. Study abroad: Students muss career networks
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would make a lot of sense. ”
But college abroad isn’t for
everyone.
Students may come to regret
missing out on quintessential Amer
ican college experiences outside the
classroom, like football Saturdays or
the greek life of fraternities and
sororities. They may discover that
foreign universities don’t offer the
same resources as generally wealth
ier American ones, and students
planning to return to the United
States risk missing out on career
networks and pipelines.
Gunnar Olson, Schell’s guidance
counselor at Indian Springs School
near Birmingham, said some of his
students who initially expressed inter
est in fall in going abroad — prompted
by disappointment with the results ot
the U.S. presidential election — have
since reconsidered. Even Schell said
she may return after a year.
Jennifer Shields, a graduate of the
University of St. Andrews in Scotland
and co-author of the book “Study
Away: The Unauthorized Guide to
College Abroad,” strongly recom
mends a campus visit to a foreign
university.
“If you’re completely in culture
shock for a week, maybe it’s not the
best decision for four years,” she said.
Shields said St. Andrews —
a popular destination with nearly 700
American undergraduates pursuing
degrees — was the right decision for
her. It exposed her to a wider variety
of experiences and was less expen
sive than her American options.
That is sometimes the case, ana
in England, undergraduate degrees
can be completed in three years. But
buyer beware: Foreign universities
often charge international students
several times more than domestic
ones (hence the aggressive recruit
ing) . More importantly, Americans
may have better access to financial
aid at home.
But for Keegan, who also consid
ered an American college, McGill was
too good a deal to pass up. The top
tuition rate is about $12,600 in U.S.
dollars, and Americans compete in
the same pool as domestic students
for merit aid.
“For me, the final decision was I
liked two schools equally, and one of
them was quarter of the price, and
that was McGill,” she said.
Directory: Federal law governs release of records
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they are attending the University
while suppressing information they
may want kept private, Associate
Registrar Sue Eveland said.
“It’s time to let students decide
what they want to have out there
about themselves,” Eveland said.
Directory restrictions vary across
the Oregon University System
schools, Eveland said. Some schools
don’t release any information about
anybody, while others define specific
items to withhold or release, she said.
Leavitt said colleges and universi
ties are generally guided by the Fami
ly Educational Rights and Privacy
Act, a federal law governing the re
lease of student records. The law
gives the University choices about
what elements to classify as directory
information, she said, resulting in dif
ferent policies at different schools.
Leavitt said many University stu
dents didn’t mind having their infor
mation in a printed directory, be
cause it became quickly outdated.
Students who were worried about
their available information could
move or change their phone num
ber to regain privacy.
“But electronically, it changes im
mediately,” Leavitt said. “The accura
cy of the electronic directory makes
some students not want their ad
dresses on there.”
Eveland said the University
stopped issuing printed directories in
fall because the directories were so
quickly out of date.
ASUO President Adam Petkun said
although temporarily removing
students’ phone numbers and ad
dresses could be inconvenient and
“it’s unfortunate it’s taking so long,
(it’s) the right move at the time.”
“They’ve had a lot of concerns
from students who were uncomfort
able with having that information on
line,” Petkun said. “I look forward to
having a full range of options. ”
Chereck said many students
have indicated to him that people
can reach them sufficiently
through e-mail.
Until the system allowing students
to choose their directory information
is fully implemented in spring term,
numbers and addresses not restricted
by students will be available from the
Registrar’s Office.
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IT FILLS YOU UP RIGHT."
Oregon Daily Emerald. A campus tradition -
Vagina: Change at Women's
Center spurs restructuring of show
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a Friday performance of “Mono
logues” in February with duct
tape across their lips, wearing shirts
with hand-written messages and
passing out flyers protesting the per
formance.
“The biggest problem people had
last year was not the production it
self, but how the production was
handled,” Pete said.
In a post-production discussion
group, participants discussed ways
the production could have been done
differently.
“We thought about not doing it
again,” Pete said.
The decision to perform the play
again this year was made in the
context of a larger change in direction
at the Women’s Center.
“Last year we got a rep for being
white-centric, and people didn’t feel
involved,” Loh said.
When Erin O’Brien took over as
the new director of the Women’s
Center at the beginning of the 2004
OS academic year, the center set
about to reform its image, Loh said.
“We knew that if we did it again
this year, we’d have to change it,”
Pete said.
The final nominations for cast
members are due Dec. 10. The cast
will be announced at the beginning
of winter term.
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Tim Bobosky | Photographer
LCC physical therapy sophomore Jennifer Boling works with Stacy Miller at the Duck Stop
Espresso Bar in the University Bookstore. All Duck Stop employees are donating their tips
to the HIV Alliance to help fight AIDS.
AIDS: Youths vulnerable to infection;
more than 12 million living with HIV
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Young people may be particularly
vulnerable to HIV infection because
of potentially risky sexual behav
iors, substance abuse or lack of
knowledge about prevention, ac
cording to YouthAIDS, an interna
tional organization promoting
HIV/AIDS awareness. More than 12
million people aged 15 to 24 world
wide are living with HIV/AIDS, ac
cording to agency statistics.
University senior Chelsea Reed,
who works on the HIV Alliance’s me
dia relations team, said World AIDS
Day provides an opportunity to raise
awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention.
Students will also be putting up
red ribbons on Sixth Avenue in honor
of AIDS Day, Erickson said.
“It’s something that can’t be for
gotten,” Reed said. “We can’t forget
what’s happened here, as well as in
the world.”
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