly teach a multicultural class. Brand said. ASUO President Bobby I.ee said courses that promote tradi tional. Western thought will have to suffer somewhat in order to support multicultural classes "This University has built its core curriculum on European thoughts and the study and at < omplishment of men." I .on said “That privilege is now liemg questioned Politically correct mold? Goldstein said he believes stu dents shouldn’t he required to take any multicultural classes He said it’s an attempt by the University to i reate a political ly correct student laxly "The requirement represents an expanded attempt to mold the sociological, political and economii views of our students along certain politically correi t lines " Goldstein said "The rhetoric is diversity," he continued "But the real inten tion is conformity — politically correct conformity This kind of thinking is dan gerous. Brand said "There’s a tendency to con fuse these courses with things they're not,” Brand said "It's not an issue of political correct ness or lilxtra! versus conserva tive but. pedagogically. what is most important to equipping our students for what they y v i 11 need when they got out of here." Coidstein a!ho said he is wary that if passed, the requirement will lead to a more "leftward leaning” of faculty members because "the new faculty hired to teach these courses will all be politically super-correct." Con sequently . he said, exposure to different perspectives will he narrowed, and students will suf fer. Too narrow or too broad? Another professor who is opposed to the proposal. Davi son Soper of physics, also believes it shouldn’t be a requirement, but for different reasons. Soper said ho agrees students should take two non-VVestern courses However, he said stu dents shouldn't be made to study race relations in the Unit ed States if they are more inter ested in another i ountry For example. Soper said he believes if a student is interested in Asian culture, the student should he able to take two Asian-studies i lasses, not one Asian-studies class and one U S rai e relations < nurse, as the pro posal states. 1 don’t like to use faculty power to make students take what they don’t want to take," Soper said. ”1 like to let them follow their own interests." Anthropology Professor Clarence Spigner. a member of the Multiculturalism Curricu lum Committee, which was designed to review the original race and gender requirement, said knowledge of U S race rela tions is crucial m understanding race issues in other countries "How is a student going to understand Asians if he doesn’t have a clue about what Asians are experienc ing here?” Spign er said Whim lho proposal narrows tlm scope ol classos that fulfill the requirement. Spigner said there will still be a wide variety of courses to choose from. The curriculum committee also proposed a separate seven member body that will decide which courses — existing and new — actually fulfill the intended purposes of the requirement. Any professor may design and teach a multicultural class pro vided it meets the proposal's guidelines and focuses on multi culturalisin. Spignor said "This does not negate any professor, department or pro gram from coming up with their own course to address multicul turalism." Spigner said "The sciences, for example, could stud) the sc ientifti basis for racism, or they could look at possible biologii al reasons for homosexuality, and so on." The purpose of the require ment, Spigner said, is to get stu dents to think critically, analytically and logically about multiculturalism Those opposed to the propos al. Spigner said, are afraid. It stifles our control in the classroom, they believe, and it scares them.” he said. DUCKS TAN IT at TANNING CENTER OPEN 24 HOURS 595 E. 13TH • 485-2525