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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1995)
1 student added to State Scholarship Commission Mara Stine Ormjno li»ty l trw&il A biit signed by Gov John Kitzhabor on Monday will mi reuse student representa tion on the State Scholarship {Commis sion, n (ommission representative said Tito < hange ts needed because students give the rornmission new insight into imam ini aid issues, said Jeif Svtrji nr, deputy director of the < ommission. "Students are closer to what is happen mg out til tile schools and have a difienmt perspective," SveJ< ar said Currently, the seven member rommis sum. whic h administers finuH ml aid pro grams *u< h a* need grants and student loans. has only one student reptmota liv«>. he said Senate Bill 12tM) will require the com mission to have two student comm is si oners instead of one. said jane Lester, legislative diret tor for the Or«f{on Stu dent Lobby When a non student mem tier'* four year term is over, a student will tie appointed to fill the position, but will have a two year term instead, lesser said The commission tins ini luded a stu dent representative since 1975 after OS1. lobbied for more student representation Adding an additional student representa tive was the commission'* idea, she said An unsuccessful attempt to amend the bill and require the new commissioner to lx- from a private s< hoc I was made by the Oregon Independent College Association "Over the years private si hoot* have not been represented b«w a use students appointed have been from public institu tions," larsser said When the governor appointed the last student commissioner only one private m boo) student applied for the position, I .esser said "Private students jus! aren't applying at the same rate as public students are." she said The bill does not exclude private school students from being appointed but ensures representation of all schools. Sve |car said "Eventually they will 1m? looking for a balance, but the governor is the individ ual who mokes the appointment bas«*d on the candidates." he said Hie bill will not take effect for at least 90 davs. Svejcar said. ■ POLICE BEAT The following ini idonts were ri>jK»rted to Iti«* Univer sity Office of Public Sofety mid thi' Kugorie polii i’ department May 10-22 • A t*l y»*ar old in.ili* .!ti dent was i iind for noise dis lurbani e May 10 on tin- Hit) him k of last 15th Avenue • A 1 \ ear-old male stu dent was arrested for robtiery in the third degree May 12 <tt the bookstore A< i ording to police reports, undercover security pontonnel attempted to detain the suspei t after be put u tube of paint in his pin ket Thu suspect fought with sis tirilv offit ers but Was later sulwlund • A year "Id male .! o limit was arrested on a i on tempt of i our! warrant May 1 > on tin- I tOO !•)"' k of Km (aid Street • \ /1 ■, mi old mala tran sient was taken Into custody on a psychiatric director s hold May l*i on the 1500 blot k of Aider Street The subject is being held ill the l ane ('minty )ai! Psyi hiatrii Unit >i{lm assaulting three University students • A J1 year-old male stu dent was nrrestud lor disor derly conduct May 1? on tin* 1 100 block of Alder Slrw*l At t ordiug to police reports. tlu> suspet t was intoxicated and tru'd to pit k several fights with (H'destrtitns • A 2 t ve.tr old male tran sient was arrested for arson in the set and degree May )H A« cording to polit« reports, witnesses saw the suspect running aw ay from a burning building at 1H11 < .artlen Avenue • A .M sefir-oltl male stu dent ti.iv t itet! for furnishing alt ohol to minors Mat l‘t on the 1200 block of Ferry Street • A tfi-year-old male trail stent was arrested for harass merit May* 22 on tin* 4(Ki hint k of Fast l ilh Avenue Accord* ing to police reports, the mis pet t was intoxicated and threatened to kill a student ( ornpilrd by 1(M‘ liar wood RENOVATION Continued from Page 1 director Currently, the law school is square , Ramey said. A fifth floor over the library was intended to be twill in 1971 w hen the lass s< hooi was i om■ pletcd, hut there w as not enough state money to build it. O'Kelley said We started out m ith a build mg that w .1-. .dreads too small. " he said ( urrentlv. 50,000 law books are being stored in the basement of the knight Library, he said The project is (Inscribed as a renovation for "the law school of thn 21st century’ because infor mation technology is rapidly < hanging the wav law is [ir,n ti< «*d. O'kellev said For example, lawyers and law students are using the Internet and data bases, such as Nexus and West law "At t ess to those data bases is through a new kind of technol ogy that the building didn't anticipate when it was built.” Ramey said More elix tru al outlets must lie added to the law si hoot to ,e commodate lap top computers, w hich next year’s entering fresh men i lass will In? required to have "it would (ertainiy ho lM>ttor if they I students] could plug those lap-tops in. instead of running them off of batteries," Ramey said O'Kelley said classrooms are filled to capacity and more are needed. The average law school has approximately 1 fit) square feet per student, said O'Kelley, adding the University's law school has only 100 square feet per student Construt lion could begin as early as next summer, O'Kelley said AWARDS Continued from Page 1 As .'in employee in tha knight library. Flanders h.is worked to establish waste redui turn and rei v i ling opportunities in tin* library When the library was being expanded, she arranged to have cabinets (or recycling built. Sot lology student Juliana was ns ogni/ed for her work d<« omenting the Warner Crook arson fire in 1‘t'tl She made a 40-minufti video on the fire, helped fight the U*ga| battle to protis t the area from hintmr interests and is currently working to expand edui alumni research uses of the an*n Hergoffen has been active in environmental issues at the University, both ns an undergraduate and ns ,i law student He has worked extensively with the University’s Survival Center and was a co-coor dinator of the Public Interest Law Conferniu.e at the 1 University in March I he final award was given to Mundn Bednnrczyk, Julie Hoetnter. Eden I-and, Teryl Pendergrass, Erin Sprunger and Marilyn Thoms, journalism students at the University who dev eloped a comprehensive plan for waste reduction and ns vcling in the Uni versity's residence halls The extensive proposal is l>eing proposed for implementation in the resident e halls. Great Futons Unbeata Prices K »; i\ M ON SALE NOW VENTURA Full Si/e Frame and Futon 8299°° ROCK SOFT FUTON Handmade Futons ' Covers 1 Pillows 1 Tables ’ Lamps 1 Delivery Available CALGARY UnfinmNKj Pith? Full Sue Frame s149°° = -» 236-0921 1231 Alder • 683-5069 HYUNDAI Continued from Page i found easily Lane Community College will coordinate a (raining program to tiegin educating potential employees The plant will las ome Eugene's vs ond largest employer. If market conditions prevail, Hyundai may hire double the original 1.000 employees in the next fi- it) years. Kim said City Council President Nancy Nathan son said the conipany will create an economic boom for the city. Eugene will now have the resources to invest money in parks, put up more street lights and improve other neglected projects, she said. "This should also bring about a 0 pen ent reduction in the tax rate for the average homeown er.” Nathanson said. Hyundai Electronics, an inter national manufacturer of com ponents, semiconductors and computers, is the first Korean company to place a manufactur ing plant in the United States. The company plans to slart i (instruction immediately Eugene has promised to help Hyundai complete the plant by January 1097. The new plant will produce approximately 30,000 silicon wafers per month. The Mi and M megabit wafers are 8-inches long and .35 of a micron wide The Eugene plant will be slight ly larger than the main plant in Ichon, Korea The Eugene plan! will repre sent tin* first phase of a three part expansion planned in the United States over the next few years. Hyundai Electronics Indus tries Company was founded in 1983 Today it has become one of the largest semiconductor memory manufacturers in the world. Hyundai Business Group, the electronics company's parent corporation, is a nearly $70 bil lion corporation involved in over -10 business areas ranging from steel fabrication, petro chemicals, engineering and con struction to automobiles, finance and sec urities YOU CAN READ THE EMERALD FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORL.O. o.d.e. on the world wide web: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/-ode IT’* JUST LIKE REALLY BEING HERE BUT WITHOUT ALL THE RAIN.
