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    Oregon Daily
FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1994
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 72
Dorm offers alternative to coed halls
Residents: Only women
live in Hawthorne Hall
By Heatfwrle Himes
Outgo/' Duty £m&*k)
Men don't live in Hawthorne The
four-story building in Walton Com
plex is the only all-women's resi
dence hail on campus.
The predominantly freshmen res
idents have a unique living experi
ence because of the single-sex dorm,
said resident assistant Rachel Houk.
■'It’s easier to relate because we’re
ail women," said Houk, who was a
Hawthorne resident during her first
year at the University
"1 compare my freshman year to
my sophomore year when I lived in
a coed dorm, and it was a totally dif
ferent experience," Houk said. "The
girls that I met my freshman year in
Hawthorne, we all became best
friends because we were all women
in a freshman dorm.
“I've seen a lot of really good
friendships formed in the dorm this
year already." she added.
Second-year resident Beth Wal
lace said she believes Hawthorne
has a home-like atmosphere com
pared to coed dorms
"It’s really hard to explain," she
said. “I don't know why it is. but it
seems the yjirls that are here are tost
so much more friendlv It's a calm
dorm, but you can make so many
fritwtds and just have a great time.”
Another advantage of Hawthorne.
Jennifer VVillock said, is that “you
can go and shower whenever you
want and not have to worry about
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Hawthoma Hall.
Redesign
of the IFC
debated
at meeting
Restructuring: ASUO
holds first open meeting
to discuss new model
By Edward Klopfenstein
:>egot< Daily f .-nmW
The ASUO s first public
mulcting to reorganize the
Incidental Feu Committee
gathered support lor the new
model but also garnered strong
reservations from students that
the end product would just be a
renaming of the old organization.
"I'm glad I he ASl!() has taken
the leading role in setting up tins
meeting." said Bobby l.ee who
chaired the IFC for part of last
year. "But the issue is the policies
and not the model" ot the new
fee organization
The meeting on Thursday
marked the first open forum the
ASUO has held uu redesigning
tile fee committee.
However, the meeting was
more for informational purposes
Thomas Huckuba, the ASUO's
University affairs coordinator,
wrote down what students said
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Roommates Stacey Wallace (left) and Chhstel Grady relieve stress by blowing
bubbles out the windows ot Schafer Hall Thursday afternoon.
REGIONAL
Sen. Packwood
resumes attack
on news media
Speech: The legislator accuses a TV
station of unfair coverage of his remarks
CORVALLIS (API — Sen. Bob Packwood resumed
his attack on tint news media Thursday, aci using .1
television station of unfair coverage of remarks he
made earlier this week
The comments came at the beginning of a Corvallis
Rotary Club luncheon speech on health t are reform.
"First I want to address something to the press so
you can understand the difference between fair join
iialism and 1 heap shot journalism stemming from the
same ini ident." Pm kwood said
He said that while one Portland station accurately
reported his remarks, another inm.curatelv said that he
was alleging that one of his net users made sexual
advances toward him.
"I said she kissed me, he said 'She dido t throw
me on the floor of the van
Pat kwood said Tuesday that one ol his accusers.
Gena Hutton, n former volunteer for the senator in
F.ugeue. kissed him many times and had a warm rein
tionship with him.
Hutton has accused Packwood of grabbing her, kiss
ing her and inviting her to his hotel room one evening
in 1<*H0 as he walked her to her 1 ar While Packwood
said she kissed him the next day and on numerous
other occasions, Hutton said she doesn't recall ever
kissing the senator voluntarily.
Packwood asked for questions at the end of his Cor
vallis speech. The first were about health care Hut
Turn to PACKWOOD. Page 4.
Psychology department
expands marital program
Therapy: Clinical
services extended to
non-marned couples
By Julie Swensen
Oregon Daily Emerald
Although the University's
Oregon Marital Studies Program
is well-known internationally,
it isn't too familiar within the
campus or Eugene community.
Those who do know about
the program, which is offered
through the psychology
department, may think that its
low-cost services only
encompass marital counseling.
But the program is expanding
to emphasize problem
prevention, and is teaching
communication skills not only
to long-married couples, but to
newlyweds und dating couples
who want to learn ways that
they can preserve their
relationship and prevent
problems from occurring
The program, which is run by
psychology students. is
regarded as a leader in the field.
Staff members have designed
und developed research that is
known and used
internationally, and other
programs have adopted
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| GOOD MORNING
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p. MEMPHIS. Tenn (AP) —
Elvis (ans headed lor Graceland
tor his birthday this weekend
won't have to wear out their blue
suede shoes getting there.
Northwest and American air
lines are ollenng "Elvis lares" to
Memphis on Saturday, the 59th
anniversary ol Elvis Presley's
birth.
American announced S79
round-trip lares from Dallas.
Chicago and Nashville. Tenn , to
Memphis, site ol Elvis’ Grace
land mansion and gravesite And
there's a S20 refund waiting for
every Elvis impersonator who
shows up.
Northwest is offering an even
more intriguing deal "If Elvis
Aron Presley shows up and does
a credible rendition of 'Blue
Suede Shoes,' we'll show him
home," spokesman Jon Austin
said
Two free first-class tickets
await The King and a companion
at every Northwest ticket
counter, he said.
^ Nobody won the $1 million
jackpot Wednesday night in the
Oregon Lottery's Megabucks
lotto game, pushing the estimat
ed jackpot to Si .25 million for
Saturday's drawing
NEW YORK (AP) — Old
favorites dominated this year's
Grammy Award nominations.
Sting, a 10-time winner, led with
six nominations Thursday,
including record, song and best
album. Multiple winners Whitney
Houston, REM and Billy Joel
each got tour nominations.
Five-time winner Alan
Menken, who co-wrote the
Aladdin soundtrack, and eight
time winner David Foster, who
helped produce The Bcxlyguard
movie soundtrack, received five
nominations Neil Young, who
has never won a Grammy, was
nominated for record and song
of the year for Harvest Moon.
Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales
was nominated for best album