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Convocation
continued from page 1A
better understanding of now. We
must use our education to over
come ignorance.”
Part of the challenge that the
University faces during this week
celebrating the life of King is “to
encourage differences to blossom
in the midst of our common com
munity,” Frohnmayer said.
In agreement with Frohnmayer,
Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey com
mented that the University's di
versity positively affects the Eu
gene community.
“The University is a major rea
son that we have a high level of di
versity in Eugene,” he said. “The
makeup of the University pro
vides checks to make sure that all
people are respected. We,aren’t
perfect, but Eugene is better than
the vast majority of communities,
and that has much to do with the
fact that students and faculty en
lighten us to recognizing people
for who they are, not what their
cultural background is.”
During his speech, Kitzhaber
said that the important thing to
“remember is not where we come
from, but where we are going.”
“We need to respect differences
no matter what,” he said. “We are
all human... what we share is more
important than how we differ.
After the convocation,
Kitzhaber commented on the re
cent diversity controversy sur
rounding Project Saferide.
Gender issues on campus came
to a head during Tuesday’s Pro
gram’s Finance Committee meet
ing. PFC member Aaron Week filed
a grievance with Affirmative Ac
tion against Saferide’s rape preven
tion shuttle service extended to
women after dark. He took issue
with the fact that the ASUO
Women’s Center does not extend a
similar service to men on campus.
ASUO Vice president Mitra
Anoushiravani said she and Presi
dent Wylie Chen are discussing
creating a male version of
Saferide.
“We don’t want to take Saferide
away but add to it,” Anoushira
vani said.
While the governor said he rec
ognizes the validity of the federal
regulations for and believes very
strongly in gender equity, he also
said he believes that the issues
need to be viewed in terms of the
intent. Kitzhaber said that if the in
tent of the program is to only pro
vide Saferide for women, or even
if budget constraints are moving in
that direction, students should
look for a way so that the service
is extended to all students.
“Step back and look beyond
your own self interests,” he said.
“It’s one of the things that really
holds society back. We need a vic
tory for community over the indi
vidual self interests. Work togeth
er, instead of fighting and see how
you can get the resources extend
ed. We need to ask ourselves
what’s better for the largest cam
pus community.”
Anoushiravani said, overall,
she was proud to give Kitzhaber a
chance to see how the University
is handling diversity issues.
Undergrads
continued from page 1A
a faculty mentor for the year. The
students generally join an existing
research project or assist Univer
sity professors with their research.
“The real motivation for this
program is to get undergraduates
interested in research and to pro
mote them going on to graduate
school,” said Jill Dose, secretary
for the Institute for the Develop
ment of Educational Achieve
ment, a division of the Universi
ty’s College of Education. The
institute administers the under
graduate research program.
Thi^ year’s undergraduate re
search fellows are John Carasone,
Jenee Hoard, Josh Horton and An
nie Wiberg-Rozaklis.
The program is only in its sec
ond year at the University. Last
year, only three fellowships were
offered, and all the research was
done in the College of Education.
Dose said the program has ex
panded to four research spots
since then, and undergraduates
are allowed to do their research in
any field of study that interests
them.
This year’s group of student re
searchers agreed the program has
already benefited them in several
ways, from helping them prepare
for graduate school to developing
connections with University pro
fessors.
“I’ve learned a lot about the
way research is done,” said
Hoard, an art history major who is
participating in a research project
involving the study of attraction
and courtship.
The program is also an oppor
tunity for students to get a taste of
the rigors of graduate school, said
Horton, an undergraduate re
search fellow who is researching
the philosophers Michel Foucault
and Karl Marx.
“It’s an opportunity that’s not
generally offered to undergradu
ates,” Horton said. “And it really
prepares you for graduate school
as well.”
The program requires the un
dergraduate fellows to enroll in a
one-credit research seminar for
the entire year. While the course
is only one credit, it involves a lot
of outside work.
“It’s been a good experience,”
said Wiberg-Rozaklis, a geogra
phy major who is working on a
project to document trends in re
forestation. Wiberg-Rozaklis said
the most rewarding aspect of the
program is being able to con
tribute to a lasting study.
“I’m doing something that’s
adding to substantial work,” she
said. “The research I’m doing will
be part of a book.”
The program does involve a lot
of outside work, but program ap
plicants are required to demon
strate their academic ability when
they apply for the research posi
tion. The average GPA of the four
researchers is 3.76, according to
Dose.
Despite the extra workload the
fellowship entails, Horton still
has time to work on his double
major in English and history.
“It’s not too much of a time
drain,” he said.
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