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Unlimited LTD bus service optional student tee That means refunds are available Keep m mind however that your student ID now enables you to ride the bus any time anywhere all term1 Also remember that by supporting unlimited bus service you re helping alleviate traffic reduce air pollution ease the campus parking problem and provide transportation tor thousands of students But it you still want a refund, come to the [MU Mam Des\ (luring rormji business hours jamian 15 6 9 & 10 4/s ■ available at the L TO Customer Service Center during normal business hours January 4 6 9-13 and 16 17 For more information call 6S7-6555 (Votce) or 687-4265 /TDD) 1 Way l,Go! C Wtrt*-- • ary* i TP The Internet Curriculum: JANUARY Pic U( > l ihi ary ami Computing t enter are offering both general anil subject specific workshops on a variety oj Internet topics Htcy arc open tree of charge to UO faculty, stall .uul students. Unless otherw ise indicated, all workshops will he held in the Electronic ( lassroom, mam fliKtr. Knight I ihrary and will last approximately >*) minutes I'rt registration is. required for all classes Call 346 lots to register Workshop Intro to the Internet l Mail/Pine Gopher/T etnet/F TP on VAX Gopher/Telr let/F TP on UNIX World Wide Web Usenet. Ustservs on VAX Usenet. Ustservs on UNIX Government Information Social Sciences* Music (in ITC M.rc Lit))* Legal Resources* Medicine Publishing on the WWW Pay/Pf_Tim« Tue. Jan 10 3 pm Fri. Jan I 3 2 pm Tue. Jan t 7 7 pm Thu. Jan t9 3 pm Thu. Jan 12 noon Fri. Jan 20 2 pm Tue. Jan 17 3 pm Mon. Jan 23 3 pm Thu. Jan 12 3 pm Tue. Jan 24 7 pm Wed. Jan 25 3 pm Wed. Jan 18 3 pm Wed. Jan 25 7 pm Wed. Jan 18 noon Tut'. Jan 74 3 pm Wed. Jan 25 3 pm Thu. Jan 26 3 pm Fri. Jan 27 l pm Tue. Jan 31 3 pm * New offerings! Mors workshops will be offered during February. Registration for these will Itcgin January 25. Requests for accommodation related to disability need to be made to .146-1880 one week in advance of the workshop. Fire damages fraternity house Den Moebius Oeooe £i**, ! Member* o( the Sigma Wit Epsilon fraternity will spend the first days of the new year living in the Phoenix Inn tutni the street from their fire dam aged house The fraternity sustained over $500,000 in dam ages last Thursday night when a boiler dud dis lodged tn the basemen!, according to Eugene Pub lic Safety Information Offir er Tun Birr. The fire traveled vertically in a wall from the Imswnent boil er room into the attic area and spread throughout the nttii Firefighters were dispatched at 10 -M p m to the fratenutv at 1000 Alder Street after a resident in the building called 'll 1 to rejiort smoke coming through vents from the basement. Bin said The first fire fighters to reach the sc eno at 10:48 p m reported no smoke from the outside of the three story bric k structure. They found large amounts of smoke in the Imiso rnent upon entering tie? building When it was deter mined fin* had entered a w all in the basement and spread through alt the flcmrs of the building, a scs and alarm was (ailed, bringing more equipment and firefighters lo the si ene At 1! 30 p ro. a third alarm was called bringing a total of nine fin* com panics to the blaze. staffed by lift firefighters A number of chief officers and support personnel also responded In addition, units from Springfield, Santa Clara, and Goshen moved in to cover the city on a mutual aid basis. An ceding lo Chapter Counselor Mike Moser, only four members of the fraternity were present when the fire startl'd, with 30 other members away on hol iday break No one was injured. Moser said Moser reached the si ene around 11:30 p m on the night of the fire "The fire involved just a lot of smoke until it reached the roof." Moser said "Then there were flames of about 8 to 10 fee t " Moser said the contents of the building were most ly smoke and water damaged "The fin* entered the dining room and the bathrooms, but for the most part, nobody’s personal Imlongtngs wen* destroyed," Moser said ! • ambers in now ritnotlag their belongings from the building and cleaning them. Moser said Sigma Phi l.psilon officials w ill meet with insurance agents and contractors soon lo assess the damage and start rebuilding the fraternity Bowl appearance may boost University Tiffany Smith QfGffQT> fi&ty £m*takt The football team's Rose Howl appearance put a positive focm on the Unfversity which will help get the state behind higher educ at ion. University President Dave Frohnmayer said “One of the hv-producls of the Hose Howl is not merely that it has lieon a moral booster in the < ampin and in the community but it's caused a positive focus on the University in a wide vari ety of at tivities not only inter collegiate athletics." he said “It does much more for us than people might realize it's an opportunity for us to showcase the whole range of the Univer sity's activities Frohnmayer said last August one of Ills main goals as Univer sity president was to get the state behind higher education “In many way*, this one mag ical autumn football season has helped pull together a lot of dif ferent strands that were part of my own long range rebuilding program," lit* said. "All of a sud den thin greatly acc elerated our capacity to do some really important things." The most important thing, right now, is to make a strong case going into the next legisla tive session. "1 think it helps us. ironically, to make a much better legisla live case." Prohnmnyer said, "it gives a < banco to talk about our needs ami challenges as well as our triumphs and victories. “1 don't think it's an accident that for the first time in a num ber of legislative sessions that, prior to the session, people are talking about how they can help higher education, instead of regarding it as a great big mov ing target with a bullxeyo on it " The president said he feels confident going into the next legislative session but that it will still be a tough battle to keep higher education high on the list of priorities "We start with a governor whose basic, view of higher edu cation is both deep and insight ful. with significant members of i am uses of both parties m both chambers who are understand ing that you can't balance the budget on the back of higher education forever without [lav ing a very serious social price." Frohnmayer said. "Whether it goes anywhere or not, the fact is the Senate Repub licans, the minute they took Control, said they were thinking seriously about using the corpo rate tax kicker for higher educa tion instead of just kicking it hack," he said. "That's a very positive statement. It gives us some real leverage room for renewed attention to higher edu cation. ” The University of Oregon’s Review Workshop for the Medical College Admission Test For the ninth year this spring, the University of Oregon will offer its comprehensive review workshop for the Medical College Admission Test. This program, developed by the University to assure that students have access to the very best materials and instruction at the most reasonable cost, will reflect the latest revisions to the exam. Before registering for an MCAT Preparation program, consider the University of Oregon's. Inquire about our... Faculty: University faculty from biology, physics, and chemistry as well as test preparation experts from Academic Learning Services Materials: Official practice exams and manuals from the American Association of Medical Colleges and review materials from the highly respected Harvard Health Sciences Summer Program. These materials are authored by medical educators and physicians from some of America's best universities and medical colleges Workshop participants wit take a diagnostic exam at the start of the workshop as well as a tuff-length practice exam within the workshop format Videotaped Sessions for Review: ah instructional sessions are videotaped to allow workshop participants to review sections or to make up sessions that they might rmss. Fees: The low $225 fee reflects the service motivation behind this workshop. Unfike the private test preparation companies, the University of Oregon is not seeking to make a profit; it is providing this top quality program as a complement to its educational mission. Schedule: Eight Saturday sessions: Fed. 11,18,25; March 4.11,25; April 1,8 9:00 am - 12:00 pm; 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm For more information or to register, contact Academic Learning Services at 346-3226 in 68 Pnnce Luaen Campbell Hall.