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Web of term papers offers chance to cheat
By Elizabeth Welse
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Ques
tion: Why go to the trouble of
reading “The Merchant of
Venice” and then writing about it
when you can download a whole
term paper free from the Web?
Answer (choose one): A — Be
cause it would be wrong. B — Be
cause Shakespeare’s themes
touch on broad issues of morality
and conflict still important in a
modem context, or C — Because
your professor already knows
about the Web site and will be
checking it to make sure you
aren’t committing plagiarism.
Optional essay question back
ground: The Web site under dis
cussion, “School Sucks,” is the
invention of Kenneth Sahr, a jour
nalism student at Miami’s Inter
national University. According to
Sahr, the carefully indexed li
brary of donated papers on every
thing from Steinbeck’s “The
Pearl” to a business analysis of
the soft-drink industry is not
meant to encourage cheating.
“I really believe that students
can use this to see how students
in other parts of the world attack
a given issue,” the 24-year-old
said.
Rather, he sees himself as pro
viding a system of checks and bal
ances, undercutting the pay-per
use term paper mills of the sort
advertised in the back of Rolling
Stone magazine and forcing pro
fessors to focus their assignments
rather than assigning generic top
ics that too easily lend themselves
to plagiarism.
The motto of the Web site is
“Download Your Workload.”
And college students are also in
vited to submit their own term pa
pers for others’ use.
The notion of give-away term
papers has been discussed with
much vehemence on several In
ternet mailing lists used by Eng
lish professors, and a “Plagiarism
Websource Alert” was widely cir
culated.
But for those students who
imagine a leisurely fall uninter
rupted by anything so dull as a
critical reading of the poetry of
A.E. Housman, beware. The qual
ity of writing available on Sahr’s
site is not the highest, to put it
charitably.
“That’s the beauty of it,” Fields
said. “You get what you pay for.
Herman family continues UO involvement
■ FOUNDATION: The new
UO Board of Trustees
President John Herman
comes from a long line of
University graduates and
volunteers
By Andrea De Young
Associate Editor
The Pioneer Mother must be
smiling these days. Her great
grandson is now the University of
Oregon Foundation Board of
Trustees president.
John Herman is an Oregon
graduate who has stayed active in
the University. His family has a
long tradition here, including the
Pioneer Mother statue between
Johnson Hall and Gerlinger,
which was given to the University
by Herman’s grandfather back in
1932.
At age 57, Herman is the co
founder, president and owner of
Duffel Sportswear in Beaverton.
His company manufactures and
distributes sportswear for catalogs
and stores across the country.
Herman got his degree in busi
ness in 1960 and has served on
the board since 1991. He has also
been involved in the Oregon Club
of Portland and the Oregon athlet
ic advisory board.
As president, Herman will
oversee the Foundation’s 46
member board, which was estab
lished to help support University
fundraising and administer pri
vate gifts and grants.
Currently, the board is working
on the Oregon Campaign, which
has set a goal of raising $150 mil
lion by 1998 for the University.
The Campaign has already seen
great success, reaching $142 mil
lion to help with scholarships,
professorships, equipment and fa
cilities.
Herman’s family is no stranger
to fundraising. The same grandfa
ther who donated the Pioneer
Mother statue was a volunteer
fundraiser for the University in
Portland during the 1930s and
1940s. Burt Brown Barker was
also the University’s first vice
president for public relations. Be
ing involved in the University
seems to be a tradition passed
down the family lines.
Already Herman has met with
the board to discuss what they
want to accomplish.
“We sat down and created goals
and objectives for next year,” he
said. “We want to do a better job
of making campus more aware of
what the Foundation does and
what it provides.”
The Campaign will also receive
high priority.
“It has done so well in the first
three years,” Herman said. “We
want to keep the momentum go
ing and keep it fresh. We want to
continue to make the University a
better place to be.”
Foundation Executive Director
Jon Jaqua said Herman brings
great qualities to the presidency.
“He is an enthusiastic president
who’s really committed to this,”
Jaqua said. “He’s going to be a dy
namic president because he is so
involved.”
Be the Celebration
S.L.U.G. Queen!
Ever dream of being in the
slime-light? Once a year aspiring
royalty are invited to compete for
the glory of the crown and reign
supreme over the Eugene Cele
bration festivities. The 1996 Soci
ety for the Legitimation of the
Ubiquitous Gastropod (S.L.U.G.)
Queen Coronation will take place
on Friday, August 23. The merri
ment begins at 6 p.m. and will
take place in the courtyard in
front of the Eugene Hilton Hotel
and Conference Center.
S.L.U.G. Queen contenders
must be 21 and enter in the spirit
of fun. The attire is tasteftdly
tacky. Judging is made in three
categories — costume, question
and talent act — strictly limited
to 3 minutes.
The 1996 S.L.U.G. Queen must
be available to make guest ap
pearances at social events of roy
al merit. These include, but are
not limited to: The Gala Recep
tion for the Arts for the Mayor’s
Art Show, Riding in the Eugene
Celebration Parade, the Parade
Awards Ceremony, the Volunteer
kick-off and celebrity interviews.
Join a tradition and leave your
own trail of slime in the annals of
Celebration history. Applications
are available at the Eugene Cele
bration Office at One East Broad
way. Deadline for applying is
Monday, August 19. For more in
formation, call 687-5215.
LTD offers service to
Vietnam Memorial
A 240-foot replica of the Viet
nam Memorial will be on display
August 2, 3, and 4, at Sunset Hills
Memorial Gardens at 48th and
Willamette. With severely limited
parking, visitors to the memorial
are encouraged to take an LTD
shuttle from South Eugene High
School at 19th and Patterson
streets. Shuttles and regular LTD
service will be available all three
days of the exhibit.
Shuttles depart between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m. on August 2 and 3, and
from 12 to 7 p.m. on August 4.
Buses will run four times per hour
on Friday and five times per hour
on Saturday and Sunday. The
price for adults is 50 cents.
Volunteers needed for
Amazon Creek project
Construction is scheduled to
begin on a $3.3 million project to
enhance Amazon Creek between
Bailey Hill Road and the railroad
west of Spectra-Physics. The pro
ject includes extending the Fern
Ridge Path more than two miles to
the west and widening the stream
bed and replanting native wetland
planfs to improve habitat and wa
ter quality.
In addition to work being done
by the contractor, there will be op
portunities for volunteers to do
some planting, install interpretive
signage, and provide other ameni
ties. People interested in special
projects are encouraged to call the
City’s volunteer coordinator at
465-2814.
Artists’ work wanted
for public show
The Oregon Arts Commission is
conducting a “Call for Artists” to
submit proposals for inclusion of
public art for Oregon State Uni
versity’s CH2M HILL Alumni
Center in Corvallis.
Visual artists, artist teams and
crafts people are eligible and en
couraged to apply. Proposals will
be selected by an independent se
lection committee composed of
the project architect, visual arts
professionals and agency and
community representatives. The
deadline is August 23.
Artists who wish to be consid
ered for this opportunity must fill
out a complete application, which
may be obtained from the Com
mission or downloaded from the
Oregon Art Commission’s home
page on the World Wide Web
http://www.das.state.or.us/OAC/
percent.htm. Specific questions
may be directed to Ellen Flacker,
at the Oregon Arts Commission at
(503)986-0085 or e-mailed to
Ellen.Flacker@state.or.us.
— compiled by Andrea
DeYoung