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Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Students decide whether
teachers make the grade
■ University policy states departments
are required to release evaluation results
to all interested students
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students who fill out evaluations of instructors
at the end of each term play an important role in
the future of their teachers’ careers, but the figures
tabulated from the results are
not readily available across
campus.
The University’s academic
departments and schools are
required by University policy
to release four key questions
from the questionnaire forms to students who
seek the information.
But a survey of several popular departments on
Inside
Online archiving
of evaluations
to begin fall term.
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campus has shown that while most release the in
formation, the format for scoring the figures
changes dramatically among majors, making it
hard for students to evaluate their instructors’
scores.
Obtaining figures is difficult
Quantitative questionnaires are used at the end
of each quarter to determine the effectiveness of
instructors on campus in the eyes of students. Af
ter students fill out the forms, figures are gathered
to examine the ability of the various instructors.
Many on campus say a high amount of empha
sis is placed on the results. After the figures are
released to each department, faculty can be re
leased from their positions in extreme cases.
But the availability of the figures to students is
almost non-existent.
According to the 1985 Faculty Handbook, the
Turn to Evaluations, page 8
Person on the Street
What do you think about teacher evaluations?
!?■
44 Professors
need advice on
how to teach but
they don’t want
to hear it from
the students.”
ZachLebovits
freshman,
history
44 I can see how
they might be
useful but they’re
pretty redundant”
Chris Pratt
junior,
political science
/ wish we
could do them at
midterm so that
something could
actually happen.”
Lauren Mongrain
sophomore,
political science
I like the
chance to vent
about the teacher
and their teaching
styles. ”
Ailisa Beymer
senior, comparative
literature
Awareness Week emphasizes
healing from sexual assault
■As part of Sexual Assault Awareness
Week, survivors of sexual assault
and their supporters will rally and march
as they boldly Take Back the Night
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
The next seven days will give survivors of sexual
violence and their supporters a chance to become
more educated about the issue of assault.
The University’s May 2001 Sexual Assault
Awareness Week, sponsored by the Alliance for
Sexual Assault Prevention, in coalition with both
community and campus groups, begins today to
support survivors of sexual assault and to hold per
petrators accountable.
“Talking about abuse can help a survivor in her
healing,” Sexual Assault Support Services commu
nity education coordinator Katie Antos said.
SASS is offering a drop-iri support group tonight
at 7 p.m. at 591W. 19th Ave. for female survivors of
sexual assault, abuse or harassment. Antos also said
the on-going group, which provides a safe forum
for survivors, is available to participants at no cost
throughout the year.
Antos said “The Clothesline Project T-shirt Gen
eration,” scheduled for Tuesday at the Craft Center
Studio in the EMU from 4 to 8 p.m., is an opportuni
ty for survivors of sexual assault, childhood sexual
abuse, violence against lesbians and racial violence
to design T-shirts. The shirts, which demonstrate
healing and strength, express the feelings of the sur
Turn to Awareness, page 6
Tom Patterson Emerald
New graduate Margaret Brewer, holding young friend Katana Byerle, is congratulated by a
tug on the tassel following the School of Law commencement at the Hult Center Sunday.
Family law
■ School of Law graduation
focuses on the importance
of friends and family
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
Aside from being a day to appreciate
mothers, Sunday also was a day to cele
brate the future, as 153 law students
graduated from the University’s School
of Law.
Hundreds of proud, smiling faces
filled the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult
Center for the Performing Arts, armed
with cameras and flowers to watch the
class of2001 receive their diplomas.
Family was a theme throughout the
afternoon as a handful of speakers, from
students to law school Dean Rennard
Strickland, reminded the graduates to
always remember their friends and fam
ily, no matter where their careers take
them.
Strickland began the commencement
with a short welcome speech, and later
in the event, before the students walked
on stage one by one to receive their
diplomas, he asked the group to turn to
the audience and applaud their families
for helping them make it there.
“I’d like to think of our graduation as a
kind of family occasion,” he said. “To
day as Mothers’ Day, it seems absolutely
appropriate for our law school to gather
together and celebrate these achieve
ments.”
Christine Connolly, a graduate and
president of the Student Bar Associa
tion, also had a similar message to share
with the crowd.
“I’d like to thank the true backbone of
every one of us — our family and
friends,” she said.
Despite all the academic knowledge
she gained from law school, Connolly
said good relationships are her greatest
accomplishments, and said she plans to
keep this in mind throughout her career.
“When all is said and done, good
grades are nice but good friends are even
better,” she said.
Connolly wished her peers the best of
luck, and reminded them to always keep
their priorities in mind.
“There is more to life than law,” she
said. “Tomorrow will offer a new oppor
tunity, and it’s up to you all to take the
adventure.”
Class speaker Ajay Bhatt generated an
eruption of applause from his peers as
he removed his graduation cap and re
Turn to School of Law, page 6