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University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon TUESDAY, AUGUST 12,1997 INDEX Opinion News Sports Classifieds Horoscope Crossword W CO lO (O N N TODAY The ASUO is having a staff meeting at 4 p.m. in room Century A in the Erb Memorial Union. INSIDE Eugene Emeralds’ manager Bob Beban gives his | team direction and tries to draw in the fans Jumping into the Willamette River provides relief from the heat but could draw a $255 citation WEATHER Sunn}/ and warm. High 90. Lew 55. CAMPUS RENOVATIONS EMU construction awaits city permits ■ SCHEDULE: The project is receiving funding from the Oregon Legislature and OSSHE By Michael Hines Oregon Daily Emerald Construction at the EMU is slightly behind schedule, officials say. The project has a target finishing date of August 1, 1998, but EMU Director Dusty Miller said he is “not terribly con fident” that the deadline will be met. The project is behind schedule be cause the outside construction has been slower than anticipated. Miller said. However, this will C(There’s not a whole lot any of us can do until we get the ... permits. Dusty Miller EMU Director not have much im pact on meeting the deadline. “Being slightly behind where we are now will not af fect our August 1, '98 date,” he said. In order to begin construction, the City of Eugene must approve the per mits. This process was estimated to take 12 weeks, but due to the large volume of recent con struction permits, it will take longer, Miller said. “There’s not a whole lot any of us can do until we get the legitimate permits from the city,” he said. Although the permits have not been approved yet, the EMU has begun tak ing bids on the construction. Miller said the bids will come in on Thursday. The majority of the construction has not begun. He estimated 90 percent of the work is waiting on the permits. The abundance of local construction may have other effects on the EMU pro ject. Construction companies are find ing work with ease, so the bids are less competitive, he said. The project has been allocated $4 mil Tum to SCHEDULE, Page 4 CHAD PATTESON/Emeralc EMU workers continue construction on the floor above the planned breezeway shops. UO largely unaffected by strike ■ UPS: University Mail Services is currently using Federal Express and the U.S. Postal Service to compensate By Michael Hines Oregon Daily Emerald Even though thousands of Teamsters are striking at United Parcel Service centers across the nation, the University is hardly affected. UPS is officially running and delivering packages as well as it can, according to a recorded message on its 800 number Monday. University Mail Services Office Spe cialist Diane Long worth said the Uni versity has utilized Federal Express and the U.S. Postal Ser vice more to offset the loss of UPS. “At this point, it hasn’t affected any ccAt this point, it hasn’t affected any of our semices. ?? Diane Longworth University Mail Services Office Specialist ot our services and it hasn t overloaded us yet,” Longworth said Monday. “As of to day, we’re okay.” The University consistently used UPS before the strike, Longworth said. UPS ground, which is the cheapest UPS service, was often used by Mail Services. “A lot of times it is cheaper to send something UPS ground than U.S. Mail,” Longworth said. This means that the University is paying slightly higher rates for Federal Express packages. The slowest that Federal Express will deliver a package in the country is two days, as opposed to as many as six days for a UPS package. Some Postal Service packages have high er rates, as well. A majority of consumers are using ser vices other than UPS, Longworth said, so Turn to UPS, Page 4 Oregon teachers learn the ways of the Web in summer computer camp ■ CAMP: Participants are expected to bring what they learn back to other teachers in their districts By Carl Yeh Associate Editor This week a total of 150 teachers from all around Oregon will learn about com puters, e-mail and the Internet in a teacher computer camp. Every two days, about 50 teachers will receive a brand-new donated notebook computer and basic training in preparation for later on-line courses. The training is part of a two-year, $975,000 project designed to bring the lat est computer technology to classrooms around Oregon. The program is jointly sponsored by US WEST, the Oregon Edu cation Association (OEA) and the Univer sity College of Education. “The main goal is to get them to use the Internet for themselves and their stu dents,” said Pat Lyon, one of the program’s trainers. Sue McCurdy, a Portland Public School teacher, agreed: “I want to help kids feel more comfortable at finding information.” “However, I’m not very good at it yet,” McCurdy admits. “But that’s what they wanted,” she said regarding her selection. “The Internet also has more immediate information than traditional books — that allows students and teachers to get more current info,” Lyon said. “There’s more information here than all the beat-up books in our library,” McCur dy agreed. “We also teach [the teachers] about e mail etiquette, how to use e-mail effective ly, privacy issues and credit card shopping on the Internet,” Lyon added. “We’re in our third year of training,” said Sam Miller, project director for the Oregon/US West/National Education As sociation Teacher Network. “These teachers were selected individu ally,” Miller said. “Their school districts made the decision whether they would be kind of people to share the information when they came back.” Many school districts in Oregon select ed two teachers as district representatives. However, not all teachers were selected for the program. “Our project and engineering committee randomly chose them,” Miller said. "We wanted to make sure we had an equitable distribution of school districts — rural, city, valley, etc.” Miller said that with this system of Turn to CAMP, Page 4 CAMP ■ WHO: 150 teachers from dis tricts all over the state ■ WHAT: Two year training pro ject costing $975,000 ■ SPONSOR: US West, Oregon Edu cation Association, UO College of Edu cation ■ GOAL: To bring technology into the classroom
