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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 felated, who have taught at the
University of Oregon for a minimum of two (2) years for distinguished teaching awards.
The Ersted 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
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Ersted Award for
Distinguished Teaching
The late Mr. A. J. Ersted established the
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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
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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.
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members who have achieved outstanding
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faculty members who have academic rank
at the University of Oregon for at least
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long-standing excellence in teaching and
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California schools
too experienced
for Club water polo
The Ducks lost their first three matches of the season
and hope to rebound at the regional tournament
By Kirsten McEwen
Freelance Reporter
If Oregon compiled its very own dictionary, under the word "dedication"
there would no words. Instead, there would be a picture — a picture of the Ore
gon women's water polo team hard at work on a Friday night.
The women's water polo team practices at Leighton Pool in the Student
Recreation Center every Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The players make the choice to be at the pool, and an
average of 18 young women show up to play. They
have no regrets about giving up their Friday nights for
water polo practice.
"Water polo is one of the best investments I've made
at the University," Claire Hugo said.
Hugo and Co-Coordinator Paitra Sharp cite a uni
fied team and great friends for making Friday practices bearable.
"We have a really close-knit group of girls," Sharp said.
After practicing three days a week for the entire term, Oregon traveled to UC
Davis to play three California teams on Saturday and Sunday. UC Davis, Fresno
State and Chico State handed the Ducks their first losses of the new year.
Oregon opened up against the home team, UC Davis, and suffered its worst
loss of the weekend, 16-2. Oregon then lost to Fresno State, 9-2, and on Sunday
the Ducks fell to Chico State, 7-4.
Although Oregon was outscored 32-8 during the weekend, head coach Matt
Baumann said the emphasis of the tournament was on improving over the
course of the weekend.
"Overall, we played really well," Baumann said. "It was their first time playing
together and they got better and better with every game, especially against Cali
fornia teams that are usually a lot better than what we see in the Northwest."
Oregon hopes to rebound from its three losses when it hosts the regional
tournament March 6 and 7. Oregon, Oregon State, Simon Fraser University,
Washington, Western Oregon and Western Washington will all compete at
Willamalane Park and Recreation facility in Springfield for a chance to attend
the regional finals.
With only 11 returning players on the 26-woman team, Sharp said that
she believes the key to success this year will be learning how to play as a
cohesive unit.
"It's more a matter of playing together more often and figuring out team dy
namics," Sharp said.
According to Baumann, Oregon has more than just dedication — it has all
the ingredients needed to compile a winning record. With speed, a strong de
fense and offense and a deep bench, Baumann said he "has a really great group
of girls who work very hard."
Club
Sports
California dreamin’
Come March, Oregon's Club racquetball team will be heading south to com
pete in the 32nd USA Racquetball National Intercollegiate Championships in
Fountain Valley, Calif. For four days, the Ducks will compete in singles and dou
bles at the Los Caballeros Racquet and Sports Club.
In preparation for their Spring Break tournament, the Ducks competed in
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themselves like a team that enjoyed
playing with one another.
"In warm-ups, everyone just had a
really good aura," Oregon forward
Kedzie Gunderson said. "We were all
laughing and having fun and we start
ed that way. We were playing defense
and getting out and mnning and
keeping to our strengths."
Gunderson fed off the pre-game
energy, tying career-highs in points
(13) and rebounds (seven). The Bel
lvue, Wash., native also drilled her
first three-pointer since Dec. 6.
"It's been awhile since I made one
of those," Gunderson said. "(My
teammates) were all laughing at me
because it took me like five minutes to
shoot it."
Gunderson's three-pointer was
one of several amusing moments for
the Ducks.
There was Brandi Davis' mnning
scoop shot off the glass midway
through the second half. There was 5
foot-8 guard Come Mizusawa playing
the role of shot blocker.
The most amusing moment of the
night, however, came with 2:23 re
maining and Oregon ahead 74-47.
Washington State guard Nikki Strat
ton appeared to be on her way to an
uncontested layup when Oregon
freshman Cicely Oaks came out of
nowhere and delivered an I-don't
care-how-much-weTe-up-by-yqu're
not-getting-an-easy-two-pomts-foul.
The result was Stratton flying into the
basket, then walking away unharmed.
The most impressive performance
of the night was turned in by fresh
man Eleanor Haring. The 6-foot-1 for
ward scored a career-high 16 points,
while showing off all the different
weapons in her offensive arsenal.
Haring connected on 8 of 12 field
goals, knocking down jump shots,
baby hooks and beating opponents
off the dribble.
"We were all pretty pumped up,
ready to go," Haring said. "During the
game — with the great start we had —
we were having a ball."
Pundits will say Thursday's per
formance by Oregon was nothing to
write home about, looking at Wash
ington State's 1-13 record in Pacific-10
Conference play. Those who share the
opinion probably haven't been fol
lowing the Ducks.
It didn't matter if Oregon beat
Washington State or the Sheldon
High School girls junior varsity team
Thursday. With all the obstacles the
Ducks have faced this season, they
needed to have some fun on the bas
ketball court to prepare for the sea
son's stretch run.
The Ducks have five games remain
ing on their Pac-10 schedule. Even
though they won't face the Cougars
again, there's no reason Oregon can't
have a few more fun nights.
Contact the sports reporter
at jonroetman@dailyemerald.com.
His, views do not necessarily . . ,
represent those of the Emerald.