CREDITS
Continued from Page 1
been overwhelming
In some sense we have
tieen way behind the times,"
Wright said When vou look
at other universities and look
at the carrying load of the stu
dents. it's more like four
( lasses, because it's typically
•i-credlt ( lasses
Professor Tim Gleason, the
chairman of the School of
Journalism and Communica
tion curriculum committee,
agrees
"Most of our peer universi
ties are on a 4- or 5-r.redlt
model." he said "Wo are one
of the few universities that
used tlie 3-credit model."
The 3-credit model frag
ments both learning and
leaching, said academic
adviser Marliss Strange. Stu
dents and teat hers will be
better aide to concentrate
after tin* 4-credit conversion
However. Strange said,
community colleges are not
changing to a 4-< redit model
She said this will make the
transition to the University
complicated for transfer stu
dents
lor example, a student at a
< (immunity college on a 3
credit model takes the first
class of Introduction to Liter
ature during fall term. To fin
ish the sequence at the
community college, bo or she
would take two more terms
of tins class, for a total of
nine credits
If the student transfers to
the University winter term
and enrolls in the second
class of Introduction to Liter
ature, he or she will miss
one-sixth of the course con
tent because that year-long
course has been condensed
into two 4-credit classes.
Registrar Herbert Uherei k
said he does not expect non
transfer students to be con
tused when registering under
the 4-credit model However,
the course catalog describing
the changes will i ome out
two months after students
register for fall 1994.
The change will require
some bureaucratic juggling,
the curriculum committee
said, hut the committee fur
ther justified the change by
saving it will give students
greater responsibility for their
own learning experience
The < urriculum committee
(tied Brand's 1992 strategic
plan for undergraduate edu
cation. which says 4-credit
classes will "foster intensity
of learning through courses
emphasizing in-depth study
and guided, independent
work."
Despite the increased num
ber of students enrolled in
classes, departments will
require teachers to give
assignments that require crit
ical and analytical thinking,
to lead group projects, to
increase the amount of class
discussion and to encourage
students to relate different
types of material to each
other
In lower-division classes,
three hours of lecture will l>«
accompanied by an hour-long
discussion class, n method
already used by the history
and anthropology depart
ments
In Knglish classes, students
will he required to write
papers that are reviewed one
on-one with a graduate teach
ing fellow and then rewritten
Knglish Professor Mike
Stem told the University
Assembly that the opportuni
ty for students to discuss and
improve their papers with
GTFs would be a valuable
experience that is not possi
ble under the 3-credit (.lass
structure.
Wright said that taking on
challenging coursuwork is
invaluable to students’ learn
ing.
" As we do this we re giv
ing students a bigger share of
the responsibility lor their
own learning. Wright said
Ultimately that is what we
hope students would come
away from here with -- the
ability to learn lor them
selves
RACISM
Continued from Page 1
Asian-Ameru-ans nationwide experience similar
violence.
l,ast (all. the Japanese American Citizen's league
had two of their Ixw Angeles offices firwbombed
In Texas, ac tivists worked for about a year to
change a road named Tap" to "Japanese", and the
town wouldn't budge
Kven in the University's own slide col Ice tion
located m I^wrem e Hall, the classification used
for Inpanose or Asian is either "Jap" or "Oriental "
Both words considered derogatory by most Asian
A inert cans
Hut mostly. APASU members say the discrimi
nation against Asian-Americans here is more sub
tle
"People don't know how to deal with you because
they look at you and you speak in English," said
.Sc ott Kukumoto, co-director for APASU.
Jan Hnrada. another APASU co-director, said
Asian-Americans face that kind of subtle discrim
ination daily in class.
"(A professor) will sav something about Asian
history and turn to you and say. Isn't that right?'
and you're expected to know bec ause you look
Asian." llarada said
Tmn koida, another co-director for AFASU, said
she ran into a similar problem in the payroll office
at the EMU when a clerk asked to see her passport.
"Yes. I have a passport, but I don't know what
good it's going to do because I am an American cit
izen and was !>oni here," Koida remembered her
self saving "She just assumed. I never had anyone
ask for that before."
When looking for examples, all of the APASU
members point to the University’s Office of Mul
ticultural Affairs
Members say Asian-Arnericans art* ignored in
both the OMA's policies and the minority schol
arships they administer.
The Underrepresented Minority At hievement
Scholarship represents one of the group's biggest
concerns
"You could get a leadership award from the OMA.
but you couldn't gel a financial scholarship,” Fuku
moto said. "Their reasoning was that Asian-Amer
itans were overrepresented as a minority, but I think
that what they overlooked in that thinking was that
in the Asian-American group, there an* a lot of dif
ferent ethnic groups."
Marshall Sauceda. dim tor of the OMA, said fie
couldn't agree more.
"The scholarship is something we have tried to
educate folks on yearly,” Sauceda said. "People just
don't get the message '
The UMAS. he said, is only managed out of the
University's OMA office It's the Oregon State Sys
tem of Higher Education that sets policy on the
scholarship, he said
The OMA has pushed to change state policy for
several years. Sauceda said, agreeing with APA
SU that the state's definition of Asian-American
is too broad and doesn't further define those peo
ple. like first-generation Laotian-Americans, who
have real needs for the money
If you take people who are Japanese-American
or Chi nose-American, they might have been here
LETTER
Continued from Page 1
After students complained about the letter.
Brand sent a hand-written reply on Jan. 13
saying. "The mistake was the result of a hur
ried response made during the press of daily
business Hut, that’s no excuse I was wrong,
and I apologize."'
Christopher Simpson, director of the Uni
versity's communication and marketing
department, said the December letter wasn't
even written by Brand but by his staff
instead.
Simpson agreed that although Hrand didn't
write it. he is ultimately responsible because
he signed it.
Af’ASU members point to the letter as a
prime example of how deep ignorance
against Asinn-Americans runs at the Univer
sity
"That's exactly it. and that's the problem,"
said Jan Harada. APASU co-director. “People
will look at us and think we re foreign when
we're American."
"He was trying to tell us that it was a busy
day and that he had a lot on his mind." said
Scott Fukumoto. another Af’ASU co-director.
"So. you just forgot that we're American."
Harada said.
for four generations or more, whereas if you take
people from Laos .. they are first-generation and
a lot of them need that financial aid," Fukumoto
said.
"Because they include everyone hut us, it's like
saving we're not a minority anymore," Harada said.
Robin Brown, director of scholastic relations and
academic affairs for the OSSHK. was not available,
but her assistant Barbara Nehring said the OSSHK
excludes Asian-Americans from the scholarship
tKtcause they are not underrepresented.
According to the data OSSHK uses to make that
decision, more Asian-Americans go to college than
any other minority group, she said.
Nehring couldn't break the data down further
and also could not answer why the OSSHK doesn't
break the Asian-American classification down to
into smaller ethnic groups.
Although there is more the OMA could do for
undergraduate students, Sauceda said there is, at
least, a scholarship open to Asian-Americans
entering graduate school.
"Racism, prejudice and discrimination are not
as overt as they were when racial segregation was
sanctified in this country Asian-Americans have
come a long way," said Jimmy Tokeshi. the region
al director for the Pacific Southwest District of the
JACK. "Now there is a much more sophisticated
level of racism."
Sugiyama agrees, but says discrimination is one
fight he will always stand up to
"I'm going to face racism anyway, throughout
my whole life." he said "I can't just run away
from it and stay in safe places."
POLICE BEAT
The following incidents wore reported
to the University Offi< e of Public S.if«-t\
and the Eugene police deportment |an. 18
26.
• A student reported her wallet stolen
on the 181)0 bloc k of Ferry Street Jan. 10.
According to |M>lite re|K)rts. tiit* wallet was
stolen during a party the woman was
attending. The loss amounted to $-15
• Three people were charged lor theft
and criminal mischief on the 1700 bloc k
of Columbia Street Jan 20. According to
police reports, the suspects were i aught
while they were breaking into a c ar. and
police found cars in the neighltorhood that
had just been entered. Cassette players,
speakers, tools, compact discs and a vac
uum cleaner were among the items the sus
pecis had taken. Two of the suspects were
University students.
• A theft from a vehicle was reported on
the 1700 block of East tilth Avenue Jan.
20. According to police reports. $300 worth
of property was stolen, including a stereo,
speakers, compact discs and an amplifier.
• A student reported a $200 bicycle
stolen from the 1300 block of Agate Street
Jan. 20.
• A 19-year-old male was cited for sec
ond-degree theft and second-degree forgery
on 29th Avenue and Willamette Street Jan.
20 A<cording to police reports, the sus
pin ts purchased pizza and videos with
stolen dim ks t>elonging to a student
• A female student reported a theft from
her room on the 1500 block of Agate Street
Jan. 21 According to police reports, the
student had been away on vacation and
found her wallet stolen when she relumed.
The wallet contained choc ks, credit cards,
cash and a driver's license, amounting to
a loss of $200.
• Criminal mischief was reported on the
1300 block of Hast 13th Avenue Jan. 21.
According to police reports, a $700 trash
can was found broken into pieces at the
University Physical Plant According to
police reports, the trash can must have
ijeen tippet) over, rolled about 100 feet and
then rolled over an edge, causing the trash
can to break.
• A male student rejxirtod his SHOO bicy
cle stolen from the 1200 block of Hast 13th
Avenue Jan. 21
• A vehicle was reported stolen at Hast
15th Avenue and Kincaid Street Jan 21
According to police reports, a University
catering van had been stolen and then
recovered at hast 18th Avenue and llilyard
Street Jan 22. The keys to the van wore
left inside just before the theft occurred.
• A noise complaint was reported on the
1400 block, of Kincaid St root fan. 22
According to police reports, a group of
yelling people was observed by an offi
cer who heard them scream, "Phi Delta,
party party " Then one of the members
of the group threw an object through the
front window of a car belonging to a female
student When the officer appeared, the
people ran away, and polite are now look
ing into the episode.
• A female student reported second
degree criminal mischief on the 1200 blin k
of Alder Street Jan. 22. According to police
reports, the student found three of her i;ar
tires slashed, which caused $140 worth of
damage.
• Second-degree menacing and crimi
nal trespass were reported at the Kappa
Sigma fraternity Jan. 22. According to
police reports, three skinheads hud
knocked on the door of the fraternity and
started yelling and screaming: "Heil
Hitler." Some fruternity members told
them to leave the property us one of the
skinheads broke a beer bottle and threat
ened them to fight. Police officers were
dispatched after a phone rail, and the three
suspects were arrested.
• A student reported a burglary from the
1400 block of East 19th Avenue Jan. 23.
According to police reports, somebody
entered her unlocked room ami took S3 in
cash.
• A Lane Communitv College student
was cited for minor in possession and for
giving a false name to police officers on
Hast Ifjth Avenue and Patterson Stniet Ian.
23.
• A 30-year-old male transient was
arrested for trespassing on the 200 block
of Last 13th Avenue lan 24
• Two 19-year-old males were arrest
ed for shoplifting on the 200 block of Hast
13th Avenue Jan. 25.
• An offic er was dispatched to a sus
pected graffiti vandal at the EMU Jan. 24.
According to |>olice reports, the officer was
paged by an OPS officer who requested
cover of a disorderly person writing graf
fiti in the basement of the EMU. The offi
cer tried to contact the other officers over
the radio to chock if they were safe, but no
response was given OPS tried to reach
them, but still no contact was made. The
officer realized that this was a situation
that could be violent and used his lights
and sirens to reach the EMU as quickly as
possible and also to warn pedestrians and
traffic. When the officer reached the EMU,
the suspect was allowed to go, as he had
actually just been reading graffiti.