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—Q_D1_h r w r h ^ www.dailyemerald.com An independent newspaper Brotherly love * The Oregon track team's Billy Pappas is third in a long line of decathlete brothers. PAGE 11 The Catholics rock out Along with his band, The Catholics, Ex-Pixies frontman Frank Black plays the WOW Hall. PAGE 7 Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Thursday May 10,2001 Volume 102, Issue 146 Weather today high 72, low 45 An apple for the teacher R. Ashley Smith Emerald Lisa Freinkel, assistant professor of English, was pleasantly surprised during her class Wednesday when University President Dave Frohnmayer presented her with a crystal apple for winning the Ersted teaching award. Senate laments sports budgets ■ University faculty members resoundingly urge the containment of rising costs in athletics By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald With only one dissenting vote, the University Senate ap proved a resolution Wednesday recommending that every president of Pacific-10 Conference universities begin work to contain rapidly increasing athletic department budgets. Senate President and English Professor James Earl helped write the resolution in a joint effort with faculty senate presidents at each Pac-10 school. Versions of the resolution have already been approved by senates at Ari zona State University, University of California at Berkeley, Oregon State University and Washington State Uni versity. While introducing the resolution, Earl said he had heard from faculty members at Stanford University that it appeared likely the resolution would pass there as well. Support for the resolution has grown from the increasing perception of a col legiate athletics “arms race.” Supporters say universities are devoting millions of dollars to their ath letic departments in a competition for the most impressive and successful sports teams. Many senators praised the resolution as the first step in working to solve the problem. “We’re a university with limited resources, and if there really is an arms race, I think we’re going to lose it,” said Chris Ellis, a professor in economics. Brad Shelton, a math professor and member of the senate committee on intercollegiate athletics, said the University Athletic Department also supports the resolution because it Turn to Budgets, page 3 YMCA provides students with affordable tutoring ■ The Eugene YMCA offers academic assistance in math and reading to students in grades K-12 By Lindsay Buchele Oregon Daily Emerald The Eugene Family YMCA is one of the first of many nonprofit organizations nation wide to offer a new kind of learning center that focuses on providing tutoring services at affordable costs. Based on a program created by W. Berry Fowler, the man who started the Sylvan Learning Centers, the YMCA Learning Acad emy opened in April and is offering tutoring in basic math and reading skills for students from kindergarten through grade 12 twice a week for $25 an hour. Leah Redwine, the director of the acade my, said she is currently working with the University to engage the services of Universi ty education majors in exchange for credit or practicum experience. She said she has set up interviews this month for people who want to intern with the academy. “Most [parents] call to enroll their [chil dren] because they see their, kids are strug gling,” Redwine said. “Others call because their kids are not being challenged and want tutoring above their child’s grade level.” Redwine said each student first receives an academic assessment in the areas of con cern in order to determine at what learning level the tutoring should begin and to devel op an individualized tutoring plan. “The most difficult thing I’ve seen is stu dents who have gaps in math,” Redwine said. “When we’re working on problem solv ing, the student may see a need to add but doesn’t have the mechanics to do it. ” Redwine has a degree in education and was also trained by Fowder on how to use assess ment tools. Her training and accommodations were paid for during her stay in Spokane, Wash., by the local sponsors of the YMCA Learning Academy, Sandy and Lorry Coons. The Coons were the first of many to pur chase one of Fowler’s franchises from his company, A Thousand Points of Knowledge, and they bought the franchise through their company, Point One Success. Fowler himself started this system at a YMCA in Spokane, where his company is based. He then monitored the new system’s success before selling franchises of the com pany, Sandy Coons said. After determining what worked best for the tutoring system, Fowler and his wife Anne began selling franchises and requiring that whoever bought one must start the sys Turnto YMCA, page 5 APASU links adopted kids to Asian students, culture ■The student group’s latest program, Big Brother Big Sister, pairs children with mentors attending college By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald Born in South Korea and raised in Lake Oswego, Noelle Miller was adopted by an American family through Holt International Children’s Services, an international adop tion and child welfare organization. Miller, now an architecture major and member of the Asian Pacific American Stu dent Union, is one of the volunteers in volved in APASU’s new Big Brother Big Sis ter program, said Sugie Hong, co-director of APASU. Established this term, the program pairs APASU members with Korean, Viet namese and Chinese children, ages four to 14, who have been adopted by local families. “They don’t have a chance to be with oth er Asian people, especially in the Eugene Springfield area, because the population of Asians is so low,” Hong said. Hong and her older sister, Anny, estab lished a similar program in 1995 at South Eu gene High School. Hong, a sophomore chem istry major, brought the program to the University because of its success at South Eu gene and the support it received from parents. Hong said APASU has heard from about 30 interested children already. She added that her 14-year-old “little sister,” Miah Ed son, who is of Korean descent, has grown up with Hong as her mentor. “In the beginning it was just small talk, but now she tells me all her secrets,” Hong said. “We have that special bond. She does n’t have an Asian role model who is like her, and this program gives her that.” Laura Xu, a junior journalism major and a “big sister” in the program, said the concept of Big Brother Big Sister is good, but the group needs to host more activities. The pro gram’s first and only event so far was an Easter egg hunt in Hendricks Park on April 7. While decorating eggs, the 10 pairs who were matched up became acquainted. “It provides an opportunity for them to get to know someone of their own ethnicity,” Xu said. Joe Clifford said his four-year-old adopted daughter Anya, who is of Asian descent, par ticipated in the first event. Clifford and his wife Jantina, a University graduate student, adopted Anya three years ago. He said some of his daughter’s adopted friends also at tended the egg hunt, and it gave the children a way to keep in touch with their heritage. Clifford said he hopes his daughter will con Turn to APASU, page 5
