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
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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.
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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°
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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
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