Volume 92, No. 5
Portland, Oregon
September 27, 1990
UP student, family struggles
with Middle East conflict
unable to reach his father," a
general manager for an oil
company in Kuwait. His father
was supposed to leave Kuwait on
a business trip the morning of the
invasion.
Hajji’s mother and sister
were vacationing in Britain when
the invasion occurred and have
been forced to relocate to the
nearby country of Oman.
Friends of the family are helping
them find a new home, but Hajji
said he wishes he could be there
to help and support them, “I just
keep thinking about them having
to set up a whole new life in a
place they don’t know.”
Hajji said he thought about
joining his mother and sister in
Britain right after the invasion,
but they thought it would be best
for him to stay at school in case
his father tried to call.
Hajji said the first days after
the invasion were the most
difficult. Friends offered their
support as Hajji tried to finish
with his finals. He didn’t know if
he could sit through three or four
hours of silence during his
exams. Hajji said the impact of
the invasion hit him during his
English final, and during the
break his English teacher told
him to “go do what you have to
do.”
Hajji said, “it’s like the
feeling you get when you are
expecting friends over and they
still don’t show up after four or
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By BARBARA BREZNAY
Staff Writer
Kuwaiti student Khalid
Hajji and a friend were
studying for summer
finals when they received a
telephone call telling them to
turn on the television. They
dropped their math books and
watched, appalled by the events
on the screen. Iraqi President,
Saddam Hussein had invaded
their country.
They tried calling their fami¬
lies in Kuwait immediately after
the broadcast. His friend got
through. Hajji did not.
The following day Hajji’s
sister left a message on his an¬
swering machine. Hajji said,
“she sounded distraught and said
that she and his mother had been
UP student, Khalid Hajji, shows his concern regarding his family and
home country of Kuwait. (Photo by Scott Thompson)
UP breaks undergraduate
enrollment record
By HEATHER ALLMAIN
Staff Writer
The University of Portland has
set a new record for full-time un¬
dergraduate students with 1,861
for the fall semester. UP Registrar
Kevin Ferguson reported that en¬
rollment breaks the 1985 record by
three students.
UP President, the Rev. David
Tyson, C.S.C., said, “We are de¬
lighted by the fact that our full-time
undergraduate enrollment is up.
Teaching students whose primary
goal is the pursuit of an under¬
graduate degree is at the very core
of our mission.”
Despite a nation-wide decrease
in enrollment, Ferguson said UP’s
total studentenrollment was 2,460,
including part-time and graduate
students, marking a two percent
increase over last year’s figures.
With almost 50 percent of UP
students living on campus, Direc¬
tor of Residence Life Jack Roscoe
said there were not enough rooms
for men to meet demand at the be¬
ginning of the year. “We had
people stopping by the office eve¬
ryday to see if any rooms were
available.” Roscoe said.
Ferguson said that these num¬
bers are a good indicator UP is
gaining notoriety, considering the
number of high school graduates
has dropped nationally . “It didn’t
hurt us at all to be in US News and
World Report”
UP was ranked eleventh in the
West region in a 1989 US News
and World Report survey of
America’s best colleges and uni¬
versities.
Paul Melhuish, chairman of the
enrollment management team,
said, “We have been doing a better
job of working with enrollment.
There is more student satisfaction
and more publicity concerning
UP.”
The graduate school also had an
increase over last year’s number,
with 386 students this fall. Karl
Wetzel, dean of the Graduate
School said that the exact distribu¬
tion will not be known until the
figures can be studied.
$42,000 for new equipment
Howard Hall expands weight room
By JOHN CUNTON _
Staff Writer
Firm bodies, loud music,
sweat and hard work are sure to be
found in the new and improved
Howard Hall weight room. On
Monday, it officially opens with
$42,000 worth of new, top of the
line weightlifting equipment.
The only recognizable part of this
updated room will be the cracked
support beams and ceiling water
pipes.
Unlike the Chiles Center
weight room, which is scheduled
to accomodate varsity athletes,
the Howard Hall weight room
caters to all students. It will con¬
tinue to be open 8 a.m. to 1 1 p.m.
Monday thru Friday, Saturday 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12
p.m. to 10 p.m.
The students take priority and
athletic teams can’t reserve it or
keep students out. Intramural Di¬
rector, Roy Nalty said, ‘The ath¬
letes will have to gel in line with
everyone else.” He also stated
that the best time to get in a good
work out is during the lunch hours
because few people lift at that
time.
The most noticeable change
will be the 11 new, high-tech
Paramont Workout Machines It's an uphill climb for Reynold Greene (front) and Andrew Rukliss on
Howard Hall's new stair machines. The machines are part of a $42,000
rase turn to WEIGHTS addition to the student weight room. (Photo by Scott Gibson)
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BEWARE OF THE RUNNERS
Runers and walkers in The Portland Marathon will
be passing by the school on Sunday, Oct. 30 from
6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Willamette Blvd. may be closed
at times during the race.
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