Community service required
■ Education majors must
complete a set number of
hours in service to the
community
By Edward Yuen
- Oregon Daily Emerald
Before graduating and begin
ning careers in education, stu
. dents at the College of Education
get the opportunity to see what life
is like in the teaching profession
by participating in a field study.
Education students are required
to work for an organization off cam
pus that relates to their arqa of study.
The amount of hours that students
have to contribute varies with each
student’s specific interest.
Students in the family and com
munity services option are required
to complete 540 hours of “field
study”: 300 hours during their ju
nior year with 100 hours each term;
and 240 hours in two consecutive
terms during their senior year.
Graduate students in middle/sec
ondary education have to work in a
school for a year, in addition to
course work at the University.
University seniors Iris Smith
Consumers
shop on-line
By Rachel Beck
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Shoppers are
buying a lot of books, videos and
toys on the Internet these days, but
are they ready to purchase dia
mond necklaces or designer suits
on-line?
The test may come this holiday
season. Dozens of»Web sites —
from traditional retailers to star
tups — are flooding the market
place with all sorts of luxury
goods, including Prada pocket
books and Rolex watches.
But getting people to actually
click on the “buy” button — espe
cially from e-tailers they’ve never
heard of—may be tough.
“Selling luxury goods on-line is
nothing like selling most other
things on the Web,” said Michael
May, an analyst at the Internet re
search firm Jupiter Communica
tions.
“You’ve got the issue of what is
real and what is a knockoff... the
issue of price, with some sites dis
counting and others that don’t,”
he said. “But that doesn’t mean
shoppers won’t buy expensive
stuff on-line. They just may pro
ceed with caution. ’ ’
The luxury goods market is al
ready big business in the traditional
retailing world. Sales last year to
taled $133 billion as the robust
economy and surging stock market
helped encourage shoppers to buy
expensive clothing and accessories#
Many expect luxury sales to
eventually flourish on the Inter
net, given the potential for a vastly
increased selection and the high
incomes of those who buy on-line.
About a quarter of the 38 million
U.S. households that were on-line
last year made more than $75,000
a year. That’s about a third more
than the average American house
hold, according to Jupiter Com
munications.
But demand for upscale products
on-line so far has been fairly small.
“The Internet is still new. When
someone is first going on-line,
they won’t buy a diamond ring,
but I think that as shoppers be
come more comfortable with the
Web, they will be more willing to
go for the higher-priced stuff,”
said Seema Williams, an analyst at
Forrester Research, an Internet re
search firm in Cambridge, Mass.
and Dana Cohee and graduate stu
dent Amy Nicolaisen are currently
working on their field studies.
Both Smith and Cohee are in the
family and community services
option and Nicolaisen is in the
teacher licensure program.
Smith works for Womenspace,
an organization that provides shel
ter and services for women who
are victims of domestic violence.
She has been working with the or
ganization since April and expects
to continue working to meet the
requirement.
Smith said she got a lot of first
hand experience from working for
Womenspace. Womenspace relies
on volunteers, and Smith said she
was well received.
“They make me feel I am want
ed in the agency,” she said.
Smith’s housemate, Cohee, is
working for the Lane Education
Services District for her senior
field study. She assists teachers in
the office and works with students
who are depressed.
“I am interested in being a
teacher, and it is good to get first
hand experience in school work
ing with teachers.” Cohee said.
Nicolaisen is working in
Churchill High School in Eugene
for her practicum. At this time, she
is not teaching in the school, but is
observing teaching method.
“I expect it will prepare me for
my spring teaching experience,”
she said. “It ill give me a chance to
get to know the mentor teacher
and students who I am working
with.”
Nicolaisen also said she would
incorporate the observations she
made at Churchill High School
with what she learned in teaching
and apply the theories to prepare
for teaching sessions next semester.
“Each day is a brand new learn
ing experience for me,” Nicolaisen
said. Nicolaisen is taking 16 credit
hours of course work at the Uni
versity this term and she plans to
spend at least four hours a day in
Churchill High School.
Dan Close, the FCS coordinator
and professor for the College of Ed
ucation, expects students to behave
professionally in the field study.
“And to learn how to interact
with other professionals and how
to communicate in a clear and pre
cise manner. And to be punctual
and ready to participate in a life in
school or agency,” he said.
senior education major Dana Cohee helps a student with his homework. Cohee is working
for Lane Education Services District for her ‘field study.’
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University Housing is considering the feasibility of building
apartment housing for single graduate students.
Single graduate students are invited to an open forum to
provide your ideas and input. The forum will be held:
Wednesday. October 20 at 5:30 PM.
in the IMU Maple Room
We will present some opinions that have been successful elsewhere,
invite your ideas, and ask you to complete a brief survey. We will also
provide you an opportunity for future input if we should go forward
with the project. The entire meeting should take less than an hour with
a light dinner provided afterward.
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