INSIDE
Cows, cruises
and com¬
edy... They
are all part of
eager efforts of UP orga¬
nizations to bring enter¬
tainment to The
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luff . Find
out what else is in store for
fun and frolic this year on
Page 7.
Campus life a
bore? We
think not.
This week’s
editorial gives the run¬
down on the enjoyable side
of the UP experience and
what students can do to
get involved. Check it out
on Page 2.
New year, new
director,
new pro-
grams,
same goal — to reach out
to those less fortunate and
get a
warm,
fuzzy
feeling in
the pro¬
cess. See
what the
ambitious folks in Volun¬
teer Services are up to on
Page 4.
She kicks, she
scores! On the
soccer field,
Pilot forward
Shannon MacMillan is a
legend destined for suc¬
cess. Discover if she’s got
the right stuff to make it at
the national level in the
story on Page 12.
Automation improves antiquated library
Photo by STEPHANIE HILL
Freshman Chris Mallory uses the library's new re¬
source: LOIS, an online catalog system.
Bv JOAN H. RUTKOWSKI _
Assistant News Editor
The University of Portland’s
Wilson W. Clark Memorial Library
has finally caught up with the 90s.
Goodbye card catalog, hello auto¬
mation.
“It’s a new year and a new li¬
brary,” said Library Director Jim
Kopp. Kopp came to UP a year ago
with a mission to automate the li¬
brary. Library automation was part
Photo by STEPHANIE HILL
Library Director Jim Kopp shows oft the
library's new CD-Rom server.
of a five-year plan the University
adopted in 199 1 to enhance the cam-
pus-wide computer network. How¬
ever, while Internet and more com¬
puter labs were added to the campus
sytem, the library remained un¬
touched.
“We hit the ground running last
year,” Kopp said. Last December a
contract was signed with Innova¬
tive Interfaces Incorporated to in¬
stall a computer system in the li¬
brary. While still under construc¬
tion, most of the services are avail¬
able this month.
One part of the new automated
system is the Library Online Infor¬
mation System (LOIS). LOIS pro¬
vides an online catalog of all the
resources and materials in the li¬
brary and can be accessed from the
new library terminals and from the
campus network.
LOIS gives basic bibliographic
information as well as the circula¬
tion status of reserve items. The
catalog can be searched by author,
title, subject and call number. The
library’s collection has been loaded
in to the system except for some
older materials that are not yet in
machine-readable form.
The library is now connected to
outside library systems. LOIS is
available on the Portland Area Li¬
brary System (PORTALS) menu
which links the Univer¬
sity with 10 other public
and private institutions
in the Portland area.
The library is also a
new member of Orbis,
an association of 1 1 aca¬
demic libraries in Oregon
that have built a union
catalog of their materi¬
als. Orbis is accessed
using LOIS and searches
the holdings of these li¬
braries. This union in¬
cludes Reed, Linfield,
and George Fox Colleges
and the University of Or¬
egon.
One exciting new
feature for college stu¬
dents is there are no more
compiling daily fines. New circu¬
lation policies are in effect because
the automated circulation system
gives the library a better handle on
materials.
“We’ re trying to make it as easy
as possible to renew a book,” Kopp
said.
If a book is not turned in 1 0 days
after the two-week check-out pe¬
riod, the library automatically
charges a replacement fee and a
five dollar processing fee. How¬
ever, once the book is brought back,
the student’s account is automati¬
cally credited.
The new circulation policy is
facilitated by replacing library cards
with bar codes on the back of stu¬
dent identification cards. Students
can use their barcode to tap into
their library record and renew books
from any terminal connected to the
campus network.
Library automation enables stu-
Please see library
pg5
Domino effect shuffles
University employees
“Center of the Universe”
receiving final touches
By PAUL DUNNETTE _
Newt Editor
When the Rev. Dennis
O’Hare, C.S.C., left thedirector’s
seat at the University
of Portland Office of
Campus Ministry and
stepped into the UP
health center as a coun¬
selor this summer, he
set in motion a staff
shuffle that has seen
several University
employees assigned to
new positions.
“There was a bit of
a chain reaction when Fr. Dennis
O’ Hare left Campus Ministry,”
Director of Student Services Guy
Sievert said.
The Rev. Phil Sopke, C.S.C.,
slipped into O’ Hare’s
former post, clearing
the way for Petria
Malone — who previ¬
ously served as assis¬
tant director of Resi¬
dence Life — to take
over Sopke’ s old posi¬
tion, director of volun¬
teer services.
Residence Life was
in turn restructured.
Jack Roscoe, former director of
Residence Life, was named di¬
rector of housing and judicial co¬
ordinator, a newly-created posi¬
tion. Replacing Roscoe as direc¬
tor of Residence Life was the
Rev. Michael DeLaney, C.S.C.,
who had served as director of the
University’s Salzburg foreign
study program for three years.
Previously, DeLaney
was Shipslad Hall di¬
rector for five years.
In his new position,
Roscoe will supervise
housing operations for
both residence halls
and off-campus rental
housing, handle food
service operations, and
deal directly with the
University’s physical
plant. Roscoe will also continue
to enforce the University’s stu¬
dent discipline code.
DeLaney will supervise resi¬
dence life staff, programs and
community develop¬
ment.
Succeeding
DeLaney in Salzburg
is professor of history
and political science
the Rev. Art Wheeler,
C.S.C. Over the sum¬
mer, Wheeler directed
the University’s sum¬
mer program in Lon¬
don, England.
“In any staff moves you’re
always looking to put the staff in
Please see staff
pg5
By JOAN H. RUTKOWSKI
Assistant Hews Editor -
The end is in sight for the reno¬
vation of Christie Hall. In a few
weeks the oldest dorm on campus
will be the newest-looking one.
What started as an analysis of
the seismic capabilities of the hall
has turned into a two-summer-long
renovation.
“The
engi-
neers dis¬
covered
that they
practi¬
cally had
to demol¬
ish the
hall and
start with
the basic
struc¬
ture,”
said Jack
Roscoe,
director
of housing and judicial coordinator.
The structure was in question after
the earthquake three years ago that
rocked The Bluff.
The project was extended over
two summers because the campus
could not be without one of its five
dorms. The summer of 1994 was
devoted to renovating the ends of
the building, and this summer, the
middle was started. OTKM Con¬
struction is the contractor for the
$3.4 million renovation.
Beyond the structural renova¬
tions, there are new power and wa¬
ter sy terns. The hall also has a new
fire sprinkler system. One new
feature in the rooms is cedar cabi¬
nets with large drawers and shelves
built into them. The center stair¬
well and some painting are the only
major things left to do.
“What you see when you walk
in there is just the pretty stuff, but
there is a
lot of
time, ef¬
fort and
money in
the struc¬
ture un-
d e r -
neath,”
Roscoe
said.
“The
rooms
are really
nice,”
said John
В о
i t a ,
Christie’s new hall director.
“It’s going to be the best-look¬
ing hall, but it doesn’t look like a
residence hall, it has more of a
hotelish-type atmosphere.”
Before orientation, crew lead¬
ers who moved into the hall early
had to work around painters. The
third floor had to be sprayed with a
polymer and the painters had to seal
Please see Christie
pg5
Delaney
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