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Lessons That Will Last A Lifetime. OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL Put that college degree to use by enrolling into the Air Force Officer Training School. Upon successful completion of the Officer Training School, you will become a commissioned Air Force officer with earned respect and benefits like - great starting pay, medical and dental care, management and travel AIM HIGH opportunities. For more on how to qualify and get your career soaring with the Air Force Officer Training School, call 1-800-423-USAF, or visit our website at www.airforce.comwww.airforce.com MCC Director Candidate Presentation Erica Fulier-Shindier MCC Director Candidate presents Moving Toward Change April 24, 2000 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Multicultural Center Suite 33, EMU KNRQ Morning DJs Porter 8 Maxwell have Pulses. Do you have one? Check your Pulse, the Oregon Daily Emerald's entertainment section, every Thursday. Knterakl The Benjamin and Louise Carroll Visiting Professorship in Urbanization Presents Dr. Larry R. Ford San Diego State University Globalization and Landscape Change: Building World Cities 7:00 pm Tuesday April 25, 2000 128 Chiles FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIED) (ROOMMATES, TICKETS, STUFF YOU LOST, BICYCLES,CARS, JOBS,jONrCAM.RU.S-OPJJQRXUAUXEESX, MM Justice For All continued from page 1 abled person. Members would also volunteer time to relieve the caretaker. While the group will receive money from the student inciden tal fee, currently its main goal is to raise money. Austin said mem bers are planning to organize clothing and diaper drives and adopting a number of single mothers to support with food baskets during holidays. The group is also planning an anti-abortion picnic in front of the EMU. Stoffel said Justice For All will work to bring the GAP Project back to campus next fall and make it an annual event. Holly Wright, a junior double majoring in art history and histo ry, said she joined Justice For All last spring because the group stands up for issues she is inter ested in and concerned about. She said she hopes to help peo ple in crisis situations involving unwanted pregnancies make more educated choices although she realizes those choices are dif ficult ones. “It’s so hard to tell someone this is what you should be doing because obviously you are not that person,” Wright said. Justice For All members said although they cannot make choices for other people, they hope to help them make what they think are better choices. Visitation continued from page 1 teers and staff filled the EMU Ballroom Saturday morning to kick off the day’s events. After opening comments and wel comes by OMA director Carla Gary and University President Dave Frohnmayer, the University Gospel Ensemble performed. The students then separated into different teams with duck themed names and spread out to different buildings on campus. Each team had two or three Uni versity students as leaders who guided them to different work shops and “mini classes.” University professors and stu dents volunteered their after noons to present on a variety of subjects including science, law, dance and foreign languages. “It gives me a lot of satisfaction to see so many UO students giv ing up a whole Saturday — dur ing midterms — to help us help these kids,” Choy said. About 60 University students volunteered to help guide and keep track of the students. Aisha Luvert sophomore major ing in biochemistry, was a team leader of the “Soaring Ducks.” When Luvert was in middle school she attended Reach and though it was not the deciding factor in her decision to attend college, it was important for her to have a day to visit a college cam pus and see students of color who were succeeding and acting as campus leaders, she said. Valerie Garcia, a sixth grader from Woodburn, was on Luvert’s team. They attended classes on international cultures, law and chemistry. “I liked the chemistry best be cause they made goop and turned a pickle into light,” Garcia said. Garcia said before “Reach for Success” she was already think ing about college but it was a good field trip for her. She also enjoyed the presentation on law because she is planning to be a lawryer one day, she said. Counselors and teachers also appreciate their students having the opportunity to see what col lege has to offer. Dapo Sobomehin works as a counselor and social studies teacher at Whiteaker Mid dle School in Portland and said the program is beneficial to his students because “it is the little things that stay in their heads. “It exposes kids to higher edu cation, brings different communi ties together,” Sobomehin said. “The setting is fabulous. The kids can mingle.” While the students attended classes, their relatives, counselors and teachers attended workshops about financial aid and how to help a child succeed in school. Many of the workshops were also available in Spanish. After classes and workshops, participants returned to the ball room to fill out evaluations and watch the closing dance perform ance. Four Eugene students from Kennedy danced to “Suava mente,” by Elvis Crespo and invit ed everyone to dance together to close the day’s events. The dancers are part of another University-sponsored program for middle school students, Ganas, in which University students from MEChA tutor Chicano and Latino students. One dancer, Joanne Mendoza, a seventh grader, said, “Usually in the sixth or seventh grade, you usually don’t think about col lege.” Mendoza said the University sponsored events, such as Ganas, Reach and Edward James Olmos’ recent visit, have together sharp ened her vision of the future. She also noted there is a good possibility she will attend the University to study science with the goal of becoming a doctor. “My vision of college is more clear than before,” she said. “I can now see myself in college.” ouw, no e.#& -- ' Stop.
