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Volume 1(X), Issue 69
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
ASUO recognizes brewery club
The club welcomes students of
all ages and hopes to
encourage responsible
attitudes toward alcohol
By Jaime Vasconcelos
lor the Emerald
Greggory McVicker has been working
hard to start his new club by writing the
by-laws, rallying campus support and
working out the kinks. Now it’s time to
concentrate on what’s really important
— making beer.
McVicker registered the Home Brew
er’s Guild, a club that will focus on the
brewing and appreciation of beer and
other brewed beverages, with the ASUO
two weeks ago. The club aims to give stu
dents the opportunity to learn a hobby
they may not have access to otherwise
and to teach them respect for alcohol by
fine-tuning their palates, even if it means
jumping over the hurdles produced
when alcohol is brought into campus
life.
It’s time to “just sit back and have
home brew," said McVicker, a psychol
ogy major.
McVicker has been brewing beer for
two years with his father. He said by
teaching temperance and respect for al
cohol, guild members are promoting a
more realistic solution than going dry, or
total abstinence from alcohol.
To ensure that the guild will be open
to all students, McVicker is not requiring
that members be of legal drinking age.
Students will be able to brew the beer
and take it with them for consumption in
their own homes.
“They have as much of a right to it as
anybody does,” he said.
McVicker, who is certified with the
Oregon State Liquor Control Commis
sion, said it is not illegal for minors to
brew alcoholic beverages. But he said
they will not be able to distribute any
brewed alcohol to minors who live on
campus because of University policies.
David Green of the OLCC agreed it is
not illegal for minors to brew beer, nor is
it illegal for them to purchase the ingre
dients necessary, such as hops, brewer’s
yeast and com sugar at brewing supply
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Scott Bamett/Emeraki
Students Matt Elliot, Greggory McVicker and Nicholas StilRer boil some water tor a fresh batch of home brew.
New students
attend winter
orientation
Freshman and transfer students
were welcomed to the University
and registered for classes
By Tricia Schwennesen
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students transferring to the University
met with faculty advisers on Sunday for
winter term new student orientation.
About 150 Oregon and out-of-state stu
dents attended general advising sessions to
help them prepare for winter term registra
tion, said Claudia Diaz, a student worker
with the program.
The discussion sessions covered general
education requirements and a review of the
schedule of classes, she said.
“It was some of the basics you could get
from the primary in
formation they gave
out, but it gave it a
personal touch and
helped it sink in,”
said Toby Hayes, an
English major trans
ferring from Arizona
State University.
Hayes said Eu
gene is his home
town, and he want
ed to be closer to his
family and his girl
friend.
“You can’t beat
the rain, and you
(( You can t
beat the rain,
and you can ’t
beat a school
that’s one
third the size
ofASU. ”
Toby Hayes
Transfer student
can t beat a school that’s one third the size
of ASU,” he said.
Liane O’Banion, an academic advising
counselor, said about 280 new students will
register for the winter term, but not all at
tended the orientation.
“The most helpful thing was going over
the book and what to do,” said Linfield Col
lege transfer student Lee Christensen.
Christensen was waiting to see an adviser
who could help him choose classes for a de
gree in planning and public administration.
“I saw on the web that a lot of classes
were full,” he said. “I’m pretty nervous
about that.”
Michelle Cuthbert, a student from Cal
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Federal funding for Fulbright scholarship program is reduced
The number of
scholarships
will most likely
be directly
affected by the
funding cuts,
reducing
opportunities
for scholars to
study abroad
By Erin Snelgrove
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Fulbright scholarship, a federally
funded award that allows graduate students
and professors to study abroad, has been cut
by 4 million dollars for the 1999 fiscal year.
The program will only receive 95 million
dollars this year, and the reduction will
probably directly reduce the number of
scholarships.
Thomas Mills, the director of the Office of
International Education and Exchange and
the University coordinator for the Fulbright
program at the graduate level, believes this
cutback in federal funding will have dam
aging implications.
“This 4 million dollar cut means that few
er of our students will be able to participate
in this opportunity,” Mills said. “I think this
cut will be detrimental to our whole nation
because we don’t have our young people
abroad on these awards. ”
Established in 1946, the federally spon
sored Fulbright Scholar Program was de
signed to increase mutual understanding
between people of America and people of
other countries. Grants are awarded to those
who have academic or professional qualifi
cations and who wish to study, teach or
conduct research in a foreign country.
These grants cover the entire range of ex
penses for an academic year, including the
cost of education, lodging, transportation
and health and accident insurance.
“The nice thing about this program is that
it is fully funded,” Mills said. “People don't
have to use their own money to partici
pate.”
Since the time of its creation, more than
220,000 people have received a Fulbright
scholarship and 82,000 of those selected
have been from the United States. Current
ly, 4,200 grants are awarded annually, but
because of the recent budget changes the
number is likely to decrease.
Cari Vanderkar, a doctoral candidate for
anthropology at the University, received a
Fulbright for the 1997 to 1998 school year.
During that time, she traveled to the Czech
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Graduating) se
niors and grad stu
dents interested in
the program should
attend a workshop
April 21 at 3:30 p.m.
in the EMU, where
the program wiH be
discussed and open
ings for countries
will be revealed.
For more info, call
Thomas Mills at the
OtEE at 346-3206.