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SUMMIT Continued from Page 1 The summit's speakers will engage stu dents and admimstrators from about 100 nntional and international colleges and universities in dis< ussions based on thna Ir.i< ks making uin ironmnntal education i top priori!s improving < urnpus oiivi ronmnntol pra< In es. and < mating strate gies and institutions for < bange organizing campuses lor a sustainable future karyn Kaplan, director Of Unmpus Kei yciillg. and students Shannon Varney. Matt kertes/ and Betsy (.edalus will rep resent the University at the summit "This is a great opportunity to bring the major environmental issues on campuses to the forefront." Kaplan said 'Tin Imp ing the summit will provide a forum for discussion and debate on the environ mental issues that people have been working on at their campuses. "I hope it doesn't get over-inteller real ized. where people want to do further resonrt h I want people to bring up their opinions and debate issues We all want to work toward the i ominon ground of turning the lights on on campuses. < re •itiug a plai e to rear the luture business leaders ol our country so they i an make decisions that will enhance our lises and Irene fi t es eryone Kent's/., a student activist at the Sur vival Center. said the opportunity to sot up networks in which to pool informs tion with other schools is invaluable "Hus is a tremendous opportunity for networking, and networking brings together a very hx used and large body of people The summit will allow us to bring tins empowerment together and bring back new ideas." he said The purpose of the summit is to pro duce a report that presents the most efftn live innovative recommendations for campus environmental reform, whir h will be sent to university administrators, student environmental groups, media representatives, government officials and corporate leaders around the globe "The whole [dan of the summit is to come up with a blueprint and at lion [dan to deal with campus environmental con cerns." said Varney, an OSPIRG activist. "It's exciting to know that those of us attending are going to come back with the knowledge of how to better our program and propose new ideas be integrated here." All four attendees are going there knowing full well that many people see Oregon as a radical state w hen it comes to the environment There are a lot of expectations about how radical our programs an*." said Gedatus. also a student activist at the Survival Canter, "and it could tie a little hit intimidating At the Survival Center, we believe in pushing things os far as we can 1 would like to see how much farther we i on go. and how much we could do that we aren't doing " Kaplan said the University's success with environmental awareness programs is due to a com erted effort from all levels "The environmental movement on this campus has come from student grass roots organizations Kaplan said, "and we have the beauty of an integrated-input program where faculty staff, administra tors and students work with each other and implement environmental aware ness." Kaplan said she hopes the summit will provide a stimulus for the University to expand its Environmental Studies minor program into a major course of study. "The summit is a tremendous opportu nity for higher education institutions to discuss issues that are creating jobs." she said "The door to environmental jobs is opening wider and wider, and the Uni versity tias a chance to make these oppor tunities available to students on this i ampus " Kaplan said she wants to see a follow up to the summit conducted to make sure r the presi ribed ai tiotis are implemented Kaplan, concerned that corporate spon sorship could affect the summit's strut lure, content and outcome, said, "Wo have to leave with sustainability in mind I don't think money is the factor behind the environmental movement. I think it might be personal ego, or something, because we have to t hango the way we are thinking "I would like to see the environmental movement move away from its implit a tions and move to ethics, making sure that people understand that the move ment is connected with people. Many people don't seem to understand that when they speak politically " In 1970, a University student and 16 professors came together and organized the largest class ever here. Overwhelmed, the University regis trar's office had to stop enrollment at 2,400 for tho class "Can Man Survive," which examined the relationship lietween humans and Earth's ecosystem. The class, too big for just any class room, was at McArthur Court and atten dance often numbered about 6,000. For two semesters, the teachers managed to run the class, which scrutinized environ mental issues that are still prevalent today. 1 IFC Continued from Page 1 have affected their decision." IK member Shannon Wall, who is also going to Washington. I) (1 in March said slid soil'd \i‘s Ih'i aum* l ISSA is a worlh whiIn organization and mom (>eople going would make ihi- student present e that much stronger Hui Wall said that sin* should hast* abstained "1 could sue how my veto could Ite con strued as a conflict of interest,'' Wall said, "hut I don't feel I was pu ked because of (niy vote) Wall. ('.ornwell and l.voils all said they support the selection committee and its dei ision to send the four IFC memfters. ASUO I inama) CiKinliuator Francis Neo dei ided to free/e IJSSA's budget and ini tiate an investigation into possible finan i ml mismanagement after the IFC voted earlier to request the freeze The Commentator has been mvestignt mg the group miii e january and featured that investigation in their Felt 7 edition, labeling the group a misguided "bens! Howen who rei ently resigned as a del egate to the I SSA i onfnronco, blasted Itolli the artu les h\ the Commentator and the lunerald as an unnei essary "witi li hunt Them is no financial mismanagement here. Howen said "If anything, them are *__-JLL-JSBg"'. ' sonic personal problems that arc being worked out Both Cornwell and Wall, who were USSA delegates last year, agreed that the group lias been having a lot of leadership problems this year "The difference this year is for a mini tier of reasons. Wall said I lee! 1 in busy and 1 feel everyone else is busy And it’s frustrating because we’ve all been busy and we have to make de< isions ns a whole This year’s group has faced a lot of prob lems with mist onimunu ation and mis understandings, Wall said "I think there is n big difference between the board members and the delegates." Cornwell said, adding that she sees a def inite lac k of leadership in this year's group Concerning finani ml misappropriation. Wall said the three members on the t ISSA board. Shields, l-.den Ajrian-Omari and Michelle Parks, are not to blame and should Ih- allowed to make mistakes When the three meinlicrs accepted their positions as members of the USSA’s national i ommittis*. no one told them w hat vs as involved Wall said, adding that they should lie allowed to make mistakes sim ply l>ei ause they re human Whatever the outcome of the ASUO's investigation, I vons said it’s too late The money is spent It s a moot issue, l.vons said TEST Continued from Page 1 Learning Center instead of the pencil and-paper version. The computer-based version tests the same material as the traditional version, but the testing atmosphere and the test structure are different. Tholen plans to take the computer ised version because a friend told him that the atmosphere was very relaxed at computer testing centers. Instead of sitting in small lecture hall desks, students sit in cushy chairs at their own computer work stations. At the Portland Sylvan Learning Center, fewer than a dozen students are tested at a time. "It was just plain comfy," said Uni versity graduate Curtis Nordstrom, who took the computer-based ORE in Seat tle last spring. "They even let me go to the bathroom in the middle of the test." Nordstrom said the relaxed atmos phere eliminated his test-taking anxi ety. "I don't know how I would have done if 1 had taken it pencil-and-paper, but I think 1 did better with the computer." he said. Students take a brief practice test that orients them to using the computer, then settle in for the test's five soctions of questions. The questions are based on the pencil-and-paper test, but the computer never asks two students the exact series of questions. Students who take the cornputor hased test can schedule the test at their leisure and their scores are reported to colleges less than two weeks after their exam, said David Espinoza, a tester at the University Testing Center. In contrast, the pencil-and-paper ver sion is offered just four times a year and scores may take two months to reach colleges. Nordstrom said he took the comput er-based version to get his scores to Brigham Young University before the application deadline. The score report from the pencil-and-paper GRE would not have arrived on time. The computer test was designed by the same, company that writes and pub lishes the written test and has been available at the Sylvan Learning Center in Portland since May. It will be avail able at the Eugene Sylvan Learning Cen ter in April. —* THE SAGA CONTINUES... It’s Been A Wednesday Tradition Since 1989. Eugene’s family owned pizza restaurant, Track Town, has always stood for quality pizza at a reasonable price. Starting March 2, the Wednesday medium one-item pizza will be $7.95. 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