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To get started, visit www.goarmy.com/rotc/x171 During your visit to UO, please drop by our office at 1679 Agate Street, right across from Hayward Field or contact Darren McMahon at (541)346-7682, email: [email protected] PAGE 2 EMERALD MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 NEWS CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE FACES CRITICISM FROM INSTRUCTORS n order to raise the University heads of the liberal and fine arts, social sciences of the authors of the study, in a phone interview of Oregon’s profile among other and humanities. After Coltrane’s announcement, with the Emerald. research universities, Provost Scott they signed a letter criticizing the administration Coltrane said that these cluster hires are Coltrane announced last month 34 new for ignoring their fields. Of the rejected projects, mostly “to really make a difference in terms of Itenure track positions, mainly in the sciences. almost half focused on the humanities. our prestige and our ranking.” UO’s student body While these projects are undoubtedly rewarding “The reaction of surprise and dismay from grew so fast in the last five years that tenure- and beneficial for UO’s image, some are faculty in these areas has been swift and track hiring has lagged. This initiative is to bring questioning whether it is the best use of the widespread,” they wrote. “Wasn’t there a single UO closer to AAU’s tenured faculty to student expected cost of tens of millions of dollars. proposal from these disciplines that would help ratio. Furthermore, prestigious research also From the onset, UO wants to hang onto its the university achieve the stated goals?” helps fundraising. membership in the American Association of Coltrane said that the decision was out of his Ed Awh said the new hires will help create Universities, an organization that ranks No. hands, since faculty panels chose the 10 winning a collaborative climate to tackle his research. 62 for public and private research institutions proposals. Awh coordinated one of the winning proposals, across the country. The rankings are compiled Another criticism is that undergraduates won’t focusing on neuroscience research that will study by numerous factors such as grant money and see many benefits from these new tenure-track the connection between neurons and minds. teacher-student ratio. Currently, UO’s ratio is researchers. There will still be classes of 500 “Bridging the gap between human and animal 35-1 — dead last compared to the 23-1 average people. The winning research proposals are models of neural function is a challenging goal,” of AAU’s other public schools. And UO produces so narrowly focused that they aren’t likely to he said. “Because it requires people with very only half the MAs and a quarter of the Ph.Ds as benefit the vast majority of undergraduates. different training and theoretical backgrounds to the others. Many universities say that research benefits put a lot of energy into finding common ground.” However, the “Clusters of Excellence undergraduates by trickling down to the Awh also said that undergraduates will get to Faculty Hiring” process aims to attract top- classroom, but according to a 2007 study, participate with the new research. notch researchers to secure UO’s reputation, it doesn’t. First appearing in the Journal of In the end, Coltrane said the clusters such creating 40 tenure-track positions in 10 research Engineering Education, the meta-analysis of as this will benefit students.” The opportunity focuses, from genetics to volcanology. The over 50 studies found that good research and to learn from someone who’s creating the proposals are mostly in science and psychology, good teaching require different goals and skill knowledge is huge.” plus one in sports products and one in sets. “There is no positive correlation between architecture. any measure of teaching we have and any This didn’t sit well with the 36 departmental measure of research,” said Michael Prince, one BY REBECCA BREWSTER @PARALLAX_ANGLE CREATIVE COMMONS PHOTO BY UNIINNSBRUCK MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 EMERALD PAGE 3 MUSIC THE GOO GOO DOLLS WILL ROCK THE CUTHBERT The Goo Goo Dolls have been selling As for this summer, Rzeznick had nothing but which generally winds up being pretty funny. But positive things to say. yeah, sometimes I’m thinking about doing my out shows and rocking world tours “We’ve been having a really good summer just laundry,” Rzeznik said. enjoying being out in front of people playing, it’s Their current tour has earned positive reviews since their start in the late 1980s. been really great,” he said. as they have played old and new hits to please The Goo Goo Dolls, a name chosen from an ad their dedicated fans. Rzeznik, who has now They will be hitting the Cuthbert once seen in a magazine, have been nominated for achieved musical veteran status, encourages several Grammys including Record of The Year young artists and those to who view him as an Amphitheater on July 18 as part of and Song of the Year in 1998 for their popular idol, to follow their passion. record Iris, as well as Best Pop Performance in “Both faith and fear cannot exist in the same their tour with Daughtry and the 1998 and Best Rock Performance in 2000. As of space so you know, don’t worry about tomorrow. 2013, when they dropped their newest album, Try to find your own voice — make sure you find Plain White T’s. Magnetic, it became their fourth-consecutive your own voice,” he said. “And don’t worry so album to hold a seat on the charts highly regarded much about becoming a quote, unquote ‘star’, a The band, which is composed of frontman Billboard Top 10 list. celebrity. The world is littered with celebrities that Johnny Rzeznik, vocalist and bassist Robby Rzeznik, a talented, witty guy with the typical are just absolutely useless, you know?” Takac and in its earlier years, George Tutuska rock-star twang shares his secret about how he The Goo Goo Dolls will be touring across the on the drums, has sold over 10 million records prepares differently for his shows today than he United States this summer, playing their rock beat worldwide. The group has held the No. 1 spot did in the past. and tunes to entertain their crowds with a blast on a variety of charts and has earned their fame “I make sure that I don’t get drunk first, and from the past and a series of current favorites for through decades of continued passion and then I’m ready for action,” he said. all to enjoy. The Friday night concert will open its success. During his shows, Rzeznik admits that there are gates at the Cuthbert at 5:30 p.m. The concert will “When I first started I was playing in front of a many things that are going through his head. kick-off at 6:45 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for hundred sweaty guys with their shirts off beating “Sometimes I try to look to the audience and get $41.50 online or $47 at the door this July 18. the hell out of each other,” Rzeznik said in a phone some inspiration from them, I like to play off the interview. “That was when I was a young indie audience. I love when people talk to me from the rock star. 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Lynn Fujiwara, an ethnic studies and women Patrick Moneyang, a UO French language and gender studies professor at University of instructor, is aware of the risks that come with Oregon, is all too familiar with this phenomenon. allowing cell phone usage in the classroom, but Fujiwara has a no phone or electronics policy, believes that when used effectively can advance unless students have documented reasons for students’ learning. how electronic use can enhance their learning. Moneyang prefers students to not interrupt “Honestly, I find it completely annoying and the class with translation questions. He would disrespectful,” Fujiwara said. “I understand how rather have students find these definitions for COLLEGE NEWSPAPER dependent we are on our phones, but they’re themselves.