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PausforUCLA/Pageii Wednesday, October 9,2002 Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Volume 104, Issue 9 Retired law dean Clark dies at age 71 Chapin Clark, former professor of the law school, was called a ‘great contributor' by colleagues Jillian Daley Family/Health/Education Reporter A memorial service for Chapin D. Clark, retired University professor and law school dean, will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 13 at Beall Concert Hall. Clark died Friday during a guided fishing trip on the Rogue River when the drift boat he was in hit a rock, causing him and several of the other passengers to fall overboard. He was 71. He began teaching at the University School of Law in 1962. He became a professor emeri tus in 1991, the year before he retired. His colleagues describe him as a great contribu tor to the community and to the University’s legal resources. “He was instrumental in changing this from a traditional state law school to one of national dimensions,” law Professor Dominick Vetri said. “He was a friendly, warm, comfortable per son to deal with,” Vetri said. “He was ex tremely intelligent and witty.” Clark, who practiced environmental law and specialized in policies dealing with water resources, helped found the Ocean and Coastal Law program and worked to create advanced environmental courses. Vetri said Clark was responsible for guiding the law school through a difficult financial peri od when he served as dean from 1974 to 1980. In 1986, the Universi ty honored Clark with the Charles Johnson Memorial Award. Vetri said Clark earned the award be cause of his commit ment and willingness to stand up for issues such as free speech and Turn to Clark, page 9 Clark International students face tigflt CONTROL The new tracking system may decrease the level of foreign applicants to universities in the U.S. Jennifer Bear Campus/City Culture Reporter Tough restrictions on student visas may be partially responsible for declining international student enroll ment rates at the University, according to preliminary figures released by the University Office of Admissions. International students applying for student visas na tionwide are now being tracked in part by the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, a Web-based pro gram expected to be fully implemented by Jan. 30,2003. International students have been placed under in creased scrutiny by U.S. governmental organizations af ter the discovery that one Sept. 11 hijacker, Hani Han jour, used a student visa to enter the United States but failed to attend classes. Director of International Student and Scholar Ser vices Ginny Stark, said the University has a SEVIS im plementation team that will collect information, such as the date students enroll in the school, student progress and student graduation dates. SEVIS is a system that will allow academic institu tions to share information about foreign students and their dependents with the State Department and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Congress passed legislation in May ordering the INS to do a better job of monitoring international students through the es tablishment of the SEVIS tracking system. Academic institutions are required to connect to the database by Jan. 30,2003, or they will lose their ability to admit for eign students. Stark said interim measures are being used by em bassies and consulates abroad to monitor international students and scholars until SEVIS is completely estab lished in January. One such measure is the Interim Stu dent Exchange Authentication System, a Web-based system that requires U.S. universities to enter immigra tion data about the international students they have ac cepted so they can be tracked. However, Stark said schools weren’t given prior knowledge of when or how to use ISEAS. As a result, some of the University’s newly admitted and returning international students had a hard time getting their Turn to International, page 7 Adam Amato Emerald Junior Yumi Suzuki had no trouble getting a student visa despite new restrictions. International students on campus Undergraduates Graduates HI Applied fH Admitted 1 Enrolled Office of Amissions Media watching elections up in air The ASUO Elections Board is looking at state law and has not decided whether to let the media observe the full result process Jan Montry Campus/Federal Politics Reporter The ASUO Elections Board plans to look closely at state law this year to de termine whether the media will be al lowed to watch board members print and post elections results, former and cur rent ASUO officials said. ASUO Campus Organizer Courtney Hight, the former ASUO elections coor dinator, has been advising newly ap pointed Elections Coordinator Andrea Hall in organizing elections this year. Hall failed to reply to interview re quests by the Emerald, but Hight said Hall has made no decision on whether media will be allowed to watch the full process this year. Last year, Oregon Commentator pub lisher Bret Jacobson filed a grievance when media representatives from the Commentator and Emerald were not al lowed to see the final ballot process — when the Duck Web system finishes tal lying the votes and election board mem bers print and post the results. Jacobson argued in the grievance that turning away media was a violation of Oregon public meetings law, saying that because the elections board is a public board, the media should be allowed to cover the full election process. However, since the grievance did not state that ASUO is bound to follow state meetings law, the ASUO Constitution Court threw out the grievance without ruling on the issue. In a guest commentary to the Emerald in November, the elections board argued that the voting system is completely Turn to Elections, page 7 Weather Today: High 68, Low 45, clouds and fog turning sunny Thursday: High 60, £ow^8,;fnorning drizzle then clouds Looking ahead Thursday ,: , Kultura Pilipinas overcomes green tape to host dinner He came out nationally, and now he's coming out to those interested in experiencing an eclectic market of crafts and food. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednes day. Thursday and Friday, 122 food and craft booths will fill East 13th Av enue between Kincaid and Univer sity streets. “This year we have a lot of ven dors bringing imported things,’’ AS110 Marketing Director Hittary ..Ervin said . . Admission is free, and the event is open to ail students and commu nity members. Expect to be able to purchase a variety of interesting items. Every thing from intricate tapestries to Ai Capone posters will be available for those interested in spending hard earned pay or financial aid checks. Jenni Schultz
