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Tues/Thurs 12:30-13:50
Lawrence 241, Jacobson.
This course uses a major exhibition of Scythian
Gold, as a point of departure for the study of gold
working in the ancient world. Students will develop
their own project on a gold-working tradition of
their choice. Upper division or graduate standing;
instructor's consent.
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‘Beauty’ captures the Oscars
LOS ANGELES — “American
Beauty,” a dark comedy about sub
urban alienation and family dys
function, won five Academy
Awards Sunday night, including
for best picture, director Sam
Mendes, and actor Kevin Spacey.
“This is the highlight of my day.
I hope it is not all downhill from
here,” Spacey said jokingly, a racy
reference to the film’s opening. It
was his second Oscar: He won for
best supporting actor of 1995 for
U.S. Census
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format, which asks only seven
subjects including name, sex,
race, age, etc. One in six resi
dences, however, will need to fill
in 27 more questions regarding
ancestry, employment and edu
cation among others.
On campus, census enumera
tors will be conducting counts of
all dorm residents beginning
April 28, following the national
ly designated Census Day on
April 1. Those living in off-cam
pus housing should have already
received their forms, which are
due to be returned by mail no lat
er than April 11.
Mike Steenhout, manager of
the local census office, said stu
dents who live and attend school
full-time in Eugene need to be
counted as such, not as members
of their parents household else
where. Even students with citi
zenship in another country will
be counted as Oregonians be
cause they currently live and
work here.
“Some $200 billion per year in
“The Usual Suspects.”
Alan Ball picked up the Oscar
for original screenplay, and Con
rad L. Hall won as the film’s cine
matographer.
Hilary Swank, who portrayed a
woman passing as a man in “Boys
Don’t Cry,” won as best actress.
She thanked the real-life inspi
ration for her role, Brandon Teena,
saying: “His legacy lives on
through our movie to remind us to
always be ourselves
federal funds is at stake,” he said.
“A lot of money comes to univer
sities, and those subsidies are
based on population counts.”
Steenhout wanted to encour
age students to participate, reiter
ating that all information is held
in confidence, protected by fed
eral law and unique in America
in that it is constitutionally man
dated. Also, Oregon was the 14th
most undercounted state in the
last census, some of which affect
ed campus communities across
the state.
“It’s so important because it is
literally the cornerstone of our
democracy,” he said.
For college students in particu
lar, such data is used by employ
ers to understand the incoming
workforce demographic, and fed
erally subsidized loan funds are
determined from collected infor
mation.
“The census isn’t only a head
count,” said Kanhaiya Vaidya,
senior demographer for the state
of Oregon, “but shows us how
populations are changing over
time.”
He said Oregon suffered a 1.9
Michael Caine, from “The Cider
House Rules,” won his second
best supporting actor Oscar. An
gelina Jolie, the disruptive mental
patient in “Girl, Interrupted,” won
for supporting actress — a genera
tion after her father, Jon Voight,
took home an Oscar.
“The Matrix” won four Oscars
— for film editing, sound, sound
effects editing and visual effects.
The Associated Press
percent undercount in the 1990
census, missing approximately
54,000 state residents and result
ing in the forfeiture of “at least $4
million dollars per year in federal
money.” A state the size of Cali
fornia, for example, lost more
that $200 million a year from an
insufficient count.
Vaidya’s office, through track
ing and analysis of population
figures, makes recommendations
to Gov. Kitzhaber for the specific
allocation of government dollars
throughout the state, including
those targeting minority pro
grams and Native American
reservations.
“We are anxious for the 2000
census so we can benchmark
trends,” he said. “Student enroll
ment, for instance, was down but
now the 18 to 24 age group is
higher, so more people are enter
ing college. It’s important to
track.”
The local census office is hir
ing from the community for help
with enumeration, especially
bilingual individuals to help
with Latino populations. Contact
888-325-7733 for more informa
tion.
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