Oregon daily emerald., May 20, 2002, Image 1

News
Bundles of joy congratulate University
School of Law graduates Sunday.
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Sports
The Oregon track team shocks the Pac-10
with second place in the conference meet.
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Monday, May 20,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 154
Photos and story by Jonathan House
Oregon Daily Emerald
Tibetan Buddhist monks concluded their
visit to the University on Sunday after
spending five days building an intricate
sand mandala. The creation of the man
dala, above, requires the use of a metal funnel
called a “chak-pur ” that aids the monks in plac
ing the millions of grains of sand.
The monks are affiliated with the Drepung
Loseling Monastery, which was built in Lhasa,
Tibet, in 1416 but is now empty due to the Chi
nese takeover of that country in 1959. Today, the
headquarters of the monastery is in exile in the
state of Karnataka, India. Their visit to campus
aimed to raise awareness of the Tibetan cause as
well as money for exiled communities of Tibet.
During their stay, the monks also performed
at the Willamette Valley Folk Festival on Satur
day. In one particularly intense piece, right,
called “Tak-tsey Tong-ya,” the monks engaged
each other in order to explore the implications
of spiritual experience while simultaneously at
taining further levels of that experience.
OUS panel
chooses
successor
for Cox
■ Online university chancellor
and former author Richard Jarvis
will replace Joe Cox as Oregon
University System chancellor
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
Richard Jarvis will take over for Joe
Cox in July as Oregon University Sys
tem chancellor — the most powerful
higher education official in the state.
On Friday the State Board of Higher
Education selection committee an
nounced its choice of Jarvis, who is
currently chancellor of the United
States Open University, an online uni
versity system.
Jim Lussier, vice president of the
state board, said in a press release
Friday, “We are extremely pleased to
have attracted Dr. Jarvis to the posi
tion. He will bring to Oregon a wealth
of experience in higher education
and strong, innovative and demon
strated leadership in university sys
tem administration.”
In a press conference Tuesday, when
Jarvis was among three finalists for the
position, he said he was attracted to
the job because he enjoys the opti
mistic attitude of people who live in
the west and because OUS has a strong
national reputation among university
system chancellors.
Before taking on the job as chancel
lor of the United States Open Universi
ty, Jarvis served five years as chancel
lor of the University and Community
College System of Nevada.
Born in England, Jarvis first came
to the United States in 1974 to join
the faculty at the State University of
New York at Buffalo. His expertise is
in geography, and he has published
numerous journal articles and a book,
“River Networks.”
OUS enrolls more than 75,000 stu
dents on seven campuses.
E-mail higher education editor Serena Markstrom
atserenamarkstrom@dailyemerald.com.
Frohnmayer changes greek standards to include alcohol ban
University President Dave Frohnmay
er approved new standards Friday re
quiring all greek chapters to have alco
hol-free housing by December in order
to remain affiliated with the school.
Frohnmayer said voluntary alcohol
free housing initiatives haven’t been
enough to stop a growing problem of
reckless, unsupervised drinking in some
fraternity houses.
“Voluntary standards were not only
not working, they were actually being
flaunted,” he said.
He added that the University has a
right to impose standards of behavior
for students in the greek system be
cause they receive services other stu
dents do not.
“Greek students receive special servic
es from the University,” he said. “In re
turn, we want to see standards of behavior
that are reflective of special privileges. ”
In a statement released by the Office
of Communications, Associate Vice
President for Student Affairs Anne
Leavitt said the alcohol-free housing re
quirement is just one part of four
changes in greek system standards.
“Members will be expected to meet
reasonable academic standards, to man
age their property so that alcohol and il
legal drugs will not be present, to work
closely with alumni and chapter advis
ers, and to recommit to the leadership
and community service that have al
ways been a tradition with greek organi
zations,” she said.
Chapters will be required to maintain
a grade point average at least as high as
the overall University average.
To remain affiliated with the school,
each house will be required to provide
the University with a written agreement
by Sept. 1 that it will meet the new stan
dards by the December deadline.
Chapters that do not meet them will
lose access to University services, such
as help with recruitment, the free use of
intramural fields and meeting rooms,
and assistance with membership devel
opment and educational programs.
—Kara Cogswell