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Ksm ^ SecOi^A SeOfbOiA. 1111 NIKI A 'TU/'edA in. the Dart hA Mia Ma^e tvcu^s/at icVi. Della. CLouhi^cj pweeJX 'W^ea.tfe Peb */-? % H-'\i S> :OQpUs[ U Of O Ti ctet*> £*0 I'jG-'jlGl OT Off ice U BVet^\t*.cp Of Vef fOf^YXi^Ce 1 N:vl;:;fts'1;' Call for Nominations Faculty Distinguished Teaching Awards Nominations due: MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2004 Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to nominate any current faculty members appointed at .50FTE or greater, tenure or non-tenure related, who have taught at the University of Oregon for a minimum of two (2) years for distinguished teaching awards. The hrsted Award and Thomas F. Herman Award for distinguished teaching are presented annually to award winners at Spring Commencement. Each award is accompanied by a recurring monetary reward for the recipients. {Please note: Graduate Teaching Fellows have their own competition and are ineligible for these teaching awards.) Eligibility for Awards Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching The late Mr. A. J. Ersted established the Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching so the University of Oregon could annually honor faculty members “who have taught comparatively short periods and have demonstrated exceptional abilities to induce students to reason and not merely memorize.” The Ersted Award is presented only to faculty who are early in their teaching careers (and who have taught at the UO at least two years). This teaching may occur at the undergraduate or graduate level. Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching This award honors senior faculty members who have achieved outstanding records as teachers. The Thomas F. Herman Award is presented only to faculty members who have academic rank at the University of Oregon for at least seven years, and who have demonstrated long-standing excellence in teaching and have contributed significantly to student learning at the undergraduate or graduate level. SUBMIT NOMINATIONS at http://academicaffairs.uoregon.edu/Awards/Nomination.html. or via e-mail to gwens @uoregon.edu. or fill out this form and send to: Distinguished Teaching Awards, Office of Academic Affairs, 207 Johnson Hall, 1258 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. If your nomination is e-mailed, please make sure to include all the information asked for below. I nominate (print clearly)____Dept. __ for the (Please check one) □ Ersted Award □ Thomas F. Herman Award My reason(s) for nomination are: (you may attach a separate sheet, if necessary) Nominator Name (print clearly) __ E-mail (print clearly)_____ Please check your status □ Faculty □ Student □ Alumni □ Staff hRFflflNfWIYFMFPflm your independent student newspaper ID THEFT continued from page 1 application for him over the phone so Chung could receive a packet of information. Chung, an economics major, said the woman then prodded him into answering each of her questions. She asked the University sophomore for his address, his birthday, his main sources of income and other person al information. Chung reluctantly supplied the information, sensing that something was not quite right. Then she asked for his Social Securi ty number, which raised an immedi ate red flag for Chung. Chung was not the only student to receive a suspicious phone call asking for personal information in the last month. Department of Pub lic Safety Interim Director Tom Micks said University students have contacted his office about two pos sible cases of identity theft. DPS doesn't usually receive any calls about identity theft. Identity theft is a crime in which an impostor obtains personal infor mation, such as a person's Social Se curity number, and uses it to obtain credit, merchandise and services in the name of the victim. In a report released in September 2003, the Fed-. eral Trade Commission estimated that 9.9 million Americans were vic tims of identity theft in 2002, cost ing consumers $53 billion. Hicks said the first case of possi ble identity theft occurred on Jan. 16 in Carson Hall. A student reported receiving a phone call from some one claiming to be from the Univer sity doing a survey, but the student became suspicious when the person on the other line asked for a Social Security number. Hicks said this was the first time in recent memory that someone tried to trick students out of their personal information using the guise of a University employee. The second incident occurred on Jan. 21 at H.P. Barnhart Hall. A stu dent reported receiving a suspicious phone call from someone trying to push a credit card, but the caller did not identify what company the caller was with. Hicks said DPS has still been unable to link this incident back to a perpetrator. Hicks said students need to be es pecially cautious when it comes to filling out credit card applications over the phone because that is one of the most popular scams people use when trying to commit identity theft. Chung said he became suspicious about the phone call he received as soon as the sales woman asked him for his Social Security number. After that, he told her he wasn't interested in applying for the credit card, but the saleswoman had a hard time tak ing "no" for an answer. Chung said he wanted to hang up, but she kept telling him they were on a secure line and always returned to the question: "What's your Social Security number?" Chung said even tually the woman became angry at him and asked him why Chung went so far in filling out the applica tion if he wasn't interested in getting the credit card. "The really alarming part was how obsessive she got about trying to get my Social Security number," Chung said. "The pressure tactic really Premier Travel 1011 Harlow J 747-0909^^ {Student Travel Experts HOWTO AVOID BEING VICTIMIZED You can't shield yourself completely from identity theft, but you can minimize your risk by completing the following steps: 1. Shred all personal documents. “Dumpster diving” is a popular form of obtaining personal information. 2. Guard your PIN at ATMs. Never write the number down anywhere in your purse or wallet 3. Have your checks delivered to your bank or post office box, not your home address. 4. Avoid putting outgoing mail in your home mailbox. Take it to a postal box. 5. Don’t carry your Social Security card in your wallet or purse. 6. Never give out your personal information on the phone unless you know who you are speaking to. 7. Do not use your credit card number on the Internet unless the Web site has a secured, encrypted system. 8. Take your name off promotional lists. You can opt out of pre-approved offers for credit cards for a two-year period by calling (888) 567-8688. 9. Order your credit report twice a year and review it carefully. If you find any discrepancies, write each of the three main credit agencies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion - and explain the situation. Source; Department of Public Safety drives you crazy. At the time they were talking to me, I though I was being a hard-ass by not giving them my info." Chung eventually hung up the phone, but the experience had alarmed him. After talking with a few friends, he found out that a number of students in the residence halls had received similar phone calls, which he suspects were from the same company. Chung said the most dangerous thing about listening to a sales pitch for a credit card over the phone is that callers never stop pushing at con sumers to answer their questions. "People try to make you feel guilty or stupid, but that doesn't mean you are that way," Chung said. "They're just trying to get your money off you." Contact the news editor atjennHerbear@dailyemerald.com. Today's crossword solution
