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University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon MONDAY, JANUARY 13,1997 INDEX Opinion News Digest News Sports Classifieds Crossword Ol CO A CO M TODAY Today is the last day to change grading options or drop a course without a “W” without a $10 fee. INSIDE Ducks tame the Dawgs, 67-60, over the weekend at Mac Court Mark your calendar. Green Bay and New England are in the Super Bowl in only 13 days WEATHER Clear and cold. High 40. Low 20. EMU REMODEL - MATHEW STIFFLER/Emerald Soon the EMU will be going through changes. These include changing the fish bowl area to more closely resemble a marketplace, and improvements to help better accommodate the handicapped. EMU to offer new food choices Students will receive a “marketplace feel” after EMUfinishes renovations By Autumn DePoe Student Activities Reporter Hungry students will soon find the EMU renovated into a “street of shops” atmosphere with a feast of new food choices, more coffee places, possible building additions and a fully accessible union for handicapped students. “Some very exciting things are hap pening at the EMU,” said Dusty Miller, EMU director. The EMU will be more ac tive and visibly appealing. The Campus Planning Committee re cently approved schematic design plans for the EMU’s Food Service and Recre ation Facilities. The remodel is designed to improve the circulation of students to the South Dining Room and Fishbowl ar eas, Miller said. The changes will also af fect the Recreation Center and the cur rent Quick Copy center by revising and improving the corridors. A bakery, coffeehouse, arcade, conve nience store, quick-serve coffee area and billiards are just a few of the changes slat ed for the west wing area, which in cludes the Fishbowl and the surround ing area. In addition, the EMU board has requested that local vendors operate out door booths on a rotating basis during the week to offer students a variety of food choices, Miller said. Vendors — such as those found at the Saturday market — may provide a vari ety of food choices including healthy, Turn to CHANGES, Page 4 PROPOSED EMU ! CHANGES: ■ Entire facility fully wheelchair- ! accessible ■ More coffee vendors ■Widened corridors ■ Vendor booths 1 ■ More entrances ! Community important to incoming freshmen fit Even though they’re having to put themselves through college, they’re working. They’re also finding time to volunteer. — Linda J. Sax researcher -33 ■ STUDY: Report says first-year pre-law and business majors are at an all-time low By Robert Greene The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A record number of “A” students entered college last fall, more confident than ever about their abilities but increasingly worried about how to pay for their education. They also prefer community service such as volun teer work to traditional politics: a record 72 percent re ported some kind of volunteer activity. More want to enter helping professions like teaching or medicine, shunning business, according to an annual survey of college freshmen released Sunday. Interest in law dropped to an all-time low after peaking, like busi ness, in the 1980s. The optimism coupled with their need to help defray college expenses and their commitment to volunteer work means many first-year students are stretching themselves thin, says researcher Linda }. Sax at the Uni versity of California, Los Angeles. “The way it seems to me is that these students are very committed to many activities at once,” she said from her office at the university’s Higher Education Re search Institute, which did the survey. “Even though they’re having to put themselves through college, they’re working. They’re also finding time to volun teer.” Their high school records may be a little inflated, the result of a general pressure on teachers to pump up grades for college-hungry students. A record 32 percent UO given grant to fix textbooks ■ GRANT: College of Education receives $2.5 million to help publishers imporve textbooks By Dana Williams Multicultural Issues Reporter Two University professors say textbook makers haven’t been doing their homework, but a recent grant will help improve this flunking grade. The University’s College of Education re ceived $2.5 million for a project aimed at improving textbook quality. The U.S. De partment of Education's Office of Special Education Programs funded the University research center to set standards and hold ed ucators accountable for the textbooks as signed to students. The National Center to Improve the Tool of Educators (NCITE) scrutinized educa tional materials used to teach students since 1991, said Douglas W. Carnine, NCITE di rector and University professor of special education. NCITE researchers did not like what they found. “Most educational products are devel oped to suit the latest education fads. But what is popular in the marketplace isn’t necessarily effective,” Carnine said. NCITE researchers want state officials to discourage educators from using students as textbook guinea pigs, and they are working with officials in places such as the Texas Governor’s Business Council to provide more incentives for school districts to use research-based instructional materials. “Our mission is to improve the quality of education materials by working with pub Turn to GRANT, Page 8 1 ferny aid Lee to TORREY LEE Mayor-elect Jim Torrey will be sworn into office and will deliver his State of the City ad dress today beginning at 11:45 a.m. During his speech, Torrey will discuss what he thinks are the community's most important challenges and opportunities in the new year and the future. Five city councilors, including Ward 3 representative Bobby Lee, will also be sworn into office during the ceremony. The ceremony will take place in the Com poser’s Hall at the Eugene Conference Center.
