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Tuesday November 16,1999 Volume 101, Issue 55 Weather RAIN POSSIBLE Wednesday RAIN University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper www.dailyemerald.com Courage under fire Just days after his mother’s death, Michael Fletcher put forth an all-star performance in helping the Ducks to their win over California last week. PAGE 7 Merrick seeks nomination University activist Harriet Merrick announces her intention to pursue candidacy for the state representative seat, now held by Rep. Kitty Piercy. PAGE 8 Educator works campaign trail ■ Local education advisor Doug Carnine serves as aide to presidential candidate George W. Bush By Sarah du Soleil (or the Emerald As the presidential race heats up, many Americans are taking sides. Some people de cide who to vote for based upon the candidate’s platform or political party. But for Doug Carnine, direc tor of theUniversity’s National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators, choosing a candi date was based more on per sonal interaction than on poli tics. About six months ago, an aide of Gov. George W. Bush saw a presentation Carnine gave on research about teach ing beginning reading. After the presentation, the aide asked Carnine to join Bush’s team as an advisor for his edu cational platform. Since then, Carnine, 52, has helped a coun cil of about a dozen other edu cation experts advise the cam paign. His specialty is research. He advises the campaign on effec tive teaching practices and » how to improve research in ed ucation. “There needs to be a place where states, when they’re de veloping their tests, can go to get technical information,” he said. Carnine said that Bush’s ef fectiveness in getting test scores up for low-achieving and poor Texas schools attract ed him to the campaign. Car nine, who was a democrat be fore he met Bush, was so impressed with the governor’s work with education that he changed his political affilia tion. “I just think that the high achievement of at-risk kids in Texas is very, very important to this whole discussion because what I’m most concerned about is results for those students,” he said. ^ ^ I think that the at risk students in this country are really in need of a better education than they receive. Doug Carnine J 1 Director of the National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators Camine has toured many schools across the nation, not ing how low-income, special education and students who don’t speak English have lower tests scores than other children. However, Camine said he believes that Bush has helped close this score gap in his state. He also admires Texas’ ac countability system for schools, which he thinks focus es educators’ efforts on making students achieve. “The at-risk students in Texas were probably doing bet ter than any other state in the United States,” Camine said. His own desire to lower that testing gap national-wide led him to become one of Bush’s campaign advisors. He is a vol unteer, but the campaign cov ers his travel expenses. Over the past few months, Camine has worked at the Bush campaign in addition to continuing his work at the Uni versity. Camine’s work at the Center focuses on improving Turn to Camine, Page 4 Catherine Kendall Emerald Liz Clifton plays Jamie, the survivor, in “Justus: A Question of Conduct”. The event took place Monday evening in the EMU Ballroom. The presentation addressed the University’s code of conduct as well as sexual assault. Justus highlights issue of consent Sexual assault facts One in four college women were victims of rape or attempted rape by the end of their col lege careers. In 10 percent of reported rapes, the sur vivors are male. Drugs, especially alcohol, are involved in most sexual assaults on college campuses. Most sexual assaults are committed by someone the survivor is dating or knows. No means no. If explicit consent for sex is not given, sexual contact is considered sexu al assault. Sex offenders, rather than the survivors, are responsible for sexual assault. No one asks for or deserves to be raped. SOURCE:UOHealth Center ■ Hundreds turn out for exploration of the code of conduct “Explicit Consent” amendment By Ben Romano Oregon Daily Emerald A tense hush fell over the crowd in the packed EMU Ballroom as the conduct hearing board returned to deliver its verdict. Phil stood accused of raping Jamie in her dorm room after a party on Nov. 5. He was found guilty and students found out how a student conduct hearing works — or at least how it would work. Monday night’s mock hearing “JustUs: A Question of Con duct” was a collaborative effort of the University Health Center, the Office of Student Life and other campus and community agencies to educate students and stimulate discussion about the silent conduct code and sexual consent boundaries. They stated it (the Code of Student Conduct) simply,” said Turn to JustUS, Page 4 University takes on seven construction projects in two vears ■ Kinds from private donations will be used to improve the Eugene and Springfield communities By Stefanie Knowlton Oregon Daily Emerald Campus construction is far from over, as generous private donations have enabled the University to engage in seven campus building projects totaling $135 million over the next two years. University President Dave Frohnmayer announced the projects Monday, at his first press conference since his release from the hospital last week. “It is truly a renaissance for our campus,” Frohnmayer said. Approximately 90 percent of the funding will be provided by private donations—al most $60 million has already been pledged, the president said. The generosity of alumni and the success of the University’s fund raising campaigns are two factors in the suc cess of private giving, he said. The projects are geared toward recruiting and retaining students at the University as well as benefiting the Eugene/ Springfield community as a whole, Frohnmayer said. “It (the donations) creates a margin of ex cellence for the University,” said Duncan McDonald, University vice president for pub lic affairs. He said he expects that the remain ing $60 million needed to complete the pro jects will be donated over the next two years. The largest piece of campus construction is the renovation of Autzen Stadium, which is currently the third smallest football facili ty in the Pac-10 — Washington State Uni versity is second and Oregon State Universi ty is the smallest. Renovations will total $80 million and will include an increase in seating capacity from 41,700 to 53,800, improved restroom and concession facilities and the addition of 32 sky boxes. Although overall seating will increase, it is unclear at this time if students will secure ad ditional seats after construction, said Athletic Director Bill Moos. “It depends how many seats they use ... we have a contract with students on a yearly basis,” he said. I* ifteen percent of the ftinds needed for con struction will be raised by increased stadium user fees, but the director said he does not fore see and increase in student fees for tickets. University construction projects $80 million renovation of Autzen Stadium. approximately $40 million expansion and reno vation of Gilbert Hall. $250,000 construction of an Architecture and Al lied Arts Field House that will facilitate hands-on learning. $80 million renovation of Autzen Stadium, a $1.5 million Many Nations Long House that will serve as a student and community educational exhibit. $12 million renovation of the Museum of Natural History. $600,000 addition to the Vivian Olum Child De velopment Center. SOURCE: University Administration
