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Wednesday, February 6,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103,Issue 90
therapy
isn’t just for
CRISES
anymore
■The Center for Family Therapy, which trains intern
therapists, encourages students to come in for a ‘check-up’
By Diane Huber
Oregon Daily Emerald
When junior Katie Dorst started arguing with her
boyfriend of more than two years, she decided it
was time to end the relationship.
She said seeking therapy never occurred to her — she was
n’t married, and she figured the arguing meant it was time to
move on.
But the idea that therapy is only for major crises is some
thing intern therapists at the Center for Family Therapy hope
to change. The “teaching hospital,” which has been open
since April 2001, offers therapy for individuals, couples and
families, said clinical director John Miller.
Clinical services are provided by University graduate stu
dent interns working toward a master’s degree in marriage
and family therapy. The center is located above Mother Kali’s
Books on East 13th Avenue.
Right now, about 10 percent of the center’s clients are stu
dents. Intern therapists said they hope students will utilize
tiie facilities without feeling embarrassed or stigmatized.
As a teaching hospital, the center provides low-cost health
Jonathan House Emerald
Dr. John Miller (center) chats with intern therapists Asha Dutia (left) and
Katie Walwyn in the observation room at the Center for Family Therapy.
care services that regular agencies can’t, Miller said.
Sessions are charged on a sliding scale of $10 to $40 an
hour, but Miller said he “ won’t refuse any services based on
an ability to pay.”
Interns spend their first year listening or watching previ
ous sessions with a client’s permission and interacting with
the therapists. They spend their second year seeing clients.
One advantage of a teaching hospital is that intern therapists
are in school and learning the most up-to-date material,
Miller said.
Couples can also watch their own arguments from previ
ous sessions on the video playback option in some of the
rooms — a new technology advancement that many clinics
don’t offer.
“It’s a really good way to show a couple how they’ve
changed, how much they’ve accomplished,” said Katie Wal
wyn, a second-year intern therapist.
Turn to Therapy, page
Candidates focus on unifying campus groups
■ If they win the ASUO election, Sean RITCHIE and
Jason Babkes have a plan for bringing together diverse
students
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Sean RITCHIE, a junior business and sociology major, is run
ning for president. Jason Babkes, a junior philosophy and busi
ness major, is running for vice president.
Q: There are at last count 10 tickets running for ASUO
Executive, which is more than past years. What do you
think will set yourselves apart from the other candidates?
A: I think that we’re running on a real
ly passionate ticket. We’re really com
mitted to uniting the campus and mak
ing it a better place for all of the students
combined as one unit—and not keeping
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candidates. late the University to the community bet
ter. I’d like to emphasize the passion we
run on.
Q: Briefly describe your platform.
A: We really want to unite the campus through an inte
grated network of leaders that would report to us. That way
we would really unite all the students together and not have
a bunch of different groups out for their own objectives. We
also really want to focus on nighttime safety on campus. We
RITCHIE
have some ideas, like a monitored route
through campus and maybe more lights.
It’s very important that the Eugene com
munity and the University really work
together. The community and the Uni
versity really networking and relating to
each other and knowing what’s going on
would make it a lot better.
Q: What will you advocate for on the
state level for students, and how will you
carry out your plans?
A: We are going to develop a rapport. I
would start with U.S. Rep. Peter De
- Fazio, D-Eugene. He is an extremely ac
cessible representative. Communication
would be our initial step, and to see
where it goes from there. Obviously the
budget (needs to be addressed). We do
need more funding, but they don’t want
us to have bad funding. It’s a matter of
where it comes from. Also, Oregon Uni
versity System Chancellor Joe Cox just re
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join forces.
Q: What specific campus-oriented initiates will you cham
pion?
A: Another big thing is recognition for all groups. There are
a ton of different organizations in this University, and to get
them working together for a common goal is awesome, but di
Tum to ASUO, page 4
PFC approves
Commentator’s
mission, budget
■ Before Tuesday’s meeting, PFC members looked
at the Southworth decision and sought advice
from the administration about Viewpoint neutrality’
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon Commentator waited two weeks for an ex
planation of the tabling of its mission statement in its Jan.
21 budget hearing. But during Tuesday’s ASUO Programs
Finance Committee’s meeting, the PFC made an unani
mous decision to pass the statement without giving a clar
ification for its decision.
“We were obviously upset the PFC tabled our budget
because of a legal misunderstanding, but the manner in
which they immediately passed the mission statement in
our second hearing vindicates our original position,”
Commentator publisher Bret Jacobson said.
PFC Chairwoman Mary Elizabeth Madden refused to
comment about the PFC’s final decision, but PFC member
Erin Pursell said it had become clear to the committee that
no real issue existed.
“I am glad the PFC took a second and did not pass it
right away, to allow us to become more in tune to the
new incidental fee guidelines,” Pursell said. “I do not
think it was appropriate for us to ask the Commentator
to change its mission statement, but I am glad we looked
at it further.”
Pursell said she looked extensively at the Supreme
Court’s Southworth decision to acquire a better under
standing of “viewpoint neutrality” to make her final deci
sion. She said other members of the PFC asked for advice
from the administration for their decisions.
The Commentator’s 2002-03 budget increased from
$14,086 to $15,124 — a 7.4 percent increase from the
2001-02 school year.
The PFC combined the budgets for Project Saferide and
Night Ride, allocating $61,032, a 38.1 percent increase
from last year’s $44,194 budget.
Madden said the PFC increased Project Saferide’s
budget to accommodate Night Ride as a new addition to
its program.
Turn to PFC, page 3
Athletic task force
holds first meeting
■The group will advise President Frohnmayer
on national athletic issues that affect the university
By Eric Martin
Oregon Daily Emerald
The University athletics task force will meet with Univer
sity President Dave Frohnmayer for the first time this morn
ing to discuss how the group will operate and what issues it
hopes to address during its 18 to 24 months of existence.
In late fall, Frohnmayer and University Senate President
Nathan Tublitz appointed 12 task force members—Tublitz
is a member by virtue of his senate presidency — to advise
Frohnmayer on national athletics issues that have bearing
on theschool and the Pacific-10 Conference. Frohnmayer is
Pac-10 representative to the NCAA.
The major helping on the task force plate, however, will
be the examination of Athletic Department operations and
how those operations culminate with broader University
academic endeavors.
“It will give Dave Frohnmayer the opportunity to be on
top of issues as they pertain to our campus,” Athletic Di
rector Bill Moos said Monday. “I imagine the ‘arms race’
will be one of the key discussion items.”
The “arms race” Moos alluded to is the growing competi
tion between different universities’ athletic programs to
build state-of-the-art facilities to attract talented recruits.
The issue has become a topic of debate across the nation as
Turn to Athletics, page 4