Multimedia major brings about more dimension
■ Ihe art department
prepares students by offering
a more multi-tasked design
program
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
What’s your major?
This is perhaps one of the most
frequently asked questions in col
lege life, and now there is a new
response—Multimedia Design.
The new major was approved
by the University June 16.
“Last year the department of art
received funding from the state to
implement both a major and mi
nor in digital media,” Director of
the Multimedia Design Program
Craig Hickman said.
“It was recognized that we were
the most appropriate department
to do this because of our decades
of experience with technology
and media.”
The new five-year bachelor of
fine arts degree is expected to at
tract a number of new students.
“We expect to be carrying about
100 people the first year,” said
Zara Burkhart, an administrative
assistant for multimedia.
Some 10 to 15 new classes have
also been added for the program.
Media Tools, one of the major’s
core classes, is already full for fall
term with 120 students registered,
showing that the classes are al
ready attracting interest.
“Skills in Pagemaker, Photo
shop and so on are crucial to work
in journalism these days,” said
Gordon Kelley, who is registered
for the class. “There's a lot I don’t
know. ”
Kelley hopes to go into maga
zine journalism within the next
two years, and is convinced of the
importance of such computer
skills.
“I think that basic common-pro- -
gram skills are essential to a career
in journalism,” he said. “I don't
know squat about Quark, and lit
tle about Pagemaker besides scan
ning.”
There are three core courses to
the major: Multimedia Tools I,
Multimedia Tools II and Multime
dia Survey, which are open to all
University students.
“They are nice introductory
classes to the major,” Burkhart
said.
The program also hopes to soon
get a minor in Multimedia Design
approved as well.
“We are shooting to have the
minor approved in one year,”
Hickman said. “It should benefit
many UO students who would
like some experience in digital
media and design to complement
to their work in their major.”
Multimedia Design will prepare
students for jobs as print design
ers, art directors, art professors, 2
D and 3-D animators, web design
ers, multimedia designers, and
managers.
The program is said to be multi
tasked, or not focusing on one
small niche. Students will be in
troduced to the design process
and principles, the sensibility of
visual language and the art of
problem solving in multimedia
communication.
“We believe everyone can bene
fit from a working knowledge of
multimedia design," Hickman
said.
How does this new program
compare to similar graphic design
programs offered at other Oregon
universities?
“Lane is really vocational and
technical, while our program of
fers a liberal arts degree, plus a
whole years’ worth of work,
where you end up with a final
show and a final project, ”
Burkhart said.
Oregon State University also
has a graphic design program
which “is traditionally based on
typography and layout while our
program is more 3-D and anima
tion based,” Burkhart said.
Students wishing to enter the
program winter term must apply
by Oct. 13.
For more information about the
Multimedia Design major, check
out their home page at
http://mmd.uoregon.edu/.
State Supreme Court candidate to make rare arrival
■ raui ueMumz, presiding
judge for the Oregon Court
of Appeals, will address
students on campus Thursday
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
With the national elections just
around the corner, some students
may wonder how they can make
educated choices when there’s so
much they may not know regard
ing the issues.
On Thursday, students have a
good chance to become better in
formed about the state of legal af
fairs in Oregon. The Oregon Future
Lawyers Association, a campus or
ganization for both undergraduates
and law students, has invited
Judge Paul DeMuniz, the current
presiding judge for the Oregon
Court of Appeals and State
supreme Court candidate, to speak
at the University Thursday morn
ing.
Daniel Katz, a senior political
science major who is coordinating
DeMuniz’s visit, said the judge’s
appearance is an unusual event.
“Something like this is a rare op
portunity,” he said. “Judge DeMu
niz is obviously really busy and to
take the time to come here all the
way from Salem is a very positive
gesture on his part. Students get to
see and talk to a judge up close
and personal and that doesn’t hap
pen all the time.”
Judge DeMuniz, who grew up in
Northeast Portland, graduated
from Madison High School and
later served in the United States
Air Force. After returning from
Vietnam, he acquired a bachelor’s
degree from Portland State Univer
sity and a law degree from
Willamette University. DeMuniz
practiced law in Salem for 13
years, and has since been twice
{ { Students get to see and
talk to a judge up close
and personal and that
doesn’t happen all the
time.
Daniel Katz
senior
political science
elected to the Court of Appeals.
Katz said that the judge will
most likely talk about his judicial
philosophies, experiences and be
liefs regarding the future of Oregon
courts.
Judge DeMuniz’s speech will be
held at 10 a.m. Sept. 28 in the
Knight Library Browsing Room.
He also plans to briefly speak to
the “Introduction to the Legal Pro
fession” class at 9 a.m., and to the
Lane County Bar Association at
noon. The UOFLA has also
planned a small private reception
at 11 a.m.
Alan Tauber, president of the
UOFLA, said that although DeMu
niz is a candidate for the Oregon
Supreme Court, his upcoming
speech is meant to be much more
than a stump speech.
“This is not a campaign stop for
him,” Tauber said. “His speech
will help educate the campus sys
tem at large about our justice sys
tem.”
Jennifer Greenough, senior vice
president of the UOFLA, also said
Courting Support
Who: Paul DeMuniz
What: A speech about personal
philosophies and the future of law
Where: Knight Library Browsing
Room
When: Thursday, Sept. 28
SOURCE: Oregon future Lawyers Association
that DeMuniz’s visit has a pro
found educational purpose.
“I think it’s a great opportunity
to expose students and faculty to
many issues,” said Greenough, of
DeMuniz’s upcoming speech. “I
don’t think people are really aware
of a lot of issues that affect us and
they should be.”
For more information, contact the
Student Senate Office at 346-3749.
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