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Oregon Festival of American Music Twin Rivers Traditional Music Festival 2000 American Fiddle Masters Mark O’Connor Michael Doucer avec BeauSoleil Vassar Clements & I he Little Big Band Die Anger-Marshall Band Saturday, August 26 - 2:30 pm (r.uthbert Amphitheater Tickets: 682-5000 Information 687-6526 orwww.ofam.org Bank of America. Hilton IWEEKEY A Bed & Breakfast Inn Ten delightful garclen-thcme rooms await yon. 1910 University Street, Eugene, Oregon 97403 541-484-6735 • tax. 541-431-1699 • 1-888-484-6755 Toll Jive www.secretgarclenbbinn.com . , Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Approximately 150 Univeristy law school students sat in on last week’s orientation to learn strategies for the 2000-01 year. jump start helps law students ■An optional orientation for first-year law students quells fears and prepares future lawyers for academic success By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald The sun is shining, the sky is blue and students are heading back to school — law school that is. About 150 first-year law stu dents arrived Aug. 15 at the Knight Law School to take part in an optional orientation. The Academic Choice for Ex cellence (ACE) orientation is a four-day program that includes lectures from University law pro fessors, introduces students to le gal research and provides strate gies for a successful first year. “This orientation focuses on academic success,” said Richard Ludwick. assistant dean of stu dent affairs for the law school. “The program lasts all year long, providing review sessions and practice tests.” According to Ludwick, this year's new ACE program turnout, about 150 students, was huge. Last year’s orientation program, like past years, only had about 15 students attend. “I am already one step ahead of my two roommates who didn’t come,” first-year student Jason Klein said. Along with helping students aim for academic success, the orientation also provides other benefits for first year students. “It is helpful and it is also less ening fears of law school,” said Denise Espinoza, a first-year stu dent from Arizona. Espinoza said she came to Ore gon because she knows that she wants to practice law in Oregon. “It is also nice to know that the school is [sixth] in the nation for clerkship,” she said. The University’s good reputa tion has been a factor for other first-year students as well. Anna Lee, a first year student (( This orientation focus es on academic success. Richard Ludwick ^ ^ assistant dean of student affairs, Knight Law School from San Jose, Calif., said Ore gon’s high reputation and the ge ographic location were both fac tors in her decision to attend. “I came to Oregon about 20 years ago with an orchestra,” Lee said. “I just remember it being re ally green and pretty.” The intrigue of the Pacific Northwest also brought others to Eugene. . “1 applied at eight other schools,” said Klein, who is orig inally from Ohio. “It was really my last choice but after I re searched it, it became one of my top two. After visiting it became Get your motors running, head into the classroom This year’s entering class conta i ns approximately 188 students, meeting the school’s enrollment goal. Total enrollment is 511. The breakdown is 54 percent-46 percent male-to-female ratio, with 12 percent minorities. SOURCE: Office of Communications my top choice.” Klein said he hopes to eventu ally go into either environmental law or Internet law. Other students also like the at mosphere the University offers. “It is really laidback here,” said Julie Wilson, a first-year stu dent from North Carolina. Wilson said she also hopes to go into environmental law and possibly work for the EPA doing policy writing. Not all students have come from out-of-state schools. Conrad Zubel graduated from the Uni versity as a business student in 1997. “I didn’t decide to go straight to law school,” he said. “My dad is an attorney and so are my two uncles, so I was genetically screwed up from the beginning.” A mandatory orientation in which all first-year and transfer students are required to attend took place Aug. 14-15. OFF Any Yogurt (’Except small cones and tinies. Expires 9/17/00) Campus SUBSHOP Mon.-Fri. lOam-lOpm Sat. llam-9pm Sun. 12pm-9pm 1225 Alder 345-2434 , Not valid with any other discounts or coupons. One coupon per customer. ja. HOMEY MILL FARMS SINK YOUR TEETH' APPLE POWERBOOK 400 400 MHz/64 MB RAM 6 GB HD /DVD-ROM i WATCH MOVIES I ANYWHERE! INTO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL! $1,999 [was $2,345] UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BOOKSTORE A A COMPUTER & IMAGING CENTER
