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Bill could nix bad freshman year
The bill would allow
freshman to erase their
grades and credits
By Felicity Ayles
Oregon Daily Emerald
College is not only a place to
study hard and gain experience
for a future career — it is also a
place to expand socially and
make life-long friends. But some
students enjoy college so much,
they let their grades fall second to
their social life.
A new bill introduced to the
Oregon Legislature last week
would allow these socially-in
clined students to redo their
freshman year of college and at
tempt to improve their grades.
Students would be able to erase
their freshman grades and credits
and start all over again.
Rep. Mike Lehman (D-Coos
Bay) introduced the bill, labeled
the Educational Bankruptcy Act,
and said he feels it is a good alter
native for students who “messed
up” their freshman year.
But Lehman said this plan is
drastic and, therefore, probably
won’t be used that much. The bill
would erase grades for all three
terms and is only applicable to
state universities.
“You lose it all,” he said. “You
end up with no credits; it can be
very expensive.”
But the process to actually get
rid of the grades does require
some effort on the student’s part.
The bill requires that students
petition the Oregon Department
of Higher Education to get their
grades erased, Lehman said. And
he added that the bill is not meant
for good students who want to get
rid of one bad grade.
“You cannot select individual
classes,” he said. “This is aimed at
the kids who blow it bad and want
to take the time out to come back.”
University Registrar Herb
Chereck said he doesn’t think the
program is particularly beneficial
for students. He said he doesn’t
believe being able to erase your
grades is a good thing.
Chereck said students are ad
mitted to the University with a
specific standard to begin with.
“Students are admitted because
they have demonstrated the abili
ty to do this work,” he said.
The process is already in place
to deal with students who experi
ence bad grades their freshman
year, he said.
“Grades reflect how you’ve per
formed,” he said. “It is important
to make sure we reflect that as ac
curately as possible. ”
Kelli Schwab, a counselor at
South Eugene High School, said
she hasn’t had time to think
through the possibilities of the
new bill, but said she can see
some positive aspects of the idea.
“I think there’s something to be
said for making another effort,”
she said.
But Schwab said success rates
for students from South Eugene
are usually high.
“Our kids do really well here,
there’s a high number that go to
college in the first place,” she
said. “And I don’t hear about
many flunking out.”
Felicity Ayles can be reached via e
mailatfizzer@gladstone. uore
gon.edu.
College of business names new dean
Philip J. Romero hopes to
increase recognition of
the Lundquist College
By TeriMeeuwsen
Oregon Daily Emerald
The baton is being passed.
Philip J. Romero, the former top
economic adviser to California
Gov. Pete Wilson, will become
the dean of the Charles H.
Lundquist College of Business
this summer.
Romero succeeds Tim
McGuire, who left last year for a
job in the private sector. Professor
Dale Morse served as interim
dean of the business college while
the University conducted a na
tional search to fill the position.
“I think the Lundquist College
has had the right things for a long
time, and it’s time for the whole
world to know what kind of a Uni
versity Eugene has,” Romero said.
While Romero said he will fo
cus on making the college more
visible worldwide, he said he also
wants community businesses to
recognize it more.
“I’m a strategic planner by na
ture, and I’m thinking very much
about how the college can add val
ue to the Oregon business commu
nity — not just today, but for years
in the future from now,” he said.
Before he reaches those goals,
however, Romero said he has to
get used to and leam more about
his new surroundings.
“I have a lot to learn before
rushing in to fix things that may
not be broken,” he said.
Romero’s background combines
think-tank economics with high
visibility government policy work.
While serving a number of posi
tions in the Wilson administration,
he was a key player in designing
an economic recovery plan for the
state that fueled more than $10 bil
lion in economic development.
He also led a successful cam
paign to restructure the electric and
telephone industries. These poli
cies and programs played a major
role in California’s economic recov
ery, Romero said. As a result, Cali
fornia went from last in the nation
in job growth to nearly twice the na
tional average — from losing 1,000
jobs per day to gaining 1,000.
“Philip Romero will bring a
new perspective to the Lundquist
College and, indeed, to the Uni
versity,” said John Moseley,
provost and academic vice presi
dent, who announced the deci
sion Thursday.
Romero, 42, has kept close con
nections to academia. He has
taught graduate-level classes at
the UCLA, the University of
Southern California, Pepperdine
University and at California State
University graduate schools.
Romero graduated in 1980 from
Cornell University with a double
major in economics and govern
ment. He earned a doctorate in
policy analysis in 1988 from the
RAND Graduate School in Santa
Monica, Calif.
West University cleanup slated to begin soon
Part oj the cleanup
involves the possibility
of reopening a park
By David Ryan
Oregon Daily Emerald
The most dilapidated student
neighborhood in the city is set to
get a facelift.
Members of the West Univer
sity Neighbors, a community
group dealing with planning is
sues in the West University
Neighborhood, talked on Thurs
day about their short-term and
long-term plans to cleanup and
reconstruct parts of the neigh
borhood.
In the short-term, a West Uni
versity cleanup will accompany
the University cleanup on Univer
sity Day, tearing down signs post
ed on telephone polls and pin
pointing graffiti for the city’s pub
lic works department to remove.
In the long-term, Bobby Lee,
West University city councilor,
said he wanted the West Univer
sity Neighbors to endorse a plan
to remove utility poles and move
telephone wires underground.
Lee said the utility poles are
blocking fire trucks from going
through alleyways and reaching
apartments on upper stories of
buildings.
Richie Wienman, the city’s
Housing and Neighborhood De
velopment manager, said “under
grounding” could cost millions of
dollars. Lee’s plan would require
property owners to put up some
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money.
“My motto is you have to invest .
in your neighborhood at least
once every 50 years,” Lee said.
Richard Green, representing the
West University Business Associ
ation, said although he felt prop
erty owners might balk at the
idea, he personally thought it
would be good for businesses if
the alleys were cleaned up.
“Excelsior Inn says ‘Come to
our beautiful location, and people
pull into the back alley and say
‘What is this?”’ he said.
Green also had an idea to get
currently unresponsive property
owners to get involved in the dis
cussion.
“Tell 'em it’s going to cost them
something and they’ll be here in
droves,” he said.
Lee said he also wanted to add
requirements on business licens
es obligating business owners to,
in some way, take care of the
neighborhood their business is in.
Another item on the Lee’s agen
da was to find something to do
with a closed park between Hil
yard Street and Patterson Avenue.
He hoped to find out what stu
dents wanted to do with the park,
which closed in 1995 because of
heavy drug trafficking.