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University
team gives
findings on
word 'race'
A group researching student
perceptions of race presented at
a "Community Conversation"
BY ADAM CHERRY
NEWS REPORTER
The Campus Climate Research Interest
Team presented the findings of a two-year
study on the University’s cultural climate in
a “Community Conversation” on Friday.
The University’s Center on Diversity and
Community sponsored the study and
the conversation.
The 150 students who participated in the
study were organized into focus groups and
asked to discuss the campus’ climate for di
versity as well as their ideas about the mean
ing of race and ethnicity, according to the
study’s executive summary.
CoDaC Interim Associate Director John
Shuford said he hopes the information
from the study can be used to add sub
stance to the University’s controversial
Five-Year Diversity Plan.
“We’re just funneling another piece of in
formation into there,” Shuford said. “It’s a
nice window into what our students are learn
ing and how they’re learning.
“The plan, as it stands, is a first draft.
There’s meat that still has to be put on
the bones.”
Psychology associate professor Holly Ar
row, sociology associate professor Jocelyn
Hollander, sociology associate professor Ellen
Scott, and psychology graduate student
Chuck Tate conducted the study and guided
the audience through their findings.
The team isolated three primary ways indi
viduals define “race,” according to the study:
Phenotype theories define race by physical ap
pearance alone, genotype theories define race
according to genes and culture theories define
race according to cultural differences.
Forty-six percent of the students who par
ticipated in the focus groups held culture theo
ries prior to the study; only 28 percent held
them following the study.
Over the course of the study, some of the
students came to consider cultural differences
to be better defined by the word “ethnicity”
than by “race,” the report stated.
RACE, page 8
Health center slated for expansion
The center, which provides a variety of medical services, intends to
begin its $10 million renovation and enlargement project in fall
BY EMILY SMITH
NEWS REPORTER
Student Health Center and Counseling Center
staff are looking forward to breaking ground this
fall on renovations and a 48,000-square foot ex
pansion that the center has needed for nearly
20 years, health center Director Tom Ryan said.
The Student Building Fee Committee award
ed the health center $10 million for the add-on
more than three years ago, but Ryan said that
amount is a far cry from the $25 million the
health center estimated it needed to meet the
needs of both the counseling and clinical
departments, Ryan said. He said basic expan
sion needs alone carry a $15 million price tag.
After some severe cost-cutting, University
planners and Portland’s BOORA Architects have
drafted a plan that meets the most important of
the health center’s needs.
Ryan said the No. 1 priority is to improve stu
dent services, and he believes the new plans in
corporate that goal.
“I’m really excited about how much easier it
will be for students to find their way through,”
Ryan said.
Ryan said the new pharmacy will be twice its
current size, complete with an over-the-counter
area where medication prices will be lower than
at local grocery stores. This is because the cen
ter is “not trying to make a profit,” he said.
The health center plans to put computers in
the lobby programmed with a variety of health
and wellness programs and quizzes available
for students. One program will calculate “actual
age” by taking into account exercise and eating
habits, family history and lifestyle choices,
Ryan said.
Ryan said the three primary care clinics will
be connected by a back hallway instead of be
ing three separate “islands of care,” which will
allow for better communication between health
care workers.
HEALTH CENTER, page 8
ROTC cadet
Paul Ruddell
will graduate
in June and
enter the
U.S. Army
for at least
four years.
Nicole Barker | Photographer
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Lauren Wimek | Senior photographer
ROTC member Kira Weyrauch performs the Supine bicycle exercise during an
early-morning training session Wednesday.
A course
SET IN SERVICE
Cadet Paul Ruddell's achievements in the RCJIC
have yielded opportunity and national distinction
BY ADAM CHERRY
NEWS REPORTER
It was a spring break surfing trip
in California that Evan Hessel
felt best described Paul Ruddell.
“We’d all be tired after an hour or
two of surfing,” said Hessel, Rud
dell’s roommate, friend and fellow
Reserve Army Training Corps cadet.
“Paul just keeps on going. He never
gets tired.
“Paul’s the kind of guy who,
when he’s really into something and
really enjoys it, he’ll just totally go
all out on it.”
Maybe that’s why Ruddell, a
senior political science major,
does five physical training ses
sions each week, two of which he
teaches himself. He also attends
ROTC seniors’ staff meetings,
helps teach military science labs,
goes to counseling sessions for
RUDDELL, page 4
Lauren Wimer | Senior photographer
Geology assistant professor Joshua Roering receives a crystal apple on Thursday.
IN BRIEF
University honors teachers
with crystal apples
Few knew what to think when Uni
versity President Dave Frohnmayer in
terrupted Joshua Roering’s class with
an entourage of news media, Universi
ty administrators and Roering’s col
leagues in tow Thursday afternoon.
“What is this, Publishers Clearing
House?” asked one of Roering’s con
fused students.
“I thought I was in trouble,” said
Roering, an assistant professor of geo
logical sciences. “Normally when the
principal comes to your class it’s not
a good thing.”
Fortunately for Roering, just the op
posite was true. Frohnmayer dropped
in unannounced to personally deliver
the 2005 Ersted Award for Distin
guished Teaching, an honor for junior
faculty who have demonstrated ex
ceptional teaching ability.
Three faculty were honored with
distinguished teaching awards this
year: Roering, finance instructor Deb
orah Bauer and English professor Lin
da Kintz. Recipients received a crys
tal apple and a $2,000 pay raise.
“This is our highest teaching hon
or. It signals the importance of the
teaching-learning environment,”
Frohnmayer said. “What happens in
the classroom is really at the core of
the University.”
Roering was chosen for his ability
to engage students through his
“eclectic teaching style,” according to
a press release.
“It’s been my pleasure. I really ap
preciate this award,” Roering said.
“(My students) have made this a
really fun job.”
Bauer appeared overwhelmed with
emotion as Frohnmayer presented her
the award in front of her students.
“You’ve been singled our for your
enthusiasm, your rigorous knowledge
of the subject and your unfailing ded
ication to students,” Frohnmayer said
as he presented her the award.
“Thank you all so much,” Bauer
said. “I absolutely love my job. ... I
love my students and it’s such
an honor.”
On Friday, Frohnmayer delivered a
APPLE, page 7