Unsatisfied
The women's basket
ball team did win the
Pac-10 again, but a
first-round tournament
loss leaves more to be
desired. PAGE 7A
The Flash
20-30 Club is active
The club offers people the
opportunity to network while
helping their community. Stu
dents in particular can break
out of their insulated campus
life and get a real-world expe
rience. PAGE4A
Chemical plant blast
injures 52 in Texas
PASADENA, Texas (AP)—An
explosion Monday rocked a
Phillips Petroleum chemical
plant near the Houston Ship
Channel, injuring at least 52
people and sparking a fire
that sent thick smoke over the
area. One man was missing.
Hospital spokesmen said 52
people were taken to hospi
tals with injuries that includ
ed burns, smoke inhalation
and anxiety-related disorders.
Jury gives ex-smoker
$20 million verdict
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A
jury ordered the nation’s two
largest tobacco companies
Monday to pay $20 million in
punitive damages to a dying
ex-smoker who took up the
habit after cigarette packs be
gan to bear the surgeon gen
eral’s warning in the 19'60s.
The Superior Court jury de
cided 9-3 to order Philip Mor
ris and R.J. Reynolds to pay
$10 million each to Leslie
Whiteleyand her husband.
White House calling
code illicitly revealed
NEW YORK (AP) — Presi
dent Clinton’s phone bills in
creased more than $50,000
after an Army sergeant gave
out the White House long-dis
tance calling code, federal
prosecutors say.
The scheme allegedly cul
minated in the arrest of
David Gilmer, 30, of Wood
bridge, Va., an Army sergeant
assigned to the White House
Communications Agency.
In federal court papers,
U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White
claimed 9,400 unauthorized
calls were made between
Dec. 5 and Feb. 8.
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With the
advent of
on-line
degrees,
some worry
the lack of
personal
contact will
hinder the
learning
process
while others
applaud its
convenience
Check
it out
The AIM pro
gram is on
the Web at
aim,
uoregon.edu
By Ben Romano f
Oregon Daily Emerald
Starting this fall, the Univer
sity will offer a master’s degree
in applied information man- 1
agement that can be < ompleted
from application to matricula
tion without printing a single
assignment or sitting in a stuffy
lecture hall.
The AIM degree has been of
fered on -site at the University
of Oregon Portland Center
since 1986. It is an interdisci
plinary degree that combines
aspects of management, tech
nology and communications.
The same faculty who have
taught the course in a tradition
al setting are in the process of
transferring the curriculum to
the Web.
“It’s a challenge,” said Kim
Sheehan, an adjunct professor
with AIM. “It takes much more
planning.”
The lectures, office hours
and other trappings of an in
the-flesh course are replaced
with Internet technology. Pow
erPoint slides with audio over
lays of the professor’s lecture
Turn to A!M degree, page 5A
Catharine Kendall Emerald
■ A new Web site listing degrees
and class schedules will simplify
many students’ searches
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon University System
launched a Web site Monday that enables
prospective students to search for courses
and degree program services from 22 col
leges and universities throughout the
state.
The catalog, produced by the Oregon
Network for Education, is the state’s first
Web-based service that offers information
on distance education and where students
can learn about and take courses on-line.
ONE officials say the new Web site —
www.oregonone.org — makes it more
convenient for prospective students to
find the programs they need.
“It’s difficult for students to sort out all
of the information (from all of the institu
tions),” co-coordinator of the Web site
John Greydanus said. “So we put all of the
information into a single site that is easily
searchable.”
The new Web site is a major aspect of
Turn to Web site, page 5A
Greek leaders bag 11 awards at conference
Members
came home
with
confidence
that the
University’s
Greek
system is one
step ahead of
most in the
country
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald ,
Members of the University’s
Interfratemity and Panhellenic
Councils who attended the
Mid-American Greek Council
Association Conference in
Chicago returned with some
heavy luggage. Both councils
brought home a total of 11
awards recognizing outstand
ing leadership.
Greek leaders from the Uni
versity joined 1,800 representa
tives from more than 200 col
leges and universities from 17
states at the February meeting,
which is the largest Greek con
ference in the nation.
Brian Cao, a junior exercise
and movement major and vice
president for academic success
for the council, is one of 30
University students who at
tended the conference and ac
cepted the awards honoring ex
cellence in such categories as
membership recruitment and
retention, public relations,
community service, leadership
and educational development,
academic achievement and
self-governance and judicial af
fairs.
“It’s a real confidence boost
er,” Cao said. “It lets us know
that we are doing things right.”
Senior journalism major
Rena Adelstein also went to the
conference and participated in
seminars and workshops on
leadership and Greek values.
Adelstein said she attended the
conference for the second time,
this time acting as a speaker.
Both times she noticed that
the Greek system at the Univer
sity is ahead of Greek systems
in other regions when it comes
to dry houses, security at Greek
functions and student-driven
initiatives, she said.
“Basically, I think the con
Turn to Greek awards, page 6A
We really
saw that our
Greek system
was ahead of
everybody
else.
Rena Adelstein
senior,
journalism
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