Campus Briefs Workshops offered The Educational Opportuni ties Program will offer two workshops this month for all students who are interested in pursuing graduate school. “Planning for Graduate School" will be offered Wednes day, Oct. 15, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in the EMU Ben Linder Room. This workshop will focus on the basics: selecting a gradu ate school, completing applica tions, meeting deadlines and de veloping planning strategies. A second workshop intend ed specifically for prospective graduate students is “Graduate School: Personal Statements and Resumes." Designing per sonal statements, selecting in formation for rdsumds and un derstanding the expectations for graduate schools are among the topics the workshop will cover. It will be offered Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in EMU Centu ry Room E. Mo Frills Just Great Bikes & Service! 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Centennial i ASUO hopes petition will help extend class add-drop deadline Student leaders plan to use the petition to lobby tbe University Senate By Doug Irving Student Activities Editor They stood on street corners and in the EMU. They tried greek houses and residence halls. They visited classes and special events. And by today, ASUO cam paigners hope to have 2,000 sig natures on their petitions to ex tend the class add-drop deadline. “That’s an immense amount," ASUO Head Controller Christa Colwell said. “How many people really want to stop and sign a peti tion?” Students currently have six days to drop a class without hav ing a “withdrawal” marked on their transcript. They have eight days to add a class. That’s not enough time for stu dents to decide whether they want or need the class or can get along with the professor, ASUO Vice President Ben Unger said. Students need more than two classes to judge the course, he said. But faculty members have said an extended deadline will allow students to stay in classes for weeks before dropping out and opening up a space for someone who wants to take the class. That could force professors to play “catch up” until the fourth week. "Our message is going to be the exact opposite,” Unger said. “But it’ll take a little bit of effort to get everyone on the same path.” The ASUO originally hoped to get 1,500 signatures by last Fri day. It reached that goal on the second day, said Jim Paustian, ASUO voter education coordina tor. Student leaders will use the pe tition to lobby the University Sen ate to make the changes, Unger said. They plan to file a motion with the Senate to change the deadline as soon as possible, al though the Senate probably couldn’t act on it until at least De cember. The number of signatures should strengthen the ASUO’s platform, Paustian said. That kind of participation shows that stu dents are becoming involved in their government. Signature gatherers made a con scious effort not to just stop peo ple on the street, Colwell said. In stead, they went to classrooms and residences, giving students a chance to get involved on their own time. The ASUO will probably use that method in future petition drives, she said. “People are starting to see us as not just people out to bug them,” Unger said. “Part of being a stu dent should be signing petitions and getting involved. We’re start ing to get there.” Proposal: Council members will make decision on wetlands this Wednesday ■ Continued from Page 1A agreed. “I consider Eugene to be under assault right now by a corrupt company,” she said. Spencer also encouraged ac tivists to organize environmental protests against the plant. But a small segment of the au dience said they are in favor of the city’s proposal to let Hyundai seek an environmental impact statement from the Corps of Engi neers. Eugene resident David Hauser said the Hyundai proposal makes sense, and he is confident that a reasonable decision will be made. In an Oct. 2 letter to Lane Coun ty officials, Hyundai requested that its site be removed from the West Eugene Wetlands Plan amendment package. City and county planning commissions are currently considering changes to the third phase of the Hyundai development plan that would af feet local wetlands. At present, Hyundai is not authorized to build on the wetlands under ex (c I consider Eugene to be under assault right now by a corrupt company. ** Jan Spencer Eugene resident isting Corps of Engineers and Ore gon Division of State Lands per mits, but the company hopes things will change if the decision is left to state and federal officials. In the same letter, Hyundai President James Hartman request ed that the additional site be re moved from the plan amendment package. Instead, Hyundai would submit an application for a wet land fill operation during the third phase of its operations to the Corps of Engineers. “We agree with the city that an environmental impact study in connection with the wetland fill permit application offers a greater opportunity for public review and comment and will ultimately pro duce a more informed and better balanced outcome,” Hartman wrote. “We respectfully request that the Hyundai site be removed in its entirety from the plan amendment package and the community rely instead upon the existing state and federal wetland permitting process to resolve wet land issues.” Hyundai is just now putting the final touches on a factory that was part of the first phase of develop ment and has approval to fill wet lands for phase two. A decision on Hyundai’s pro posal is expected to be made at Wednesday’s City Council meet ing. Vote: Students must register by today ■ Continued from Page 1A forms. You can also download registra tion information and forms from the Internet through the Oregon ian’s website at www.Oregon ian.com/votersguide/index.html. The registration cards must be postmarked by today or dropped off in voter registration boxes in front of the ASUO by 5 p.m. to be taken to the Lane County Elec tions Office. Dakota Elder, 21, a Spanish ma jor, plans to make up for past apa thy by voting on Nov. 4. “I feel guilty because I didn’t register or vote in the presidential election,” he said. “This time it will be nice to put my voice in.” How Would You Score? Take a Free Test Drive and find out! Take a 3-hour MCAT, proctored like the real test. Receive individual feedback. Oct. 25 at 8 a.m. Call today to reserve your seat! MCAT 1 -800-KAP-TEST www.kaplan.com j^^egjstere^rademark^TAssocjatioc^^mericar^edica^Coljeges^ Oregon daily emerald worldwide http://darkwing. uoregon.edu/~ode