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ADMISSIONS
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students admitted for fall 2003 is, sta
tistically, the smartest in recent memo
ry. Pitts expects the average high school
GPA for the group to fall at about 3.53.
That would be an increase over last
year's average GPA of 3.47, and a signif
icant jump from the fall 1999 class,
which had a 3.39 average GPA.
"The students we admitted were
much stronger academically,"
Pitts said.
The increases in average GPA are at
least partly the result of changes to
the University's standards for auto
matic admission. While the Universi
ty used to require 14 credits of aca
demic preparation and a 3.0 high
school GPA, it now requires 16 cred
its and a 3.25 GPA.
Digel fell significantly below that
with a 2.41 GPA.
"Because of the newer admissions
standards, 1 wasn't accepted," she said.
Digel, and anybody else who falls
short of the minimum requirements,
enters what Pitts calls the "compre
hensive review group." The Office of
Admissions evaluates these students
for things like grade trends, course
difficulty, a personal essay and exten
uating circumstances.
"We admitted two-thirds of students
who fell into the comprehensive re
view group," Pitts said.
But Digel wasn't one of the them.
Eventually, she still plans to attend law
school, but realizes it will be difficult.
"I know it's harder for me to go to
law school coming from a commu
nity college instead of a university,"
she said.
Even though she was rejected from
the University, Digel said she's satisfied
with the way things turned out.
"I'm almost glad (that I got rejected)
because I met a guy that I'm planning
on spending the rest of my life with,"
she said.
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federal politics reporter
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CORNTAINER
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A national survey by Roper Starch
Worldwide Audits and Surveys mar
ket research found that 51 percent of
people surveyed said they would be
willing to pay up to a 10 percent pre
mium for an environmentally safer
version of plastic packaging. Howev
er, Cockcroft said Wild Oats paid the
additional money to bring comtain
ers to the general public at no addi
tional cost.
Wild Oats "felt strongly enough that
we were willing to make the invest
ment ourselves and not pass that addi
tional cost onto the consumer," he
said. "It was the right thing to do."
Sabin said that she was one of those
consumers that would have been will
ing to pay the additional money, but
she was grateful she didn't have to.
The NatureWorks technology pro
duces renewable resin by tapping into
the carbon stored in plant starches
and breaking them down into natu
ral plant sugars. Through a process of
fermentation and separation, the car
bon and other elements of the sugars
are used to make the comtainer — a
process that uses 20 to 50 percent
fewer fossil fuels than petroleum
based plastics.
Nature Works Communications
Director Michael O'Brien said in a
statement that retailers in the Unit
ed States are in the early logistical
stages of offering sustainable pack
aging to consumers.
Wild Oats is "on the leading edge of
what we believe will be a standard ap
plication in grocery and deli," he said.
"It won't be too long before you'll be
hearing 'paper, plastic or NatureWorks'
at the checkout stand."
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safety reporter
at alishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
CAMPUS
BUZZ
Friday
Archaeology Celebration Lecture, room 175
Knight Law Center, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Multime
dia specialist Don Hunter will give a talk entitled
"The Sandal and the Cave: Pioneer Archaeologist
Luther Cressman and the 10,000-Year-Old San
dals" as part of a series.
Finrow Lecture in Interior Architecture, Room 177
Lawrence Hall, 5:30 p.m. Janin James presents
“Designers as Solutionists;" the inaugural Gunilla
K. Finrow Lecture in Interior Architecture.
NEWS BRIEF
ASUO Student Senate
confirms candidates
This fall's first ASUO Student Sen
ate meeting ran briskly on Wednesday
night with multiple nominations and
confirmations concluding in less than
40 minutes.
The senate confirmed Adam
Petkun's nomination to the ASUO
Constitution Court, 12-2. One sena
tor expressed concern that law stu
dents had no voice in the nomination
process.
ASUO Vice President Eddy Morales
responded that the ASUO had only
thirty days to fill the vacancy, which
took place while law students were
away for summer break.
"l ie's really familiar with the three
branches of government here,"
Morales said in support of Petkun's
nomination.
Petkun said he was pleased to
be confirmed.
"I'm prepared to be a steward for
the incidental fee and the programs
for which it provides," Petkun said.
Nicholas Hudson, a former ASUO
intern, was confirmed as an executive
appointee to the Athletic Department
Finance Committee by a 13-1 vote.
"I'd really like to become more in
volved with the athletic department"
Hudson said.
The Senate also confirmed Mike
Sherman's nomination for Senate
Seat 14. Rachel Pilliod, last year's
ASUO president and the initial
choice, withdrew her application.
"I really think I can hit the ground
running," said Sherman, who was
nominated by a 14-0 vote.
Sherman was concerned that the fi
nance side of the senate not overshad
ow the academic side.
The senate also nominated Ben
Strawn for senate president and Kevin
Day for vice president. Sherman and
Rodrigo Moreno received nomina
tions for ombudsman.
After ASUO President Maddy
Melton noted that the nominations
included no women, Aryn Clark
joined Kevin Curtin as a nominee
for treasurer.
Rebecca Shively refused a nomina
tion for treasurer.
The senate also appointed senators
to the University senate.
After a weekend retreat to Sunriver,
the senate will meet at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday to confirm this week's
nominations and other business.
Senators were urged to attend this
weekend's retreat because they can miss
only one meeting during the term.
— Chuck Slothower
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