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Oregon Daily FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1994 Student grants for public colleges to decrease Rule: Aid goes up minimally for public schools; decreases for community colleges By Jim Davis Oregon Daily CmaraiO Grants based on need will see little im reuse and may be cut in the next two years for (begun students attending public and community colleges However, Oregon students receiving the same grants at private colleges will receive dramatic increases An administrative rule passed in the l'tu.l Oregon Legislature changes the way Oregon Need Grant dollars are awarded to college students The rule was reaffirmed t>\ the Oregon Stale Scholarship Commission last week The i hange will give students at private colleges up to an additional $1,000 dollars in grant money for the next two years Vet students attending state system schools such as the University and Oregon State University will receive minimum increases And, students at community < olleges such as l.ane Community College will actually ret oive cuts in their need grants State Kep Ted Calouri. who was on a committee that helped pass the bill, said the rule change was justified "It was not to steal from puhlit st hoofs and give to students at private institutions," (ialouri salt! "We did what wii did tiecause we were trving to I*1 (air to nil (frvgon students. " Calouri said a grant (unit set aside for students at private institutions, the Port hast' of Kdtu ational Services at Independent Colleges fund, had (won eliminated with cutbacks from t't'Mis f la Hot Measure 5. The PP.SIC fund was created in ll>7»! when Oregon public colleges were filled with « maximum number of students rho fund was an incentive for private i ullages in Oregon to attrai t in state residents I he PP.NK : fund and another grant program called the (tregon ( ash Award were eliminated in the last legislative Turn to GRANT, Pago 9 UNIVERSITY Instructors share views on teaching techniques Effectiveness: Seminar helps teachers better deal with large lecture classes By Heatherte Himes Oregon Daily Emerald Geology professor Dana Johnston slapped a three-colored transparency on the overhead projector and launched into a typically energetic lecture. Unlike most of Johnston’s lectures, which are delivered this term to rooms of 400 undergraduates, this one was directed to more than 50 other teachers. Johnston, along with three other teach ers. was teaching his peers how to better teach large lecture classes "What I do is natural to me,” said John ston. who has been recognized by the fac ulty and administration as an outstanding teacher 'I just get up there and do my thing ” lie said he is glad to share his views with other teachers about how to teach effectively. The Thursday afternoon workshop was ANTHONY FOttNtV tm*«J0 Ray Mors* of the music school takas notes on his computer Thursday during the Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP). a work shop designed to Improve teaching skills. iht* second Teaching Kffectiveness Pro gram seminar designed to help instruc tors overcome the special problems of teaching large classes Since l‘)H7, TEP has offered a variety of services intended to help teai liers improve their effectiveness, such as the workshops for instructors and teaching classes for graduate teaching fellows "The awareness is rising all the time about how important this is," said Ceorxuanne Ha tor. co-coordinator of th«? TKP It is in our U»st interest to raise tho quality of instruction " Stove Ponder, a journalism professor who was a panelist for the second lime Thursday, said the panel is indeed help ful to teachers "The point of the panel is tfi.it none of us ever hail a class on how to teach a hi>; class," Ponder said "It's something that we've had to learn by trial and error, mostly error "This is a way (that) those of us who have had occasional moments of success can pass this knowledge around in hopes that all of us will become better teach ers,” he said. Turn to WORKSHOP, Page 1 GOOD HORNING ^ Today is the last day to drop a class without a mark ot "W" recorded on transcripts. Every drop will have a $10 tee ^ Americans have an opportuni ty to meet students from around the world during Global Friend's international potluck Sunday The potluck, which takes place in Riley Hall (rom 5 to 7 p m . is open to all students of the Uni versity. Students are asked to bring their own food and bever ages "This is a very informal event." said Margo Ramsing, coordina tor of the Global Friends pro gram. "It's a great chance to meet new friends in a relaxed environment.” Global Friends is a program HIGH 48° l O w 35° that works to create good rela tions between American and international students. The pro gram arranges a number of activities, including trips and informal get-togethers Interested students can call Noemi at 343-9507 or Cleven at 346-9805. )» OAKLAND (AP) — About 70 high school students were thrown out of a showing of the film Schindler's List after audi ence members complained they were laughing at Na-ri atrocities portrayed on the screen. Police break up ASUO conflict Spat: Multicultural advocate allegedly shares words with new IFC member Caitilm Twain By Edward Kloptenstein Orngon DtMy t fn&tM Officers from the University Office of Public Safety and the Eugene police department broke up a shouting match between an ASUO official and a newly appointetl Incidental Fee Committee member Thursday afternoon in the ASUO office. ('.aitilin Twain, appointed Tuesday to the IFC. by ASUO President Eric Bowen, said late Thursday that she called OPS after arguing with ASlJO Multicultural Advocate Eden Ajrian-Omari "over I don't know what " While railing OPS. Twain said she heard Ajrian Omari say something about her white butt "Is it my white butt that bothers you7 she said she asked him. "Yes," Twain quoted Ajrian-Omari as saying. The telephone number listed in the current student directory for Ajrian-Omari is disconnected. according to th*» phono company Homo phono numbers are classified and not uvailnblo to tho public, said Ho wen. who directed the Fnwrald to leave a message on Ajrian Otnari's voice mail instead. Though no reports from either OPS or the Ktigene polii e department were available by press time. Joey Lyons, ulso an IFC member, said he witnessed most of the dispute. Lyons said the altercation between Twain and Ajrian-Omari curried over from an earlier, very heated meeting Lyons said those attending that meeting included: Howen. Ajrian-Omari, Diana Collins Puente, outgoing ASIIO vice president: Michelle Parks, women's advocate for the Women's Center, Cillde Kosenbalm. a memlier of the Insurgent staff, and Troy Shields, ASl JO safety affairs coordinator. Bowen said ho could not comment on the content of that meeting, but Lyons said it was a very emotional hourlong meeting that ended with all the officers abruptly leaving. "I tried to cool off Diana who seemed really Turn to MATCH. Page 9
