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How are you going to celebrate graduation?
"A get-together...
a barbecue...
probably some
cocktails"
Justin Stephens
economics major
"Get together with
other friends'
families and eat
and celebrate"
Linda Chung
biology/EMS majors
"We're having a
reception on campus
after graduation...
lots of food."
Leah Wyatt
journalism major
"Probably just have
a small party."
Nate Bloch
theater arts major
Family anxiety
With family invading campus
for graduation, students say
hectic planning for parties
induces unneeded stress
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
University art history and photog
raphy student Jennifer Keller is hav
ing a busy week. She will turn 22
years old tomorrow, she is graduat
ing Saturday, and she is moving the
same night because the lease for her
room will expire.
But befpre that, she has tb finish
her theses and term projects, go
through a portfolio review and pre
pare for an influx of family members
coming to Eugene.
“I don’t have the time — I’m not
even going to be around,” she said.
With graduation only six days
away, the University campus will
soon start being swarmed by par
ents, friends and extended family
members of seniors who will be
walking across the stage. Many visi
tors also expect their seniors to show
them around Eugene and entertain
them with a gathering, not realizing
that many graduates are in no shape
to plan one and may not even have
any free time.
Keller, who compared this week to
Christmas because it is so hectic,
said her immediate family will come
to her graduation for sure, and that
she has mailed 25 additional invita
tions to extended family and friends.
Ron Miyaguchi, the senior staff
therapist at the University Counsel
ing and Testing Center, said gradua
tion is usually a stressful time for
students, which some parents do
not understand.
Miyaguchi said some families
consider graduation a family ac
complishment rather than an indi
vidual achievement, and that they
arrive with a mentality that they
are honored guests and should be
treated as such.
“Others will be more sensitive to
the structure the student is under,”
he said, adding that it is important to
strike a balance between the needs
of friends, family and the graduating
student. “If a family is understanding
and sensitive, they won’t be as de
manding.”
Graduating journalism student
Laura Trentman agrees that family
and friends should not expect a grad
uate to organize a get-together.
“I’m not worried because they
are my close friends and family, and
don’t need a super party to have
fun,” she said. “A party isn’t the rea
son they are up here. Anything ex
tra is extra.”
Trentman’s parents, grandparents
and sister will attend for sure, and
she has also sent out 23 additional
invitations, of which she is expecting
15 guests to attend.
“It’s a little nerve-wracking to
have all these people here,” she said,
adding that she and a friend might
be organizing a barbecue for family
and guests at a park or at a friend’s
house. “I’m not one to really plan
things — whatever happens is OK.”
Trentman added she’s not terribly
worried about graduation — or any
thing before it — as much as she’s
concerned about the future and try
ing to find employment.
“Someone should throw me a par
ty,” she said. “I’m the one who has
done all the work the last four years,
and they should throw me a party.”
Contact the reporter
at romangokhman@dailyemerald.com.
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students lectures and readings, but
clinical cases to go along with that,”
she said.
One student described McLaugh
lin as “the best teacher I’ve had here
at the UO.”
“She’s brilliant, knows how to ef
fectively communicate complex
info, and on top of that, she’s just so
nice,” the student said. “I’ve learned
more in her classes than any other,
and I’ve had a good time doing it.”
McLaughlin also works part time
as a research scientist at the Oregon
Center for Applied Science. In fall
r
term, she will teach Anatomy and
Physiology Mechanics.
CTF of the Year
George Slavich
Slavich is a graduate teaching fel
low and doctoral candidate in the
Department of Psychology whose
academic and community awards
literally span pages.
A 24-year-old from Santa Clara,
Calif., he said he bounced from eco
nomics to the psychology program
after deciding it was more interest
ing, and he started attending the
University after graduating from
Stanford University in June 2001.
He said that he focuses his teach
ing style on making psychology rele
vant to students’ lives.
“The easiest way I’ve found to ex
plain complex issues is to use stories
and real world examples,” he said.
Professor Philip Zimbardo,
Slavich’s mentor at Stanford and the
former president of the American
Psychological Association, said
Slavich was “sensational.”
“His passion for psychology and
teaching is evident in all he does,”
Zimbardo said.
Slavich will teach psychopatholo
gy during summer term.
Contact the news editor
at brookreinhard@dailyemerald.com.
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