0138801 SUMMER 2003 UO GEOGRAPHY FRIDAY COURSES • Oregon Field Studies • Oregon Natural Landscapes • Middle East/North Africa Weeks1-4 Weeks 5-8 Weeks 1-4 GEOG 4/510 GEOG 4/510 GEOG 209 GEOG 141 GEOG143 GEOG 322 SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS • Natural Environment • Global Environmental Change • Geomorphology Weeks1-4 Weeks 5-8 Weeks 5-8 SOCIAL SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS • Human Geography Weeksl -4 • World Regional Geography Weeks 1 -4 • Geography ot the US Weeks 5-8 • Population & Environment Weeks 1 -4 • Literary Landscapes Weeks 5-8 GEOGRAPHY FOR TEACHERS • Workshop: Methods/Instructional Materials • Historical Geography (web-based) OTHER GEOGRAPHY COURSES GEOG 142 • Cartographic Methods Weeks 1-4 GEOG 311 GEOG 201 • Intro Geog. Info. Systems Weeks 5-8 GEOG 4/516 GEOG 207 • Historical Geography Weeks 1-8 GEOG 4/510 GEOG 341 (web-based) GEOG 4/508 Weeks 1-4 GEOG 4/508 Weeks 1-8 GEOG 4/510 016416 Reading _ and. Writing FICTION 15:00-16:60 P.M. June 23 - July 18 CRN 42044 Professor Henry Alley w SUMMER 20Q3 * PC 421H_ You do not have to be an honors student to take this course. Open to all students with sophomore standing or above. This course will begin with the journal, move to autobiography and fictionalized first-person accounts and will conclude with third-person short stories. In class, the stories of Welty, Carver, Porter, Woolf, O’Connor, and Walker will be discussed to highlight technique, as well as concerns of characterization, style, tone, and plot. When appropriate, we will listen to recordings of authors reading their own works. Writing assignments include several stories and a writer’s journal. Class enrollment is limited to twenty-two. uueb Pore/ London.$472 Paris.$491 Madrid.$684 San Jose, C.R...$573 Fare is roundtrip from Eugene. Subject to change and availability. Tax not included. Restrictions and blackouts apply. and NOT just online TRAVEL ISIC — »> Oft Lift c i i i'li iiiiit riiiii iiiitti'itoiifeim Advertise your events in the Oregon Daily Emerald. We have special university rates. Call 346-3712 Daily scavenger hunt: Stone sculpture What the heck is this? As part of the local celebration for National Historic Preservation Week, University graduate student and Associated Students for Historic Preservation member Christopher Bell is sponsoring a week-long photo scavenger hunt and awarding prizes. The contest: Be able to correctly identify the location of the photographed artifact on campus, what it is and a little about it. The Emerald will print a different photo each day this week — to enter, simply send an e-mail to hpweek2003@yahoo.com and make your guess. All answers will be printed Monday. Today's photo: Who is this guy? Where can you find him? What is he made out of? (Be specific!) For a full listing of events planned as a part of National Historic Preservation Week, see the related article of today's Emerald or visit http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~histpres/. Adam Amato Emerald Drug law continued from page 1 marijuana laws too far. Sen. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene, ve hemently opposed the bill in the Ju diciary Committee and on the Sen ate floor. Walker, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, said the bill is aimed to target high school students who “are coming to class stoned,” but that the application of the bill beyond the age of 18 makes it faulty. “I think it’s a stupid bill,” she said. “I just don’t get it. There are no 21 year-old high school students that I know of.” Walker said the bill would also unnecessarily target high school students who want to go to college but can’t get financial aid because of the violation they would receive from consumption. “Nobody seemed to care that this impacts financial aid,” she added. Craig Prins, counsel for the Judi ciary Committee, said people such as school officials would have to be a witness to the alleged consump tion and the police would then have to determine whether enough prob able cause existed for a citation. “This has been the law for a long time with minor in possession (of al cohol),” he said. Prins said police departments have officers with special training to detect the influence of drug, but that they are traditionally assigned to traffic. No other members of the Judicia ry Committee, who passed the bill to the floor, were available for com ment as of press time. Lobbyist Bri an Delashmutt, who supported the bill, could not be reached. The bill has already caught the eye of some police departments in Oregon, however. Eugene Police Department spokeswoman Kerry Delf said EPD is supporting the bill, although it’s not a high-priority bill. “This bill would simply provide law enforcement with another tool to deal with drug users,” she said. Delf said the bill would also “level the playing field” when officers con tact a group of suspect drug users, especially if they all had been using drugs but only one member was ac tually carrying them. According to fiscal analysis of the new bill, the amount of revenue that could be raised with the new law is unclear because offenders often pay less than the maximum amount for a violation. “This measure could result in new citations being filed, or could result in an additional charge being added to cases that are now cited under another applicable statute, such as minor in possession of alco hol,” the analysis said. “To the ex tent that this bill results in the filing of new cases, there could be an im pact on court operations associated with the judge and staff time re quired to process new cases.” The bill will now go to the Oregon House for further consideration. Contact the news editor at janmontry@dailyemerald.com. ASL continued from page 1 making such a decision. Organizers of Celebrating Deaf Culture, an event planned for Thurs day to raise awareness of a deaf cul ture on campus, want to prove that ASL is a language and needs to be recognized as such. “It’s hard for me to understand why ASL is not accepted as a second language,” Hurst said. “I worked re ally hard to get where lam — noth ing is going to stop me.” In May, Hurst was granted a waiv er on her language requirement for her University degree. Instead of two years of a foreign language, she only needs to take two ASL courses to complete her four-year degree. How ever, if she transfers to another school or attends graduate school, the requirement will go unfulfilled. “ASL is being more and more used,” she said. “Kids can sign before they can speak.” Hurst has been losing her hearing for seven years after having a tumor re moved from her right ear. She has been using hearing aids for almost three years and is losing 10 percent to 15 percent ofher hearing every year. “Even if you have a disability, you can still get things accomplished,” Hurst said. “Celebrating Deaf Cul ture is about being visible to the community and each other.” Sariantra Kali, an event organizer and a post-baccalaureate student, said she has heard different reasons for ASL going unrecognized, but all Roman Gokhman Emerald Jacqueline Hurst is helping convince the University to accept ASL as a second language. are unsubstantiated. “I’ve heard students say that mem bers of the foreign language depart ment have said that American Sign Language is not a language,” Kali said, adding that other reasons include that ASL does not have a written history, that there is no deaf culture, and that ASL is “just English on the hands.” According to a 2002 Emerald arti cle, the ASUO Student Senate passed a resolution in March 2002 recognizing ASL as a foreign language, but only the Undeigraduate Council has the power to make that decision and officially recognize ASL as a foreign language. According to council minutes, while the issue was discussed extensively during the 2001-02 school year, it has n’t been brought up since October. Council member and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Studies Karen Sprague said the 2001-02 ac ademic year ended before council members had a chance to complete their discussions. “It will ultimately get picked up, but not this year,” Sprague said, adding that ASL cannot be addressed sepa rately from discussions about the en tire foreign language requirement, which will probably be considered sometime next year. The council will discuss its goals for an improved for eign language program and whether ASL can be a part of it, Sprague said. Kali and Hurst said they hope a deci sion can be made as soon as possible. Kali has obtained more than 1,000sig natures for a petition that will be sent to the Undergraduate Council and President Dave Frohnmayer. “This language has syntax and structure — it is a language, and it should be recognized,” Hurst said. Contact the reporter atromangokhman@daiiyemerald.com.