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OSPIRG continued from page 1 Brad Schallert, a forest media in tern with OSPIRG, said this re search is occurring because no stud ies were done to determine the biodiversity of Fall Creek the first time the area was marked for log ging Schallert said Clinton has written a plan to protect the forests. He is ex Mathematics continued from page 1 And Andrey Jackson, who is cur rently taking a class from Koch, said it’s his enthusiasm that sets him apart. “He is really energetic in class—not boring,” he said. “He explains things thoroughly, and is just a good teacher. ’ ’ But it’s not just Koch’s students that have noticed his positive atti tude but many of his colleagues are also impressed. Stuart Thomas, as sistant department head of mathe matics, even has a special nickname Elections continued from page 1 “They’re all procrastinators,” Markham said. Procrastinators or not, when everyone arrives tonight, they will be surrounded by campaign signs and decorations provided by the candidates and committees. Two televisions will broadcast election results as they are counted, but will show only results of con tested races. About every hour, up ALL DAY TUESDAY PlZZa ?ET£$ 2673 Willamette • 484-0996 pected to announce the plan before he leaves office. “Basically during the public com ment period we have been encour aging students to sign postcards and express their views [about the cam paign],” Schallert said. Many of their campaigns include grass roots activism through informa tional pamphlets, speakers, and, oc casionally, more direct techniques. OSPIRG members joined a suc cessful national mission to tie up for his fellow teacher. “I refer to him as a ‘saint in resi dence,’” he said. “He is one of the most positive people I have ever been around.” According to math professor Brad Shelton, math is a lot more interest ing if you understand it, and Koch knows how to relate math to what students already know. “He has a good sense of how to communicate with students and keep them interested,” he said. Koch’s teaching style has also been noted by his students, who said his method of teaching math like it has a dates for all races will be counted by the Elections Department, assem bled on paper and passed out to can didates and committees. The party is a bit smaller than it has been in the past. “It’s scaled down this year,” Kim ball said. The television stations “used to do their broadcasts from here. ” But this year, the only television station broadcasting from Election Central 2000 will be Metro, the local government TV station. All other me dia will sit at tables lined against the walls of the large hall. Phone lines White House phone lines in Octo ber and make the Clinton adminis tration aware that PIRG members want full protection of all forests un der the plan. They spent a day out side the EMU with cell phones and encouraged passing students to place a call to the switchboard. Alysa Castro, project coordinator for Youth Vote 2000, is working with OSPIRG volunteers, the ASUO and the Black Student Union to strength en the voice of youth in the polls. plot helps them grasp the concepts. “At the start of the term, you meet the characters,” Koch said. “And as time goes on you discover that they aren’t as inconsequential as you first thought. They are significant, and by the last week, the ideas come to gether.” Thomas said Koch is so popular, the math department doesn’t want to lose him. "Students love him,” he said. “He is going to retire in a year or two and we are wondering how we are going to replace him.” Koch said he plans to retire at the were installed for reporters to call in formation to their offices, and results will be provided to reporters who re quested electronic results so they can e-mail them back to their stations. Markham said that during the pri maries, anarchists harassed Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey, who was running for re-election, each time he was on camera. In response, this year three security officers, two from on-site security and one from the Eugene Police Department, will be there in case anything out of the ordinary should happen. Enroll by November 30th and save! Start studying now! Classes start: January 20 Call 1 -800-KAP-TEST to enroll! 800-KAP-TEST www.kaptest.com "MCAT is the registered trademark ot the Educational Testing Service. Test Prep, Admissions and Guidance. For life. Society of Professional Journalists Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday November 7, 8, 9 10am-4pm in the EMU Tons of CHEAP BOOKS!!! $.25, .50, 1.00 Castro said the University is the first in the nation in terms of the amount of registered student voters. The group also networked with other PIRGs last weekend at Port land State University. Students from the west coast participated in workshops and training. “I [was] interested in seeing what other campuses have been doing and using them as a resource,” Ter nus said. end of next year, but that the math de partment has had some truly dynam ic young people join the department, so they won’t be at a loss. But some students who have come to depend on Koch for lively classes said they would miss him when he retires. Roxanne Cole, a freshman com puter science major, is among them. ‘‘I heard that he is one of the best teachers on the West Coast,” she said. 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