University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
MONDAY, JANUARY 13,1997
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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,
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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
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■ 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
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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.