Camp Adventure™ 2003
Learn to swim instructors needed
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• 12 Hours University Credit • Living Stipend •
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Looking for something new to do over
Spring Term. Learn to swim instructors
needed for teaching children's swim
lessons in Japan (April- June).
Interested candidates
should contact
Chris Denison at
(319) 273-7263 or
denison@uni.edu
Visit us at:
www.campadventure.com
Leading history
Black History Month person of the day
James Meredith, bom June 25,1933, in Kosciusko,
Miss., was the first black person to gain admission to
the University of Mississippi. In 1961, he filed a com
plaint in district court after being rejected by the
school twice. The court decided against his allegations
of being denied admission because of the color of his
skin. On appeal, the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court re
versed this ruling.
Meredith’s admission to the university was opposed
by state officials as well as students. U.S. Attorney
General Robert Kennedy sent federal marshals to pro
tect Meredith from threats of being lynched. During ri
ots that followed Kennedy’s decision, 160 marshals
were wounded and two bystanders were killed.
In 1966, Meredith began a solitary March Against Fear,
a 220-mile march from Memphis, Tenn., to Jackson,
Miss., in protest of racism. Shortly after beginning his
march, however, Meredith was shot by a sniper. Other
civil rights campaigners decided to continue the march
in his name. Meredith rejoined the March Against Fear
after his recovery.
Meredith continued his education at the University
of Ibadan in Nigeria and at Columbia University. He
discontinued his work as a civil rights activist in the
late 1960s and became a stockbroker. Meredith joined
the Republican Party and tried several times to be
elected to Congress.
—Jessica Richelderfer
Thursday
"Critical Challenges in Distance Education:
Copyright Issues Online," (Part of the Knight
Library's series on copyright law), 11:30 a.m.
1:20 p.m., Studio A, Knight Library.
"Women's Organizing and Responses to
Torture and Detention during El Salvador's
Civil War, 1979-1992" (Maria Teresa Tula,
founder of Committee on Mothers and
Relatives of Political Prisoners, Disap
Campus buzz
peared, and Assassinated of El Salvador),
3:30 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room,
346-3934.
"The Tyranny of Text and Fabulous Forms:
Orientalism and Beyond in West-East/East
West Artistic Theory and Theater Practice,"
(Kathy Foley, University of California Santa
Cruz), 3:30 p.m., Cerlinger Alumni Lounge,
346-3986.
"Stitch & Bitch," (Cloth Menstrual Pad
Workshop: Discussion and crafting of
non-polluting, empowering and good-for
you reusable pads), 4-5:30 p.m., Foolscap
Books, 681-9212.
Ann Pancake (author reading), 8 p.m.,
Knight Library Browsing Room, 346-0549.
Oregon String Quartet performance,
(Alexander Tutunov, piano, and Abigail
Stoughton, viola), 8 p.m., Beall Hall, $7, $4,
346-5678.
Call for Nominations
Faculty Distinguished Teaching Awards
Deadline for Nominations: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to submit nominations for any faculty
members, .5FTE or greater, tenure or non-tenure related, who have taught at the
University of Oregon for a minimum of two (2) years. The Ersted Award and Thomas F.
Herman Award are presented annually at Spring Commencement to University of
Oregon faculty members for distinguished teaching. Each award will be accompanied by
a recurring monetary reward. (Please note: Graduate Teaching Fellows have their own competition
and are ineligible for these teaching awards.)
Eligibility for Awards f
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Ersted Award for
Distinguished Teaching
The late Mr. A. J. Ersted established the
Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching
so the University of Oregon could
annually honor faculty members “who
have taught comparatively short periods
and have demonstrated exceptional
abilities to induce students to reason and
not merely memorize.” The Ersted
Award is presented only to faculty who
are early in their teaching careers. This
teaching may occur at the undergraduate
or graduate level.
Thomas F. Herman Faculty
Achievement Award for
Distinguished Teaching
This award honors senior faculty
members who have achieved outstanding
records as teachers. The Thomas F.
Herman Award is presented only to
faculty members who have academic rank
at the University of Oregon for at least
seven years, and who have demonstrated
long-standing excellence in teaching and
have contributed significantly to student
learning at the undergraduate or graduate
level.
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Nominations will be accepted either through submissions of the following form or by e-mail.
If your nomination is e-mailed, please make sure that you include all the information
contained on this form.
Send/Return this nomination form to: E-mail your nomination to:
Lorraine G. Davis Gwen Steigelman
Vice President for Academic Affairs Asst. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
207 Johnson Hall, University of Oregon gwens@oregon.uoregon.edu
I nominate (print clearly)___for the
(Please check one) □ Ersted Award □ Thomas F. Herman Award
My reason(s) for nomination are: (you may attach a separate sheet, if necessary)
Signature of nominator -——_
Address ---
Telephone-- E-mail
Please check your status
□ Faculty □ Student □ Alumni □ Staff
Bookstore
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that of fresh paint — not dangerous,
but often annoying.
ATEZ, an asbestos abatement
company, was hired by the book
store management to assist in the
renovation of the store’s old tile
flooring. The original flooring was
secured to the floor with a combina
tion of glue and asbestos. After
ATEZ removed the tiles and glue
substance, the floor was cleaned
with Nuegenic.
“Some people who are sensitive
to smells have gone home because
they were not feeling well,” he said.
“We care about our employees, and
we want them to do whatever is nec
essary to feel better.”
Bookstore administrators said
they hadn’t realized fumes would
create a problem, but the store will
take extra efforts to ventilate the
building today and Thursday.
“We’ve done work with ATEZ in
the past,” Human Resources Coor
dinator Natalie Eggert said. “They
are a fully licensed asbestos removal
firm that is monitored by several en
vironmental quality agencies.”
Eggert added the health warnings
for Nuegenic do not specify the use of
respirators for people in direct contact
with the product. However, members
of the ATEZ team who regularly use
the chemical do wear respirators.
Nuegenic contains ether and
some petroleum products. It is the
mildest detergent available for this
purpose and is rated as nonhaz
ardous on Material Safety Data
Sheets and hazardous chemical
evaluations.
Contact the reporter
at aimeerudin@dailyemerald.com.
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guideline in the absence of its own
stated protocols, the committee
was not required to establish a set
of recall procedures.
Kleckner said the court’s deci
sion didn’t disappoint him and he
was grateful the justices had taken
the time to address his constitu
tional question.
“I think they were correct, and
I’m glad for the clarification,”
he said.
The Emerald attempted to con
tact PFG for comment on the court’s
decision, but was unable to reach
the committee by press time, due to
the late timing of the decision.
Contact the senior news reporter
at jenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.