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Oregon Daily WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1995 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 96. ISSUE 89 Professor has shaky experience Conferences University professor witnesses a major earthquake's effects Tiffany Smith An m adinnic v in japan on earthquake hazard response fumed into a real-life study for a Uni versity professor when a 7,2 magni tude quake hit Kotw Ia(vin and killed more than 5,000 people Risa Palm was part of a team of experts that wont to Osaka to meet with its Japanese counterparts to dis cuss the wavs people prepare for and respond to the devastation of earth quakes Palm is the dean of the College of Arts and Scieni os and « professor of geography at the University, Palm arrived in Osaka Jan. Jfi, She was in bed in her hotel, trying to sleep despite her Jet lag so she could make it through the conference that day The quake hit at 5,45 a m about 12 miles away in kul»' "This is unbelievable," she said she was thinking. “I'm only in Japan for a few days and hero I am in this earthquake." The shaking seemed to last a very long time, even though it was actu ally just a few seconds, Palm said. This was the first time she had expo rienced a major earthquake. After the shaking stopped, she looked out her door to trv to see the others in her grouji Everyone else was looking out too. “We were joking," she said "What a way to begin this conference We hat) no idea there were fires burning and that so many people would eventually die. "We met for breakfast and it was reported to us that two people had died By the cocktail party at the end of the day, there were 1.200 dead." Palm said the sky in Osaka that first night after the quake was red and full nf soot from the fires in Kobe. The second day. instead of contin uing the conference, the Japanese media sponsored taxis into Kobe Members of the U S and Japanese teams of experts were paired with members of the Japanese media to t QUAKE ! GARY CIAA&M m«ni Professor Risa Palm goes through photos she took In Kobe after the recent earthquake coumesv photo Palm took this photo ot a collapsed highway In Kobe a day after the big earthquake University students find graduation in four years Method: Tf>.;• Um .*-■ .uiapl to increasing student numbers to speed degree processes Amy Colombo Mon* t niV'-rm!\ students ,ir*» w.r<i<iutit ing in i» four year [mrlod than over before, but University administrators s,mt they haven't a<c.ntnplishod everything they Willlt to Freshmen entering in the full of UiH't graduated at percent in four years, whereas freshmen entering to the fall of l'lH.l graduated at 19 l percent This sta lint it: does not mi. lode students who transferred to other i olieges or students who took more than four years to gradu ate The University has a faster paved grad uation rate than the national average Ai t ofding to the National ( enter for lain nation, in 1990 information fewer than one-third of all«ollege students obtained degrees in four years John Moseley, vice president of reseun h. said it is the University's com mitment to continue to in< reuse the num ber of students who attend the University and attain their edut ntional goals The University has a plan to ini reuse academic productivity and educational reform, the 1994 Produr tivily Plan. 1 he plan includes offer live use of technology, i urriculurn and other changes to facilitate learning and In speed student progress The University has provided full-inter net at i ess to all students and is i urrent ly in the process of developing it multimedia laboratory to produce instnn tional materials Many currii ular revisions have already taken place, making three-credit courses wortli four credits, often by adding a dis cussion section ora lab. The number of students that aren't aide to get the courses they need for gradua tion has also gone down. Moseley said f lit* University of Montana has taken many similar steps to improve the rate at which students graduate Tuition has been increased to pay for an increase in faculty salaries and, as a result, Montana Turn to EDUCATION. Page 4 ■ GOOD MORNING ► CROWN POINT, lad (AP) The police in Crown Point aren't for sale But the hai ks of their cars are (Ihief Michael VV Vaist hopes to raise enough money to equip 10 new police cars by offering businesses the chance to adver tise on the backs of police cars The price: $1,600 a car "We thought it would be a good idea to pay for light bars, siren box, communication radios and things of that nature," Vai si said. The new cars will increase the police fleet to 26 vehicles — one for every officer. Restaurants comply with nutrition vogue Fast Food: A health conscious society creates awareness Marcelene Edwards CV#0pri t m&aM fust food restaurants are nun itig toward healthier foods because people aro becoming more health conscious, said Kristen Olmos. nutritionist for the Student Health Center. The nutrition trend of the '90s calls for salads and vegetarian entrees to meet the demands of many consumer* One of tin* restaurants filling the nutrition need is locally owned CJ Pepper's The need for health food available at a fast forai rate has created a niche for restaurants such as this CJ Pepper's offers hamburg ers. garden burgers, baked chick en breasts and baked french fries, all mode low-fat "No oil steps foot in this door." said owner Dan Vishney. Vishney said he receives praise from a lot of his cus tom to NUTRfTION. Page 3 HAT At ft MONTGpMf Ryf C.J Peppers Is one local restaurant that has profited from health awareness
