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Thursday, July 17, 2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 8
Jessica Waters Emerald
Brigit McGraw (left) talks with Claire Dyrud and Kamran Rouzpay, members of her incoming-student group, during Sunday’s
IntroDUCKtion session. McGraw is one of 12 people on IntroDUCKtion’s Student Orientation Staff.
Guides to success
Brigit McGraw and Dante Wiley are two students who
help guide incoming students during the University’s
summer IntroDUCKtion program
By Ayisha Yahya
Reporter
Thousands of students join the Duck pond each year. As
they take their first duckling steps through campus, they
have a team of dedicated students to help them learn every
thing from registering for classes to showering in the resi
dence halls without getting athlete's foot.
According to Student Orientation Programs Student Di
rector Cathlene McGraw, Student Orientation Staff goes
through three rigorous interviews before being picked for
the job. SOSers then introduce new students and their par
ents to academic and social life on campus during inten
sive two-day programs called IntroDUCKtion, where the
student staff answers questions, guides campus tours, or
just gives reassuring smiles to those who might feel a little
lost or overwhelmed by their new college environment.
Jttrough the program, students also meet with advisers and
register for classes.
Dante Wiley and Brigit McGraw are just two of the 12
SOSers who are at the beck and call of excited and nervous
new students on campus this July.
On Sunday, July 13, McGraw's small frame is lost in a
swirl of students as she holds up her sign and looks for her
group. Her small stature conceals her spunk, but one can
see it seeping to the surface, from her amicable smile to her
mischievous brown eyes, from her pink sneakers to her red
Turn to IntroDUCKtion, page 6
UO program marked for defense funds
An appropriations bill would give a
combined $7 million to a University
psychology program and a technology
company founded by professors
By A. Sho Ikeda
Reporter
The U.S. House of Representatives ap
proved legislation last week that includes
$3 million for the University's Brain, Biol
ogy and Machine Initiative, and $4 million
for a ship-building software program devel
oped by Eugene-based On Time Systems,
Inc., founded by University professors.
The funding, requested by Democratic
Rep. Peter DeFazio of Springfield, was in
cluded in the fiscal year 2004 spending bill
for the Department of Defense. The bill now
goes to the U.S. Senate, which will vote on
its own version of the legislation that doesn't
contain funding for the two University-as
sociated groups. However, a joint commit
tee will reconcile the I louse and Senate ver
sions of the bill, which may then include
funding for the two groups.
'The University of Oregon has distin
guished itself as a renowned research insti
tution," DeFazio said in a press release.
"The Brain, Biology and Machine Initiative
continues in that distinguished tradition."
The $3 million included in the 2004 De
partment of Defense Appropriations Art is
in addition to more than $8.3 million De
Fazio has already secured for the Brain, Bi
ology and Machine Initiative, said Helen
Neville, Brain Development Lab director.
"We're very optimistic about receiving
this funding," she said.
Neville said money received from the
Turn to Funds, page 5
Oregon students
to blast fee hikes
at OUS meeting
The State Board of Higher Education on Friday will decide
the fate of proposed tuition increases, and many student
representatives are decrying those increases
By Ayisha Yahya
Reporter
Students facing tuition increases and limited access to educa
tion are speaking out as Oregon University System schools, grap
pling with tightening budgets, call for changes to tuition and fee
plateaus to ease fiscal burdens.
When the State Board of I light
er Education meets Friday to
look at proposals to increase tu
ition and fees for winter term,
students from around Oregon
will also be present to show how
the proposals threaten their edu
cation. The board will meet at
Central Oregon Community
College in Bend.
ASUO Legislative Associate
Gabe Kjos said five student repre
sentatives from the University will
attend the meeting. Kjos added
that University students need to
fight to keep tuition low and to
make education more accessible,
even though changes proposed
PART 2 OF 4
Tuesday: Administrators
warn of cuts without new
tuition and fees standards
Today: Student leaders
prepare to discuss
implications of tuition hikes
Next Tuesday: Full coverage
of Friday’s State Board of
Higher Education decision
Next Thursday: Students
weathered tuition surcharges
in winter and spring
for the University are not as severe as for some other campuses.
"We still want affordability for .students," he said, adding that
University students support tuition plateaus. "If we take away tu
ition plateaus, it makes sure that students are here for a longer
time and will need to look for more loans."
Oregon Student Association Legislative Director Melissa
Unger agreed.
Turn to Tuition, page 7
NEWS BRIEF
Slated class cuts smaller than expected
The University will only be forced to cut 60 classes in the 2003
04 school year, should the State Board of I ligher Education reject
or delay proposed tuition increases, instead of the 100 classes ini
tially reported. The new figure is based on a new recommenda
tion by Oregon University System Chancellor Richard Jarvis.
University Vice President and Provost John Moseley said Jarvis
advised the State Board of 1 ligher Education that the University
should delay instituting a $20-per-credit charge from 14 to 16
credits for resident undergraduates until winter term, and also de
lay until winter term the implementation of a 15 percent discount
for classes before 9 a m.
Originally, the University would have been short $600,000 in
the fall if the $20 charge was not applied, resulting in 100 classes
being cut. Without the early class discounts, however, Moseley
said the University will only be $400,000 short, which translates
to about 60 lost classes for winter and spring term.
"Our intention would be to offer those discounts at the same
time we're able to have the $20 charge," Moseley said.
The State Board will decide on Friday whether the University
can institute the $20 charge per credit in the winter. While Mose
ley said he feels Jarvis' recommendation is likely to take effect, he
added that until the board makes a final decision, it is difficult to
predict exactly what will happen.
— Ayisha Yahya
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