Fraternity dinner
honors 20 professors
The Delta Upsilon fraternity
will hold its first annual Christ
mas dinner on Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. to
honor University faculty and
staff.
The chapter invited 20 profes
sors and their families to attend a
special recognition dinner at the
fraternity house located at 1867
Alder St.
“I feel they [professors] need to
be honored,” said Jackson
Teyanayaga, who helped orga
nize the dinner. “I don’t feel they
get recognition from the students.
It’s about time a student organi
zation do this.”
Teyanayaga got the idea to or
ganize the dinner from the Order
of Omega, a greek honor society,
that has sponsored similar
events. He wants to expand next
year’s event.
“I feel this is a stepping stone,”
he said. “I want this to be bigger
and better next year.”
University professor
releases Kid Pix
Are you looking for a holiday
gift for your little brother or sister?
Craig Hickman, a University fine
arts professor, has released an up
dated version of Kid Pix, a soft
ware painting program for chil
dren just in time for Christmas.
MACWORLD magazine named
the program one of the top ten soft
ware gifts for children. Hickman
designed Kid Pix for children too
young to read.
Hickman designed the program
after he watched his three-year
old son become frustrated with
regular painting programs for
Macintosh computers.
Display to celebrate
women in science
The Women’s Center will dis
play the Montreal Memorial in the
Willamette Atrium this week to
commemorate the deaths of 14
women scientists who were mas
sacred in Montreal in 1989. Their
deaths were linked to aggression
against women entering into re
search and technology. The dis
play will highlight these women’s
lives and how women have con
tributed to the field of science in
the past and present.
History professor
heads to UW
After eight years of service at the
University, Quintard Taylor Jr.,
history department head, is leav
ing.
In July of 1999, Taylor will be
gin work at the University of
Washington as the Scott and
Dorothy Bullitt endowed U.S.
History Chair. This is the oldest
endowed chair at the University
of Washington.
Taylor is a professor specializ
ing in African-American History
and the History of Africa. Taylor
was the recipient of several
awards, fellowships and grants
including the Oregon Humanities
Center Research Fellowship in
1994. Additionally, Taylor pub
lished several articles and books.
CSWS Receives Rocke
feller Grant
The Rockefeller Foundation
has awarded a four-year $250,000
humanities grant to the Universi
ty Center for the Study of Women.
The award, the first Rockefeller
humanities grant ever awarded in
Oregon, will support a research
project titled, “Ecological Conver
sations: Gender, Science and the
Sacred.”
Irene Diamond, associate profes
sor of political science, and CSWS
Director Sandra Morgen are the
principal investigators for the pro
gram .
The first year of the project will
focus on contributions to the con
versation from visiting scholars
and activists. The focus of the sec
ond year will be on the conver
gence of environmental and
women's movements around the
globe. The following year will ad
dress questions of science policy
and examine how environmental
writers and activists understand
science.
Panelists to discuss
Halloween riot
The University chapter of the
Society of Professional Journalists
will be hosting a panel discussion
on the media coverage of the Hal
loween riot today in room 218 of
Allen Hall at 5 p.m.
The panelists will include Paul
Riess of KVAL-TV, Rebecca Hunt
ington of The Register-Guard,
Mike Burnham of the Oregon Dai
ly Emerald and University Vice
President for Administration Dan
Williams.
Russian Mission
sponsors food drive
Eugene’s Russian Mission is
collecting food as part of its “Pro
ject I lope,” an effort to send one or
more 20-foot containers of food di
rectley to Archangel.
Tax-deductible donations can
also be made to the Russian Mis
sion, 2424 Norkenzie Road, Eu
gene, OR 97408. Preferred dona
tions include flour, rice, macaroni,
vegetable oil and canned foods.
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