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I ' E M \ G M ASTER S DEGREE Northwest Christian College Eugene, Oregon ^ ihmtiu (oUffc noMtJioi« 1«V o wpoaafc KVTrditn) b> tW Nonjrant Ukautme ol Vfcwb »ad (oficjn Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy ' tw<> u-.u program »h*h will !*• approved to rm-rt Oregon State MFT licensure requirements in-ginning Full of 1995 EMPHASIS: Systems thtvtrs appfiu.b to therapy lanulv stuibo proirvsional studio, horf therapy. Family theory sbntul ripe Drive CLASSES: Held on the vx: stmpus Monday and Thurxlas omtngs SCHOLARSHIPS: Awarded ha*d on academic ret on] andor financial nmi APPLICATION DEADLINE: Mas 1 1W DIRECT APPLICATION INQUIRIES TO: Dr Ruth Haimrbnk Dwelt* of Gtaduate studio V’.C tOs Fast 11th Ave , Eugene, OR 9*401 or rail 50^-345-1641 Bus drivers’ strike first in city’s history SEATTLE (AH) — Thousand* of student* got to i.Iass any way they could Tuesday as the first school-bus drivers' strike in city history began. Picket line* went up at two school-bus terminal* a* alxiut 100 drivers walked off the job at Ijndiaw Transit Inc "The indications we've had. kid* seem to be finding their way to school." Seattle School Ill's - trirt spokeswoman Dorothy Oubia said "A little more tardies than usual, some congestion around schools “ The drivers, who transport about 13.200 of the district's 46,000 students to class, voted 139-100 Monday night to reject a new contract offer that ralhcd for a pay raise but did not include the pen sion plan sought by the union It was the ws and time in three day* that mem l*er* of Teamsters fcnal 763 had rejet ted an offer from Laidlaw Greg Slaughter. laH.nl 763 businet* agent, did not immediately return phone tall* Tuesday seek ing comment on the strike l-aidlaw on Tuesday tried to initiate a meeting with the union, but its efforts were rebuffed, said Kevin Most. Ludlow state operations dir*** tor. "We were very disappointed that the union elected not to meet with ns today.'' Mest said. "We're looking for their cooperation il we're linik ing for a resolution to this." Laidlaw s chief negotiator, human resources director Komi English, flew to Seattle from Cali fornia and planned to contact mediator Thomas Drew. Mest said Ijtidlaw planned to tell Drew that the latest regs lion was ''a surprise and a disappointment.“ because the company had modified its offer based on his suggestion*. Mest said. The mediator and union leaders "misread the rank and file.'' Mest said The company was pre pared to contact the union again as soon as [hissi bio in hopes of scheduling a future meeting. "We're going to keep taking the initiative here." Mest said. "Wo have a responsibility to tin* com munity and the parents to respond to all efforts to have this resolved as soon as possible ” Seattle's 1 CM) public schools were open for busi ness, although preschool programs, such as Head Start, were canceled. Many parents carpooled to get their children to school. A! Ki k stein Middle School. assistant principal Diane Anderson d»r«x ted traffic Tuesday mommy 'The networking is really great among our par ents." she told The Seattle Times. "As you've noticed, wo have four or five kids getting out of each car " Seattle school* Superintendent Hill Kondrii k said he would "twist some anus to get this solved, tiocaose the children are the ones who suffer " "All I can do is encourage the parties to get together, and I will do so." he said. Toronto-based Ijudlaw contracts with the Seat tle School District to transport a little more than half the student* who rely on school buses to get to class At this point, the company is not considering court action or using replacement drivers. Mest said The district's other bus-service provider. Ryder Student Transportation Services, was not affet ted bv the l.oidlaw dispute. Still, virtually nil of the district's s< hools were affet led to some degree. Duhia said. The strike had been st hnduled to start Monday, after drivers voted 129-90 Saturday to reject a three-year t untract proposal. The walkout was postponed for 24 hours after Sunday talks offered some hope The lac k of a pension plan wns the biggest stick ing point. Slaughter said. The company is developing a nationwide pen sion plan and doesn't want to bargain over specifics in individual contracts, Mest said. "We have 20,000 drivers across the United States anil this is an important issue for all of them," he said. The ljiidlnw drivers had been working without a contrai t since September. Top scale pay is $12.75 an hour It would have gone to $1.1.60 in the third year of the latest proposal, and a fourth vear was added with pay raises based on the con sumer price index. Mest said Middle and high-school students were able to ride Metro public buses for free Tuesday morning, and passes were handed out at school for subse quent rides. Dubia said. Laidlaw was paying for the passes Elementary school children could use Metro to gel to school only if they were accompanied by an adult. Dubia said. Landslide may have caused rupture in gas line CASTLE ROCK. Wash. (AP) — Northwest Pipeline Co was investigating the possibility Tuesday that a landslide may have been a factor in the rupture of a natural-gas transmission line. The break near this southwest Washington community was discovered Monday when an explosion shook area homes and sent flames 150 feet into the snr The fire burned out a few hours later after gas flow to the rup tured section was shut off No injuries or property dam age were reported but as many as 300 people were evacuated for several hour*, the Daily News of Longview reported. Repairs will take at least 4H hour*, the company said Tues day. A 300-foot length of 26-inch diameter steel pipe was involved in the rupture. .Salt l.ake (ity based Northwest said in a Tues day news release, adding that "land movement above” the line was believed to have contributed to the line failure Spokeswoman Sue Haim said the reference was to a landslide, hot seismic activity The company conducts week ly aerial patrols over the system in the Pacific Northwest, and there were no visual signs of earth movement in last week's inspection, the release said It was not clear what might have caused such a slide, she said The company also said it was reducing pressure in its parallel 30-inr.h pipe — from 720 pounds per square inch to 550 — to ensure repairs could be made safely Northwest’s 3.900-mile natui al gas transmission system begins in northwestern New Mexico and extends to Sum as at the (xinadian border. Freshman Seminars Spring Term 1995 CH 199 ENG 199 PPPM 199 CRWR 199 FHYS 199 EDPM 199 A AD 199 FFFM 199 EDPM 199 MUS 199 PHYS 199 Molecules: 'Dior Existence and 'Dictr Shape CYuoal Human Issues Creating Sustainable Communities Pup Pro*xty Using Popular Lyrics lo Refine the Practice of Versification The Origin of L-arth and its Inhabitants and the Search for life in the Universe Different Worlds in the Same Classroom Art and Place Building the Global Community through Dialogue and Debate* Butkltng the Global Community through Dialogue and Debate* Oregon Folksong and lx>re Ozone Hole: Sunburned Penguins? *Two class sections of this lemma/ will he offered at the same tune lo permit ccdlafroealive effort try students and family on %elected topics Students may choute lo enroll m either class set h<m Kot more information, lorn to the sponsoring department la the Schedule of t'lauei Offlc* of the Dean of Students • 344 Oregon Hall • 344-1134
