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Emerald > Pass It on. (please) Help our successful recycling program on campus by putting the Oregon DaUyBmerM back in Its original rack when you’ve finished reading It This will allow anotner person to read it ana/or oe easily picked up for recycling. Are you considering theological education? HARVARD UNIVERSITY THE DIVINITY SCHOOL is holding general information sessions Come learn about our master's degree programs, including Master of Theological Studies and Master of Divinity Dual degree options and cross-registration opportunities with the other Harvard graduate faculties Meet With A Representative: Date: Friday, October 15th Time: 10:00 m.m. - 2:00 p.m. Place: Erb Memorial Union. Century F AM students. AM majors. AM years welcome i__\\YEv~r STUDENTS • FACULTY • STAFF Jiu Vaccination Influenza Vaccinations will be given at the Student Health Center every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:00am io 9:00am beginning October 13th and continuing until the end of Tail term. Only one injection is needed Students $3.50 Faculty and Staff $4.00 Annual flu immunizations are recommended for the following: 1. Healthy persons hS years or older 2. Persons with long-term heart or lung problems. 3. Persons with any of the following: kidney disease, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, anemia, severe asthma and conditions which compromise immune mechanism. Influenza vaccine may be given to persons wishing to reduce their chances of catching the flu, persons who provide essential community services and students or others in schools or colleges For more information, call the Student Health Center at 346-4441 FIG draws Brand’s attention By Laurel Boss! for »w Oregon 0**y f rnmak) His is a story to which many can relate. It begins on an ordinary Sep tember afternoon in the midst of a great many ivy-covered brick buildings, bustling pedestrians, darting bicycles and austere, somewhat grim-looking statues, all of which form the initial composite image of the thrilling, yet often intimidating intellec tual community called college. As he slopped onto a univer sity campus for the first day of c lasses, ho no doubt realized, ns hud those who prec eded him. thut he was beginning a whole new way of life. Gone were the countless familiar faces and feel ings of a home left behind. Looming ahead was a possibly unc ertain future, a strange city, and crowds of people he did not know. It began quite similarly for many people here, and though most of us have sine e learned to stride more confidently ns year after year provides us with ever growing assurance and a grow ing number of friends, we still are often reluctant to abandon the memory of those first tenta tive weeks of si hotel, when we were at our weakest moments as unsure freshmen These are the scenes that ASUO's finance coordinator Franc is Neo cheerfully paints as he discaisses those things that motivated him to become a leader of a Freshman Interest Group When asked what lie did dur ing Ins first year here. Neo con fesses that In1 spent much of the time studying, and very few hours getting to know people1, something he seems to regret. He has sine e triumphantly bro ken out of that shell mid this fall, at the start of bis senior year, dee ided to dedicate most of bis time to the FIG program. The FIG program, ns Neo proudly points out. originated lucre at the1 University. Since then, several other universities in the Northwest have- followed suit with similar programs designed, in part, to provide many first-year students the opportunity to scrim t o group of classics whic h will not only serve as a beginning guide to probable majors, but more importantly, will hopefully encourage soc iability and help LESLIE GAU.iANCVEme-acI University Myles Brand recently spoke to a number of freshmen at one of FICs meetings. to act liniato thent to their now surroundings. "It's a very crucial point in their lives making the decision to stay in school, got good grades, make new friends." Neo said. Indeed. Neo feels so passion ate about the importance of emphasizing these things to his 21-member FIG. that he took the initiative by phoning the office of University President Myles brand and inviting him to speak at one of the Fill's regular Tues day afternoon meetings. President Brand accepted, and arrived at the meeting anx ious to interact with this small cross-section of 1993‘s Fresh man class. The topic of discus sion left open, Brand shared a few of his own son's college exponent os and focused on the importance of "finding your feet", as he referred to discover ing majors, struggling to adjust to university life, and finding "the balance between integrat ing yourself to campus, but not so much (hat you don't get any sleep!” Brand then discussed the aca demic and social aspects of the college experience before putting his final question to the students: "What advice would you give me on what we can do in the future to make this transi tion better still?" As Brand listened to the answers, many of which seemed to center on cafeteria food. Neo smiled, sure that his goal had' been accomplished. When asked if he had thought of expanding this idea to some how include more FIGs. perhaps the entire freshman class, he seemed receptive but slightly wary of such a grand illusion. With another sly smile, he instead spoke of the significance of this first, private visit, focus ing on the impact he felt it would have on his small group of students, that the president of their university had corno to speak just to them. Officers escape life sentences I NATIONAL DETROIT (AIM — Two for mer polioemun i.onvictud of iN'.iliug a motorist to death out sidi! a c r.K k house um apod 11ft: m intern os Tucsdas. onu gutting 12 to 25 yours tiehiiui liars, thu oilier eigm io in ye.irs The judge said l.arrv Never* and Waller Budzyn must l*e held accountable even iTthey didn't intend to kill Malice Green, 35. an unemployed steelworker who was Strunk in the head at least 14 times and had part of his scalp torn off. The dismissed officers appealed to Judge George W. Crockett III for leniency as they were sentenced for second-degree murder. The former partners said they didn't mean for Green to die and said he just got out of hand. Crock ett responded that it was the officers who got out of hand A request for hail was denied and they were tak en to a state prison at Jackson for processing. They likely will lie moved to a federal prison within weeks. "It is time for the world to see through the excus es and face the truth — being black, unemployed and having used drugs did not kill Malice. Mr Budzyn and Mr Nevers killed my husband.” said his widow. Rose Mary Green. Witnesses testified they saw the two white offi cers repeatedly heat Green with their heavy metal flashlights outside a suspected drug house Nov. 5 when lie refused orders to open his clenched hand. Green died on the way to a hospital. "I did not kill Malice Green,'' Nevers. 53, told the judge, Ins voice shaking and his body slumped. "I never intended to hurt him. to do anything to him other than to arrest him fur a felony. "I just reacted to the resistance to the arrest.” said Nevers, who had been honored several times dur ing his 24 years on the farce. Budzyn was barely audible, wiping tears from a face that had remained emotionless through the trial. "I'm sorry for what has happened. 1 was just doing my job. 1 never struck Mr. Green — never,” said Budzyn, 47, who served 19 years on the force and had been named precinct officer of the year in 1990. The officers were convicted Aug. 23 by two sep arate, predominantly black juries. The officers' supervisor at the scene is black and faces a trial on a misdemeanor charge of neglect of duty. No testimony indicated race was a factor in the beating. Hut the case drew parallels to the Rodney King case in Los Angeles and focused attention on racial tensions in Detroit. The men had faced a maximum of life in prison. Undor Crockett's sentence, Nevers could lie eligi ble for parole in 9 years. Budzyn could be eligible for parole in 6 years.