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Volume 105, Issue 42
Frohnmayer touts achievements
At the University Convocation,
President Dave Frohnmayer spoke
of budget cuts, the school’s
accomplishments and zebrafish
Chris Potter
Freelance Reporter
The procession of faculty filed into Beall
Concert Hall on Friday afternoon, wearing
traditional caps, gowns and hoods. They
were there as part of the annual University
Convocation, an event meant to begin the
academic year and honor the school
and faculty.
After the placement of a ceremonial mace
and the posting of the colors by the Reserve
Officers Training Corps Color Guard, the for
mality of the ceremony was softened as Uni
versity President Dave Frohnmayer began his
speech with a zebrafish theme.
Frohnmayer explained how zebrafish hold
a distinguished place in the University's his
tory, and in present research.
Characteristics of the zebrafish make it an
ideal test subject for experiments in genetics.
Fifteen years before "Dolly," the cloned sheep,
became internationally known, Dr. George
Streisinger succeeded in cloning a zebrafish at
the University.
After Streisinger's death in 1984, zebrafish
research has continued at the University and
has also expanded to 350 labs in 30 countries,
Frohnmayer said.
Frohnmayer described Streisinger's inno
vative research as a prologue, which "sets a
tone for what can and will be done" at the
University.
He quoted 1899 University President
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Danielle Hickey Senior Photographer
University President Dave Frohnmayer gives the State of the University speech at the Beall Concert Hall on Friday afternoon during the 2003 Convocation.
Students
struggling
to manage
cuts, costs
Tuition has risen 19.8 percent
since 2001, forcing students to
economize more and work
harder to make ends meet
By A. Sho Ikeda
Senior News Reporter
While Oregon universities and com
munity colleges try to deal with lowered
state funding, college students also suf
fer the effects of reduced investment in
higher education.
Marcie Neil, a sophomore majoring in
pre-journalism, lost her work study ben
efits and a loan because of cuts to finan
cial aid.
Neil qualified for financial aid last
year, but she was denied money this year
even though her parents' combined in
come did not increase. Reduced funding
for higher education meant there wasn't
as much money available to distribute to
needy students.
"They just said there wasn't enough for
me," she said.
Neil now pays for tuition, fees and
housing with private bank loans.
"The interest rates are pretty bad,"
she said.
Neil, who is taking 17 credits this term,
said the 2003-04 school year would be her
"intensive academic year," and that she
would focus on getting a job to help pay
for school next fall.
She said she worries about the loans
and the debt she is accumulating.
"I'm sort of setting myself up for bad
times after graduation," Neil said.
Oregon was one of three states to receive
an "F" for affordability in the National
Center for Public Policy in 1 ligher Educa
tion's 2002 "Measure lip" survey.
University students have suffered a 19.8
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Students for Choice kicks off residence hall condom campaign
The group hopes to supply those
residence hall students who may be
intimidated purchasing protection
By Jared Paben
News Reporter
Many students are embarrassed to get con
doms in public, which is why Students for
Choice is ldcking off a new campaign to put free
condoms in the residence hall bathrooms.
Amanda Mabry and Alexandra Bullock, co-di
rectors of Students for Choice, said it doesn't
matter that the University Health Center gives
away free condoms if students are too embar
rassed to get them.
"We realized that anybody can get access to
free condoms from places like the health center
here on campus, as well as other resources like
Planned Parenthood," Mabry said. "But we real
ly felt like it was important for students to be
able to get them in more of a discreet manner —
to get them without having to ask someone for
them."
Students for Choice's new campaign — which
was conceived by the co-directors last year but
wasn't realized until this year's kickoff party —
primarily targets freshmen. Mabry said the
group is trying to reach those who recently left
home and may be exploring their sexuality for
the first time.
The ability to get condoms in the residence
hall bathrooms would also make them accessi
ble to those who immediately needed them but
didn't have any on hand, she said. It would also
make them available for free after the health
center closed.
Students for Choice is in the process of forming
a committee to oversee the project, but it can't put
its plan into motion without the approval of the
health center and University Housing.
Health center Director Tom Ryan said he sup
ports the group's goals and applauds its attempts
to make condoms readily available to students.
He stressed that making condoms freely avail
able does not promote having sex, adding that
he didn't immediately foresee any difficulties in
making condoms available in the residence
halls.
However, Mabry said the plan probably won't
be a walk in the park. The main difficulty she
sees is the logistics of putting condoms in the
halls.
"We certainly wouldn't want to put 100 con
doms in one dorm and have them gone in one
day," she said. "Or have condom balloons float
ing around the residence halls. We definitely need
to talk with the health center to see how we need
to work with them to make it work."
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