IN BRIEF
Pressure forces Sudan
to yield to mandate
UNITED NATIONS — Sudan’s for
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low more African troops and police to
help end the conflict in Darfur, re
sponding to international demands for
quick action to protect civilians.
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reporters after addressing a closed
door meeting of the Security Council
that he discussed the issue of an ex
panded African Union force in Darfur
with African Union officials.
His comments came after the Secu
rity Council approved a resolution au
thorizing a beefed-up African force
with a broader mandate and a call
Thursday by U.N. Human Rights Com
missioner Louise Arbour for interna
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When the new A.U. troops arrive,
he said, ‘‘they’re going to bring more
than a thousand police together with
the monitors in order to work with the
Sudanese police officers for protection
and checking and so on.”
The Sudanese minister spoke to the
council hours after members heard a
report by two top human rights ex
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special adviser on genocide.
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Since having his brain tumor removed in 1989, Richard Pickering has had to relearn skills
such as using e-mail. Although he once taught for the University's art department, he said
he considered himself more of a student than a professor.
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bringing in funds,” he said, adding
that “our younger faculty ... has been
very successful in attracting external
support as well. ”
Other factors contributing to last
year’s record-breaking figures in
clude declining state funding,
which currently makes up about 10
percent of total funding, and the in
creased budgets of certain federal
agencies, Linton said.
Most of the money came from fed
eral agencies, including the U.S. De
partment of Education, the U.S. De
partment of Health and Human
Services and the National Science
Foundation.
The University’s research projects
range from a study that examines the
motor skills of people with traumatic
brain injuries to a program in which
graduate students help teachers devel
op marine biology curricula. Many of
the projects have a direct impact on
the community, such as Sohlberg and
Fickas’ project.
Fickas and Sohlberg’s team started
the project three years ago when they
received a $1.5-million U.S. Depart
ment of Education grant. Their goal
was to develop e-mail software that
could be used by people who suffer
from brain damage and have cognitive
disabilities. These people often have
severe short-term memory loss and vi
sion problems.
“We needed a system where they
wouldn’t have to rely on their memo
ry,” Sohlberg said.
Graduate Research Fellow Jim Allen
helped develop the interface for the
program.
“One of the guiding principles in
the design is that you can’t have any
thing hidden,” he said.
Fickas said that in developing the
software, the main glitch was that it
was too complicated for the test sub
jects to use.
“I have the same problem
with the software 1 use,” he said,
somewhat comically. “It’s much too
complicated.”
The new interface features a “bud
dy list,” complete with the names and
photos of people the user can corre
spond with via e-mail. The only other
item on the interface is the space
where one can write the messages.
Such a program could have a huge
impact on people with cognitive disor
ders because it can help prevent the
social isolation that often comes with
their disabilities, said Sohlberg.
“Because of disorders they may ac
quire, it sometimes happens that their
friends drop out,” she added. “Our
theory is that it would keep them so
cially connected.”
For Richard Pickering, this has
most certainly been the case. Not
only has he kept in touch with
friends and family, he has also re
connected with his half brother,
whom he had not spoken to in
many years. He also keeps in touch
with people from the project.
Pickering added that he enjoyed the
challenge of learning to use the e-mail
interface. Even with his disabilities, he
seems to have maintained his vora
cious appetite for learning. He remi
nisced briefly about his days as a ce
ramics instructor.
“I always felt like I was one of my
own students and there were twenty
teachers,” he said.
Pickering said he is optimistic about
his progress and looks forward to
learning how to use regular software
someday.
“It seems important to me to see it
as an opportunity, not as a frustra
tion,” he said.
Linton praised the project.
“It is a wonderful example of UO in
novation that explores the applica
tions of technology to enhance the
quality of life, in this instance for those
that may suffer difficulties in memory,
attention, and communication,” he
said in an e-mail.
moriahbalingit@ daily emerald. com