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Professor tapped for new position ■ University biology professor Karen Sprague will take charge in a newly developed position to help, among other things, ease the transistion into freshman year By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald In the hopes of advancing ex cellence in undergraduate educa tion, the University has created a new position to be filled by Karen Sprague, a University biology pro fessor. Sprague will begin her role as the University’s first vice provost for undergraduate studies on July 1. “The position developed out of a campus-wide effort known as the Process for Change,” Provost and Academic Vice President John Moseley said. The Process for Change is a grassroots organization that began about four years ago when stu dents, staff and faculty came to gether to address new ways to cre ate a more flexible, student centered model of education. “The project was prompted by the coming of millennium to start thinking about change,” said Sprague. Sprague became involved in the Process for Change two years ago when she began directing the University Task Force on Under graduate Education. The Task Force implemented a number of new programs, including build ing scholarship funds and in creasing student opportunities for real-world experience through in ternships, research and commu nity service projects. In her new role, Sprague will use her past experience and know-how to oversee academic advising, multicultural affairs, student retention programs and the implementation of undergrad uate programs developed through the Process for Change. “One of my main goals is to im prove the freshman year,” Sprague said. “I believe that we as an institution can do better to get students started their first year.” The campus environment is another area where Sprague be lieves more attention should be focused. “We need to create a diverse community by making efforts to bring diverse people here,” Sprague said, “then we need to get these people to start talking.” As vice provost for undergrad uate studies, Sprague will work ( (/ believe that we as an institution can do bet ter to get students started their first year. Karen Sprague vice provost for undergraduate studies with and be advised by the Uni versity’s Undergraduate Council. “The council is very excited about this new position,” said Jim Long, previous Undergraduate Council Chair. “This position of fers us a partnership and a point person who can take the ideas of fered and flesh them through.” The new position is a step in helping to provide even more op portunities for undergraduates at the University. “This appointment under scores our commitment to offer ing the best possible undergradu ate education,” Moseley said. “Karen Sprague brings to this po sition not only an innovative can do approach to teaching, but ter rific experience in teaching and research as a leader of the under graduate task force in our Process for Change project.” Summer continued from page 1A day through Friday, unless noted otherwise. The University book store’s summer hours are 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Satur day and noon to 6 p.m. on Sun day. Though summer session has advantages for many students, Zumbrunnen noted that it can have downsides. “Course selection is not as great, and the condensed classes can be challenging,” she said. The counseling center advises students who are having trouble with classes to drop in Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Betty Taylor, right, a member of the city council, speaks to one of the protesters at the rally at Washington-jefferson Park. Anarchist rally continued from page 1A not in uniform. They were in ma roon vehicles parked on the side of the road and across the street, observing the gathering and mak ing sure it did not get out of hand. Even without a uniformed pres ence, the police were still fresh in the minds of those gathered at the park. One masked anarchist car ried a sign about Industrial Work ers of the World and said his main goal as an anarchist was to show support for the community, edu cate and agitate. “People should have the right to do whatever they want,” he said. “I don’t want to give my name. That’s why I’m wearing a mask... I don’t want to piss anyone off... I’m just afraid of the cops.” Several other people came to the park carrying signs. Some fa vored the anarchists, some the po lice. One man favored them both. “Eugene appreciates the good intentions of its police and anar chists. We just wish they would play more basketball,” Eugene resident Tom Atlee’s sign read. “The vast majority of people in the community don’t really want to take sides,” Atlee said. “There’s a lot of support for the anarchists and a lot of support for the cops.... My sign is trying to say in a slightly humorous way that we consider there are good points to both of these groups, and if they would just stay within the good things, then it would be pretty cool.” One woman was not as sup portive of the cops. She was espe cially critical of the way she r thinks they are carrying out their code of ethics. “When you see [this] code of ethics, you’re supposed to protect and serve the public — all citi zens, every age,” Ruth Duemler said, referring to a flier she hand ed out. “And it seems like they’re abusing a lot of the public for the sake of the property owners. I don’t like property damage, and I believe strongly in nonviolence. But I feel the police are here to serve all of us and not just the property owners.” The anarchists were left with the park to themselves for most of the day. They surrounded the founda tion to the freeway, ate food, lis tened to speeches, watched a pup pet show and played music. With the absence of an overt po lice presence, there was only the peaceful discussion of what police intervention meant to these rallies and a feeling that the day just might pan out without trouble. “If they had police officers sur rounding the park, this would have been a different event to day,” Lee said. “The more that you can have ac tivities like this, where the police don’t need to intervene, the more the bad blood is going to go away,” Ward 1 City Councilor Gary Rayor said. “We’re working on creating a forum where police and anarchists can find a common ground.” But despite what was to be a peaceful assembly, confined to the park, in the early evening Sunday, there was still the discussion of the presence of the observers and the absence of the police. “Although well-intentioned, they do act as the first level of policing,” anarchist leader Steven Heslin said about the neutral ob servers. “I advocate working out side the legal system.” Heslin did say that he feels much less threatened by the ob servers than he does by the cops, but he offered what he considers a better alternative. “Instead of being observers, more members of the community need to come down and observe the events themselves,” Heslin said. But many council members at the park and the observers them selves felt that is exactly what the observer program is. “They’re observing the police and the protesters,” Mary Feld mann, one of two lead observers, said. “They’re community mem bers who are concerned.” “If the police come in and bust [the anarchists’] heads, then the ob servers can say, ‘I saw that,”’ Lee said. But Heslin and the anarchists expressed their fundamental problem with an organization de signed to observe the events. “It still feels like they’re here to monitor us,” Heslin said. But when the sun went down and the gathering left the park, the discussion and those observing the anarchists took a drastic change. When the sun was still glaring over the still peaceful gathering in the park, Lee made a statement that best sums up the beginning day, and possibly the start of summer. “So far it’s been great, but still its not over yet,” he said. Jack Clifford and Rebecca Newell con tributed to this article. Anthropology Summer 2000 ! Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 110) (4) July 18-Aug 11. Different cultures around the world. I Meets Ml IWH 9-10:50. Wooten. Introduction to Archaeology (ANTII 150) (4) June 19-July 14. Prehistoric cultures and their archaeology. Meets MIJWH 9-10:50. Fitzpatrick. Evolution of Human Sexuality (ANTH 175) (4) June 12-17. Evolution of sex, the sexes, and the role of sex in mammal, primate, and human behavior. Meets MUWHFS | 9-3:30. Anthropological Perspectives of Warfare (ANTH 310) (4) June 19-Aug 11. Warfare, violence, and conflict management from cultural and biological anthropological perspectives. Meets MlIWII 11-11:50. Gualtieri. Anthropology of the Body (ANTH 310) (4) June 19 July 14. Cultural constructions of the body and cultural variations in bodily practices. Diverse case studies, including the U.S. Meets MIIWH 1-2:50. Hallberg. Anthropology of Religion (ANTH 310) (4) July 17-Aug 11. Non-Western, nonmainstream religions: shamanism, revitalization, and millenarian movements, altered slates. Meets MUWH 1-2:50. Shekovan. V__ Pacific Islands Archaeology (ANTH 343) (4) June 19-July 14. Prehistoric development of Pacific Island peoples from the earliest settlement though early Western contact. Ayres. Human Biological Variation (ANTH 362) (4) June 19-July 14. Genetic and biological structure of human populations; population dynamics and causes of diversity. Prereq: ANTH 170. Meets MliWll 9-10:50. Lukacs. Fieldwork in Anthropology (Archaeology) (ANTH 4/ 508) (8) June 19-July 29. Introduction to archaeological field techniques; survey and excavation in Oregon's high desert. Prereq: instructor’s consent. Aikens, Jenkins. Pacific Archaeology Field School (ANTH 4/508) June 19-Sept 1. Archaeological training classes held in the Pacific Islands. Prereq: instructor’s consent. Ayres. Paleoecology and Human Evolution (ANTH 4/567) (4) July 17-Aug 11. Relationship between ecology and comparative morphology as a basis for theories of hominid phytogeny; current theories of hominid origins. Prereq: ANTH 361 or instructor’s consent. Meets MliWIi 9-10:50. Lukacs. 009611
