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Mike Scott assists Mika Umeda (front) and Asako Momma prepare their
t shirts for tie dyeing at the EMU craft center Wednesday The two girls
are from an all girls high school m Tokyo and are part ot a two week
student tour experiencing American life and culture
IntroDucktion deemed a hit
j Parents, new students
learn about University
By S.A. Clemens
Oregon Oattf (metaid
Organizers and visitors called the Uni
versity's freshman summer orientation a
sui ( ess after the 19(0 IntroDui ktion
ended Tuesday.
About 2.400 freshman and transfer stu
dents and 1,500 parents attended the pro
gram during the past two months to loam
about campus life, registration and the
essentials for survival at school.
"Everyone comes with high anxiety
and leaves feeling comfortable." said
Rodger Morris, who has organized the
event for the past nine years
Evaluations are extremely positive It's
a strongh received program.' Morris
salt! He said a bad evaluation is so rare
that it is shocking
Parents seemed to agree
"I felt the sta/T was very knowledgablo
and kind," said Susan Pettit, whose
daughter Audra will he attending next
year. ''They really addressed the concerns
of parents."
The concerns differ for parents and stu
dents, said Mike Rose, who completed his
second year on the Student Orientation
Staff
"Students are concerned about
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Democrats compromise
on National Service plan
j Clinton’s college plan
shortened to three years
WASHINGTON (AP) Senate IVmoi
rats agreed to si ale liai k President Clin
ton's national serv u e plan Tuesday as they
sought a compromise in the fat e of a puten
tial filibuster by Repulilii ans i omplaming
a I tout its cost
"There have been a lot of proposals put
on the table and taken of! it certainly is
far superior to the original bill," said Sen
Nam v Kassehaum of Kansas, ranking
Republican on the Labor and Human
Resources Committee
It appeared that Democrats would
resi bedule a vote to cut off deflate on the
proposal for Wednesday Such a i loture
effort was canceled Tuesday as Demo* rats
admitted they lai ked the tit) votes needed
to bring the bill to a final vote
Sen Harris Wofford, D-Pa said, "We
Democrats have gone the extra mile” to
reach an agreement
Clinton's plan would allow college stu
dents to earn up to $10,000 in tuition assis
tance m return for two years of community
serv ice. They would r»«eive stipend* of at
least $7,400 a year and health-care and
child day-care benefits.
The program would tiegin with 2.1,000
students qualifying the first year, even
tually growing to 110,000,
Negotiators already had decided to short
on the term of the program from five to
three years and tax the stipends received
by wealthier students, said Sen Dave
Durenberger. R Minn
"The heart of it now is how many peo
ple are you going to put through the pro
gram," he said, adding that Repuhlii ans
bail sought to limit the program to two
years, but Clinton "apparently turned that
down."
He said differences were now primari
ly over whether the program should cost
$200 million or $.100 million in its first
year, S4(to million or $'>oo million in the
second year and 5(>iMt million or $700 mil
lion in its fourth year
At any rate, it would cost considerably
les-> than the $7 4 billion over four years
that Clinton proposed
Durenherger said the administration
"c mild get a lot of Kepubliian support" by
agreeing to further limitations but also
probably could win "by the skin of their
teeth" with the i orient < om.essions
Wofford said he believed a c oin promise
ai t eplahle to both side was ‘ reai liable if
the Kepuhlu arcs don't impose the disc i
pline of a filibuster
He said the cloture vote would be close
Diana Aldridge, a spokeswoman for the
White House Office of National Servo e,
would not say what concessions the
administration was accepting
Kassefwum tried during floor debate last
week to scale bai k the plan, but backers,
including a levs Republicans, held fast
She said Tuesday that there was "no dis
agreement" on the important e of com
munity service
However. "I'm < onviriced that if tins pro
gram is going to suc ceed, it really should
start smaller rather than larger "
The majority Democrats had at e,used
Republicans of ohslnit ting legislation licit
enjoys broad public support
"This effort to bloc k the national service
legislation is an abuse of the Senate's rules
and a disservice to the Americans wet rep
resent." said Edward Kennedy. I) Mass .
chairman of the labor and Human
Kesourt es Committee and floor manager
of the bill
Eli Segal, bead of Clinton's Offic e of
National Service, conceded that notional
service laced stubborn in the Senate.
But "we've made it very clear that this
will not be the end of the line." he
declared "National Service is widely pop
ular; obstruc tionism is not popular "
Heather Mayer, of Rota, Spain, gets advice from Ran Liberman from the Sociology
Department.
WEATHER
Riddle What is wet and ruining
your summer?
Answer; Todays weather
There is a 60 percent chance of
showers today with a postible
thunderstorm tonight Highs
should be around 70 through the
weekend.
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DOG DRIVES OVER WOMAN
VANCOUVER. Wash. (APJ - Turbo, a sheriffs dog. went beyond the
call of duty in helping his master apprehend two suspects.
When dark County Deputy Greg Cnaney stopped an erratic driver
Sunday, he ordered the driver and his girffriend to lie on the ground
Turbo, waiting in the car. hopped into the front seat, bumped the car
into gear and sent it rolling over the woman. Tracy Andrus of
Beaverton
"I'm sore. I'm OK. though." Andrus said. "The car was going slow
enough over me that mv body kind of took the pressure "
Chanev and a bystander lifted the patrol car while another officer pulled
Andrus from under the right-front wheel.
The driver was hooked on suspicion of attempting to elude officers.
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