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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
IT IS NOW OFFICIAL THAT OUR AWARD-WINNING UHC STUDENT MAGAZINE, CHRONICLE, IS A
recognized club through the Student Activities council. This means that in the future we will
be able to apply for grants, which are necessary to make the magazine even more dynamic. In
our next issue, we intend to publish the magazine in color, with a focus on the most influential
ideas, trends, and people that will shape the 21st century. By far, it will exceed anything we
have ever done before!
However, we will still gratefully accept donations from leaders and sponsors in the
community who would like to help assist in the growing tradition of excellence in CHRONICLE.
Contact the University Honors College to see how you can help.
CHRONICLE magazine is published because dedicated students willingly volunteer their
time, talent and effort. I wish to convey my sincere thanks to everyone for the limitless energy
and enthusiasm that they devote to the publication. For me, having the opportunity to work
with such a group of diverse and positive students is what makes working for CHRONICLE
worthwhile.
LETTERS TO THE STAFF
THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE
I HAVE ENJOYED READING CHRONICLE
in which letters to the staff
magazine over the past few years and can
have been published.
Unfortunately, we did not
receive very many
comments for publication
in
this
edition.
Nevertheless, the feedback
from the UHC and the
OSU community has been
very positive for the most
part. A few readers have suggested that we improve
our writing style and articulating our arguments. We
even had an unfortunate case of someone who felt as
though they were misrepresented in the last edition.
We invited her to send in a letter to the staff hut she
declined. On the positive side, the majority of readers
have all said the same thing: "We're glad CHRONICLE
magazine is evolving into an intellectual and news
publication for students," and that "the articles are
getting better."
understand why you received first place in the
1998 NCHC Student Newsletter competition.
As one who was involved in a number of
undergraduate initiatives myself, I know how
much time and effort you put into producing
CHRONICLE. No doubt your efforts are one of
the factors that attract a large number of
particular for producing a quality student
publication. It is not a surprise that it was
recognized as the Outstanding Student
Newsletter Publication in 1998 by the National
Collegiate Honors Council.
Joe Hendricks
Dean of the University Honors College
Oregon State University
applicants to the University Honors College,
and I congratulate you on the important
precedent and example you are setting for them.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I CAME
across
YOUR
student magazine lying around at
a coffee shop in downtown Corvallis and I
Roy G. Arnold
really enjoyed reading the articles. In particular,
Provost and Executive Vice President
Oregon State University
I really enjoyed Kara Sutton-Jones's article,
"OSU, mc?" My son is a History major at
CHRONICLE IS A STUDENT PUBLICATION
Portland State University and has often
complained to me about feeling like the
that is read not only by members of the UHC
but is distributed to top-level administrators on
objective of Higher Education has shifted from
CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING FIRST
campus and to various other friends and
retention rates at any cost ... it seems like this
place in the 1998 National Collegiate Honors
College student newsletter competition. This
recognition for CHRONICLE magazine states very
isn't just a problem at public universities in
Oregon but also across the nation. In a sense
they're selling out so that students will keep
clearly your preeminent status among your
supporters. As I speak to them in the various
places where our paths cross, I routinely hear
comments about the outstanding quality of
your magazine. Naturally I am pleased and
peers. Efforts such as yours enrich the
gratified and take great pains to point out it is a
undergraduate experience for all of us at OSU
and represent a superlative example of success
for the entire University.
Keep up the good work and thank you
for working on behalf of Oregon State
student publication and staff have minimal, if
any roles.
In the years since CHRONICLE started,
under its previous name, I too have read it in
awe and with wonder and the quality of the
University.
journalism, the creativity of the staff and editors
Paul C. Risser
and the determination of those responsible to
see that it actually sees the light of day.
President
Oregon State University
My congratulations to all who are
associated with CHRONICLE and to its editors in
maintaining standards to just maintaining
coming. But it's not just their fault - the public
High Schools in this country are making it so
that they don't really have a choice ... best of
luck to you all in the future!
Linda McHarden
Portland resident
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comment on previous editions of CHRONICLE magazine.
email your letters to the editor at AlexinOR@aoLcom. All
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CONTRIBUTORS
EDITORIAL: UHC FEE
Student Fees Budgeted for 1998-99
College at the University of Oregon.
Total Fees Per Student Per Term - $233
Just recently, it was decided to require
U of 0 honors students to pay a $350
student fee.
Joe also mentions that "by far the biggest
annual fee to assist with their
complaint we received about what was wrong with
the UHC last year was that the computers in the
SLUG didn't work properly. An enormous amount
Honors College has required its students to pay a
small fee of $25, and already a few students believe
that the fee is unfair and unnecessary. However, in
the grand scheme of things,
undergraduates pay around
$233 in student fees as part
of their tuition. If you want
to debate the principle of
without
"taxation
representation," there are
many more serious and
important issues to address in
regard to this consolidated
term to help support the
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20%
$2500
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Take into consideration the fact that the cost
of belonging to the OSUHC is much less compared
to the fee charged by the Honors
Student Health Fee
$65.00
27.9%
Recrealional
Spoils
$2997
129%
expenditures.
Still, these comparisons alone do
not justify the new UHC fee.
The reality is that at one time the
of students said that the machines were either always
Menial
Health Fee
$13.08
5.6%
UI-IC operated its student services on
was seen as a justified way to cover the costs for the
new 466mhz computers (with internal zip drives) in
the honors lounge. Since the purchase, students aren't
complaining anymore.
a practically nonexistent budget and
Athletics
$2308
99%
Memorial Union
Edus Achy
$2234
9.6%
$5.16
$4462
92%
Sources Menronal Union and Student Activities
Office ci Bud gets and Planning
athletic budget and in the
future it might increase in order to help pay off the
debt that the department has accumulated due to
negligence. The ASOSU Senate has yet to vote on
it needed some help. Most UHC
student functions that were made
possible by contributions of time and
22%
LibrarylBvsl
USSA Concn9ency
fee. For instance, every
student pays at least $23 per
support.
Child CareJinO
LoansIRecycle
worth complaining about.
Each term, OSU
Joe Hendricks, Dean of the University Honors
that is administered to support student clubs and
organizations that they personally may not even
College, "no resources have ever existed to equip,
staff or run the SLUG." The $15,000 a year that it
takes to operate the Lounge would come from the
minimal surplus monies of the UHC budget. With
increased numbers ofclass options. faculty, and other
academic services offered by the UI-IC, this money
was no longer available and needed to come from a
Tins is THE FIRST TERM TI IA! it IL UNIVLRSITY
the new fee is relatively
insignificant and hardly
interesting issue is that students pay money each term
money from students and staff
members. Needless to say, past
College strives so passionately to deliver to its
involved with where your money from the fee goes.
Some suggestions thus far have ranged from buying
more books for the SLUG to assisting with future
UHC trip costs.
students.
One example of such a service is the
exclusive [Honors] Student Lounge Under Ground,
commonly referred to as the "SLUG." According to
Do Students Create Success?
applies only to starting salaries and that in the long
run, again, what will determine your success are your
skills, your attitude and what you know, not where
you got your education.
First, while it is a truism that in the end we
are evaluated by who we are and not by where we
GEORGE BERNARD St-mAW ONCE NOTED,
are the people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and if they do not find
them, make them."
This is just one of many maxims that
represents the tradition of a naïve, yet pragmatic,
conservative ideal that claims we are all in complete
control of our fate and that if life does not turn out
the way we want it to. it is somehow our limIt.
The tradition continues.
Second, it is also important to note that
into the classroom in record time. Both students and
faculty will then work together on research to
need in order to carefully plan every step of their
education. In a way, they are dependent upon the
analyze their findings." In other words, there are
some departments that prepare you for the real
world.
educational system to push them in the right direction.
Most serious students spend the majority of their time
out of necessity and have other obligations that
prohibit them from really taking complete control of
their own lives. Thus, they pay money, in trust, to be
the product of an educational system that they are
told will promote the necessary individual growth for
success -- and believe that with hard and intelligent
work on their part, opportunities will emerge in all
socioeconomic and intellectual stratas of society.
At OSU. it is proven to a ceratin degree
that if you are in Engineering or the Sciences you
have a world of possibilities at your fingertips if you
go by the rules and work diligently and intelligently
less than 10%. He explained that this statistic
professional licensure exam than 99 percent of the
engineering programs in the United States in 1998."
Tests such as this establish world-class credibility
Next, it is necessary to realize that many
individualistic and existentialist principles. The
essence of the piece was that the prestige of the
school you attend is irrelevant in predicting how
successful you will be in the future. Eventually,
starting salaries based on a diploma is going to be
rate on the Fundamentals of Engineering
students do not have as much spare time as they would
Success" which beckoned similar rugged
went to school. As evidence to the argument, he
cited a new meta-analysis by Alan Krueger (an
economist at Princeton) and Stacy Berg Dale (a
researcher at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
which demonstrated that the difference between
fees are unique in that you can get personally
success is not measured just by the amount of money
you make. Success for some means progress in the
humanities and the arts.
come from, it must be recognized that where we come
from is a part of who we are.
Newsweek titled "Students Create Their Own
society and the market will evaluate you based on
your performance and ideas rather than where you
money to benefit all of the students in the UHC. UHC
and thus open up numerous opportunities. As for
the Science departments, Joe Hendricks, Dean of
the Oregon State University Honors College points
out that, "At some universities there is a significant
lag in time between the creation of knowledge and
the dissemination of knowledge. At OSU. that is
not the case. As a Carnegie I institution, OSU's
students all benefit as new knowledge finds its way
struggling to get good grades, learning as much as
they can in the process. instead of defining what they
value and pursuing a part-time autodidactic life-style.
On top of this, a large percentage of students work
There was an article by Robert J.
Samuelson in the November 1st edition of
Committee meetings on Tuesday at 5pm in the SLUG
to submit other ideas on how to use the surplus
additional student services that they will probably
never use such as the Student Health fee. Another
'eople are always blaming their circumstances for
what they are. I do not believe in circumstances.
The people who get what they want in this world
Beyond these two primary expenses. all
UHC students are encouraged to come to Steering
projects and services have operated
as efficiently as possible while trying
not to compromise the level of quality that the I lonors
the matter. Undergraduates have also payed fees for
by Alexander Johnson
stalling or that they were too slow." Thus, the fee
on what is assigned. According to the 1999 OSU Fact
Book, "OSU Engineering students had a higher pass
Yet, it is indisputable that getting a similar
quality education is more difficult through the
College of Liberal Arts, thus limiting opportunities.
The well-known rebuttal is that retention rates are
high, which proves that Liberal Arts students are
getting what they paid for. Yet, this is just not true.
The main reason why frustrated and ambitious
students stay is because of financial reasons, while
others stay due to other confounding variables. If
OSU conducted an official survey to find out how
students really felt about the Liberal Arts instead of
trying to guess how they feel through statistics, they
would see this as well.
For instance, there is seldom any
"dissemination of [contemporary] knowledge," in
most Liberal Arts classes. How many times does a
Professor ask their students if they read the front
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STARTED COLLEGE HONORS UNIVERSITY THE
Book Signing Hosted For
UHC Professor
from a publisher seemed daunting, as she feels she
is a slow writer. Finishing, however, was its own
reward.
Sandor is the author ofA Night of Music.
which won the 1998 Rona Raffe Award. Her
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writings have also appeared in The New York Times.
BEFORE A GATHERING OF FRIENDS, STUDENTS,
colleagues and community members, Dr. Marjorie
Sandor, assistant professor of English, read from
her new book The Night Gardener.
The reading and book signing took place
in the Valley Library's rotunda Friday, October 15
to celebrate the release of the book.
A collection of twenty personal essays,
Tb e
Night
The Georgia Reviest and House Review.
Sandor shares her loves of writing and
appreciating good literature in the classroom.
"Teaching, for me, is all about
communicating the powerful role literature can play
in our lives, and teaching students to engage in the
YOU
act of creating art," Sandor said. "Writing, like
teaching, is a kind of performance -- you and a
BELIEVE
reader you've imagined, trying to keep something
IN THE FUTURE THEN GIVE
alive."
Gardener touches
on subjects as
Last spring, Sandor
taught ENG 104H, Intro
diverse as nature,
divorce,
and
death. Sandor first
to Short Fiction: The
selected
"On
Leaving Florida"
She added, "The
TO THE
UHC EXCELLENCE FUND.
Writer's Craft, calling it a
"delicious" experience.
to read to the
"GRACEFULLY, SHE LURES US UP AND
crowd. The piece
centered on her
DOWN HER STREAMS OF THOUGHT WITH
memory of a last
fishing trip to a
remote
IF
SIMPLE YET DISTINCTIVE LANGUAGE AS
lake,
known home of
SHE INVESTIGATES THE NATURAL WORLD
alligators.
AND SEEKS TO DEFINE HER OWN PLACE
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IN IT." - Katharine Weher. The Nn'.' York limes Book
Night Gardener
small size, the passionate
willingness of students to
WILL HELP
engage in discussion,
UNDERWRITE THE
change their minds, see
something new -- that's
teaching at its best."
SENIOR THESIS PROJECTS
to its writer in two
ways. She wished to delve into the "consequences
of separation and divorce." Also, a solid deadline
OF UHC STUDENTS. IT WILL HELP
Having taken the
class last fall, UHC
sophomore
Maxine
GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO PROVE
Peterson seemed to agree.
TO
"I can say, without a
doubt,
that
her
enthusiasm for the class
posed a challenge
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THE WORLD WHAT THEY CAN REALLY DO.
was obvious. It was clear she loves the subject and
loves to teach." she said.
AND
WHEN YOU GIVE,
Help with Habitat for Humanity
by Brian R. O(ta way
AN ANONMYOUS DONOR WILL
MATCH EVERY DOLLAR ... BECAUSE
THEY
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (HFH) IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO
uplifting families and communities through housing development. Similarly,
the Oregon State University campus chapter of HFH is a group of students
BELIEVE IN T LIE FUTU RE.
who come together to demonstrate the love and teachings of Jesus Christ to all
people.
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With our minds and labor, we renovate and repair simple, decent and
affordable housing for those living in inadequate homes. It is often the case
that these homes are the residences of people unable to invest in improvements
that promote security and good health due to adverse ciccumstances.
We set aside Saturday mornings to work with other local Habitat Ilir Humanity chapters
to practice the principles we believe. While most members do not "demonstrate" a strong desire
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UHC EXCELLENCE FUND
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CoNTACT:
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to get up early on weekend mornings, all make the choice to assist and say that they enjoy
giving their time and energy to help others.
Albeit separate from the purpose of the group, it is fun. As a coordinator, I have a
great time talking with friends, driving to work sites, eating lunch with other members, telling
jokes and going to the bi-weekly meetings. The campus group is something I am proud of and
am quite thankful exists.
While HFH is a Christian organization. it invites and welcomes all that believe in the
mission and principles of HFH.
JOE HENDRICKS AT 737-6400 OR E-MAIL
HONORS. COLLEGE@ORST.EDU
To MAKE A DONATION, PLEASE MAIL A CHECK AND MAKE IT OUT T0
OSU FOUNDATION/UHC EXCELLENCE FUND
850 Sw 35TH ST., CoRvALLIs, OR 97333
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Students interested in becoming involved Wit/I Habitat for Humanity can contact Brian at
otraway@engr.orst.edu.
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be in McNary or in any of their classes. It's also a
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very important and sometimes it is more important
than aptitude.
upcoming trip to Las Vegas), one of the most popular
will also help with success. Jackie Balzer, director
of the First-Year Experience program at OSU, notes
that "learning how to effectively deal with increased
UHC activities. "They [also] keep us well informed
freedom is a typical dilemma." There are also
through the [weekly] email updates," said UHC
dilemmas such as managing time wisely to making
Freshman Jessie Wood. "Later on. I'm interested in
going on some ski trips."
studying efficient and effective. No one in iligh
can go and sign up for UHC trips (such as the
School ever stresses the importance of"learning how
to learn," or the usefulness of learning how to
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"What I like about the UHC is that the
class size enables teachers to be your partners with
helping you get the most out of the class. They're
not stereotypical authority figures that insist you do
everything their way," said Alexander Johnson, a
junior majoring in Psychology and minoring in
Philosophy. "In several of my classes the students
will work with the teacher to figure out the most
efficient and effective way the class could be taught.
Some non-UHC classes
will just wait until the end
of the term for class
evaluations, and by then
it's too late to change
anything.
The more
engaged attitude and
pliiosophy the UHC takes
is a much better approach
notjust to learning, but also
to life."
Indeed, another
perk about being in the
UI-IC is that unlike sonic
other classes where
maintain a positive mental attitude throughout the
most stressful times. If you're interested in attending
a class that will teach you how to study smarter, not
harder, as well as get the most out of your college
experience, look for either an OSU Odyssey class
(ALS Ill) in the Winter catalog or check out the
Web site for the First-Year Experience program at
www.osu.orst.edu/fye. (LS 199 is also another class
that is offered to help students enhance their study
skills.)
Furthermore, for students who feel as
though
classes
"IN SEVERAL OF MY CLASSES THE
STUDENTS WILL WORK WITH
THE TEACHER TO FIGURE OUT
THE MOST EFFICIENT AND
EFFECTIVE WAY THE CLASS
COULD BE TAUGHT."
teachers insist on adjusting
their grades to identically match with the infamous
"bell curve," professors in the UHC work more
to gain from their
reviews for books
highly recommended
among
UHC
students. These books assisted them with creating a
more productive and worthwhile college experience.
Henry David Thoreau once noted, "Not
once said, "A strong passion for any object will
ensure success, for the desire of the end will point
out the means." In other words, discipline is also
make college successful?
opinion, it isn't one of those books
that preaches the obvious (i.e., "he
sure to study in a well lit area") but
Counseling and Psychological Services department,
located in both the Admin Building and the Student
students I talked with felt just the opposite and agree
with William Hazlitt. a famous English essayist who
'For each class, I ntake index cards of all the
vocabulary ternis and concepts and study them.
This way, when I read the assignment I'm not as
discouraged since I understand what / 'in
end of this article you
will find some
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for the individual rather than the esteem of a
particular major. Regardless, a few other UHC
I. Dream or visualize.
Convert the dream into goals.
('on yen the goals into tasks.
Convert your tasks into steps.
Take your/lest step, and then the next."
hut 5n,ar, Students Know a as a batik I read In High School that really
started to make studying a lot easier.
Robinson talked with some of the best
students across the country and shows
how you. too, can improve what you
in choosing not only majors but inevitably career
paths. They are available through the University
others due to definitions of success, usually learned
while growing up. However, the decision should be
based on what is better and comes more naturally
For me there are Jive actions that lead to
success:
education, UHC
students
are
notorious
for
organizing reading
groups
to
compensate. At the
popularity of personality and aptitude tests that assist
in believing that certain majors are "better" than
experience a success?
Q: Are there any books that have helped you
more information on this and other resources on how
to get the most out of college are listed beneath the
book reviews.
engineer than a lawyer. Students often get caught up
Q: What kind of advice ould you give to
Freshmen about ho to make their college
reading."
Another philosophy that I came across
while interviewing a few UHC students was the
discover that you would make a better nuclear
give them the edger
do not provide
everything they want
There was also a computer program called
"RocketReader," that one UHC student says
"immensely helped improve my reading
waste of time, don't be so quick tojudge. The ratings
for the tests administered at OSU have very positive
approval ratings among participants. You might just
Here is a sa,nplistg of the ideas onil /vr,A.i us,, LI/C ,!s,Ie,Its say lie/p
offered through OSU
closely with students to ensure that they know what
they need to do so that everyone can earn an "A plus."
Professors want to see students succeed, otherwise
they would not be teaching the class.
Health Center. While these may sound similar to
previous tests you have taken that you felt were a
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There are classes offered through OSU that
comprehension and speed." The web address for
get out of your education by
enhancing your skills and studying
smarter, as well as by changing your
attitude about education. In my
stuff that you can actually ftnd
useful.'
'The 7 Habits ofHighly Effect/ne
People is a book that was
suggested in a Business class I took a
couple terms ago. Since reading it, I'se
been telling others to read it, too. It really
helped me balance out my life and school
as well as Itelped me get more out of ny
time.
/How to Tl,i,,k Like Leonardo da
Vinci/ is a book I would recommend
to anyone aspiring to enhance
creativity in their work. The author,
Mechael 0db illustrates seven
proven principles, for example
includes what in Italian is called
"connessione." or a respect for
and
systems
thinking
connectedness of all things
until we are lost do we begin to understand
ourselves." Indeed, at first college can be a little bit
overwhelming. But it quickly becomes an adventure,
as well the beginning of a lifelong education. Kyle
Shaver (Biochemistry/Biophysics major) is among
many UHC seniors who reflect positively upon their
college experience. "I think that the UHC provides
opportunities for students to make their ideas become
reality. The small size in a large university allows
for more personal interactions and includes people
with similar motivation and determination to
succeed. I have made many of my friends in Honors
College classes and have been very happy with my
experiences in the UI-IC."
Suddenly, SLUG soup doesn't seem that
sour after all.
which I thought was the most
interesting. Some of the
other advice is kind of
obvious. Still. it's a great
account of the life of da Vinci and has
a lot of tither useful bits of advice."
"I use Cliffs Notes Quick Reniems
because it helps me put everything into
place and because they're concise, simple
and yet coverall the key points. Sometimes
you go iitto a class and the notes are
confusing and you don't kitow where the
class is going. These notes give you a macro
outline of the course before you take it. and
for me that's a big help in doing well. They're
also good to review before you take upper
division classes that build on the same tnateriaC'
Web sites for more information:
,,wn,rocketreader.com -get tlte software that one CRC student claimed
helped i,nproue his reading comprehension and speed tremendously.
www.duriniuuth.eda/adminlucskills/rightleslsg.hlntl -just a Web site
that had some tips for Dartmouth studcntts on nakiutg Sc most out of their
college experience.
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FOR MOST STUDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY
Honors College, the summer is more exciting than
simply sitting around the house, sunbathing in
television rays. UHC students take advantage of
various opportunities and interests to explore the
world and cultures around them. Just a few of the
trips ventured this summer range from taking classes
at the London School of Economics to riding in the
Road Race Nationals in Cincinnati to playing with
monkeys in the Amazon jungle. Needless to say, it
was also a summer of surprises for many students.
ENDLESS SUMMERS AROUND THE WORLD
Karma Hershberg, a freshman majoring
in Engineering, experienced the Istanbul earthquake
first hand while on vacation in Israel and Turkey.
by S/ian izoil Maguire
After seeing both the Red Sea and Jerusalem, Karma
found herself on the tenth floor of an apartment
building the night that the earthquake hit. "It lasted
forever," Karma said, "it just kept going and going
I was actually in that strange little foreign country
that you read about." The following
day, Karma felt helpless as she saw
people dying and being unable to do
anything about it. This feeling led her
exciting." Jerrod spent time conducting interviews
road. I swung on a vine like Tarzan, bathed under a
for his thesis, a comparison of the impact of the
waterfall and was entertained by little monkeys in
the Amazon Jungle. I hiked though the lush subtropical forests brushing past leaves as big as bus
Internet on mechanical design processes in the U.S.
and Europe. He interviewed two
professors in England and an engineer
from the German company
LogiCad3D. which designs special,
to consider changing her major, or
finding a way of making her studies
of engineering more applicable to
improving living conditions. She is
also considering working with the
highly sensitive mouse controls used
in robotics and space shuttle missions.
Peace Corps.
with iiore in mind than just sightseeing. He received a summer
research award through the OSU
International Degrees program. "My
summer ID research grant covered the
overflowing with clusters of yellow and green
with a European engineer from such a
company is invaluable for my research
bananas right off the tree. I bought a tablecloth from
life without the constant stress of
midterm exams hanging over your
head."
"During my summer, I straddled
the Equator," reported Leah Gross, a
Junior in Agricultural Sciences. "1 saw the Andean
Leah Gross at the equator.
costs of my Europass, food, and
hostels. Most of the time, though, I was able to stay
with friends I had met while studying in England
the previous year, which made the trip even more
Globalization of American Media
by Darreti Johnson
rode on top of a train though a fruit market
Jerrod explained that "an interview
project. He also offered me the
possibility of an internship position
there next year!" From his summer
experiences, Jerrod found that "you
learn a lot of important things about
Senior Jerrod Peterson, a
Junior in Engineering, went to both
England and Germany this summer
tires accompanied by an array of butterflies on a path
dotted with exotic blooms of red heliconias. I ate
shrimp and fresh fruit salad to wash out the salt water
I swallowed while swimming in the warm ocean. I
Mountains complete with sierra succulents and
indigenous people walking their cows down a dusty
culture movies and music are everywhere which is
annoying. I would prefer that the Reunion TV station
for instance would show more French films and less
dubbed American ones."
Ariana Sutton, a senior in the UHC
majoring in Environmental Science, also made a
a colorful indigenous woman wearing her daily
traditional clothing and a Nike baseball cap. I
laughed at llamas that chased a tourist's dog though
mean ruins. I danced the salsa in discos with
Ecuadorian men. I visited a rose plantation and
carried away 25 long stern red roses. And finally I
took a cruise though the Galapagos Islands where I
swam with sea turtles and penguins, joined the sea
lions in admiring the lake of flamingos, and tip toed
through a colony of marine iguanas," she said.
"Ecuador was two and a half months of an adventure
I would highly recommend to anyone who is out to
make the most of every opportunity."
Continued on Page 14
films can be seen here. India, for instance, has the
world's largest movie industry and yet how often
do we see previews for Indian films here in the U.S.?
Personally, I would be interested in learning more
about other cultures rather than seeing Americancentric films.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that every
GLOBALIZATION IS MOST OFTEN USED TO
similar observation while she was abroad. "Foreign
films were not regulated to the funky, small-time
describe the worldwide integration of capitalism and
theaters, but rather they were shown beside big
conglomerates disregard multicultural principles.
democracy. However, it can also be applied in a
Profits and market share have increased enormously
over the past decade since the fierce entrance into
international markets. Also, since American media
promotes American products and consumer culture
it means more business hack home. It is not tempting
enough for them to do what is right.
However, I do not want to relinquish the
primetime television is omnipresent in homes across
American films."
Commenting about her experiences as a
foreign exchange student, Sarah Cook, a freshman
in the UHC majoring in Chemical Engineering, said
that in Germany, "They watch American movies,
listen to American music over the radio, and read
American magazines. From the German perspective,
although Americans might he superficial, they are
the first world as well as in the United States. My
entertaining and are able to put on a show." She
sister, majoring in Cross-Cultural Studies and
continued, "consequently there are mixed opinions
about the U.S. due to the conflicting messages that
the media there portrays."
In a world where American movies have
such a wide exposure, it is ironic that so few foreign
cultural context. While talking to UHC students and
others that have traveled overseas, it was self-evident
that there is a growing expansion ofAmerican media
and that it is beginning to commandeer the global
market.
When it is eight o' clock, American
French, is currently studying on Reunion, a small
French island in the Indian Ocean. When asked
about her thoughts on American influence
throughout the world, she replied, "American pop
culture has something to offer, multinational
dream that we can someday look past the profits
and attempt to synthesize multiculturalisni in the
media throughout the world. Transgressions and
stereotypes exist because we still have a lot to learn
from each other; it does not help the situation when
all Americans see when exposed to movie is a mirror
of themselves.
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of University the at newspaper student
a Kernel, Kentucky the in appeared Willis,
Justin by article, toned similarly A
computers. student and activities
student expanded materials, library utilities,
facilities, new included University
State Pennsylvania The at increases for
cited reasons Other increases." tuition
for reasons the of few a just are projects
maintenance and salaries, increased members,
faculty more of hiring "The that article an
in wrote once Wilson Tracy University, State
Pennsylvania The at Collegian Daily the In
here. increased has it reasons same the of many
for country the across increased has tuition
Furthermore, control. can particular in anyone
that something not is it Frankly, years. few past
the over up gone have university a maintaining
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the behind intention the not obviously is that
war, class a triggering as seen be metaphorically
could tuition in increases While
thing. same the thought have might just
They time. the at paying were they term a $300
the to compared 2000 in term a $1,200
paying to react might 1980 in student a
how consider Still, melodramatic. bit a
even maybe and extreme sounds It term,
a $32,000 of costs ratio same the cover would
students Out-of-state term. a $4800 as much
as paying be could students instate 2020, by
continued, trend the if this: Consider
JOHNSON ALEXANDER BY
and running of costs the part, most the For
war. class actual an catalyze to conspiracy grand
any is there that or made been have decisions
incompetent if as not is It surges. tuition
daily. question into called be would from, come you where or are
you who disregarding yet criteria stipulated on based meritocracy, American universal a of existence The future.
the in change to likely not is that and degree, college a without society class upper or middle of part become to
impossible practically is it ever, than more Now, opportunities. of lack and devastation similar in result and victims
struggling oppress to likely as just be would it but war, figurative a only is it Granted, school. for pay to order
in work to forced are who students as well as backgrounds privileged economically less from students against
war a declare unconsciously would result end the millennium, next the into continue to were growth of rate
exponential same this If Index. Price Consumer the or inflation of rate the than faster bit a is this say to it Suffice
DECADE. EVERY DOUBLED NEARLY HAVE COSTS TUITION
STUDENTS CLASS
WAR
SS CIA
A
1960, INCE S
WORKING ON
DECLARE COULD
TUITION
How
LEARN" to CHANCE
lOT WORK "WILL
:
BREAKING UP THE COSTS
MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES
Fiscal Year 1997.1998
Comparing the Fiscal Years of 1987-1988 and 1997-1998
There are two questions to which I have not been able to find answers. First, why are some
expenditures increasing faster than the rate of inflation? Second, we are in the midst of a
-
booming economy; why has the state appropriations ratio decreased from 37% to 29%?
CATEGORY
FISCAL YEAR 1987-88
FISCAL YEAR 1997-98
Ri VI NIlE SOURCL'S
Co.t/(percentage of total budget)
Costflpercentage of total budget)
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91,1.19C*,t,.8l2 27.46%
Auxiliary hntcrprises
County Appropriations
Federal Appropriations
Gifts, Grants & Contracts
Sales & Services
State Appropriations
Student Tuition & Fees
$37,982,152 (10.27%)
$3,788,020 (1.03%)
$6,643,240 (1.80%)
$126,838,540 (34.37%)
$15,295,388 (4.15%)
$105,946,955 (28.72%)
$67,420,359 (18.28%)
$20,605,660 (8.6%)
$2,371,143 (1.0%)
$5,804,824 (2.5%)
$73,535,651 (30.8%)
$11,097,078 (4.7%)
$87,712,970 (36.8%)
$27,246,745 (11.4%)
MAJOR EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES
Fiscal Year 1997.1998
817 .2 88.34 0
Academic Support
Auxiliary Enterprises
Institutional Support
Instruction
Other (Gifts. Royalties)
Physical Plant
Public Service
Research
Scholarships
Student Services
$24,262,845 (6.55%)
$44,619. 067 (12.05%)
$17,234,374 (4.65%)
$85,973.9 11(23.22%)
$10,023,388 (2.71%)
$13,977,999 (3.78%)
$41,890,151 (11.31%)
$105,071,830 (28.38%)
$17,269,340 (4.67%)
$9,931,095 (2.68%)
$16,135,055 (6.8%)
$20,605,660 (8.6%)
$12,619,995 (5.8%)
$57,673,557 (24.2%)
$729,693 (0.3%)
$12,635,323 (5.3%)
$31,649,839 (13.3%)
$70,056,779 (29.4%)
$10,067,372 (4.2%)
$5,001,089 (2.1%)
Kentucky. "Tuition is going up for the same
was $1,104 and in 1999 i was $1,183. Thus,
reason it has always gone up -- the rising costs
of expensive college programs." Another story
discussed the situation arising at the University
you can see the importance of the tuition freeze.
Without students lobbying the state legislators,
tuition goes up faster."
of Florida: tuition increases because state
According to a recent article in the
appropriations
Wall Street Journal
continue to wane (in
proportion
to
aggregate revenue),
influencing a rise in
$4,000
33.500
salient scenario seems
$1500
to have occurred at
Osu.
$1,000
about why tuition has
increased at OSU in
particular. Out of the
dozen emails sent to
2000 noted that "the
mean for tuition and
fees at colleges
[across the countryl
$2,500
$2,000
official information
Report for 1999-
$3,000
tuition. The same
students to obtain
(October 6, 1999),
the College Board
$500
$0
Resident
1965 1970 1976 1980 1985 1990 8995 1998
$110 $136 $187 $308 $483 $626 91,104.51.183
Non-R.sId.nt
$300 $445 $607 $l,07911,384.$l,87998,37193.939
increased by less
than 5% IhiS past
year]." In other
words, the average
"THE COST OF TUITION
rate of increase is
starting to wane at
HAS DOUBLED EVERY TEN
other universities as
well as OSU.
I 960."
Indeed, the rate is
YEARS SINCE
people that I believed
could help, only two
replied--one of whom
was UHC student Melanie Spraggins, president
of ASOSU. "I think that the major source of
the tuition increases is due in part to mandatory
fees," she said. "Also, be sure to take into
account that during the last four years, and for
the next two years, we have had a tuition freeze
that has made tuition not increase at all. This
tuition freeze is a result of the lobbying efforts
organized by the Oregon Student Association.
of which lam the vice president. In 1995, tuition
substantially lower
in Oregon which is
due, in part. to the
efforts of the students involved with the Oregon
Student Association. Furthermore, according to
US News and World Report, Oregon State
University could be considered a "bargain when
looking for value," when compared with other
universities of a similar stature.
Thus, regardless of the fact that this is
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undergraduate students had no idea that tuition
had doubled every decade, much less what the
reasons were for the increase. To keep students
better informed, without requiring them to dig
through public records, an annual report ought
to be made available which would accurately
indicate where every dollar students pay is
spent. as well as what other revenue categories
assist with instruction and student costs.
As of now, there is the OSU Fact
Book, published by the Office of Budgets and
Planning (510 Kerr Administration Building),
that has a compendium of financial statements
and other statistics. Students can pick up their
free copy anytime during normal business
hours. Unfortunately, the financial reports
cluster revenues and expenditures, restricted
and unrestricted funds as well as grants and
contracts into homogenous categories that are
sometimes difficult to interpret accurately.
As students, and most importantly as
knowledge consumers, we have the right to
know how our money is being spent and how
our education is being paid for so that we can
rest assured that we are receiving the highest
quality education at a reasonable price. If we
ignore this, the cover picture might not seem
so contrived or melodramatic in a couple
decades. We should never forget that democracy
is not a spectator sport and apathy and ignorance
only express contentment to those who are to
make decisions in our best interest.
no longer a hot topic, students still need to be
kept informed. In a quota survey conducted by
CHRONICLE
magazine, well over 80% of selected
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osu.orst.edu/international/oie.
at provided is information More
department."
academic own your "contacting by often
is begin to place best the internships, international
find to or abroad research do to that however,
suggests, Studies, International of director program
Hampton, Laura programs. abroad study on
information receive can students Hall, Snell of floor
fourth the on located office, Studies International
the to the visit short a taking By themselves. for
adventure an arranging difficulty little have students
UHC offer, to has OSU resources abundant the With
relived. be never can summer wasted a forgotten,
be never can summer terrific a as Just
college. to go to opportunity the
is appreciates especially Alice thing One nothing."
have they because here, over have I everything
"appreciate to Alice taught 1-laiti in stay Her
puddles. mud in barefoot soccer playing are they
if even fun," having "they're because enjoyable,
was itself life lower, was living of standard the
though even that found she Haiti, In work. service
community do to Haiti to off went Alice Race, Road
the in biking After position. leading a maintained
have to pleased was and summer previous
the from times finishing her upon improved
she Race, Road the in place 9th and Criterium,
the in place 6th Claiming Cincinnati. in Nationals
Race Road the in participated she as summer this
fun had also Pennington Alice Freshman
bad. so be not
might end, the in which. proposals cuts budget any to
impervious somewhat be to able is OSU quo, status
the maintaining By well. as legislature, state the
and sponsors but students, from only not criticism
to subject be would OSU known, was dollar each of
destination the If reason. a for reports expenditure
its in ambiguity maintains OSU Also,
principles. on than rather self-interest, financial their
on only based reforms the support would students
Many frustration. and protesting of deal great a be
would there universal not were they If homogenous.
be to rates the for reasons several are there that clear
it make issue this of complications The
thing."
good a never is discrimination Besides, cost. extra
that 'afford' can students so scholarships on spent
is money more mean only would This [classes].
different for prices tuition different have to idea
good a be would it believe don't "I saying, by agrees
student UHC another Gordon, Joelle arts." the or
literature versus engineering or science in interested
be to happen they because tuition for less or
more pay to have not should individual An there. out
bit little a is idea the but rude be to not "However,
student. UHC a MacKender, Eric said others," than
students some educate to more costs it that proven
be actually could it if rates tuition the changing
of idea the against be I'd if sure not "I'm
same. the remain course, of will, student
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just that students some were There
behind-the-scenes the to insight with her providing
cafeteria, the in working to moved Grace while, a for
attendant room a as working After Management.
Systems Food in option an with Management,
Food and Nutrition major, her to relating
experience gain to able also was Grace said. she
me," to real so become "God Crusades. Campus with
months two for Village Canyon Yellowstone to went
Karemitsu Grace Sophomore work. based religious
through was others of lives the affect and involved
get to found students UHC way Another
there." right people
many so affects it government, local in interested
be always I'll happen. things made really who
people with working be to able be to experience life
great "a was which government, County Multnomah
the into insight Sarah gave internship Her
www.takethetime.org. and www.ourcommission.org
sites
Web
commission,
the
for
two for writing and editing, reviewing, on worked
she project, second the For Industry. and Science
community a Campaign, Time the Take on Director
Marketing the with projects two on working summer
her spent She Community. and Family, Children,
on Commission County Multnomah the with
was internship Her internship. an through students
UHC many of ranks the joined program, Economics
Resource and Agricultural the in freshman a Reich,
Sarah too. summer, this domestically traveled
cultures. cross of understanding
greater a gain to Japan to go to desire a developed
also Grace restaurant. or business catering a of
entrepreneur an being of dreams Grace's to helpful
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to needing and things, of top on and organized be
really to "needing between balance the of importance
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of Museum Oregon the at Day Time the Take the
of logistics out sort and for volunteers coordinate
to helped She assets. youth positive on initiative
the for Tuition class. engineering division upper an
teach to $82,929/yr. paid is professor Engineering
an while class core bacc a teach to $27,261/yr. only
salaries faculty
paid is instructor Arts Liberal a
between differences the consider Also
learning? active and
discussion to conducive more is that environment an
for Or equipment? cost high and technology more
utilizes that class another for as class this for tuition
-in amount same the pay why lectures passive or
videos instructional either showing time of deal great
a spend which classes core are There go? money
that does Where larger. even be would revenue
its so school, state-funded a is OSU costs. overhead
exceeding far by -- class one-hour each for $2700 as
much as to amounting revenue student a receiving be
could students 200 with class core bacc a instance,
For vary. can classes teaching for expenditures
and Revenue seriously. more rates homogenous
instituting of idea the evaluate costs, instruction for
revenue and expenditures the Considering
student. individual the by made choices
and dedication the by determined is knowledge
with done be can what Granted,
regulate." and fair keep to difficult extremely
be would which college on value economic
an place essentially is do would this like change a
"What Jason. with agrees that students many the of
one just is program, professional pre-Bioengineering
the in freshman UHC a Geisler, Neil Engineering.
in sophomore UHC a Carver, Jason exclaimed
summer!" unforgettable an really was It productions.
theater local the out check to and friends new
with London tour to able was I time free my With
world. the around from universities distinguished
most the of some attended who students
with network to able was I fantastic. was experience
overall the consuming, time and challenging really
were classes the though Even Research. Market
and Marketing in classes intensive took I where
England London, in Economics of School London
the attended I that, "After Philosophy. in minoring
and Psychology in Junior a Johnson, Alexander said
hole," 14th the on Woods Tiger from away feet few
a just was I - incredible was which Open British
1999 the see to got we end the toward Also, courses.
links classic few a on golf some play to Grandfather
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the of part was Open British the to visit A
11
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Summers Endless
career," great a at chance a deserve who tudents
and enrollment, university economy, the urting
jobs and majors technical taking for away incentives
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them charging By jobs. engineering fill to ;seople
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research medical advanced on series lecture a to go o
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Education. Higher toward applied be can serspective
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result a power," is "knowledge that believe .eople
an is it Though
many
concept,
abstract
education? of xpenditures
individual varying and quality in differences nique
the despite tuition for money of amount same he
PAY TO EVERYONE REQUIRE TO ETHICAL IT
Is
soli John Alexander by
ethical? tuition homogenous Is
Think and Grow Rich is one of those books which demonstrates that with a
positive mental attitude, you can not only achieve wealth. butjust about anything
you desire in life.
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedwn. by Suze Orman. In her book,
Onnan discusses the technical habits of personal financial management and its
spiritual and emotional aspects. We can all remember making bad financial
decisions and knowing at the time we were making them they were unsound,
but we made them anyway. Oi-man helps the reader develop the maturity of
their decision-making skills, explaining what is necessary to achieve financial
mastery.
Another book that is good at covering more technical aspects (in
layman's terms) of personal finance is the Wa/I Street Journal Guide to
Read to Get
RICH!
Understanding Personal Finance. It is one of the best reviews of some basic
terms and principles for mortgages, banking, taxes, investing, and long-term
financial planning.
Beyond making sound personal financial decisions, there is also the
stock market to learn about. Also published by the Wall Street Journal is a
simple, no-nonsense introduction to the stock market called The Wall Street
Journal Guide to Understai:ding Money & Investing, by Kenneth M. Morris,
Virginia B. Morris and Alan M. Siegel. It quickly explains what it might take a
whole teni to learn in an Economics or Business class. Everything from how
the stock market operates, to the details of how option trading is covered.
Contrary to its name, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Rich
by Larry Waschka and Bill Staton is an intelligent and slightly more sophisticated
guide to money managing. Not only does it reveal how to get the most out of
employee benefits and 40 1(K) plans, it also lays out some simple investing
principles that if understood and applied, according to Forbes magazine, "you
will be set for life."
by Alexander Johnson
For serious, long-terni investors, Warren Buffett and I would
"Money doesn't ina/ie you liapp; bait it quiets the nerves."
recommend The I:zelligent Investor, by Ben Graham. "I would attribute at
least 85% of my success to this book," Warren once commented during an
- Sean 0' Casey (1880-1964.t, P/a gee'righl
interview. Ben Graham is single-handedly responsible for the fact that investors
HAVING FINANCIAL FREEDOM IN THE FUTURE IS IMPORTANT TO EVERY SThDENT.
We all want to have a future where we have time to relax, be with our family
and do the things that give life meaning. Yet, how often do we hear about courses
offered that help us learn how to invest wisely and manage our money in a
prudent manner?
At first, many students are scared when they hear about financial
management. However, contrary to rumor, it is not that difficult to understand,
or to practice. Warren Buffett (notorious Billionaire and owner of the investment
firm Berkshire Hathaway) was quoted in Janet Lowe's book, Warren Buffelt
Speaks, saying that "money managers don't want to relinquish the priesthood.
They thus inflate everything with big words and complex formulas to scare
people off-- but beneath all the rhetoric it's really simple. It just takes a little
time to figure it out."
even think about ratios such as the price/earnings ratio, the current ratio or
working capital-to-market capitalization. Don't worry if those terms don't make
sense; after reading some of the books listed previously, you will read this one
and understand how to shop for undervalued stocks that in Ihe long run will out
perform the market by miles.
It is understandable that a few people would rather not worry about
having to do all the research and work on their own. In this case, mutual funds
are usually a good option, but you have to be careful because statistics show
that usually 3 out of 4 will perform below the Dow Jones and the S&P 500. If
you are looking for practical advice, I'd recommend a book my grandfather
gave me. Common Sense on Mutual Funds : New Imperatives for the
Intelligent Investor by John C. Bogle, founder of the prestigious Vanguard
Group.
Here are some books that have proven to be helpful in and outside of
are
school.
They
recommend to those who
are passionate about the
IPS IT)
_________ Tie
pursuit of financial
FINA NC [AL
freedom.
THINK FREEI)OM
15T I
Napoleon Hill's
PERSONAL
Think and Grow Rich.
This is a classic that has
affected thousands of
lives and has helped
& GROW
FINANCE
Don Phillips, President & CEO of Morningstar, Inc., says it best:
"Co,n,,,on Sense on
i1utual Funds marks
the culnnination of one
Benjamin Graham
InteIIient
iMONEY&
Getting Rich
RICH
lNVESTlNG
Investor
Common Sense
\Iutuial Funds
IAPIWI HILL
supremely logical plan
not only to better
dreams, not just monetary
wealth. Hill reminds the
"THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING MONEY AND HAVING A RICH LIFE
reader frequently that
there is a difference
WITH THE PRIVILEGES OF FINANCIAL FREEDOM ... THESE BOOKS WILL HELP YOU
GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE."
life.
He wrote this book while he was on the staff at the White House
helping FDR keep a clear head during the Great Depression of the nineteen
thirties. Hired by Andrew Carnegie, the famous entrepreneur of U.S. Steel, he
actually lived with some of the most affluent and successful men of his age in
Invoking both Thomas
Paine and Benjamin
Graham, John Bogle
proceeds to outline a
The Classic Bestseller
on Value Investing
people achieve their
between having money
and truly having a rich
of Wall Street's most
inspired
careers.
investors' returns, but to
improve the whole fund
industry. This isn't just
the best book yet by
Bogle, it may well be
the best book ever on
mutual funds."
Money may not lead to happiness, but it may make life easier and if
you know how to use it properly, a lot less stressful. Thus, what leads to good
judgement and happiness is up to you, but these books will help lead the way to
wealth and thus financial freedom.
order to understand the ideas and attitudes that helped make these people great.
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education. higher of methods and ideology
infrastruc the within from also but themselves,
within from come to have attitude in change
a does only not experience educational the of out
more get to student any for order in that remember
to important just is It factors. uncontrollable
other any or background socioeconomic
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pursue to allowed be should individuals holds that
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through and article Newsweek the in presented was
very
that vision the theory, in issue, complicated
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entirely not does meritocracy a Though
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change can "we noted, once James William precise,
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Web Reviews:
On-line Bookstores
Can students start to save money when buying textbooks over the Internet? Think twice
before you use the Web to get the books you need for next term.
bj' Beth Tilgner
Ti IERE ARE ALL KINDS OF CRAFTY WAYS TO GET
your textbooks nowadays. Some people have found
that regular bookstores sometimes have the books
you need for a much lower price, others just pack a
waiting a few weeks for your books. Since the only
way to really find out if these mystery sites work is
to try them out, I have two short testimonies of fellow
UHC students who decided to do just that.
"I ordered my math book from
bigwords.com and it saved me $30, but it took over
two weeks to get to me. I think the money was worth
the wait going a couple of days without a book
check out their books from the library (which works
was worth $30 to me. It took some time on the Web
to find a site that had cheaper prices on the books I
wanted. Most on-line book places don't save you
any money or they don't have the book you want. In
those cases the OSU bookstore was the better choice.
great unless someone else gets the same idea and
It was the same price and was much more convenient.
recalls your books) or trade books with friends. These
But again, in some cases the money was worth my
time." - Karma Hershberg, UHC student
"I wanted to save some money this year
on books so I decided to do some research. I went to
the OSU bookstore and wrote down all the prices
for the books that I had to buy for Fall tenm I then
went on-line and checked out at least 4 different online Web sites for college textbooks. Ecampus.com
had by far the lowest prices (each book was at least
$10 cheaper than the OSU bookstore) and they had
free shipping and handling. The site said the books
would be shipped in 3-4 days so I went ahead and
ordered, spending a total of $93 instead of $130 at
the bookstore. Sounds perfect right?
Well, I waited and waited and waited and
waited and my books never came. I put in my order
lunch and head for the bookstore for a day of
searching and waiting in lines. An ingenious few
are all tried and true methods of filling your
backpacks with textbooks that you probably won't
even be able to sell back at the end of the term.
There is just one little thing I left out.
Chances are, you have heard of them. Maybe you
have even looked one up on the Web. Only the very
brave have actually ordered from them. What in the
world am I hinting at? On-line textbook companies
of course! For this article, I decided to do a teensy
weensy bit of research so that I would have a clue
about the subject of my ramblings. When I tried to
look up textbooks for pricing I was shocked by some
of the things I found. Keep in mind that I'm not
talking about all of the Web sites I visited, just some
random things of interest that caught my attention.
First of all, some Web sites require a credit
card number just to access their book lists, which is
a little scary since that information could be used to
an order. Many of these Web sites are not encrypted,
customer service threatening to cancel my order and
all I received back was an automated reply that said
'thank you for using ecampus.com blab blab blah.'
Also, many of the companies had
exorbitant shipping and handling charges based on
weight or volume and we all know that textbooks
aren't exactly light. Another thing to note is that these
companies might have the wrong books listed for
the OSU bookstore, and kept the ecampus ones.
Strangely enough, my credit card has not been
charged.
The on-line bookstores seem to be very
unorganized and unreliable. To this day, I have no
idea what really happened, but I do know that I got
free books (and a travel mug). I think that if the online textbook sites can get it together, then we could
save millions as students. The bookstore on campus
is a total rip oft'."
Ann Beebe
After hearing these stories I have made a
decision. As much as 1 hate handing over my last
precious dollars to the bookstores, at least I know I
have the books I need and an easy way to return
them if the professor changes his mind about which
ones you need. The only thing to do after lightening
that wallet of mine is to cross my fingers and hope
that I can sell them back at the end of the term.
I
said was, 'order in process.' So next I emailed
number.
would receive the message. I clenched my teeth and
went to stand in those awful lines at the bookstore
and bought all my books.
When I got home, there was a huge box
from ecampus with all my books, and a free travel
mug. I then rushed to the computer to see what was
going on. I checked my email and I had new mail
from ecampus saying my order had been successfully
canceled. Well, I returned my bookstore books to
at the beginning of September, and by the week
before school started, still hadn't received my
books. I checked the status of my order and all it
charge you for something even if you didn't place
which means that anyone can get your credit card
email canceling my order, not knowing if anyone
was enraged. I couldn't call the company because
there was no number and I didn't email because no
your classes or even something as simple as the
one would have replied. It seemed as though no real
people worked for ecampus. I rechecked the status
of my order on-line and as luck would have it my
status had been updated. It said the expected arrival
wrong edition. Lastly, most of the on-line textbook
services seem perfectly legitimate if you don't mind
something crazy like that. I immediately sent an
date of my books was OCTOBER 26TH or
Lusr OF PLACES YOU CAN BUY TEXTBOOKS OVER THE WEB:
classbook.com - offers used and new college level
textbooks.
CollegeBookZone.com - offers textbooks, calculators,
and other accessories for students.
ecampus.com - "discount" college textbooks and
bestsellers, logo merchandise, and auctions.
efollett.com - new and used college textbooks.
textbooks.com - offers used and new college level
textbooks,
VarsityBooks.com - on-line college bookstore, focusin
on college and university classes.
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Fight Club
(out of 4 stars)
By DeAnn Welker
named Jack?' The answer is irrelevant.
ranging from testicular cancer to blood
aren't," The story is original, the
What seem important to the narrator
are the relationships he has with Tyler
parasites to their favorite, bowel
cinematography is worthy of an Oscar,
cancer, These ailments seem small
Durden (Pitt) and Maria Singer
compared to the emptiness the narrator
feels.
the acting is brilliant (Pitt at his best;
Norton and Bonham Carter as solid
(Bonham Carter) and how these inner
feelings play into those relationships.
SOME MOVIES ARE SO UNIQUE
One might say Norton's character
nd innovative that you II want to see
hem more than once. Some are so
begins with a kind of sick hatred for
omplicated that you'll have to, in
rder to peel away the layers that
he would name it MarIa, "the tourist"
who, like the narrator, has become
addicted to self-help groups. They go
to meetings every day, for ailments
urround and comprise the meaning.
Maria. He tells us that iihe had a tumor,
He is living in a world
dominated
by
conspicuous
consuliption. or the idea that there is
an entire group of people who buy
things that are completely useless
simply to project a certain image about
as always) and the directing is
amazing. The movie deserves more
recognition than it will likely get, and
for different reasons than it will likely
be given. The movie is an original in
a time when it is increasingly difficult
to be. It addresses issues pertinent to
themselves, or to demonstrate their
wealth. Norton's character has spent
his adult life working for a deceitful
ear company. building his "Ikea nest"
all of America
of home furnishings and dishes, yet he
and how those teachings can be
has no food in the refrigerator and, it
seems, no real friends. When he has
an emergency. the only two people he
wrong.
has to call are Maria and Tyler, one he
supposedly hates, the other he met on
celebrity, while starring Brad Pitt. It
tells us not to follow society's rules,
nside the mind of a nameless narrator
an airplane only hours earlier - the
Norton). He refers to his internal
hut then gives us an army of seeming-
"most interesting single-serving
friend" he has had. "Fight Club,"
revolutionaries who end up following
Durden. And the end, changed from
originally a novel written by Portland
diesel mechanic Chuck Palahniuk.
delves into an aspect of Generation X
that has not been addressed in very
many instances or very many ways.
somewhat disappointing. Even with
the ambiguities. Ihough, "Fight Club"
is amazing. original and stimulating.
Durden and the narrator together
perhaps the decade. And it could
create an underground boxing club that
sets them "free in all the ways that you
change your life.
'Fight Club," directed by David
incher ("Seven." 'The Game") and
tarring Brad Pitt. Edward Norton and
elena Bonharn Carter, does both.
yen the viewer who isn't attempting
o dissect the movie will want to see
again and again for the sheer
njoyment and thrill.
"Fight Club" takes a look
unctions in the third person,
aradoxically heightening both the
nderstanding and confusion
ssociated with his character. "I am
ack's enraged sense of rejection" or
'I am Jack's broken heart." Viewers
ill relate to these emotions and inner
orkings, hut might find themselves
ondering, 'Who exactly is this guy
"IT IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES
OF THE YEAR, PERHAPS EVEN THE
DECADE.AND IT COULD EVEN
CHANGE YOUR LIFE."
- DEANNWELKER
American Beauty
(out of 4 stars)
Suvari), who is so in need of love and
reassurance that she makes up stories.
But it ultimately ends up
by DeAnn Welker
being a story about appreciation
I
FUNNY,
enchantingly hopeful, aesthetically
pleasing and wrought with meaning,
"American Beauty" is well worth the
cost of a movie ticket.
"American
Beauty,"
directed by Sani Mendes and starring
Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening as
Lester and Carolyn Burnham, is the
story of a man who discovers that the
American dream everyone is chasing
is not as great as it seems. it is the story
of a young man, Ricky Fitts (played
by Wes Bentley), who finds beauty in
windows. It is the story of another girl,
The movie addresses many
Angela Hayes (played by Mena
issues - capitalism, homosexuality,
Carolyn's daughter Jane (played by
Thora Birch), who falls for the
It is one of the best movies of the year,
"sometimes there's so much beauty in
the world, I feel like I can't take it and
my heart's going to just cave in."
"American Beauty" makes
viewers think their hearts might cave
in, because it is very appropriately.
beautiful.
Lester Burnham wakes up
one morning and decides to live his
life the way he wants to, instead of
continuing in corporate America. He
seems to be reverting to his youth,
when things were more carefree and
neighbor who watches her through
It is the story of a girl. Lester and
the novel, is very Hollywood and
viewers. Ricky tells Jane that
AMERICAN BEAUTY
appreciation.
It takes Carolyn until the end of the
movie to realize that the importance
she places in material things and her
"successful image" should be placed
in the people in her life.
all things unconventional, even death.
But the movie does have
several ambiguities. It preaches anti-
parenting - and all the while, it
we have, and expressing that
he felt more alive. He realizes that the
beautiful house he lives in isn't really
that important after all.
When Carolyn tells him that
he is going to spill beer on the sofa, he
tells her "It's just a couch. it's not life."
capitalism,
continues to entertain and delight
appreciation of what we have and who
BRILLIANTLY
-
consumerism, materialism, celebrity
culture and even religion. It is a movie
about what society teaches us to be
With beautifully-tragic
white and red regularly juxtaposed
throughout the movie, it really does
seem like there is so much beauty in
the world. And what viewers can
appreciate about it is that none of the
characters are perfect, or if they are,
they are perfectly flawed.
Spacey's and Bening's
"IT WILL ONLY GROW TO BE
APPRECIATED MORE AS TIME
GOES BY."
- DEANNWELKER
performances should warrant Oscar
nods, and the movie should he seen
again and again. Like the truly
beautiful and important in life, it will
only grow to be appreciated more as
time goes by.
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