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Summer grads gaze ahead to future
■ The most recent University alumni take the
anticipated commencement walk and begin
their search for post-diploma employment
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By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
In the midst of August, there
isn’t anything better than enjoy
ing the warm, outdoor weather.
Except maybe graduating from
college in that gorgeous weather,
and knowing you’ve put an offi
cial stamp on your education.
• That’s exactly what more than
1,100 University students will ex
perience Saturday during the
Summer 2000 commencement
exercises. The ceremony begins at
10 a.m. at the Memorial Quadran
gle on the west edge of campus.
Philip Romero, the dean of the
Charles H. Lindquist College of
Business, will deliver the com
mencement speech. Romero was
appointed to his position last
June after serving as California’s
chief economist under then-Gov.
Pete Wilson.
“I was asked by President
[Dave] Frohnmayer to speak at
the commencement,” Romero
said. “It’s tradition if there’s a
new dean for him to give the
speech and I’m the newest.”
Romero’s address is titled “Re
venge of the Slackers.” In it, he
conveys the idea that that Gener
ation-Xers will transform Amer
ica’s politics, spiritual life and
civic community.
“I think Generation-X is total
ly proving the critics wrong,”
Romero said. “They’ve been the
driving force behind our record
breaking economic expansion.”
“What I’m looking for most is
creating a binding connection be
tween these students and the Uni
versity,” he continued. “And that
connection is something students
can utilize after graduation.”
With classes over for now, it .
will be time for grads to concen
trate on finding that dream job.
Or at least some
type of work that
will begin paying
off student loans.
According to
Larry Smith, direc
tor of the Universi
ty Career Center,
the next few weeks
will be a busy time
as recently gradu
ated students be
gin perusing the
job market. He
added that stu
dents don’t job
search during
summer school
prior to gradua
tion, as they’re
overloaded with
academic require
ments.
“We’re anticipat
ing seeing summer
grads within a
week after gradua
tion, after they have
time to catch their
breath,” Smith
said.
Though the vol
ume of jobs isn’t
what it was at the
end of spring,
Smith said, there
are also fewer peo
ple looking.
The Career Cen
ter is open
throughout the
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dents have three
months after grad
uation to take advantage of the
resources before they are charged
an alumni fee. More information
is available at their Web site at
http://uocareer.uoregon.edu.
For students, a diploma is
more than just a certification of
completing the required course
load. It’s a signal that they suc
ceeded in taking a huge step to
ward their future.
“I feel like I've just gotten off
the Gravitron; feelin’ a little nau
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seated, a little wound up with
adrenaline, but ready for the next
ride,” graduating senior Sabrina
Sakata said. “At times, college
was a rather warped reality but I
learned a lot about people and
what I care about.”
Organizing
tops agenda
for activists
■ Student groups from around
the continent congregate at the
University to discuss global
organization for human rights
By Jack Clifford
Oregon Daily Emerald
The issues of labor rights, sweatshop
conditions and student organization
will be thrust into the Eugene sunshine
beginning Wednesday, when student
leaders from across North America
gather at the Uni
versity for a five
day conference.
The United Stu
dents Against
Sweatshops and
180/MDE — which
stands Movement
for Democracy and
Education — join
forces for the event, which will focus on
student power, coalition building, the
structure of universities and how to ex
pand the definition of sweatshops to in
clude more industries besides apparel
companies, such as Nike and adidas,
said Sarah Jacobson, a USAS member.
Jacobson estimates that anywhere
from 300 to 400 people from every re
gion of the country, plus student ac
tivists from Canada and Mexico, will at
tend the conference.
“It’s an organizing tool to provide the
opportunity for students to teach each
other what they’re working on and to
learn from other activists and resources
who will be at the conference,” she
said, adding that the main goal is to
make both groups structurally and orga
nizationally sound.
USAS is based in Washington, D.C.,
and has approximately 180 student
chapters on campuses throughout the
United States and Canada. The group
works to pressure universities and ap
parel companies to follow codes of con
duct in regards to licensing contracts
Turn to Organizing, page 6
Democratic Convention draws delegates hungry for change
■A group of more than 60 Oregon delegates heads to Los
Angeles for the four-day Democratic nomination event
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Democrats around the nation
as well as delegates from Oregon
are preparing for the Democratic
National
Conven
tion, which
begins Mon
day in Los
Angeles and
wraps up
Aug. 17.
This
year’s con
vention will
be held at the Staples Center and
approximately 60 delegates and
six alternate delegates from Ore
gon are scheduled to attend.
“It is really quite an honor to
go,” said Hart Williams, Lane
County’s delegate. “When all the
votes were counted, we three
males from the 4th Congression
al District all finished in a three
way tie, which was really kind of
nice.”
The other two males from the
Fourth Congressional District
who will be attending are chair
man of the Democratic Party of
Oregon Jim Edmunson and John
Cuff.
After seeing the Republican
National Convention earlier this
month, some delegates were
dreading go
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attracted the
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and elephants
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ing to Los An
geles.
“I watched
the Republi
can Conven
tion and it
looked dead
ly boring, plus the polls showed
Gore behind,” Edmunson said.
“Then Lieberman was chosen
and it energized me. I have done
a complete 180 [and] I can’t wait
Turn to Democrats, page 5
Emerald
Al Gore, shown here in Portland in mid-May, will attempt to excite the Los Angeles crowds.