The President’s Office & the U of 0 Senate present
U of 0 Task Force on Athletics - Open Forum
Wednesday, March 5
4:00pm to 5:30pm
150 Columbia
Members of the Task Force on Athletics invite you to an open campus forum to discuss current issues regarding
intercollegiate athletics. The panel particularly invites your questions, comments and views on the compatibility of
intercollegiate athletics with the U0 academic mission and the national athletics “arms race.” How are we doing at
the U of 0 on these issues and how do they affect us all? Let your voice be heard.
Panelists from the U of 0 Task Force on Athletics
Suzanne Clark, Professor of English, Co-Chair of Athletics Task Force
James Earl, Professor of English
Jim O’Fallon, Professor of Law, Faculty Athletic Representative
Martin Smith, Head Men’s Track Coach
Margie Paris, Professor of Law, Co-Chair and Forum Moderator
Interested faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate in this forum.
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To view the recently released Task Force statement on U of 0 Student-Athlete Welfare, go to http:/
darkwing.uoregon.edu/~vpadmin/taskforce1.html or call 346-3003 to request a copy.
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Hip-hop dance show
creates mixed moves
Dance preview
Jennifer Sudick
Copy Chief
Hip-hop, music and one big after
party: The second annual “Hip Hop
Has Heart” performance will blend
the roots of hip-hop with original
dance routines and showcase Eugene
and Portland-based hip-hop dance
troupes at 7 p.m. Sunday in Silva Con
cert Hall at the Hult Center.
“Hip Hop Has Heart” is also the
name of the nine-member Eugene
dance group organizing the event.
The group has rehearsed with 150
volunteer performers for 18 hours
per week since October.
“The dancers have put their hearts
and souls into this performance,” cho
reographer and director Lindsey
McMahon said. “‘Hip Hop Has Heart’
is truly an appropriate title.”
Program Manager Jeremy McMil
lon said he hopes the show will
help change common misconcep
tions of hip-hop that have formed
through mainstream performers
such as Eminem.
“It’s a high-energy, positive look at
hip-hop,” McMillon said.
Last year, the show, which was held
at South Eugene High School, drew an
audience of about 800 people.
The “Timeline” scene will kick off
the show with hip-hop performanc
es that incorporate music from “The
Beastie Boys” and “Run-DMC.”
Dancers from the Edge Dance Stu
dio, ZAPP and Ta-Da Productions
Dance Studio, which consists pri
marily of elementary and high
school students, will perform. The
Portland-based group Urban Shock
and University and Lane Commu
nity College dance teams will also
make appearances.
“A lot of different age groups and
different backgrounds dance,” cho
reographer and University senior
Tara Hadley said. “It is a fun way to
get involved and meet people.” The
show will also feature deejays from
California and a vocal performance
by artist and vocalist CJ Mickens.
A portion of the proceeds will be
donated to the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People ACT-SO program,
which recognizes artistically and
academically gifted minority high
school students.
“By donating proceeds, we hope
to provide students with the knowl
edge, confidence and support they
need to realize their full potential,”
McMillon said.
Tickets are $15 to $17, and are
available at the Hult Center Ticket
Office, 682-5000, and the University
Ticket Office, 346-4363. The show
will be followed by a $3 nonalcoholic
after-party at The Annex, located at
23 W. Sixth Ave., at 9 p.m. Addition
al information can be found at
www.hiphophasheart.org.
Contact the copy chief
atjennifersudick@dailyemerald.com.
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“The test isn’t showing us any
thing we probably aren’t aware of
anyway,” she said. “Grades and cur
riculum are taken as indicators.”
Adams-Schauer said students on
the college track are more concerned
about their grades and classes, and
generally aren’t discouraged if they
score low on state tests. She said stu
dents tend to look at the test as some
thing they have to take from the state.
And even if students do score poor
ly, she said counselors wouldn’t leave
them in the dark or redirect their col
lege track based on the scores.
“As counselors, we look at stu
dents as individuals and help them,”
she said. “We tend to always look at
the positive side. People can always
make a change in their lives.”
Adams-Schauer was also con
cerned with the legality issue,
speculating that many parents
would be unhappy if their child,
who received good grades and a
high SAT score, wasn’t accepted
into college because he or she did
n’t fulfill PASS requirements.
“I would be up in arms if I had a
kid with high SAT scores and good
grades who didn’t pass the GIM and
didn’t get accepted,” she said.
Some counselors, however, said
the study would positively affect
their work with students.
Ha Dube, a counselor from Shel
don High School, said she had not
yet heard about the study, but that
it could potentially affect the way
she guides students. Dube said she
would first determine whether a stu
dent receiving low benchmark
scores was college-bound, then take
several steps with the parent and
student to determine areas he or she
has to work on. After this process,
Dube said she would use the study.
“I would definitely talk about the
correlation and give them some ex
tra hints,” she said.
Other counselors said the study
wouldn’t affect their jobs because
they already have a good idea of how
well students may do in college from
working with them.
Keith Kessler, a counselor at Cot
tage Grove High School, said even if
students do poorly on the bench
marks in 10th grade, they still have
until their senior year to improve. He
said this opportunity, compounded
with counselor support for students
as individuals, gives students a
chance to better their scores.
Kessler acknowledged that some
students could become discouraged
finding out they may not do well in
college based on their benchmarks,
but he said the general population of
students are willing to improve be
fore graduation — which counselors
help them do, whether it’s a four
year college or two-year college.
“I think anytime you have a pub
lic connection you’ll have certain in
dividuals who will say ‘we struggle
with this,”’ he said. But “I don’t
know a school that doesn’t look at
students individually to find out
what is the best option for them.”
Kessler added that the PASS pro
gram itself is a good idea because it
will help students get into college if
they are proficient in areas of study
but don’t have the grades or SAT
scores to get accepted.
But Kessler is also concerned with
the ability for college admissions of
ficers to implement a system requir
ing them to look at every student’s
PASS proficiencies in detail.
“I think there’s a question in the
logistics of that,” he said.
Mia Burger, a sophomore at Cot
tage Grove High School, said she
takes the benchmark test very seri
ously because she knows it will help
her in college — but knowing the
correlation between the study and
the benchmark has made her work
a little harder.
Still, Burger said she wouldn’t
be discouraged if she did badly on
the test.
“I’d still plan on going to college
even if I did poorly,” she said. But “I’ve
already been working pretty hard.”
Contact the senior news reporter
atjanmontry@dailyemerald.com.