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Volume 105, Issue 116
A prized researcher
GTF George Slavich received the inaugural Albert Bandura Award for psychology research
By Jared Paben
Senior News Reporter
niversity graduate teaching fellow
George Slavich has won the first
ever Psi Chi/APS Albert Bandura
Graduate Research Award, a national
recognition that honors graduate students
for research in the field of psychology.
Slavich won the award for his paper
entitled "The Role of Life Stress in the Ac
tivation of Dysfunctional Attitudes in
Depression," which explores the connec
tion between life stresses and depression.
"We found that individuals who experi
enced severe life stress prior to depression
onset exhibited significantly more dys
functional attitudes about themselves, oth
ers and their futures than did their no
stress counterparts," Slavich said in a press
release from Psi Chi, a national psycholo
gy honor society. "This is an important
finding because it suggests that dysfunc
tional attitudes are not simply a symptom
of depression and, moreover, that such at
titudes are activated by severe stress."
Slavich has been a GTF at the Universi
ty since 2001, and he estimates he has
taught about 16 different psychology
classes; however, he's not teaching now
and is instead focusing on his research.
As a student of clinical psychology,
Slavich also sees clients suffering from
depression and eating disorders.
The award, named in honor of
renowned psychologist and Stanford
University Professor Albert Bandura, is
sponsored by Psi Chi and the American
Psychological Society.
Slavich said Bandura was an unofficial
mentor of his at Stanford University.
"I'm a Stanford alum and I totally looked
up to this guy," Slavich said. "It's very special
to me because it's celebrating the life of
someone I admire greatly. I think I could
have won any other award and it wouldn't
have been this meaningful."
The Review of General Psychology re
cently ranked Bandura the fourth most
Turn to AWARD, page 4
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Tim Kupsick Freelance Photographer
George Slavich’s research paper on stress and depression won the first Psi Chi/APS Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award.
Same-sex
marriage i
victorious !
in court j
A Portland judge decides not to
grant an injunction prohibiting
issuance of same-sex licenses
By Ayisha Yahya
News Editor
A judge ailed Monday that Multnomah
County can continue issuing marriage li
censes for gay couples, marking the first le
gal victory for same-sex marriage propo
nents in Oregon.
Multnomah County Presiding Judge
Dale Koch refused to grant an injunction
that would temporarily bar the county from
issuing licenses to same-sex couples. Koch
said the plaintiffs, the Defense of Marriage
Coalition, failed to show irreparable harm
if the county continued to issue licenses
while the defendant's lawsuit was in
progress, according to KGW-TV.
The coalition filed the lawsuit Friday in
opposition to a county decision to issue
same-sex marriage licenses, also alleging
that the Multnomah County Board of ]
Commissioners had violated Oregon Pub
lic Meetings law when it made the decision.
The coalition is a bipartisan organization
of pastors, elected officials, community lead
ers and citizens committed to preserving
"marriage as a union only between one man
and one woman," according to its Web site.
The coalition had asked for a temporary
restraining order as ihe legalities of the case
were worked out.
After ruling that the coalition had failed
to provide clear and compelling evidence of
harm, Koch assigned the case — which may
eventually to go to trial — to another judge,
according to Ihe Associated Press.
Turn to SAME-SEX, page 4
Six mayoral candidates seek to replace TimTorrev
City Councilor Nancy Nathanson,
former state representative Kitty
Piercy and four others face off
in a May 18 qualifying election
By Nika Carlson
News Reporter
Eugene voters will not be short of choic
es this May when they vote for a replace
ment for Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey, who
announced in January he would not seek a
third term.
Six candidates are vying for the position.
Eugene political pundits consider Ward
8 City Councilor Nancy Nathanson and
former State Representative Kitty Piercy to
be the leading candidates, but locals Willie
Nicholas, James Whetstine, Alphonsus
Donnelly and Eric Gross (Sephiroth) join
them in the crowded race.
Candidates face a qualifying election
May 18. If one candidate wins more than
50 percent of the vote, that candidate will
be the only one to appear on the Novem
ber 2 general election ballot. If no one gets
more than 50 percent of the vote, the two
candidates who receive the most votes will
move on to the November election.
Nancy Nathanson
Ward 8 City Councilor Nancy Nathanson,
whose term ends January 2005, is forgoing a
run for another City Council term after near
ly 12 years on the Council.
The University Libraries systems manager
for the Orbis Cascade Alliance has long been
touted as Torrey's successor, though Torrey
has yet to make any official endorsements.
Nathanson said she's been on the Council
long enough that she feels ready to take on
new and bigger things, adding that she
wants to build on the work she's done as
Turn to MAYOR, page 8
Kitty Piercy
Former state
representative
Nancy
Nathanson
City Councilor
James
Whetstine
Retiree
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