Rallies to take place after LA trial verdict Two local rallies are planned for stu dents and i nmmunitv members the day after the jury announces its verdict in the trial of four Los Angeles police offi cers. Caitilin Twain, ASl'O safety affairs coordinator, has organized a campus mi ls to take place at 1 p in. in the KMU Courtyard the day after the verdict. In addition, the local National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, the African-Amerii an Commu nity Coalition. St Mark Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Clergy and Lait v Cone emod and the Eugene Human Rights Commission have planned a t p in. rally at the Federal Building. Rep resentatives of those groups will speak at that rally Twain said there may lx* a march from the EMU rally to the downtown rails Fast year, after the officers were acquitted of assault charges in the heat ing of motorist Rodney King, violence broke out in Eugene after a rally at the Federal Building. Windows were bro ken at the building, i ausing thousands of dollars in damage, and two people were subsequently convicted of misde meanor charges Twain met with members of the Eugene police department, the Univer sity Office of Public Safety, University administrators and interested students in an effort to organize a means of expression that would "hopefully avoid a \ iolent outbreak,” she said Trained student peacekeepers, not affiliated with the police, v\ i 11 he on hand to assist in conflict resolution, should the need arise. Twain said PETITION Continued from Page 1 prm tii uni supervisor* to put together a prtition lor her six credits "Ms immediate concern was if 1 didn't work on ms scholarship. I svoulti lose it,” she said "The svhole prm css has been more time consuming than 1 lhougltt it would In* 1 thought I would Ih* able to get it done winter term Unfortunately, it’s been dragging out" In n Wednesday news release, Collins Puente apolo giretl for any misunderstanding regarding her fall enroll ment status She said her prai tii urns were with the Women’s Center and the Office of the Dean of Students Iter prm 1icum supervisors. Jane OeCidirt. the dean of stu dents, and Hasani Kurdura. Women's (enter admin is tratise adv iser, were out of tow n and unavailable for comment Collins Puente said she is wailing until Wednesday to file her petition I mm ause DeGidio must complete some pj|>erwi>rk for the petition and won't rvftum until Wednus das If Collins Puente’s petition is suer ossful, she will he required to pay the University $r>lH for the six pro* tii uni credits If she is unsur cessful, ASt ■() President Hotihy las* said he will ask her to repay the stijmnds she re> eivori fall term hi her post ns the ASt'() multicultural advix ate Km h petition is reviewed on its individual merits said registrar Her!) Chereck He and about three other poo pie in the registrar's offit e re\ lew petitions follow mg Academe Requirements Committee guidelines set by the University Assembly All petition* first go through the ri*gistrar's office, said committee Chairman John Nu.ols Given the volume ot (millions, the 12-memher committee deals only with those t:ases with “unique circumstam es nr compelling i ir i umstunces, " he said The committee interprets guidelines hut doesn't have the power to waive requirements. Nil ols said I he com mittee may not offer one set of requirements for puti tinning students and another set for students who meet deadlines, according to the committee's statement of pur (lost*. “We don't make legislation" lit* said In the interest of the student we are consistent hut compassionate If you're not consistent, you're going to have students angry" Neither Nu ols nor Chereck had heard of Collins Puente's petition and neither would comment on it Once Chereck receives a student's petition. Ins response usually comes quickly. "A majority of them have a response in 24 hours, he said. FACULTY Continued from Page 1 ulty members said they each spend an average of 32 hours a week on instruction, which includes teat hing. preparation, advising and grading. However, the survey found resean h-related m livities aver age only about 17 hours per fac ulty member, which includes instructing graduate students and about nine hours a week of professional service to the cam pus. An average work week is 5M.2 hours per fai ulty member, the survey found. A ( omparison ol seven Asso ciation of Amerit an Universities discovered the University con sistently ranked among the schools with the lowest instruc tional and overall expenditures Some of those compared include the University of Nebraska. Lincoln; the Universi ty of Washington; and the Uni versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor Despite this. University fai ul ty prodtu tivity ranks highly. Compared to It AAU universi ties in another study, the aver age University instructor produces 2:t4 7 credit hours of teaching duties per term com pared with the AAU average of '02 7. This productivity measure takes into account the number of students the faculty teaches in their i lasses and multiplies that by the number of hours the ( hiss meets a week, or the number of hours the class is worth University faculty were also found to spend 19.9 hours per term on one on-one instrm turn w ith students i ompared to the study average of 11 t "Our faculty work harder comparer) to other universities, and we do more with less." MacDonald said Furthermore, the study shows that the average University fac ulty salary is Si l.ioo lower than the average s.ilarv at 29 compa rable universities The study also showed the University spends $1,394 in tax dollars per student compared to an average of al lf> other universities. ET ALS MIM M.I ANHH S \SI i) < uft«lilulton ( ourl »* ■ -» h*mrtn£ ’iv*> !rw liViitll I ***” p(tw»n» SffttmUt • «• eintium f»w tlx? of f»re*uto<< ) M) 4» n ‘t. 4 W |1 !ti I Ml % |or ituw cnil Mi< 4 az t r*»hi«n . t •«« iRti Hixuill Nlhimr Mu. 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